Karate won’t work in MMA until...
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- Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2019
- Q&A with the coach. Shanghai based MMA coach Ramsey Dewey answers questions from the viewers. This time: a karate practitioner making the transition to MMA and Muay Thai wants to know how to best incorporate karate technique into other combat sports.
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Actually my Karate instructor told me to learn how to box before learning to compete in a Karate point system lol
Well, he’s right. I like kung fu, but I think starting with boxing is great. The punching is effective, the footwork, and the defense
Also GSP one of the best mma fighters of all the time started in karate before he went to mma
What is your karate style?
@@kyokushindragon5189 Shotokan. My instructor was a 3rd dan blackbelt in Shotokan, but he was also trained in Judo and boxing when he was in millitary
To me,you stick with that instructor. He’s taking the ego out of his teaching.Sometimes a Ferrari is the best,sometimes you need an RV.
I feel so bad for Ramsey. Some Street Fighters clearly jumped him and stole his reality, so now he's trapped in a dark void. Yet even though he's floating in an abyss of nothingness, he still finds time to make videos.
I respect that.
What?
😁😁
@@thebutchernassa8384 The background, its completely black. Makes it look like he's trapped in the dark void.
Naw man Ramsey is solid. He has to filter for the videos.
"Learn to box" lol. Boxing is a black thing. Wrestling is a white thing. These are native arts.
Ramsey has to make everyone happy at once, an impossible test. Given the constraints he is exceptional.
This video is dope. Doesn't speak to my reality but DAMN his truth is the TRUTH. What he calls "boxing" blacks call "pugilism". Vegas... MGM. 90's turf.
I love him ♥ ♥ ♥. I respect his views even if they don't sync with mine. He did what he had to do to make himself better and he did it in THE RIGHT WAY.
I can't fault him or try to change him or anything. He is not my slave. He is an autonomous man who does what he desires. How do you deny a man this without becoming his oppressor? Congratulating > hating. Word up.
@@josephmalone253 boxing and wrestling are not a "race" thing. Anyone can practice different ways to fight be it native or not.
(Nate here) Thank you, Ramsey, for answering my question. I am a huge fan of your videos, and I will definitely keep this advice in mind as I move forward with my journey. Peace and love! Btw love the beard!
hi there - Hi Nate! Where do you go to ask questions to Ramsey?
@@bobbyliu96 Instagram
kawsar abay - Thanks
Hi nate .. osu
This why I like you, man. You were told by an ecperienced guy what will help you and you listened and followed through. You practiced until you understood fully. You pass on this knowledge.
This is what good men are.
I had the exact same scenario in the late 90s when I started Muay Thai and MMA after having a background in Kenpo. What I did was not worry about my Kenpo and just let it come naturally in my MMA and MT training. Just let it merge without thinking about it.
I guess that's where "be like water" comes from
Use what's useful, discard what's useless, but a large part of Karate is useless on the streets, battlefield, or in MMA fight. You gotta have those Boxing skills as well as grappling skills to be any good, for instance, every wonder why untrained people fighting revert to a rough sloppy form or fist fighting(boxing) , or a sloppy form of grappling (wrestling/judo), because it's natural movement to punch and grapple, unnatural to kick. That's why there's some much emphasis on boxing and wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu in MMA .
U my man are living the life of Bruce Lee.
Let me explain short.
Wing Chun! Nuff said?
The origin of Mixed Martial arts is Wing Chun. Bruce Lee sucked in every fighting technic and made it its own.
When Bruce Lee would be a real fighter in the MMA / UFC he should have learned ground fighting. Otherwise he would be beaten really bad haha
@@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301 true, in most fights you really just need boxing and wrestling
@@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301 theres many versions of karate. So large part 'useless' that aint it chief.
Fundamentally, traditional Okinawa karate is largely based on grappling, joint manipulation techniques and takedowns with less emphasis on punches and kicks. That being said, karate greatly complements boxing and vice versa.
I started working on what is called the "True Boxer's Stance" . I'm now using my hips to create angles and feet to modulate distances... Coach, you're on fire today... Boxing is the foundation for everything else...
You must be a Marvin cook fan I have seen his videos it's good stuff
@@MistyNightProductions guilty as charged. I happen to come across one of his videos and been hooked ever since... 🤙
@@gbruceg5138 same on this side boxing is a fudemental for any style of fighting it makes your arts that much better
@@MistyNightProductions copy that!!!!!
@@MistyNightProductions marvin cook fucked my world up so much juicy info in his videos
I came from a Kyokushin background into Muay Thai (technically Amsterdman Thai boxing under a Harinck disciple) and I've found that karate helped my footwork, it helped my toughness, and it gave me some interesting strategy, it was also a fine character building. However, I too found boxing to be a massive help, it changed my freaking world. Combining them, after much time, was a wonderful advantage (although I don't compete any longer). Truer words couldn't be spoken regarding the striking portion of MMA and karate.
3:10 perfect analysis. I've been waiting to hear someone explain why you have to learn boxing to effectively combine traditional martial arts until actual fighting. My cousin and I are taekwondo but our grandmaster teaches boxing at the base of everything, and what you just said is almost the exact thing be says to students when they ask why they're learning boxing in a taekwondo class. My cousin has been in many fights (due to the fact that he's small and underestimated by bullies) and he has never thrown a kick in a fight, he always ends it with his hands, as that is the most commonly used tool in fighting, and that's all he's ever needed. I asked him one time why he's never thrown a kick in a fight, his reply was something like, "if I ever have to kick in a fight, then my opponent is actually skilled and I'll have to use more than just half of what I know. Otherwise, I don't want to show anyone what I can actually do unless I have to. Plus, no one would actually fight me if the first guy that crossed me got his jaw broken with a full force kick. Kicks are dangerously powerful, but can also get you hurt with these regular people just want to take you to the ground and beat your face in, bc you break your grounded stance to throw them." I completely understood. He also pointed out that most of the fights he's been in were in really small areas, and him being 5'2, it was naturally easier to get in close and end with punches rather than trying to telegraph a kick in a place where there's no room to.
Karate is effective it's rule changes and sport karate is the problem
Point fighting can be effective if you actually know how to use technique with strength losing or gaining more speed but for the most part it's not really effective byvitself against someone that actually knows how to fight we used to spare but not for points if we did we'd keep going with out reset it was great
@Elemental RT lol wtf
@Elemental RT yh I agree with you I do okinawan karate
Most of the original Goju-Ryu guys knew Judo and wrestling too. Chojun Miyagi knew MMA 70 years before the UFC. We just keep "rediscovering" stuff
That is so true. I see karate today going down the path of kung fu. Point based competition is nothing that represents a real fight.
I don't even have any interest in MMA (came here from the women's defense videos) but these are so informative!
He actually talks about women self-defense a lot .
@@OnyxXThePunch tru
Pretty much how it goes. Come for the self defense fix, stay for the great tips on exercises and martial arts.
You should have seen his video on hand wraps... Best video I didn't know I needed..
I guess the next advise would be what style would work for each body type? a person with longer limbs should probably more of a striker given the reach advantage as while some one shorter can focus on grappling to make up for lack of reach.
Started boxing a while back as I felt my striking and movement were lacklustre at best, and this advice rings true on so many levels. Keep up the sound words coach!
Such a great video! My Grandfather was a pro boxer in the Philippines during the 19-teens through the 1920s, so subsequently my father, and us, grandkids were subject to it our entire lives. So many don't realize just how foundational boxing is to so many other martial arts, or even other sports.
I love the radical beard and eyebrow color shift between your last few videos. You've got a magic beard Ramsey
Does anyone know what was up with that?
But does the carpet match the drapes?
@@RobinMcBeth What questions 'will not' be featured. Lol
Hands off lady.hhh
Absolutely true! Tkd would be a more complete system incorporating boxing with the hands. Tkd kicks are pretty scary but you need the boxing to defend and set up the kicks.
Just don't say this in front of the tkd's sport comity the believe they got hands
@@Emperor_x8 I thought I had hands. And I do but not at the level of a boxer and what they see and how they maneuver. When I started boxing I could see how tkd ( which I've trained in ) automatically became more effective In standing sparring sessions and even made takedowns and the ground game more effective in setting up.
There's plenty of people who have been boxing fans for decades and never realized boxing is more about posture and position than anything else.
Watch Lomenchenko a few times, if they still don't get it, hand em some knitting needles...
this interesting a lot of people thing boxing is about hitting hard and not much else but this couldn't be further from the truth but this trope of hard hitting boxer who only punches and has no footwork can be seen everywhere in martial arts fiction I think my favorite example of this is Balrog from street fighter 2 he is a boxer who hits hard but not much else his character does a poor job representing boxing but fortunately another more noble boxer exists in this series named Dudley who in my opinion does a far better job at representing boxing than Balrog
boy that got out of hand
My grandfather taught me Boxing is chess with fists.
I totally agree. Coming from a karate background, I've been learning how to box and love it. I think boxing has the best hand techniques. If you watch those famous MMA fighters coming from karate background, you notice that they all keep the hands up like a boxer and throw punches like a boxer.
Yep
Ramsey, love your humble wisdom I tell you came from traditional martial art background. Great advice.
Can you react to Baki The Grappler? It’s a manga/anime series
I will comment for this to go up
Oh man, the Netflix adaptation was dumb.
@@theoutsider8175 did they actually make a adaptation?
@@thisisbaxter1354 I think Netflix funded the studio for a new series, regardless the martial arts sucks.
Holyland and Shamo are the closest to real fighting
KSKM is the closest to actual ring fighting along with all rounder meguru
Because you framed boxing in a way that makes it a "study of spacing and distance," I am much more open to training with it. Much more. That perspective provides transformative knowledge. Thank you, sir.
can confirm that. Spacing and distance apply to other martial arts and in all forms of fighting.
Don’t forget gsp he’s got a karate background
So does Bas Rutten.
The secret weapon.
Accents.
So does mcgregor
The superman punch, which GSP translated well into MMA, is a karate technique.
He's got kyokushin background, totally different (superior for mma) than shotokan point training.
Imo as mma evolves more people will use tma's in the same way people use taekwondo kicks in mma now
There's always more to find and use. ...comrade
What sort of communist are you working out and fighting and shit?
Toxic masculinity. Thats all I'll say comrade.
Sounds pretty fascist IMO
Jewberg Goldstein Uncle Joe will ankle pick you
Jewberg Goldstein “toxic masculinty” but I thought fighting was “toxic masculinity” and you were supposed to tell them to go “explore their sexuality” and “become woke” instead
Hater Sensei Grand Master Chosen One being woke means not asleep,simple as that...
My foundations consist of trad Karate...combined with Judo, Jujitsu, Taekwondo before I started fencing (European) and Kendo as well as Kickboxing over the weekend.
My Karate instructor from day one always emphasised being a well rounded fighter and stressed that the WKF point fighting style of fighting is not the end game.
I started Boxing a month ago and I love it. 🔵
Love this advice! Absolutely golden!
Thanks for putting this out Ramsey. I started my boxing journey 5 years back and it has helped all my striking arts. Boxing is a great add on to all the striking arts. I have done karate and kickboxing for almost 20 years now and it wasn't until I dabbled in boxing that it all came together.
Yesterday I didn't care about boxing. Now I have a hundred years old urge to learn all the positioning, minutia and other space time magic of the human race. Thank you Ramsey, you did it again.
I've been doing traditional karate (Goju and Shotokan) mostly in Japan for the last 17 years. During a year back in Canada, I enrolled at a well know, traditional dojo whose name I won't drop here. Their sparring practice was very similar to what you suggest -- first round was punching only; second round you could use kicks; change partners and repeat. It's very good for learning distance and how to close it, not to mention footwork.
Very good video, informative and educational. I felt like I've learned a lot from your advice here Ramsey. Great coaching, I'll be taking this advice.
Could you make a video about how to make those spectacular Capoeira kicks work in a real fight, against a trained opponent? That would be pretty awesome.
The question is, what are your high percentage techniques, and what are your low percentage techniques? Figure that out, and it doesn't matter where they come from.
I don't think percentage is as important as just using techniques that your opponent can't predict.
@@HamsterPants522 you're wrong. If this was true everyone wouldn't be throwing jabs, roundhouses and hooks. They'd all be doing exotic spinning kicks and flying armbars. Those work, but rarely. Hence why high percentage techniques are responsible for 99% of knockouts. Because they work a high percentage of the time...
@@BootyBot I'm not sure how you managed to get that out of what I said, but you've got a pretty active imagination.
@@HamsterPants522 because it's what you said.
@@BootyBot Show me where I said anything about using impractical techniques.
When i train while at work (ARMY) some of the guys do ask me how to combine styles and i tell them exactly what you said. First you have to learn the other form, their is no trick to it. After doing Karate for 4 years then Muay Thai, i still had to spend a decent amount of time training Box which really did open up foot work to take more advantage of my kicks and hand combinations.
Personally I needed to be reminded about this and I'm glad It seems like I'm headed down the right path, Thanks to you Ramsey and Whoever asked the question good training and wishes of success to you both and any other who follow a similar path, oss 🔥🥋🥊
give thanks respect...really appreciate these
The definition of „truth“ in the dictionary brought me here
Me too!
Awesome stuff Coach
Thank you for this video!
My pops was a frogman WWII.
Retired first class sonar chief after 21 years.
He had a lot of combat training and boxing experience with guys out of Youngstown Oh. Back in the 30's.
He worked with me a lot on telegraphing punches on purpose so I could follow up with other stuff!
It was very awkward for me as a kid for a while.
Especially him being a south paw!
I remember throwing blows sparring with people as a kid at the Boys Club, and they would ask me if I was south paw! 😂
Dad had trained me to fight that way!
I remember the gym instructor at the BC threw his hands up, and he was like, wait a minute, what is this sh*t?
Are you left handed??? 😂
He started working changing me to right handed stance!
I never will forget the look on his face!
As always, another awesome video!!!
Totally agree from my experience Boxing puts the other techniques in context. Likewise doing Greco-Roman in the off-season while in highschool put clinching & push hands in a context on what to do in the transition.
Good video man. Well put together.
That is a nice mentality in order to start bridging the gap between styles
I've commented before&will add again that although compared to many, my boxing was mediocre, but I did it for 30+yrs without being brain dead now. I was never pro, but even on my level the learning of distance, footwork, & head movement was invaluable. It wasn't until my mid to late 40's that I got too slow to box as effectively & got my bell rung a couple times a year because the slowing of reflexes&diminished endurance will come to everyone at some point. It's those fundamentals that help one survive when all else fails& in my opinion the fundamentals should always be practiced the most. I bet Ramsey would agree. Boxing&wrestling are two very important basic aspects of any "combat sports". This is my opinion as an old has been.
I love what you said about Boxing
Great informative vids, as always! :-) And I really like the new shorter vids that takes up one and one subject at a time! ^^ Keep up all the good work!
Great topic!
Amazing explanation and advice.
Excellent advice!
Really wise advice. Thank you.
great advice !
This is some really good advice!
The style of Karate I studied already absorbs everything useful from every other style. I learned over 250 unique submissions in "Karate" class, and I was an A+ striker who beat a local professional boxing champion by boxing rules.
Great observation and process. I think that could go for wrestling as well. They both (boxing/wrestling) are important bases when it comes to MMA.
I am a karate Blackbelt and this video prove that You need To learn boxing and experince if you want to kickbox or MMA...And this help me so much with my MMA career
Very nice, explanation Dewey. I liked your video just made everything CE to sense. Cheers
Learn Modern before learning Hyper-Modern, same advice given for chess. And good advice.
For some reason I didn't like some of your content at first, but you are very knowledgeable and it shows in this video, most people don't get how important boxing is, and overlook it massively, thumbs up my man
that is a great way to put it!!
This sounds like a great advice! It's like I learned one of those "secret tips your opponent will hate you for" :D Thank you, Ramsey!
Excellent answer!!! I always have said boxing is only second to wrestling in MMA
I 💯 percent agree with learning how to box. Thanks for the information
I'm looking forward to a 'Boxing won't work in MMA' video along the same lines. Maybe one for wrestling and jiujitsu as well.
It just seems like everyone doing these vids picks on karate lol.
this guy is pulling the Discipline aspect of martial arts...
and I LIKE IT!!!
Excellent argument, thank you very much Coach Ramsey. I came from Taekwondo and Hung Gar Kung Fu myself. I live in Mexico and because of that, I had the opportunity to train in several serious boxing gyms and that changed my overall view of standing combat. But I was not available to synthesize it into words as you did.
Great advice! I practice taekwondo but was encouraged to do more boxing to improve my punching and movement and it helped me immensely. My ground stuff needs major improvement but my striking with feet and hands improved massively with the boxing
A lot of people like to make fun of taekwondo practitioners... until those taekwondo practitioners learn how to box
Great advice
That's some great advice.
Great advice not just in mma, but in life. You achieve excellence by being humble and leveling up in your weakest areas.
very valuable advice ....cant agree more
Boxing is one of a cornerstone arts as all fights, outside of wrestling, begin on your feet and the difference between winning and losing begins with or sometimes ends with a well placed punch or a jab that sets up something nastier.
I agree... my sons all started TKD at 6-7, then Judo, finally boxing at 13. My oldest competed for 2 years; my youngest goal is one amateur fight. Just so he can see the bright lights.
!Good advice!
Hey Ramsey, I have two questions,
1. What do you think about the rematch between KSI and Logan Paul?
2. How did you cope with losing fights? Did you ever have a strong urge to take revenge against the guys you've lost to?
Have a good one.
really nice explanation
Got to say I agree , I did karate for many years , but always felt there was something missing from my game that made me vulnerable , I've since done boxing training , and built up my knowledge of distancing , footwork , and defence , it's been an eye opener , and that mixed with my karate technique could be really good
ah! the love in your eyes as you talk about what you love...
From A kyokushin guy here who had a friendly spar with muay thai guys in their rule system, believe me kyokushin works but I you wanna really take out muay thai guys you gotta learn to avoid and deliver head punches, because I ate some head punches and I gave them some nasty shin kicks!
Love martial arts from kuwait 💙👊
That's the mentality I had when I was learning jujitsu coming from a wrestling background and learning muay thai from a taekwondo background. My coaches didn't have to tell me necessarily, but I actually figured it out from Bruce Lee's idea about being water and emptying the cup. Once I was getting better at jujitsu and saw the similarities and differences from wrestling, I became a much better grappler. And same with the striking although I was still very timid and struggled with the stand up. But once I had a boxing coach and he taught us boxing and even how to incorporate wingchun with it, it made my stand up significantly better and I became more confident even. And when I'd spar, I did soooooo much better than I ever did. And even my kicks got better cuz I learned how to combine the thai and taekwondo kicks. And they often dont even see backfists coming.
Another problem with the point fighting is stopping the match after every score leaves people vulnerable to counters. I was really good at Karate point fighting as a kid because of my fast kicks. I learned quickly to just be aggressive, land that first strike, and then just sorta stop. That was a bad habit when I started boxing with my friends at the park. It was like it was ingrained into me to launch some offense and then not do anything and I would get lit up on counter punches.
I found the same thing. Having done ippon style sparring moving into Muai Thai and a different Karate School I'm still working on breaking the habit of ending after "scoring"
How does your beard keep changing color?
I come from a karate background so if I was to do MMA definitely would implement it and make it my main style and always always promote it, but would learn boxing and mauy Thai as well... but my main styles I would show is karate and judo
Talent Dance TV attempting to fight a certain way will only hurt your performance potential. You should fight naturally and if Karate techniques are what come to fruition than so it be
@@jordanpresnell4697 Yeah Don't get me wrong, Id train for the sport of MMA but if karate is what I know best, it's what ill use
Talent Dance TV Yea but I think what he’s saying is don’t limit yourself to that. I definitely get what you’re saying too though.
@@akilbrazier1421 Yeah of course :)
I was lucky to receive training in shotokan karate in Mexico, sparring with cadets and officers at a military base. One of the best experiences in my life of which I am still grateful for.
Dropping the sweet science right here. 🥊
This is why I reccomend Boxing to anyone who wants to start Martial Arts/Self Defense
It's the most basic one with a lot of power when you train in it and can help with Power,Angles,Footwork, and distance, and then I reccomend other Arts.
Which is probably why I win most of my sparring matches in Taekwondo
Every karate instructor that I ever learned from said” karate gives you the pieces to make your own style.” I’ve since learned that that wasn’t true and they didn’t know the method and order of things. There is a specific way that all those martial arts are intended to work and there all done in the same way basically.
Am I the only one who's both delighted and shocked to hear the word minutiae eloquently said not just once, but several times in a MMA video?
Forget the fighting, our coach Ramsey is a scholar.
Man what you said makes total sense! I started in karate shotokan months ago (I am yellow belt) because I hope to one day get into MMA. I also did a bit of Muay Thai and got in touch with boxing. After feeling helpless in some sparring session in both Karate and Muay Thai, I started to look for the reason why, despite having good kicks, I was not being able to land those kicks. Then it was when I saw this video a while ago and some of the videos of the karate nerd, that I was able to improve by learning how to control distance and space through boxing and other exercises. Even my two sensei said recently that now it looks like am much more lighter and "in control" while sparring (before I used to be very heavy on my feet and movements). Soon I will be going to a open kickboxing tournament (kicklight) and I hope to be able to learn more by fighting in a competition.
Another big name in the UFC that uses Karate is Kyoji Horiguchi. He really implements good karate techniques and footwork in his fights. Also his Ins and outs.
I never knew that about boxing, that's so cool!
Well said sir. The first time i got rung in the head with a cross I was shocked and in a state of fear. Conditioning yourself to get hit and counter is a whole different ball game. You will get hit, how many of us can counter and stay in the fight on 2 feet or on the ground? Martial arts has to evolve since fighting also has. The basics in martial arts are necessary for the foundation to evolve.
Boxing teaches superior angles in comparison to many martial arts. My favorite art personally. Lace up those gloves folks
Can they check kicks though is my only question
@Fight Fly Crow it's not something you just learn though it takes years of kicking pads, bags and shin pads to condition yourself to go shin to shin.
@@solkimmyjones Every martial art and set of techniques takes years of practice, and many martial arts that are specialized usually lack in some areas that you can fortify via cross training, it's not impossible of a boxer to cross train into kickboxing or MMA and it's happened in the past. The original poster just mentioned how he considered boxing to offer advantages in terms of searching angles, which is pretty valid, he never stated something superfluous like "boxing could beat anything" or any of the sort, I don't get why you comment on kicks if the original argument was about striking angles?. It seems to me that you want to turn the topic into a "my prefered martial arts is better than yours" debate, which really is silly since modern MMA is all about fusing martial arts together into a cohesive system, instead of making favoritisms.
You ask if a boxer can check kicks? well, you answer me this then......... can a tae kwon do tank the elbows form muay thai?, can the muay thai deal with the headbutts of lethwei? can any of the previous deal with ground fighting and grappling?, can the grappler deal with MMA who compiles all of the above?, can the MMA deal with a knife fighter?............As you can see there's always a bigger fish, there's always a blind spot that you have to reinforce, and each martial art whether simple or complex can give insight into tiny bits of the puzzle that is fighting. So yeah, your argument about kicks is invalid in this case. If you want to speak your mind on the thread of D Davis, do it on the topic he selected about striking angles. Or if you want to talk about kicks create your own thread.
Having trained muay thai, kyokushin, kung fu and BJJ...I would say probably boxing is simply the best art when it comes to positioning.
@@melchaios it was a genuine question bud, no need for paragraphs. I appreciate boxing but wondered how they would deal with shin to shin kicks
I always wondered if traditional martial arts would not perform much better if they incorporated Western Boxing.
Great advice. I would also suggest freestyle wrestling as a core discipline that you must master before you incorporate and mix other styles.
Oh forgot to mention! You're the shit! Thanks for making these videos -
Boxing is the art of positioning, distance control, angles and closing gaps. Close range combat. Micro and macro, speed and agility - it all plays out. Thanks as ever Ramsey. I've found a boxing heritage a huge advantage when sparring with pure martial artists. Karate as well as Kuk Sool Won. Great feature - and your suggestion of a trainer to help guide. Brilliant. To remain humble, and ask! So good. Nice one. Foot note: Lyoto Machida managed to segue so well, old world karate and modern-day MMA. Talented fighter. Pretty good record 26 wins and 10 losses.
As a person doing TMA, watching videos of ppl fighting better prepares me. We learn techniques but are taught 'fighting' only techniques to drill with one another. And I realized that the biggest reason why I failed so hard at my first sparring session was because I didn't know footwork. So I watched a bit of boxing tutorials (I'm too pooor for another coach) and from learning their footwork, this allowed me to know all these other skills in fighting such as going centerlined to the opponent or going outside of them (to the side or the back) as well as keeping my body direction in an optimal way to attack and defend or change position.
Man, you are reading my mind:)I also have a brown belt in karate and soon going to mix my martial art with boxing.
Karate has been working since UFC 1, Gerald Gordeo reached the final and all top fighters in all major fighting promos have Karate backgrounds. But Ramsey is right for you to be successful in mma you have to learn other styles boxing, grappling and mt.
I joined martial arts when I was 14. As the years went by, I fell out of love with tournaments. Because to me, your happiness lies in knowing you can defend yourself in a real life situation. Having been in a few, unfortunately and nearly having my mother killed, I realised something. If it was not for kyokushin I would not withstand body blows and even two face punches. My experience in boxing saved my throat being slit!. Jiu-jitsu only helped in knowing how to take a fall on hard ground.,its incomparable and extremely painful. You see the human body can't be fooled, as a doctor I know that much adrenaline secretion gets violently ejected into your blood circulation when confronted with a real live or die case. Until you have been in a fight that you know is either do or die, u have nil clue. Carrying a weapon is your best bet, trust me, hands down!. Nothing comes closer to real life application than boxing and kyokushin - the hardest training in both I experienced in my life. But damn it's worth every penny. Many mma fighters respect both box n kyokushin, but few will enter into grueling gruesome professional fights in kyokushin because it's not payable. My advice to wannabe martial artists, learn anything anywhere but do train in kyokushin boxing and jiu-jitsu - but no matter what carry something in your pocket or even use car keys to stab. I would love to develop a style like jeet kune do and teach people that which I advised for real scenarios. That's the only way you can handle pure adrenaline, because that nerves u feel before a tournament is a butterfly anxiety syndrome its not adrenaline perse. I hope my advice will save your life and the ones that you love. Be safe.
Ramsay Dewy, For president
Straight up!!! And contact-style karate has good hand traps when compared to boxers
Well said Ramsey