Yuki Yoza is dope af. Love the Japanese kickboxers they are so clean and crisp in there style

I trained at Kiba Martial Arts Club, Hatagaya, Tokyo for 2 years and it's the best gym on earth. Very friendly but serious atmosphere, great coach, and absolutely no bullying or unnecessary violence or hard sparring. I was a noob and the pros I sparred with (like Juri Ohara, who is still doing great) always had the kindness to adapt at my level.

My old coach had spent time in Japan. They go hard, you get your ass kicked, but from what he told me its not about whether or not you get your ass kicked is whether or not you get your ass kicked and still come back for more. They'll treat you like family afterwards. Its all about grit and how bad do you want to be training with them.

@stefanabreu

2 ай бұрын

what gym was he at? (in japan)

Masaaki Noiri just signed to one championship 😮

I'm fan of K-1 kickboxing. As far as i know, this gym,called "K-1 gym sagami-ono KREST" ,is one of the most hard kickboxing gym in japan and a lot of k-1 kickboxing champions belong this gym. then this gym has a special custom. it is called "gachi spar(extra hard sparring)". In the "gachi spar", their is no consideration of weight classes,ages,career. just fight like the actual match. this type of sparring is rare in any other k-1 gym.

Thank you for the video george! Masaaki is one of my favorite kickboxers as well.

I was actually saying to my brother and my dad the other day about how Japanese fighters seem to get knocked out more than anyone else in combat sports in relativity. I wonder if this is the reason ?

@morgueblack

Жыл бұрын

It probably is. They have some similarity with Filipino fighters, always wanting to go toe-to-toe. But then if this Japanese fighter comes from a Kyokushin background, it's easy to see why he fights the way he does.

@CabralNick

10 ай бұрын

@@morgueblack He is, indeed, a Kyokushin champ LOL

@Mustard_Dispenser

10 ай бұрын

I think it’s because aren’t used to fighting foreigners, so they stress out more than anyone else.

@cyberpunkfalangist2899

9 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if I believe that, Japan for years was the center of fighting in east Asia. Pride and K1 drew in people from every corner of the world to fight in Japan.@@Mustard_Dispenser

@Viewer2228

6 ай бұрын

​@@morgueblackRight the 2 groups have evolved drastically in technical ability still the toe 2 toe nature is there

Yo this was dope you have a new fan, nice eye for the game very enjoyable breakdown

that sparring is so vicious. I would not appreciate getting beat like that but you wonder if the partner will be better off in the future for having gone with Yoza.

@user-iq4zv4kn4p

Жыл бұрын

The only way to get better is to have these types of sparring every now and then to push you to the next level. To bring your inner warrior out. This sport isn't for everyone

@havoc9530

Жыл бұрын

Accumulating brain trauma in training is only gonna decrease his longevity when it comes to actually fighting. Will definitely shorten his fighting career if this type of "training" is consistent

@user-iq4zv4kn4p

Жыл бұрын

@@havoc9530 you sound like someone who trains on the couch

@havoc9530

Жыл бұрын

Its not hard to understand taking full power shots to the head cant be healthy or good for your career. Your extreme lack of logic makes you sound like someone missing a prefrontal cortex

@havoc9530

Жыл бұрын

That's pretty funny from someone with a gaming channel

Nayoa Inoue is one of the best boxers i have ever seen in my life. The dude is so talented. Have you seen Inoue? For a lighter weight class the dude is a monster!

@Dolfinius

Жыл бұрын

He mentioned him in this video

I notice that Chocolatito Gonzalez does the same tripling-quintupling on the lead hand and he trained out of teiken boxing, when he fought Yutaka Niida they both do it and it's crazy. I wonder if it is a broader Japanese stylistic trait?

@georgehardwick5063

Жыл бұрын

We've got a king here bringing up the legend chocolatito. Yeah funny how it happens across sports

It's a Chuseko Mae Geri (front stabbing kick with the ball of the foot).

@Bob-fb1ok

Жыл бұрын

*chusoku. correct Japanese term is mikazukigeri

@zohebalikhan7404

3 ай бұрын

​@@Bob-fb1okThat's a different kick. You're referring to the front outside crescent kick. You can KZread it.

I don't know if all Japanese fighters spar this hard. if he was Preparing for a fight understood you have to go hard to prepare. However if he was Preparing for a fight why spar so hard with an opponent was not on his level? It was clear after round one that his opponent was outclassed. And why would your team let you spar someone to prepare for a fight that doesn't challenge you? And of it was jist a regular spar why hurt someone that you could beat easily? Yuki is amazing, I enjoy watching his style. This sparring did seem a bit harsh. I mean Knees in the face in Sparring? C'mon now.

I wonder if they instructed the red helmet guy to not power up, he never had a Fk it moment to match the power....

@royschneider805

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think they instructed him not to power up I think he didn’t expect to spar that hard and was afraid to throw harder shots because he probably thought that if he would do so then Yuki would go 100% and knock him out. In my opinion the footage indicates a lack of communication between the gym and the foreign fighter

This is way harder than I would really ever spar because I don’t compete but it’s interesting to see when he takes the foot off of the gas. When he takes is back in the second round and does that little shifting blitz he seems to be hitting way lighter and doesn’t finish with anything too heavy.

He trained at Mikes Gym prior to this fight. I have a feeling that has to do with it.

Japanese go hard with training. They will respect you if don't guve up and keep coming back for more.

Looking at other Japanese kickboxers like tenshin and takeru it seem like they spar light - probably a combination of sparring a westerner and that specific gym . Seems like they do spar hard as noiri trains with yuki and looking at their styles it seems they spar really hard

@manus6702

Жыл бұрын

Takeru doesn’t really spar light tho

@maxcollins5053

Жыл бұрын

@@manus6702 haven't really seen much footage from what I see he goes intense but still controlled

@mohammadtaosif

Жыл бұрын

@@maxcollins5053 Check Takeru and Yuki Yoza sparring, they tried to take each others head.

@bigbodykarate6403

Жыл бұрын

and they are all trash every one of them, none of them make it on the international level thats why they are all K-1 champs (japan only) all the talent goes elsewhere .

@chefxhyrule242

7 ай бұрын

Takeru spars like he’s willing to die😂

Rukiya Anpo mentioned 🎉

That’s what I love about Japanese kickboxing. Almost all of their kicks aren’t telegraphed, and yet they still sting like shit.

Hey man. Great analysis. Do you have any idea what type of shinguards they're wearing?

Just found this video I think if you havent mentioned as context, Yuki Yoza has been training at Mikes Gym and more used to the dutch intensity when coming back to Japan, there was clips of him sparring and the pace was high for both him and his sparring partner in Holland. In all honesty the guy in the red has no place sparring Yuki Yoza . Going at this intensity against a Maasaki Noiri who has just KO'd Azakabar and beaten Liam Harrison when he was 19 wouldve been a better sparring to film. But I'm not too sure why he went hard on this guy on this particular day

Oblique kick is the easiest way to hyperextend the knee

Hey george, you're always talking about how important it is to keep your back foot on the floor when striking, especially with the lead body hook. At 11:30 when yuki throws the double uppercut, body hook, uppercut combo it looks like his rear foot is almost coming off the ground. Wondering if this is an exception to the rule or should he have had more weight on the rear foot? Thanks, great breakdown as always

@yungyucci3877

Жыл бұрын

The left foot should always be on the ground actually, it's the one responsible for making your hip twist on the lead hook, giving you that power, allowing the kinetic energy to flow through. There's a reason why boxers tend to twist their lead foot with a lead hook and sometimes jab.

@proriva

10 ай бұрын

@@yungyucci3877until that front leg gets blasted by a lowkick

Anyone who try to win spars using their power is probably because they have zero confidence in their ability to destroy. Those who know they have the power to destroy, focus more on timing and skills because these are what they looking to polish. But boxing is a different sports.

is it more of a kick boxing thing, i havent heard this happening in boxing

So he is world champion😊

Most Japanese kickboxers are Kyokushin, shin karate background hence the lack of defence and counter Attack. Ashihara is a better kyokushin style in my opinion. Osu

japanese kickboxing will take over, these guys are way too good

the other guy couldn't see a thing out of his headgear it looks like it fit him terribly, he had to adjust it after every hard shot landed on it

Splendide...mais dur

ZELENOFF

That's good sparring,the westener don't do enough

Original muay thai do Not know boxing, That's Why Rick Roufus broke the Jaw of Changpuek and knocked out Changpuek 2 times by Punching Changpuek in the Face 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Japanese kickboxing is combination of boxing and kyokushin, muay thai is Not included 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

@nestrogodz9525

4 ай бұрын

It’s still Dutch style 🔥 even tho they aren’t technically “Dutch style” , the early forms of Dutch style created Kenji’s Kurosaki original Mejiro gym in Tokyo and he even added Muay Thai , the roundhouse kick is a Muay Thai round house kick created by kenji kurosaki too. Just that Jon plas added more Muay Thai techniques.

@JapkickboxingMMA2

4 ай бұрын

@@nestrogodz9525 google,,, kyokushin has round house kick even before they fought muay thai.

Bad video

Original kyokushin are knocking out Original muay thai since the 60's 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

and here is proof why the japanese dont make it on the international level , you dont get better getting straight up destroyed in the gym

@Ben-no4lz

Жыл бұрын

The guy getting destroyed is western though?

@zenmartialartist701

Жыл бұрын

With all do respect japanese kickboxers have 3 top 10 spots in the P4P kickboxing rankings, they've BEEN making it at the international level

@metalsalsa

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Japanese do great in KB internationally, they're just in smaller weight classes.

@DKYtut

Жыл бұрын

Japanese dominate the lighter weightclasses what are you talking about? Not everyone only watches Rico verhoeven.

@senpai7101

11 ай бұрын

He’s the best in the world

The japanese just do this to american travellers..payback for the war i assume

@zenmartialartist701

5 ай бұрын

no, they spar like this often

@bigking300

5 ай бұрын

@@zenmartialartist701 do they beat up the whales and dolphins too?

@Jitter4788

2 ай бұрын

For the war? You have no idea of japanese sentiment towards the US. It is actually pretty positive, considering they are actually a NATO partner that actively works as close as an ally you can get without actually becoming a member (btw Australia is also a partner and has fought alongside the US through every war since WW1), japanese economy exploded after American intervention, the US halted the war that japanese were probably dreary from, and the US helped them rebuild and eventually left. Also, despite japanese education not focusing on their own atrocities in WW2 too much, from what I've seen so far, once they do learn, they understand that dropping the bombs was not a good thing, but it was war. And war is hell, so they don't view the US as negatively as you might expect.