I saw a good few of these in my local Japanese video rental store at the weekend.Local Japanese video rental store VHS? There's a good chance the bouts are abbreviated.
Is there a Japanese community in Ireland?I saw a good few of these in my local Japanese video rental store at the weekend.
I don't think there's Asians, blacks, or Hispanics in Ireland lol. Only white people.Is there a Japanese community in Ireland?
Some of the footage in this highlight is from the 80's, almost all of it is prior to the rules change where Shooto added ground and pound to the face and took away the limited time for ground-work:
Thanks to a good friend, I have a pretty good amount of 80's-early 90's Shooto. One of the most interesting guys to watch is Kusayanagi; he has a judo and wrestling background and pulls out some very cool submissions. One of the interesting things with him is how the limited ground-time seems to really impede him and possibly stop him from having been a dominant force.
Maybe I will work on getting some of it up online. For some reason, I feel more comfortable uploading it in the form of a highlight rather than posting full events or matches, because I'm not sure whether or not it is okay for me to do the latter or if the person who took the trouble to give me the DVDs would be cool with me doing so or not.
Here are some pics and clips...starting around 6:00The professional and amateur? cannot find them myself and I really wanna see them.
The professional and amateur? cannot find them myself and I really wanna see them.
You can also find some early footage if you search for:
Satoru Sayama (aka Tiger Mask)
He is one of the founders of Shooto and had a couple of fights in there.
And yes guys...japanese commentary is awesome!
I don't understand shit...but it sounds fucking exciting