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About 50 years ago, Karatekas and Thai boxers used to fight each other all the time in Asia and it was basically 50-50. Many people seen to think that Karate doesn't work as a foundation in kickboxing, while Muay Thai works, because many karate schools have been watered down over the years and turned into businesses. But just take a look at guys like Wonderboy Thompson, Raymond Daniels or Michael Page. Real Karatekas are actual killers in kickboxing

One thing I love about Jeff’s videos . Is the fact that he does absolutely ZERO peacocking or posturing. He’s always humble and shows footage that highlights BOTH fighters abilities and success . Jeff doesn’t make it a highlight reel of himself. As someone that has competed and trained themselves, when you enter a gym egos are left at the door. Anyone who steps on that Mat with you is your brother and teammate, you’re there to help each other achieve goals. Jeff is a great ambassador for the sport and the gym culture that IMO is the correct gym gym culture.

The best part about both these pro athletes is to see the level of cardio they both have. The amount of stamina needed to have a friendly sparring of this standard is unbelievable and only people who have done martial arts physically will understand!

Very unique opponent. Shorter, ultra flexible, and has the setups that shoot from an in and out path. I was surprised he was able to close the distance so well being the smaller fighter.

I love how Jeff likes to have different martial arts, it lets people choose a little more. Also the commentary is very helpful!

I love how he shows how effective a Side kick can be if used right. Amazing sparring session

This will be fun! 🍿🥋👏

“kArAtE dOeSnT wOrK” thank you so much for giving recognition to a good karate stylist. Amazing video as always🙏🏻

This was an awesome sparring... Man this is the best sport in the world. Haven't enjoyed watching a sparring session like this one.

Man, that was just a joy to watch! Two guys at the top of their game, sparring with respect and having a good time. What more could you ask for?

My guy Robbie. Really a great guy. This is a true lesson on how ego less sparring looks like

As someone who has done Karate for more than 10 years And also Kickboxing, some Muay Thai and other Martial arts… This was a Joy to watch! Super technical sparring, love the footwork and the accuracy of both of you guys. Your sniper straights and his unorthodox but super effective side kicks (Yoko Geri) Awesome stuff!

This is gonna be exciting!

This is so good. The comunication, the humbleness, the technique, the etiquette. To great martial artists and an example of sportsmanship.

Now THIS is how to spar. What excellent practitioners of martial arts these two are. Sparring is a paired exercise. ‘Fighting’ is quite something else (especially in an uncontrolled situation) Brilliant session to watch here.

Great sparring session Jeff! Your foot sweeps (and sequences afterward) are really well done! I love to see it. Robbie's kicks are quite impressive. Thanks for sharing!

He's so good at kicking! In theory, dogde a kick in the head should be easier than dogde a punch, but that way he uses his kicks are as effective as a jab, even tho it has to travel more distance!

Loved to see you coming with karate on this video! Practicing Karate since I was a child. Very respectful sparring from both of you. Just loved it!!!

I really appreciate how you've detailed and marked different combos. It makes the whole thing really interesting.

First time watching this and I can already respect your content. I can watch more comparisons like this all day. It's nice hearing fighters commenting on their fights and training sessions vs commentators or fighting fans talking about the details of the engagements because the technical facts of the momentary situation are lost. Fighters expose the details rather than commentating for fans which is better for viewer ratings but unhelpful when understanding what went wrong or right for the fighter in the moment. This is one of the best videos I have seen in a long while. Keep up the amazing work!

This is one of the best sparring videos I've ever watched, especially between 2 styles. You gave a very fair and unbiased breakdown of the session. Overall a great and productive video!

I really wanna see you collab with Gabriel Varga it’d be pretty cool to see considering he’s gonna compete in Karate Combat as well!

It's such a joy to watch each and every one of your sparring sessions. I've started training MMA a year ago (I'm 48) and I am still not comfortable with sparring, but these clips are a ton of fun and a good way to learn.

What an awesome video!! The editing is really cool - one of the coolest sparring videos I've seen!! Kudos, Man ;-)

Great control and trust between you two. Really nice to see people sparring in a spirit of exploring and learning with/from each other.

This was an awesome sparring session. I really enjoyed watching it and also learning from both of you.

Really love the editing on this video. Straight to the point and easy to see what's happening.

This is the best sparring video I've ever watched. Good editing, good info, great moves in sparring and respect towards each other. Keep up the great work!💪🥊

Love the egoless commentary and the humbleness. Nuff respek 🤛

Robbie's kicks and distancing were amazing, but at the end when you started to pound the legs his defenses were a bit shaken. Great fight to watch and hope you both learned a ton. Good luck to Robbie in his career!

The sparring you do looks like so much fun. Challenging, but fun and respectful.

Your video breakdowns are impeccable not just by how you voice it but how you pause it and highlight the strikes darkening out the rest of the screen.

The flexibility and control he has is crazzzyyy I'm looking forward to his debut

Fire sparring session 🔥 I love the karate style and what you said in the end is the best part of karate. Blitzing, in and out but with Muay Thai weapons is the way. Great vid!

Real nice sparring. I love they way you comment through these videos. It's great to understand your mindset and Why yiu are doing certain attcks. Great work as always. Damn my dude got some serious kicks!

You got my sub because this is the 3rd video that popped up on my feed. Your vids are legit bro! Keep it up!!!!

He's making consistent connection, against a taller person, at his current height. I can't image how more effective this guy would be if he was taller.

one day I hope Jeff tries a kyokushin kumite session

Thank you for adding very useful material

A little late to the party but man did I enjoy this, and the way you stopped and highlighted what was happening in post production.

You guys worked very well together. Robbie looks like an awesome guy to train with. He is very quick and flexible and those sidekicks are incredible. Often wonder why world class kickboxers such as Maurice Smith jettisoned the sidekick and lead leg round kick once they adopted Muay Thai style. Jeff, as always superior material. IMO among the best MMA and kickboxing content on KZfaq.

He's actually amazing. Super respectable skill. Love his approach to a way taller opponent. Thank you for showing me your experience and insight small master. Help us take down the giants.

i come back to watch this every few months cause it's so damn good. one of my favorite sparring sessions to watch

Great technique and restraint, guys. I like how you point out all the significant strikes and are fair in your judgements. It's also nice to see a sparring match against someone who is trained well in different styles like karate. Subscribed!

Ah man this was seriously enjoyable. Nice rounds, Jeff definitely has elusive head movement. Love the front leg sweeps. Robbie doesn’t have hips? 😃This guys so open and quick with those kicks.

One of the most controlled and technical sparring matches. Love the setups. Also is this in the OC, this place looks so familiar!

Best mma page on the tube I’ve learned so much from you Jeff 💪

Hi Thanks for the aspiring spar breakdown and fascinating techniques shown with deep explaination Ik this is 1 and the half year late but may I know the brand of the mma gloves u used in the second half of sparring coz rn Im looking for recommendations for mma gloves for sparring mainly striking but also some grappling but many people have different recommendations.

Really enjoyed this sparring. One of the best i've seen from someone doing karate to be honest. Rob's flexibility and control is really insane and a beauty to watch. Had to replay his kicks esp. the axe kick, spinning hook kick, and side kicks over a dozen times😂😂🤦‍♂The way he leans back still having the control while throwing the spinning hook kick is truly remarkable. I do throw good spinning hook kicks but I need to work on having more control considering the fact it seems we'll be within the same height range. He also has good footwork for a karate dude, surprisingly not being so flat-footed. I noticed he has a pattern though which Jeff didn't exploit. Whenever he closes distance and he misses throwing a jab or front/side kick, what always comes next is definitely the spinning back kick which makes sense actually bcuz it should be the least counter an opponent should be expecting. He reminds me a bit of a well known iranian kungfu fighter, who often knocked out opponents that threw spinning hook kicks with his own spinning hook kicks with impeccable timing, and angle.

This was one of the best sparring matches I've seen. Both excellent strikers and really helps to show how karate can hold its own against MMA. (At least on the feet 🤣) great video jeff

Unfortunately I missed your seminar here in SoCal Hope to catch the next one!

thank you for the breakdown. made it much better for me to watch, understanding more what was going on. great vid!

Outstanding Sparring session! Despite an obvious difference in reach and height, you both had excellent combinations and made the best use of timing, tactics and great movement within the space. One of the BEST MMA VS Karate fights I've seen so far, with an excellent and clear concise Breakdown. A TEXTBOOK Video on Strategy + Tactics for "closing the distance" for competitors of differing reach and height. GREAT job Guys!

really really good sparing session, you guys must have learned a lot with each other!

Really good stuff, enjoyed this session.

I just wanan say I’ve watched u for a lil while now and u have seriously helped me get better

I loved this! For perspective I'm nearly 59 years old and I've had an interest or curiosity in MA beginning with Harold Watanabe, a USMC judo instructor, better known as Tojo Yamamoto, a wresting heel in the southeast. The "Kung Fu" TV series solidified my interest. I've seen the irrationality in the way MA was displayed in karate and Chinese MA magazines. The opponent almost always attacks in the same style represented in the article and most of the techniques are performed at a distance in which a block isn't needed. As mentioned by another commenter there is a plethora of YT videos in which the prime motivation is apparently to make the cocky owner of the video look great while he shows a lack of common curtesy in his manner and his words. This is a breath of fresh air! Here is martial artist who chooses to make encounters with a variety of styles, presents honestly with humility, showing respect and appreciation for his guest and their style. In doing this it is apparent Mr. Chan chooses to respect the viewer as well.

Literally every time: Jeff: IN THIS FIGHT, LEG KICKS ARE NOT ALLOWED 2 minutes later: OOPS, FORGOT THAT LEG KICKS WEREN'T ALLOWED Love you, Jeff. Thanks for rep'in the low kick.

So much love during this sparring session! I enjoy seeing the control and precision, using the least amount of aggression with a great amount of respect and humility! Well done gentlemen!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯

This was one of the most engrossing sparring sessions I've ever seen! I'm a life long TSD guy w/a few years of TKD, and seeing y'alls different flavors with kicking is especially wonderful. Credits all around, but I gotta say that Robbie's side kicks are on fire, and that axe kick was bonkers. Great stuff, this was really fun.

What’s the dude’s last name? I’d like to watch some of his matches. Nice work as always

Brilliant comparison video! . . Great energy & control. You can't watch this & not have a big grin on your face. Great work sir.

Thank you so much Jeff. Your channel is gold brother. Your cross to right low kick is beautiful haha. Love and respect from NZ 🙏🏽⚡️

Great educational video. Really nice to see you guys go at it. Keep up the super work.

Why so much urban legend that karate is not effective! Many great fighters base is karate. Leota machita and georges st pierre to name a couple. Smh

love your channel bro your motivating me to enter the martialarts as a student again !! thanks a bunch love the sskillset and the playfullness and respectyou make the videos !! much love from the netherlands god bless

Your humility and respect is greatly appreciated. Subbed. Will be checking out the rest of your stuff. Good sh!t!

Awesome content man! Really enjoy it and I often take this techniques to sparring

What a great video, nothing more than technique, respect and information. Thanks for making this type of videos.

Great demonstration of many things, and what a privilege to spar with Robbie Lavoi! With an imbalance in reach I expected to see a lot of distance management, in and out, but I certainly didn't expect so many of the fast inside strikes to be high kicks. One never knows what you will come up against! Thank you both for the video.

First time watching this style of video. I really learned a lot. Thanks

Awesome breakdown brother! Thanks for sharing this!

I loved every second of this sparring session guys keep up the great content

The flexibility and how easy he makes all those kicks look to execute was great to see

greeeeeeat dude ..very good explanation ....keep with these videos...I´m sure...it´s gonna be my vision in a combat.... God bless! Julio Cesar from Brazil - Brasília capital

Watching them both work from distance is like watching a fencing match. The level of respect from both fighters shows sportsmanship that is becoming more rare in western media. Oss!

this was excellent sparring great pace control tech and stategic adjustments - really enjoy your videos - your willingness to share information - to challenge yourself and to acknowledge the skill/talent/iq of the people you are working w/ or sparring.. kudos

Always enjoyable watching your videos, Kru Jeff!

Loved this so much i subbed ❤

Just found this, great video, great control and ability 👍 Followed 👍

Man Jeff your flow is amazing everytime I watch u bruh it just art

nice Video thanks for posting !!! Subscribed !!

Such a great video and breakdown!

real good work. Thanks for the sharing!

this remains still my favorite sparring footage in the entirety of youtube. I find myself coming back to watch this poetry in motion all the damn time

Point fighting is all this is. Did this back in the late 70's. Went into full contact in the early 80's.

4:21 that side kick was just beautiful, man... I liked your previous way of editing videos where you slow down cool fast paced scenes you showed and break them down technically

This is so awesome! I’ve been watching your sparring contents for so long. Actually this is first time write comment. My favorite video was when you were sparring the TKD guy. That was really good match and I also watched sparring Team Passe Fighters in korea. You are very good fighter and at the same time so respectful. Your training video makes me work harder and harder. I just want to say Thank you. I have so much respect to you :) Please keep up the good work.

I enjoy watch your sparring videos and listening to your commentary as I can learn what I can or should not be doing when I spar. As I do Muay Thai for a year I am aiming to learn karate as well so it improve my skills. 💯🥊

Great sparring session, loving the attitude, the good and controled technique and friendliness while kicking each other's asses! Great!

Amazing content man good shit both of you nice breakdown too

Absolutely love your videos mate, very educational. Cheers.

Making the thumbnail where you are taking a crazy kick is EPIC. It’s why you are my favorite MMA pro bc you are more about the art than ego… which incidentally makes me respect the hell outta you!!

You make such amazing content love it!!!

Very nice put together video. A lot of information there 👍

Nice one, man! Keeping it playful and relaxed! Oh btw any news on your next fight? Are You going to step in the cage again any time soon? Looking forward to it, Jeff!

This guy's kicks are incredible! I can see why you chose his axe kick as the thumbnail, it looks amazing. Really interesting sparring session, the breakdowns are really interesting and helpful too.

Wow this was so fun to watch. Thanks!

Jeff. Simply. Brilliant work.