What style of karate translates best for mma

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Originally Posted by smoogy

Go to the Shotokan gym. I'm no practicioner but as Lyoto has proved, some of the judo/jiu-jitsu style throws and foot sweeps taught are very effective in MMA. The emphasis on fast and precise strikes is good too, but yeah, go do some muay thai if you want to learn how to kick ass

I gotta agree with this just from empirical evidence. Other styles may enter the picture, but as of right now I think Shotokan takes the cake.

[Tenacious_Thunder]

Originally Posted by nightridaz2

how do you think tkd will help just curious for reasoning also the same for kenpo
and theirs a shotokan place 30 miles away

Well, the kenpo i take translates to taking a hit and keep coming foward with smart simple punches.
and those who dont know, kenpo is offancive and is primarily a puncing art, then grappling then kicking, so translates great for mma

[dbader08]

Originally Posted by Warchief

Kenpo Karate...



That's the style uses by Chuck Liddell.

chuck uses hawaian kenpo

[Steel]

Nightridaz: I gained a lot of good in standup fighting..realistic, practical techniques.

Complaints: crap for sweeps and that's at Ikkyu/one step before black belt level.

[The Sundance Kid]

San Shou or what ever the hell Cung does.lol

And it's hard to argue against whatever the hell Lyoto does too.lol

[Steel]

Originally Posted by nightridaz2

What im asking is to know of a style of karate thats widely taught kinda like you can find taekwondo everywhere so im looking to find one thats widely taught that translates into mma without much difficulty

TKD is a pretty form..but impractical. if you can get that close to throw a beautiful, swirling high kick, you can surely kill the attacker with a kickto the knee, dropping him to the floor leading to death from above.

[nightridaz2]

san shou is definantly hard to come by in alot of places especially louisiana i take an mma class that involves both kickboxing and muay thai i just want to add something to it

[MONSONBYCHOKE]

i would have to say sho ching loe ping sing trong-loie mui to mesh.

You get to be a black belt in that and Fedor is going to shit his pants when you step into the ring

[nightridaz2]

never heard of it definantly looking for stuff thats more widely taught but thanks bro

[bobcat]

Just to echo some of the other guys who have already posted. Karate may not be the best way to improve your striking. If available in your area I would go for Muay Thai, if your heart is set on Karate then try and find a style that doesn't concentrate to much on trational moves (IMO), but more on practical moves. For example the Wado Ryu I used to study focused mostly on Katas which had very little practical use (eg there were jumping kicks that were designed to knock an oppentent off a horse - not much use to me).