And we have two boxing vs karate matches
Yeah
So the karate guy, of course, kicking
He's like Jean Claude Van Damme -Yeah, a little bit
His punches...um...tsk tsk tsk
He's bare knuckle, also, I noticed that -Yeah
Hum
The boxer has
OOOH
Hit him with a good straight
Yeah -Wow that was quick
Boxing's the king of punching, of course
I was going to say, he has gloves on.
So...oooh, that was a pretty cool jump kick.
Yeah, Karate guy has to be careful not to hurt his knuckles
Knuckles, yeah!
The boxer doesn't have to worry about that
That's exactly what I was gonna say, like he
He....the boxer is punching well away
Hit him in the face wide open -Yeah
Yeah
Yeah, and
The boxer guy has extra protection too when he's covering up...looks like he got knocked down
Might even be TKO? We'll see.
Oh. He's done
He's done. WOOO!
Wow -Yeah
Let's watch the final...so right....
Karate guy landed some good head strikes
Couple, but... -So hook
It looks like a straight
Looks like a right -Yeah, yeah
Wow
Yeah, cause the boxer has no...kind of like no limitation, no sense of
'Cause he has gloves on -Yeah
So he's going to go full stroll
Strike forward
Wow
And notice this karate guy wasn't wearing a gi
I believe the next guy is going to wear a gi
Okay, yeah, see, the next guy is going to wear a gi
I wonder if the gi gives him some
He's a white belt
He's a white belt -Yeah
Why even? -Yeah
Huh? -Yeah bro, why even take this
Yeah
Ohh with that hook
Ouch
Wow. Wow.
See how like scared he is now?
Took that power
Yeah, because...
Like normally...oof -See, he's not
He's almost trying to mirror the boxer now
That's not even worth it anymore
Yeah -He's not turning the same way the boxer was
It's interesting, um....
their not fully using their kicks to the advantage, right?
Yeah, yeah, the boxer's not even respecting the kicks that much -Yeah
Oh my goodness
Oooh -Yeah, see like look
He's out for blood
Just the simple, simple combos go a long way
Oooofff, oww oww oww owww oww
Ohhhh! -Oh he's down
Down
Oh my goodness
Okay -He hasn't been hit by that type of power before
Oh my goodness
Wow
It's definitely different because
A punch through a glove distributes the force differently than a punch through a fist
Right....so -Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, looks like...
I don't know if this is the same guy or different guy -I don't know.
Yeah -Looks like he has head protection now
Yeah
Maybe two...it's different guys, huh?
Oh this guy kicking at the head
Yeah, but the boxer doesn't seem fazed by it.
Definitely, definitely not...oh the boxer's...
Oooh!!
See how he's like running into him?
Geez
It's like that spearing -Yeah
Constant, like...
coming forward toward him
Wow
Geez
Yeah
I think one thing we're seeing in how these karate guys are fighting is
that they don't have much follow-through in their hits -Yeah
The kicks are very snappy
Very whip-like
And the punches are very restrained
So this is the second guy that we saw
So used to that point kind of sparring -Yeah
So he...
Oh yeah, this boxer has a pony-tail
So
Wow
So he's like, "Nope, I got it."
I'm just trying to figure out if that third guy we saw was a different guy or was it the same guy wearing a gi...
I think it was a different guy.
Also, it looks like the coach of the team was only a yellow belt
You could say...
These are more amateur level karate guys versus more experienced boxers
So yeah, it's a different guy, it's two different guys
Because the guy doesn't have a pony tail
And this guy has different hair, so...
So this is a third boxing vs karate match
Karate guy keeps backing up
Yeah
It's the worst thing...move laterally
And guys, um...
Alex...
has done a lot of Capoeira, so...
with Capoeira you guys are the best at finding really interesting angles
Yeah
But you still have to have a good kickboxing background to
Utilize it well -Makes sense
And I think that's...
That's what we're seeing here
He just, he's not used to this type of pressure -Yeah
Definitely not
And he
The more he backs up, the more he goes into the range
of that -Yeah, you see, exactly.
That's what's happening -That's why he needs to move
More laterally -Um...but...
He's just not trained them -Yeah
Wow
I don't know...um...it looks like this is Russian?
But...
If you guys can give any information from us, like, what the heck does that say?
Uhh. let us know...
Um...this is the channel
Looks like a Russian channel
Michael Jackson dance moves
So yeah, it looks like a....
Yeah, um...
But yeah, um...if you guys can
let us know, I mean, what does this say?
Let us know because this is the only
record of this match we have and it looks like it was aired on some kind of television station
Or something, huh? -Yeah
Wow, that first guy, first guy really had a rude awakening
Shows you the different types of training
Yeah -But
It's interesting because
If your kicks really were trained
Your kick would be a bat and even if he blocked it with his arm, he might even hurt his arm
It seems like he's not even kicking to hurt him, he's just used to point sparring
Yeah, exactly -That's the thing
It almost feels like the Karate guys are still treating it like a point sparring match
Yeah -Whereas the boxers are treating it like we're gonna KO someone.
Exactly
Like that
He did, if you notice...
So we'll watch this one more time....
If...
I believe
So the karate guy actually tried to block that hook
That straight, you see, he tried to block it but
It still landed -Yeah, yeah
Because...yeah the blocking doesn't...
Yeah, so
I think that's a good lesson too. A lot of people...
Criticize when I say, "Be careful when trying to block."
Because when punches come at you full force
You might not have the reaction time/
You might not even block it.
This is a perfect example
Well they don't have good head movement either.
The big difference between the head movement of the boxer
and what the karate guy is doing
Yeah -Just staying same frame
Yeah, exactly
Exactly right there -See, that's it right there
Yeah -And the same, his hands are so
far away from his head -Yeah
So he has a higher chance of getting hit
As opposed to boxers that's more in tight
Yeah, exactly...
And he's backing up
Yeah, like, that kick was also like a point karate type of kick.
Tsk tsk tsk tsk
Yeah
See. I think he could've kept using that.
The? -The front kick
The front kick? -The push kick
Yeah, but he has to have a little big more power
Yeah, exactly
I think he's just so afraid of what the boxer's going to do.
That's what it is...yeah it's very apparent too
And we also saw in this that....
Because it looks like whatever style of karate, they didn't kick at the legs at all.
No thigh kicks, nothing, I mean, you know -Yeah
The boxer's getting all his force, movement etc. from his legs
So you make him question that, make him maybe
Not able to generate as much power from your legs.
Yeah, it would make sense if you have a kicking style that you do want to go for the calf, and inner thigh to slow him down.
So he can't pivot off his support foot -Yeah
Yeah, but yeah the boxer's not even
He doesn't even respect his power
Yep
Not at all
He knows he has it
Yeah
Wow
Its like, it's not even fair
Yeah
Wow...
Wooof
So guys...
um lots of great lessons here
But the key is
When you spar
You have to spar for different situations
Awesome guys, Alex is on Fight commentary grappling
So you've seen him there
And um....
If you guys want to see his face
Maybe we'll show his face next time -Right
Alright, fight commentary breakdowns, out.
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