Wonderboy ain't all that karate

[Guestx]

kickboxing would be more similar to karate than Thompson's style would be and hell that shit looks much similar to Taekwondo ITF than Karate, so unless someone wants to start arguing that Taekwondo fighters can start representing Karate as well, I don't know if we should be quick to associating Thompson with ANY kind of Karate,

Not sure if you know this, but ITF TKD is an offshoot of Japanese karate. Even many of the katas are the same.

Go research the history.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Thing is at the end of the day, Thompson's style is pretty much the style you see in those wierd american kickboxing things that they put which Raymond Daniels and that other black guy from Bellator succesfully competed in, I think

Michael Page?

 

[Guestx]

Just a classic line here

I caught that too. "I don't know too much about it perhaps. . ."

 

[JustOnce]

[yt]

so this is how Stephen Thomson fights

 

[JustOnce]

You know nothing of which you talk about, even stated in your first post. I come from a TKD background and have often preferred this stance because of it's options. It's not the only stance, but it is one that is learned. Still going to question me?

yeah TKD

what, you black belt in karate now?

 

[JustOnce]

I said I don't know much, I didn't say I know less than you do

 

[Sgt Smith]

You learn a side stance in karate, sorry to bust your bubble.

 

[JustOnce]

[yt]

shotokan karate which led to many offshoot variation such as Kyokushin karates and etc and probably taekwondo

 

[deltapapha]

Having been good friends with a few JKA Shotokan-ers my whole life I have to say that I agree with TS.

 

[JustOnce]

[yt]

Kyokushin Karate in which GSP is the third degree black belt

 

[JustOnce]

Having been good friends with a few JKA Shotokan-ers my whole life I have to say that I agree with TS.

Thanks, bunch of blind people in this thread stick together like some dried horseshit

 

[JustOnce]

[yt]

ITF Taekwondo which I think anthony Pettis is a third degree black belt in, and which I think most closely resembles Stephen Thompson's style out of traditional martial arts, not some american melting pot exercise

 

[scorpipede]

holy shit! what was the fucking goal here?????????? and the 2 people just stand on the stairs there! ZERO response.

TS - you admit to not knowing much about karate so...why should we listen to you? Just saying.

 

[Guestx]

Having been good friends with a few JKA Shotokan-ers my whole life I have to say that I agree with TS.

Shotokan is one of many styles of karate. JKA Shotokan is an even more specific designator.

 

[Shaggydoo2]

I quit reading at "I like karate a lot. I don't practice it, and I don't know too much about it perhaps."

It's quite obvious that he's not a pure karate fighter and has adapted his game to the game of MMA...not point fighting.

 

[JustOnce]

You are seriously blind

Shotokan is one of many styles of karate. JKA Shotokan is an even more specific designator.

More like a father of most karates out there

 

[Guestx]

You are seriously blind

More like a father of most karates out there

Don't make me call you a moron.

 

[Drofrah]

I practiced Shorin-Ryu Karate. My style was very similar to the way he fights.

I really enjoy when the hate threads get killed straight away

 

[Sgt Smith]

You make a thread about something you are obviously not familiar with and then insult the people that respond. Well done, TS.

 

[D4C]

It's effective. That's all I care. You have to adapt in MMA or you get you ass kicked. Put any Karate practicioner better in Karate than Wonderboy in cage and Hendricks grinds them againt the fence all night long.

Movement in MMA is much different than in any other combat sport, because you have to take takedowns into the account. You just can't have a rhythm similar to some TMAs, because one can time his double legs much easier when he gets used to your rhythm.

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

lol....
only one man used perfect Karate in a fight I guess