This is what Daido juku kudo is all about

[shinkyoku]

Daido juku Hokutoki All japan is streamed live on november 10th, on ustream. For details see:

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f61/daido-juku-kudo-live-feed-nov-10-mma-karate-2255321/

but be fast. it starts in 3 hours or so!

 

[Senshi]

The guy who invented this, Takashi Azuma, is from the town where I live. I've been seriously considering joining the dojo near me.

 

[Ivaylo Ivanov]

I personally prefer MA which use gi- like uniform, for the simple reason that most of the people around the world dont walk naked on the street. Especially in the more dense populated areas. And I dont have plans to compete in MMA anymore.

Daido Juku Kudo is a fine art, when your teacher is a legit one (Speed BR, where do you find those guys???)
Been a new MA, I would prefer to stick to something with more traditions and teaching methods like Combat SAMBO though.

 

[King Shisa]

2- In MMA you will no longer have to deal with most of the unrealistic features of Kudo or G.K.Y.S, such as : being conditioned to fight with a space helmed (Kudo), not being allowed to hit your opponent in the head while ground and pounding (Kudo), not being able to hit you adversary's face (G.K.Y.S) only fighting with a Gi on (Kudo and G.K.Y.S).

I didn't know fighting half naked in shorts was more realistic than wearing headgear to protect the face. lmao

 

[Daido_Juku]

Poor KUDO! SpeedDR, Can you give me the name of the instructor you have attented to?

 

[Seiken01]

Just found this thread and wanted to add something from my own limited experience. There's a lot of folks that seem to have a lot more so take it for what it's worth.

I come from a knockdown karate background and also train in Judo, hence why Kudo was so interesting for me. From my own experience and from what was actually told to me, if you want to compete in Kudo you're actually better off training at an MMA gym and once a week getting together with like-minded individuals and training under Kudo rules. The reason being, Kudo now has grown far beyond its beginnings and those two aren't going to give you all you need to succeed.

From what was told to me, rank in Kudo is performance-based so you need to be fighting competitively - in Japan and Russia, fighting in Kudo tournaments may be easy but here in the States not so much so picking up smokers or competing in Judo/BJJ tournaments would be the way to go.

If I had the opportunity, I'd train in Muay Thai and Judo and once a week get together and mix it up with other guys who want to fight under Kudo rules.

 

[AshiharaFan]

Just found this thread and wanted to add something from my own limited experience. There's a lot of folks that seem to have a lot more so take it for what it's worth.

I come from a knockdown karate background and also train in Judo, hence why Kudo was so interesting for me. From my own experience and from what was actually told to me, if you want to compete in Kudo you're actually better off training at an MMA gym and once a week getting together with like-minded individuals and training under Kudo rules. The reason being, Kudo now has grown far beyond its beginnings and those two aren't going to give you all you need to succeed.

From what was told to me, rank in Kudo is performance-based so you need to be fighting competitively - in Japan and Russia, fighting in Kudo tournaments may be easy but here in the States not so much so picking up smokers or competing in Judo/BJJ tournaments would be the way to go.

If I had the opportunity, I'd train in Muay Thai and Judo and once a week get together and mix it up with other guys who want to fight under Kudo rules.

Since Seiken01 no longer posts here he obviously will not see this post of mine. But for everyone else reading this I want to say that I don't think it's that simple to train at a typical MMA Gym and fight under Kudo Rules since Kudo fight and train exclusively with the Gi.

If you are going to go the MMA route then one of those arts MUST be either Judo or Sambo. One of those arts along with BJJ would do you some justice if you do decide to fight under Kudo rules.

I'm quite certain Seiken01 realizes this himself but I thought it should be solidly clarified for those who are interested.

EDIT - A quick note I need to add is the stand up striking art that I think one should train in for Kudo. I think Muay Thai and Boxing are great striking arts and can do a person well in Kudo sparring. But I still think the better option would be either Ashihara Karate or Enshin Karate along with some boxing training.

As my screen name suggests, I am a huge fan of the late Hideyuki Ashihara and the style of Karate he developed. I do think, however, that Enshin Karate may give a fighter a slightly better advantage when fighting under Kudo rules. Reason being Enshin does the same thing as Ashihara Karate but they seem to place a tad bit more emphasis on grabbing the Gi and using more Judo throws. Ashihara Karate and Enshin Karate with their training methods and fighting approach can hang with Muay Thai any day.