Are there even a lot of Japanese UFC fighters to say that one gym produces a lot?Are there any gyms in Japan like AKA or ATT that produces and houses lots of UFC fighters?
Maybe this will help
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Japan Gyms | Tapology
Directory of Japan (JP) mixed martial arts and boxing gyms and academies.www.tapology.com
No clue how up-to-date this is.
Paraestra for BJJ. They have a big franchise. It's where a lot of famous Japanese stars learned how to grapple. In terms of UFC fighters, I would say probably Chonan's gym. I see him in the corner for Japanese fighters.
There is also Purebreed and Kid's gym but most of their competitors aged out.
Paraestra is where a lot of Japanese fighters came from. They have like around 40 schools or even more. The founder is Yuki Nakai. He has a judo background too. They produced hundreds of MMA fighters.I checked and yes Ryo Chonan seems active. No BJJ, I want something that is more judo/sambo/catch based or a place with wicked striking skills or a really good Shootfighting dojo.
Paraestra is where a lot of Japanese fighters came from. They have like around 40 schools or even more. The founder is Yuki Nakai. He has a judo background too. They produced hundreds of MMA fighters.
Kyoji lives in the US now theres a pretty cool vid of him on youtube having a talk with KID about parting waysWhere does taira, horiguchi, and kai asakurs go?
I know Kyoji was krazy bee and ATT but I can’t imagine he still trains there in the off season.. right?
Because you probably do not live in Japan and Japan does not care about the UFC.One of the most and greatest contributor to Shootfighting was Victor Koga who was one of the early pioneers in sambo in Japan and he worked hard to create mixed styles in form of Shooto.
The Japanese have a crazy rich history of MMA before there was MMA. I always wondered why I do not hear about Japanese in modern times. They should be way ahead!
Brave Gym by Kazuyuki Miyata.I checked and yes Ryo Chonan seems active. No BJJ, I want something that is more judo/sambo/catch based or a place with wicked striking skills or a really good Shootfighting dojo.