just a quick question...

[majorcunningham]

does anyone know what style of karate allows headbutts and groin shots? ive been tryin to show a friend some clips of it but i cant remember what it's called...

[Shinbone]

To my knowlegde there is no karate style what allows headbutts and groin shots? At least not in competition.

I may be wrong though.

[majorcunningham]

Ive seen quite a bit of it so i know it exists, dunno anything else about it though. they where special heagear obviously...

[walker]

I believe you're talking about Daido Juko karate.

[majorcunningham]

nice one bruv!!! It's just as good as i remember, i forgot it had submissions as well...

if you've never seen it you really should check this out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01_kQd8pOus

[loreia]

Wow, never knew this thing existed.
Nice discovery.

[miscmisc]

Daido Juku is where Semmy Schilt came from.

It was founded around 1980 by Takashi Azuma, who was a Kyokushin champion. He wanted his school to be as close to original "karate" as possible, with head-butts, groin shots, submissions and throws all allowed. It was a perfect school to pave the road for MMA, and famous Wajutsu Keishukai is an off-shoot of Daido Juku as well.

I watched their tournament a long time ago, and it was brutal.

EDIT: On Schilt's record, you see "Hokutoki Open Weight Champion (1996, 1997)" or something. Hokutoki is the premier Daido Juku tournament.

[majorcunningham]

thanks for the info miscmisc, is the tournament still going 2day?

oh and im certain there are much better highlight reels than the one i posted, search youtube and you'll find a load of it..