these guys are so much faster than anything on the UFC. post more of this JKA stuff.

Que técnica tan limpia. Espectacular demostración de Karate.

80s was the best years of karate kumite

Thanks for all the clips. Old school karate before the olympics spoilt all the fun!

kagawa is in the JKS.... he graded me for my green belt a while back (i'm on 2nd purple now....)

That guy didn't know he'd be on youtube 24 years later lol.

Esa final de kumite es un clásico del karate do en general y debe ser observada por los demás estilos y sistemas como una muestra de un combate convertido en arte.Excelente video y gracias por ponerlo en la red.

please stop right now. your asuming that from just youtube videos and no knowledge what so ever. shotokan punchs are incredibly powerful, just because of its perfect technique. the speed come from relaxing your arm until it actually has to be tence when it makes contact. if you dont believe there is any power, go to a good shotokan karate dojo and find it out for yourself.

can someone explain to me what kind of karate is this and the other karate that doesn't include hitting your opponents head?

la vieja escuela del karate se hace presente en este magnifico video solo puedo decir osss

WOW is all I can say .. I need to see more.

nada mejor q el karate tradicional y el kumite de este gran maestro Kagawa nada que ver con el karate deportivo.

Beautyful.

Good work.

I wish all tournaments were like that, i mean without gear. it hardens that body and helps u develop control.

that is right, samurai practiced jujutsu Iwhich unlike Brazilian jujutsu, used to include strikes, kicks, elbows, punches, etc).

Now that's some old school kumite, no sparring gloves, no mouthpiece, no head gear.

@Pninja885 Yes, very controlled, all-Japan championship. Every technique has a natural stopping point. When hitting somebody, that point is a few inches inside his head or torso. In JKA kumite it is 1 inch in front of him and is hit with full power and speed. Don't listen to the moron who says they PULL punches. Technique must be directed thru the center of the target, glancing blows do not count.. Mistakes can have devastating consequences - smashed cheekbones, broken ribs, concussions..

Yeah, they make contact, but they try to pull their strike as much as possible.

Well, by "on the ground" I meant there's no need to leave the floor and raise your one-point. Competition is a sport, not Karate.

This is to CTuxford. Plz if you not understand than you cant talk=)This ufc is fighters that have backraounds in Karate kung fu tae kwondo boxning and etc. mma is mix martial arts. and you know Karate was and stil it is a art from the Samurai.

Hai,Hai Isso e o karate perfeito como deve ser OSS!

It's a little hard to categorize one's karate in a fight...

budokan or shotokan?

Isto é um exemplo de Kumite! OSS!!!

el karate mola, asi como todas las artes marciales

OSSH!!!

yeah that´s right

no, lightning is kagawa fast XD

it was used when the samurai lose hes Sword to fight against the enemy its not like the competition karate that you have seen but the feeling from this video is the same PlZ go to A Japanese trainer And ask hem to show you the power that is in a REAL" YAKU ZUKI " PUNSH.

hey could spar with out gloves and mouth pices cause they had control

見えん

Normally no. Most often one hand is held at about chin height and the other at plexus height. So lower than Muay Thai but a lot higher than this.

This kind of tournament is just part of the training. Or do you really think that is the kind of fight this karateka would use as self defense? If you believe so, then you know nothing about karate training.

Or what???

Osu!

BEGIN READ FROM THE OLDES COMMENT FROM ME "This is to CTuxford"....Then after you wake up you will probably begin to train karate. And plz CTuxford a real knee or elbows is not on UFC.

Hopping bunnys! That's nothing like traditional SHotokan Karate. Competition is for those who like shinny troffys. Karate is done on the ground!

And people make fun of the tae kwon do fighters. As for comparing it to the UFC, give me a break. This is a point scoring game, not knockout. Even the Kyokushin blows this stuff away. I'm sorry guys, but martial arts has moved on from this type of fighting years ago. This stuff will not save your skin against an average boxer, let alone clinch, knees and elbows. It's fast because you hardly have to hit the opponent. All speed, no power.