WTF is Lyotos Karate?

What karate does Machida train in?

Cuz when I think of karate, I think of kyokushin and its derivatives. I think of the smell of sweat and leather, the formal bowing, the emphasis on pushing your bodys limits and the attitude “I will either strike you first or take your strike, shrug it off and pay you back harder.” This type of karate is the only one I’ve seen(and felt) in real life.

But Machida’s Karate looks so technical. His strikes, in comparison with other MMAists, are weak but so precise that he can time a counter strike to the neck whilst you are moving forward and knock you the fuck out. His legs are FAR APART, chin up in the air and neither his forearms nor his hands protect his head.

WTF!?

:LOLnotext:Watched him since forever and this only occured to me now

Yet, search function never occurred to you nor that Boff Topic is for non-martial Arts related threads?

Wikipedia is your friend. Here I’ll save you the trouble.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyoto_Machida

Instead of the savior to karateka, I like to think of Lyoto as the first sumo wrestler in the UFC who can take a punch.

My google-fu is weak. Ask.com sucks balls. I typed it there and the only threads that popped up were about how machida drinks his piss.

Machida trains his fathers version of shotokan. He does not train kyokushin, but basically a point -karate style that has been modified to allow full contact strikes.

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[QUOTE=StepInCross;2539884]I think of the smell of sweat and leather, the formal bowing, the emphasis on pushing your bodys limits and the attitude “I will either strike you first or take your strike, shrug it off and pay you back harder.” [/QUOTE]

Do you realize how homo-erotic you sound?

[QUOTE=StepInCross;2540277]My google-fu is weak. Ask.com sucks balls. I typed it there and the only threads that popped up were about how machida drinks his piss.[/QUOTE]
When life gives you lemons…

[QUOTE=Matt Phillips;2573647]When life gives you lemons…[/QUOTE]

Have a lemon party?

[QUOTE=Matt Phillips;2573647]When life gives you lemons…[/QUOTE]

…smack life in the face for being a dick!

[QUOTE=Matt Phillips;2573647]When life gives you lemons…[/QUOTE]
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