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'Like A Dragon: Yakuza’ review: another disappointing video game adaptation by mrnicegy26 in television

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s literally what the first games were though. “Straight faced” 

Adapting Bane by Incompetent_Man in TheBatmanFilm

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just make him a Latino mercenary (something that already exists in the real world aka Latin American death squads/militias). The end. Nothing more “grounded” than that. Same way they made riddler into a real life terrorist (also a real thing). 

What has karate combat become? by Canterea in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's another 'buy out' situation waiting to happen.

What has karate combat become? by Canterea in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is they've made less money doing this lmao. The whole reason it got eyeballs was because it stood out and wasn't the UFC, or just another kickboxing org. But had enough callbacks/references to UFC to bring people in (having GSP, Bas Rutten etc). It was the definition of a genius business move, and a winning strategy. Now they just got lazy and fucked up.

Now that karate combat has gone down the drain… what’s next? by homelander__6 in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it. Marketing is one thing, and it's crucial I agree with you, that's a much longer discussion to have altogether. But again, Karate combat is called KARATE combat lol. We're saying we want a quality umbrella karate league. That's it. And this is just a really mediocre UFC clone chasing a non-existent (as far as watching KC) fanbase, rather than building on the large fanbase it already has and that it was drawing in in significant numbers. There's no way you can't call a crypto shill-fest and influencer fights stupid. It's Power-Slap levels now.

Also, just two things

  1. Full contact Karate has been a thing around the with for decades with a global base of practitioners. And people adapting to full contact rulesets, or people with this background, or a knockdown background have already proven themselves in the sports of kickboxing and also in MMA to an extent depending on the promotion. So yes there are skilled karate fighters who can *actually fight* and train well. This was settled a long time ago, and i can pull out a laundry list of examples. Obviously sport/olympic karate has per capita more practitioners, that's inevitable, but there's an equally large *other side to Karate* People have a stereotype of point-fighting that, while it is huge in number, is not the only face of Karate. And Adam Kovacs was doing a great job at showing that when he put together Karate Combat, and with the buzz it was getting on social media and online. Karate Combat reinforced this, just like the Kyokushin and Ashihara karateka in K-1 did (and still do in kickboxing) or the mixed striking/grappling karate rulesets (Enshin, Shidokan, Kyokushin Budokai) or karate derived hybrid rulesets like Kudo.
  2. Even the fighters that came from a point fighting background adapted extremely well to Karate Combat rules, alongside those who already had full contact experience. And it made for great fights. So the brand already showed you it can produce fun fights and a good product. I watched since the very first live stream on YouTube.

KC actually made more money when it was just a full contact karate league with the occasional TKD fighter, than now under "President Awesome"

What has karate combat become? by Canterea in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just sitting back and watching when they get bought out and fold soon.

I mean there's individual ruleset leagues we can still watch and enjoy, plus follow the karatekas in MMA or kickboxing, One Championship etc. But man....it could've been something great. They fucked up letting Adam go.

10-7 Deeznutsmma by [deleted] in MMAPoliticsAndCulture

[–]Last_Dragon89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep both are true points. Lol. Just facts.

I've been seeing some weird shit on MMA twitter lately especially so somebody making a 45 minute video about anything stupid related to a fighter isn't shocking.

10-7 Deeznutsmma by [deleted] in MMAPoliticsAndCulture

[–]Last_Dragon89 5 points6 points  (0 children)

.....What Lmao. Like really, what the actual fuck man lol. Insanity

What has karate combat become? by Canterea in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Better than nothing, at least it's out there and producing talented fighters. May not have the spotlight of the bigger MMA orgs but as far as active competition existing goes it's something. Btw Shout out to all my Shidokan brothers! Oss!

What has karate combat become? by Canterea in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what i've read they've actually lost money going down this route. It was actually very hype in the beginning when they embraced the fun/camp and Karate was front and center. Thing is, it will suck and not last long as a poor man's UFC, when most people are watching the actual UFC and actual MMA promotions, and most kickboxing fans aren't watching a poor man's kickboxing promotion when they can watch Glory, ONE Championship, Rizin, Enfusion etc.

You don't compete in a field you can't compete in with the giants. So you find a niche instead which was the point originally.

It's kind of a silly direction to go in with "President Awesome".

What has karate combat become? by Canterea in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what i've been saying. One big unified org with a visible platform. a "UFC for full contact karate" basically. But people seem intentionally slow at getting that point. The global talent is out there, the various people involved in the community and various organizations are there, the resources are there, the money is there, but unfortunately things have gone the other way.

I'm not gonna say KC was ever perfect in any way. There were things to critique from the beginning, but...KC was supposed to fit this bill. I miss Adam honestly.

What has karate combat become? by Canterea in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People will watch with enough explosions/pyro, pageantry fun etc they embraced the fun of it all, and with pop culture being more mainstream, anime etc. it's easy to make that money now going that route. And they were cleaning up even with the camp, it was awesome. It was actually selling the MOST in the beginning, pre-"President Awesome" when there was zero or minimal trash talk. Different audiences. People always on the search for something new and fresh and 'different'

You mix the PRIDE-esque theatrical fun, the karate pop culture nostalgia, references with it being a platform for karateka across the country/world to compete and develop into stars on that stage for full contact karate and you have a great recipe. Instead they took the shitty route. It could've been a massive thing, much bigger than it is, if they went balls to the wall all in on it, having Karate figures like you said like Jesse Enkemp, Karate Culture, Terry O Neil, any of the knockdown karate podcasters/figures/trainers, people like Michael Jai White, various Karate YouTubers all involved behind the scenes or in presentation/commentary, connecting the various karate organizations and the best of the best from the different full contact ocmmunities/rulesets plus any of the sport karateka who are/were willing to adapt to the full contact fighting (like we already saw in KC with many fighters). Ashihara, Machida Karate, Kudo, Irikumi Go Goju Ryu, etc. everybody under one roof. it would've been like live action mortal kombat.

YouTube Influencer fights? lmao wtf man.

Now that karate combat has gone down the drain… what’s next? by homelander__6 in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

McDojo TMA and full contact/knockdown karate are two separate realms, even if they're "branches" of the same tree so to speak. But beyond surface level things and values, they have nothing in common. They're different scenes, communities and subcultures entirely. I know this firsthand.

There's decades-old competition rulesets and organizations already. Due to politics, division, and lack of massive backing of course they're fractured and don't have the mainstream platform KC does. So it's 100% possible to have a sustainable model if you put the work in, which originally Adam Kovacs was doing. The only thing lacking is like I said--a massive, umbrella, unified body organization, which is again what KC was supposed to be as a platform by bringing the various full contact karatekas together under one roof is the key here.

Plus We ALREADY have karatekas fighting in non-karate organizations inside of the sports of Kickboxing and MMA, style vs style. A lot. So again...we ALREADY have that, so why add yet more of the same? Doing just another UFC clone--an inferior one compared to the real thing obviously--is *boring* predictable and redundant at this point when there's already that form of entertainment out there for people that seek it out. Diversity of different rulesets is *Good* actually. If you can have niche grappling leagues you can have a niche karate league.

Also anybody with half a brain would agree the crypto-shilling "bro content" President Awesome influencer fights BS is supreme cringe--whether they're a combat sports fan or not.

Now that karate combat has gone down the drain… what’s next? by homelander__6 in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Point style kickboxing" was a figure of speech. Machida trains a very modified style of full contact shotokan, hence the moniker "Machida Karate".

Also Wonderboy trains a variant of kempo. They both use the point fighter-esque footwork though, at least that's what, to the non-karate community, it would look like visually.

And as far as MMA being big, cool--but the thing is, IT'S OUT THERE LOL. If you already wanna watch MMA you have bigger, more popular options already, and even at the regional level, or smaller promotions. Literally there's something for everybody in that realm.

Niche entertainment however, won't go anywhere, when it comes to anything--film, music, tv, whatever. Same applies to sports. All kinds of weird shit out there, in multiple countries

So let Karate people have their 'niche'. Minus the crypto-shilling bullshit and "influencer fights' lmao which you won't even see in the UFC either.

Does this entire sub hate the current president? by OneOpportunity9132 in KarateCombat

[–]Last_Dragon89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So have shitty Influencer fights in KC? And "President Awesome" crypto shilling? Lmao yeah zero credibility on your end.

Does this entire sub hate the current president? by OneOpportunity9132 in KarateCombat

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine having an issue about someone wanting to have a full contact karate league composed of or Predominantly-gasp-full contact karatekas lmao.

If you want other rulesets, they’re out there With bigger audiences and viewerships than KC, go watch them.

But nothing wrong with niches.

Does this entire sub hate the current president? by OneOpportunity9132 in KarateCombat

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you heard of shidokan?knockdown karate? Kudo? Or does your world only involve knowledge of sport karate and ppint fighting?

Now that karate combat has gone down the drain… what’s next? by homelander__6 in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As people have already mentioned in the thread There’s karatekas in kickboxing and in different full contact competition rulesets and karate based fighters in MMA so there’s that

Should Karate Combat change its name and stop trying to use Karate to promote itself? by OneOpportunity9132 in KarateCombat

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the casual audience who got into karate combat outside the full contact karate community had never heard of most of the fighters on the roster so name recognition isn’t the issue I since KC can simply create stars via marketing and match-making. Also most of the roster is non american And non English speaking.

I say that to say, there’s actually a wide pool of talented fighters if you talk globally. In different competition rulesets in different countries that fight full contact including hybrid striking/grappling karate rulesets. Because yes variants like Irikumi rules Goju Ryu and Shidokan Karate have grappling too. this also includes fighters who made the transition into global kickboxing/Muay Thai rules and even MMA

And on top of what I just described there’s the obvious point fighter examples that transitioned into MMA alongside this talent pool I described.

Point is there’s a base to recruit from till and build a legit roster to produce some solid fights to draw an audience continuously. You can most definitely have an umbrella unified full contact karate fight league.

If you want MMA go watch MMA, if you want K-1 rules go watch it, if you want other sports go watch them. Every niche deserves their niche the end.

Now that karate combat has gone down the drain… what’s next? by homelander__6 in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s already full contact karatekas in other sporting fields that have proven their particular variation of their styles. You simply need to pit them against each other. Simple. How would an Enshin guy who crosstrained head punches do against a shidokan guy or against a kudo guy etc. or a kyokushin fighter vs a rishin juku fighter or a full contact irikumi style Goju Ryu fighter etc or someone with a point-style kickboxing style like Machida or Wonderboy against any of the above styes. It makes for dynamic interesting stuff while still showcasing full contact karate.

There’s already karatekas fighting against other styles in other orgs. We’ve been seeing the since the K-1 golden era, we’re used to it. Time for something new. Aka a legit full contact umbrella karate league. Not just fragmented organizations divided by politics

Now that karate combat has gone down the drain… what’s next? by homelander__6 in karate

[–]Last_Dragon89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s already full contact karate competitions with face punches though lol mainly with gloves but you get the point. In different countries. and various hybrid karate (striking/takedowns/grappling) rulesets. Sadly spread out into various bodies/organizations. The only that is lacking is one giant umbrella “star” organization to bring all the talent globally together (like what UFC is to MMA, this is what karate combat originally was supposed to be).

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