japanese kickboxers have such an aesthetically pleasing style. just clean strikes but nit afraid to go to war

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

"aesthetically pleasing" That is the best way to put it haha! A lot of their fighters are so smooth! Joy to watch!

@burningknuckle26

3 жыл бұрын

they are as tough as they come

@nefaakjacktown118

2 жыл бұрын

Muay thai perfected basically.

@lorenzor124

Жыл бұрын

go to war??? It's not war. It's a tournament. LOL

@prvtthd401

11 ай бұрын

​@@nefaakjacktown118 That is a bit far fetched. I love the beautiful throws of muay thai and how tactical and technical they are. If Japan would improve on their clinch, elbows and throws in kickboxing, they would have almost the perfect striking art.

Of all the stand up strikers, Japanese kickboxers have the best boxing. I can watch them throw hands for hours, and since many of them have some kyokushin karate experience it almost adds a flare. I love Japanese kickboxing ❤️🎎

@prostriking

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting! 😄🙏

Great tribute to some amazing kickboxers out of Japan. I always thought the Mayweather Tenshin fight was a work...after watching this in CONVINCED it was a work. His fight with Rodtang was epic. Them Japanese boys got hands!

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate appreciate that! Ye the tension rodtang was crazy, rodtang is so durable!

Yea I mean the history behind Japanese kickboxing is also interesting because it basically formed other styles of kickboxing like European and Dutch style kickboxing, but also how it was formed with competition with martial arts like Muay Thai. As well as having some of the best boxing in kickboxing. But you also missed out on Toshio fujiwara who actually trained satoshi kobayashi

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Ye I was thinking of fujiwara but I couldn't find enough footage of his kickboxing and a lot of the bouts were Muay Thai so decided to leave him out. Thanks for the comment, really good points

@LuCa8_

3 жыл бұрын

@@prostriking yea keep making great content

@prvtthd401

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I feel like every kickboxing, karate, muay thai fan should learn about the influence they had on each other.

So Japanese Kickboxing is... Good western boxing + arsenal of karate kicks + knees + agile footwork + hit and run tactics

@ajmjl9102

8 ай бұрын

Japanese kickboxing is just karate with its biggest hole patched close range/boxing

Masato's combinations 🥊🥊

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Puts punches together so well! Thanks for the comment mate

Los japoneses tienen un estilo con mucha técnica y corazón, me encanta ver sus combates porque dejan todo en el ring se mueren en la raya son muy disciplinados, Masato Kobayashi me inspiró a entrenar muay Thai y kickboxing siempre sera mi peleador favorito 🇯🇵♥️🇲🇽

@prostriking

2 жыл бұрын

😄🙌❤

MASATO is the GOAT. Masaaki Noiri is a beast too

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Masato was my favourite man, his fights with Kyshenko were insane!

@burningknuckle26

3 жыл бұрын

@@prostriking his boxing was so crisp he had great fight iq as well

@m2oska

2 жыл бұрын

TOSHIO FUJIWARA is first

Fuckin love the japanese kickboxers. Yoshiki Takei is another moster. The hands really make the difference,

Miyamoto Musashi , not Masashi 宮本武蔵. please correct. the clean , sharp Japanese kickboxing style is the old showa style that were invented during period of showa, when kickboxing was introduced to Japan and Japanese trained as karate- boxing極真空手　Kyokushin- karate is the base for Japanese kickboxing punching techniques. nowadays its difficult to find a trainer with this style unless it was carried on to the apprentices. majority of Japanese pro kickboxers and wanna be pros train Muay Thai because the young generation think Muay Thai looks cooler than simple, direct and sharp showa styles...... majority of kickboxing gyms in Tokyo don't have trainers with showa style knowledges.

@howardong5524

3 жыл бұрын

You have any idea which fighter implements this "showa" style you mentioned, so I can check them out?

Another epic vid

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate 🙏🏼

K1 takeru... He have to be in top 3 😞😫😖

Can't see a difference between the dutch style and japanese style. Maybe dutch fighters have more power but the japanese have better speed. Idk but the japanese kickboxing handwork is prolly on par or better than the dutch.

@prostriking

2 жыл бұрын

Ye there are a lot of similarities for sure! I think your right with the power/speed. Like the Dutch seem to sit down on punches a lot more where as the Japanese fighters tend to throw faster bursts of combinations. I also think defensively a lot of the Japanese fighters can be a bit slicker. They kick a little bit different too and favour the snap kicks rather then the muay thai roundhouse kick! Thanks for the comment! 😄

Smashing it my bro. #wardiaz

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Limon! 😄

What is your opinion on Tadashi Sawamura? I've read that some of his fights were fixed, which could make sense because he was the one who made kickboxing famous so they needed to create a legend to promote the new sport, but I've read that he was also very good and he won a lot of legit fights.

@prostriking

2 жыл бұрын

There just isn't a lot of information on the history of kickboxing and irs hard to get hold of the footage of older fights! Some of the books aren't available in English to it's really hard to know a lot! I think Tadashi was definitely a pioneer but his record seems a hit unrealistic given that he had hundred of fights and a 97% ko ratio haha! With the love of wrestling in Japan and its influence on martial arts (pride were known for bout fixing too) I think that he probably would have had some rigged fights but like you said I don't think that takes away from the fact he was a brilliant fighter

Would you say dutch or japanese kickboxing is better for mma? I want to go to one of them to train

@atshabal

Жыл бұрын

They are quite similar to me both style have good boxing except the dutch style use more leg kicks.

@lorenzor124

Жыл бұрын

MMA is NOT for the streets!

4:06

I notice Japanese kick boxing use western boxing and karate kicking yeah That is western boxing

Fighting starts at 1:20

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

The good bit! 😄❤️

Excellent but you missed to add Takeru! 🤯

@prostriking

Жыл бұрын

I have a whole video just for Takeru 😄🙏 thank you for commenting!

@ponyone1

Жыл бұрын

@@prostriking I will check it then!

Masato #1

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite 😄❤️

Im suprised that you didn't put Toshio Fujiwara in the list😧

@prostriking

Жыл бұрын

Sorry man I guess this was more my personal favourites that I'd seen when coming up in k1 style kickboxing myself! I didn't put Takeru in either so made a video dedicated for him which is on the channel! Thank you for taking the time to comment it's appreciated!

Bro... Takeru?

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Ye Takeru was a beast! It was a hard pick for just 5 and definitely my choices aren't the definitive best! Thanks for commenting

@Shaison_

3 жыл бұрын

Takeru is the best of the new generation in my opinion.

Masato the best

You don't know japanese legend TOSHIO FUJIWARA

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he was a legend! He was more Muay Thai then Kickboxing so I didn't choose him for this video. Thanks for the comment my friend!

@m2oska

2 жыл бұрын

@@prostriking At the time Muay Thai and Kickboxing were the same in Japan.

@exen3980

Жыл бұрын

@@prostriking not really tho, If you study his style, He highly emphasize punching,face kick and low kicks, rarely has a win with knee and elbow strikes,the ram muay he did was optional

You missed out Takeru!

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

I did man he's a great fighter! He fought a good lad from the UK I know, Jamie Whelan. Very, very good! Apologies to Takeru! 🙏🏼❤️

@howardong5524

3 жыл бұрын

@@prostriking It was a good fight. Jamie is a tough dude! You compiled a good collection of fighters btw. Keep it up brother! 👍

Soundtrack pleaseee

@prostriking

3 жыл бұрын

Haha it's Anno Domini beats - freefall 😄

@davidsroll9801

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot man, beutiful highlight video i love it

@davidsroll9801

3 жыл бұрын

Do you also know name of the first song ?

FUJIWARA TOSHIO HA DOKO DA?

Japanese kickboxing is just muay thai with some flashy kicks from karate, kurosaki abandoned karate and learned muay thai from the Thais, he even took the rules from muay thai and it was like that for many decades, just look at the k1 fights of the golden era, it was muay thai without elbows, hell, even masato and other kickboxer used the armbands that every nak muay uses. the influence of muay thai on kickboxing is undeniable. and it's much bigger than karate.

@lorenzor124

Жыл бұрын

Western boxing (a good boxer) destrosy both Thai and Karate. In close range, like in the street, boxing is king.

@Tungsten-le1wy

Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzor124 cap

@combatsportsarchive7632

Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzor124 What video do you have to prove that boxing destroys Muay Thai? You better show that link if you take honesty into consideration.

@combatsportsarchive7632

Жыл бұрын

@@Tungsten-le1wy It was Tatsuo Yamada who started the concept of Japanese kickboxing during 1950s, not Kenji Kurosaki. He and his son trained with an unknown Thai to experiment Karate bouts with boxing gloves because Kumite in his homeland shifted from armored sparring with hard hits (Bogu Kumite) to point fighting (Ippon Kumite) since post-WW2 periods. The draft was called "Karate-Boxing" according to sources.

Only Thai men and Thai fans will say Muay thai is included in Japanese kickboxing, Japanese will Never say Muay thai is included in Japanese kickboxing.

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

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

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 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

@anirbanguha4593

3 ай бұрын

Really bro? Samart Payakaroon, Khaosai Galaxy, Wangchannoi Sor Palangchai, Anuwat, Samransak Muangsurin. Traditional Muay Thai favoured kicking and clinch-elbow more than fist work but to say Nak Muays don't have hands is a very superficial generalisation.

@bo-MMA

3 ай бұрын

@@anirbanguha4593 read my post carefully, I said Original muay thai, in my other post I said Thai men, anybody can learn boxing, including kyokushin men.