Showing posts with label shooto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shooto. Show all posts
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Japanese MMA video list by organization
There are many free fight videos available online that have been posted by Japanese MMA organizations in order to increase their presence in the rest of the world. These are legal to watch. Some are classic fights, while others are designed to build up new prospects.
Normally, people's primary interest is in bright prospects who have the potential to win fights on the international scene. At the same time, fighters who compete locally for many years and finally win a Shooto or Pancrase title can also produce excitement and drama for fans who may not have seen them before.
Also, local JMMA organizations' belts have history within them and fighters want to be part of that. It may not be top league on the local scene, but the basic fun of watching MMA is always there, and watching fights from other countries can sometimes compel us to plan trips to travel there.
Hopefully people will watch these videos and buy event DVDs or come to Japan in the future to watch a JMMA event.
Official Event Videos:
Deep - Nagoya Impact: Kobudo Fight 2012/03/25
DEEP Flyweight Tournament Fights Takeshi Kasugai vs. Takumi Murata
DEEP Flyweight Tournament Fights Yuki Motoya vs. Akito Sakimura
DEEP Flyweight Tournament Fights Akira Kibe vs. Takashige Hirukawa
DEEP Flyweight Tournament Fights - Naoyuki Kato vs. Hirotaka Miyakawa
Deep - Nagoya Impact 2012: Kobudo Fight 2012/07/22
DEEP Flyweight Tournament Semi-Finals: Akira Kibe vs. Akito Sakimura
DEEP Flyweight Tournament Semi-Finals: Yuki Motoya vs. Naoyuki Kato
DEEP Flyweight Tournament Final: Yuki Motoya vs. Akira Kibe (starts at 1:05:00)
Deep - Nagoya Impact: Kobudo Fight 2013/05/05
Sotaro Kojima vs. Akira Kibe
Deep - Nagoya Impact 2014 2014/2/9
Naoki Inoue vs. Gaku Sakamoto
Shooto - Border: Season 3 - Roaring Thunder
Akihito Ishihara vs. Kenji Yamamoto
Shooto - Border: Season 4 - First
Akihito Ishihara vs. Jong Hoon Choi
Shooto - Border: Season 4 - Second
Kenji Yamamoto vs. Kosuke Eda
Kentaro Watanabe vs. Nam Jin Jo
Shinji Sasaki vs. Kota Shimoishi
Shooto - Border: Season 4 - Third
Masaaki Sugawara vs. Junya Kodo
Shooto - Border: Season 5 - First
Yosuke Saruta vs. Kentaro Watanabe
Shooto - Gig North 6
Bae Young Kwon vs. Daisuke Ishizawa
Shooto - Gig North 7
Fumihiro Kitahara vs. Junya Kodo
Shooto - Gig Central 20
Yuta Sasaki vs. Shinji Maeguchi
Shooto - Gig Central 24: Love and Courage
Takasuke Kume vs. Shane Nelson
Pancrase (Miscellaneous Fights)
Mitsuhisa Sunabe vs. Takuya Eizumi
Satoru Kitaoka vs. Paul Daley
Carlos Condit vs. Tatsunori Tanaka
Big thanks to Robert Sargent (MMA Rising) for English editing.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
JMMA in Cage
Vale Tudo Japan 2012 trailer
Shooto promoter Sustain announced that it will hold its Vale Tudo Japan event on December 24, 2012 at Yoyogi Gymnasium. Vale Tudo's concept is to bring together a wide range of talent from throughout the world, starting with inviting Rickson Gracie.
Of all the Japanese fighters currently on the UFC's roster, Yushin Okami has the most wins, followed by Takeya Mizugaki. These two fighters share a similar history, having both fought at GCM events (e.g. Cage Force and D.O.G.). Naturally, the global success of Japanese fighters such as Okami and Mizugaki are crucial towards maintaining the popularity of MMA in Japan. For the Vale Tudo Japan event, Shooto promoter Sustain will be holding their fights in a cage, rather than the more commonly used ring. They hope to hold two to three events per year, possibly utilizing the unified rules of MMA. Sustain is open to fighters coming from other organizations, and will also encourage Zuffa fighters to participate in Vale Tudo Japan.
Pancrase, which is now under a new organizer, as well as DEEP will also begin to use a cage for its fights. It is the hope of promoters such as DEEP's Shigeru Saeki that experimenting with a cage will help increase the global popularity of Japanese MMA.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Supplement to the Shooto Article "Inside Shooto's Scandal, Legacy and Future"
"Inside Shooto's Scandal, Legacy and Future"
I helped Tony Loiseleur put this article together. It was praised by one of its sources, Noboru Asahi himself, on his blog.
I believe it is the best Japanese MMA article by a non-Japanese writer so far. It was detailed, timely, and had multi-dimensional perspective on Shooto's current situation and the Shooto community's fight for transparency.
Personally, I support transparency in organizations like Shooto, but before explaining why, I would first like to share the perspective of people on Taro Wakabayashi's side of the situation as a supplement to the article.
His brother, jiu-jitsu competitor Jiro Wakabayashi, said, "At least my brother has no cause to receive blame, but rather only suspicion. He worked so hard [for Shooto] and got a stroke because of it, but he doesn't seem any richer for it. 'What are the Shooto Association people doing?' I thought.
"Given [Taro's] personality, I think that he is someone who cannot work less, even if there's a chance it will make him ill. In a way, it's nice to have this type of problem.
"But I say to those who speak critically of him that you must acknowledge how strong my brother's work ethic is."
I read what many of Wakayabayashi's relatives thought on the Web, but this much aggression only seems to come from his brother Jiro. There is also support for him within the Paraestra group, of course, where Wakabayashi has a long history with the gyms and his gym mates.
Returning to the Shooto situation, however, it isn't good when one person receives absolute responsibility and power, according to Asahi. Asahi wants a more systematic approach to Shooto as well as an even distribution of responsibility and work amongst its community.
I personally believe this is the right step, but now is the time where he must back up his critiques. For example, amateur Shooto in Kyushu has recently received a bad reputation when it comes to organizing and running events. Given Asahi's proposals, however, even if the work is redistributed amongst the community there, poorly managed events can still happen. With Wakabayashi now removed, though, the structure of the system itself can be changed. An example of a viable plan would be to widen the lines of communication between the Shooto Association and local Shooto communities in regions like Kyushu; allowing the Association the ability to observe and offer suggestions and assistance in executing events. Since amateur Shooto in Kyushu has already failed when only one person controlled things, the Shooto community needs to think of new ways to manage regional operations beyond just redistributing the work amongst separate people.
On a related note, the media cannot run a promotion, so they sometimes feel unfairly ridiculed when they receive blame from promotions for reporting bad news. Sometimes, the media is responsible for unreasonable hysteria, however. Take the sensationalized international coverage of the Fukushima Nuclear reactors, for example. However, this does not mean that promoters and fighters can or should refuse to talk to the media.
Being transparent has more value than just doing publicity with the MMA media. I don't think every single figure and organization needs to be 100-percent open, but answering questions from relatives and the general public is critical.
For the sake of fairness, the media needs to improve their approach to covering and reporting, too; particularly in the MMA media. Rather than simply focusing on the reporting of bad news, the media should be active in covering events and people in MMA that elevate the sport and its community, as well as proposing and promoting ideas to that same end. In the past, the focus of the media on reporting "the sky is falling"-type news has generated tension between them and many MMA organizations. In Japan, it is difficult to maintain steady and open relationships with this kind of tension between parties, but openness is absolutely necessary if our society is to be elevated to a new level of understanding and cooperation.
Articles on SKILL MMA use a lot of book research, many of which you can see via my LibraryThing link. This kind of research is integral when you can't draw conclusions or make a sound judgment in a particular situation. In these instances, you need to examine and judge the sources of information behind the situation. There is no need to feel shame by having no knowledge. Nobody can come up with competent conclusions if they are not adequately informed first. After forming a conclusion or judgment, you will be tested and evaluated based on what source of information you have chosen. The most important determining factor in what you believe should depend on science or fact. You know that water will boil at 100-degrees centigrade. That's something that cannot be changed by emotion, blind faith, or superstition.
I believe that you can get the same kind of information from what official organizations can provide as information as well, but only if they believe in ideals such as cooperation and transparency.
Full disclosure of information along with transparency will elevate all of us, and bring us to a point where we can have a fresh start.
Big thanks to Robert Sargent (editor of MMARising.com) and Tony Loiseleur (Sherdog) for English editing.
I helped Tony Loiseleur put this article together. It was praised by one of its sources, Noboru Asahi himself, on his blog.
I believe it is the best Japanese MMA article by a non-Japanese writer so far. It was detailed, timely, and had multi-dimensional perspective on Shooto's current situation and the Shooto community's fight for transparency.
Personally, I support transparency in organizations like Shooto, but before explaining why, I would first like to share the perspective of people on Taro Wakabayashi's side of the situation as a supplement to the article.
His brother, jiu-jitsu competitor Jiro Wakabayashi, said, "At least my brother has no cause to receive blame, but rather only suspicion. He worked so hard [for Shooto] and got a stroke because of it, but he doesn't seem any richer for it. 'What are the Shooto Association people doing?' I thought.
"Given [Taro's] personality, I think that he is someone who cannot work less, even if there's a chance it will make him ill. In a way, it's nice to have this type of problem.
"But I say to those who speak critically of him that you must acknowledge how strong my brother's work ethic is."
I read what many of Wakayabayashi's relatives thought on the Web, but this much aggression only seems to come from his brother Jiro. There is also support for him within the Paraestra group, of course, where Wakabayashi has a long history with the gyms and his gym mates.
Returning to the Shooto situation, however, it isn't good when one person receives absolute responsibility and power, according to Asahi. Asahi wants a more systematic approach to Shooto as well as an even distribution of responsibility and work amongst its community.
I personally believe this is the right step, but now is the time where he must back up his critiques. For example, amateur Shooto in Kyushu has recently received a bad reputation when it comes to organizing and running events. Given Asahi's proposals, however, even if the work is redistributed amongst the community there, poorly managed events can still happen. With Wakabayashi now removed, though, the structure of the system itself can be changed. An example of a viable plan would be to widen the lines of communication between the Shooto Association and local Shooto communities in regions like Kyushu; allowing the Association the ability to observe and offer suggestions and assistance in executing events. Since amateur Shooto in Kyushu has already failed when only one person controlled things, the Shooto community needs to think of new ways to manage regional operations beyond just redistributing the work amongst separate people.
On a related note, the media cannot run a promotion, so they sometimes feel unfairly ridiculed when they receive blame from promotions for reporting bad news. Sometimes, the media is responsible for unreasonable hysteria, however. Take the sensationalized international coverage of the Fukushima Nuclear reactors, for example. However, this does not mean that promoters and fighters can or should refuse to talk to the media.
Being transparent has more value than just doing publicity with the MMA media. I don't think every single figure and organization needs to be 100-percent open, but answering questions from relatives and the general public is critical.
For the sake of fairness, the media needs to improve their approach to covering and reporting, too; particularly in the MMA media. Rather than simply focusing on the reporting of bad news, the media should be active in covering events and people in MMA that elevate the sport and its community, as well as proposing and promoting ideas to that same end. In the past, the focus of the media on reporting "the sky is falling"-type news has generated tension between them and many MMA organizations. In Japan, it is difficult to maintain steady and open relationships with this kind of tension between parties, but openness is absolutely necessary if our society is to be elevated to a new level of understanding and cooperation.
Articles on SKILL MMA use a lot of book research, many of which you can see via my LibraryThing link. This kind of research is integral when you can't draw conclusions or make a sound judgment in a particular situation. In these instances, you need to examine and judge the sources of information behind the situation. There is no need to feel shame by having no knowledge. Nobody can come up with competent conclusions if they are not adequately informed first. After forming a conclusion or judgment, you will be tested and evaluated based on what source of information you have chosen. The most important determining factor in what you believe should depend on science or fact. You know that water will boil at 100-degrees centigrade. That's something that cannot be changed by emotion, blind faith, or superstition.
I believe that you can get the same kind of information from what official organizations can provide as information as well, but only if they believe in ideals such as cooperation and transparency.
Full disclosure of information along with transparency will elevate all of us, and bring us to a point where we can have a fresh start.
Big thanks to Robert Sargent (editor of MMARising.com) and Tony Loiseleur (Sherdog) for English editing.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Gomi vs Hervey,Mamoru vs Taitano for Vale Tudo Japan 09
Three match and 1 participants updated for Sustain's Vale Tudo Japan 09.
Takanori Gomi (Kugayama Rascal) vs Tony Hervey (MASH Team) (Current KOTC LW champion)
Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Jesse Taitano (Spike 22)
Tenkei Fujimiya (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Tito Jones (MMA inc)
So far current VTJ 09line up is.
VTJ rule 5 round 5 minutes
Takanori Gomi (Kugayama Rascal) vs Tony Hervey (MASH Team)
Lion Takeshi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Alexandre Franca Nogueira (Club de luta)
Tenkei Fujimiya (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Tito Jones (MMA inc)
Shooto Rule For Shooto welter weight title 3 round 5 minutes
Willamy Chiquerim (Nova Uniao) vs Kenichiro Togashi (Paraestra Hiroshima)
Shooto Rule 3 round 5 minutes
Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Jesse Taitano (Spike 22)
Participate
Rumina Sato (roots)
Yoichiro Sato (Gracie Barra Tokyo)
My writing about first report for VTJ 09 match ups
My writing about Shooto's "Revolutionary Exchanges 3" card's possibility fighter exchanges with pancrase
Takanori Gomi (Kugayama Rascal) vs Tony Hervey (MASH Team) (Current KOTC LW champion)
Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Jesse Taitano (Spike 22)
Tenkei Fujimiya (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Tito Jones (MMA inc)
So far current VTJ 09line up is.
VTJ rule 5 round 5 minutes
Takanori Gomi (Kugayama Rascal) vs Tony Hervey (MASH Team)
Lion Takeshi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Alexandre Franca Nogueira (Club de luta)
Tenkei Fujimiya (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Tito Jones (MMA inc)
Shooto Rule For Shooto welter weight title 3 round 5 minutes
Willamy Chiquerim (Nova Uniao) vs Kenichiro Togashi (Paraestra Hiroshima)
Shooto Rule 3 round 5 minutes
Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs Jesse Taitano (Spike 22)
Participate
Rumina Sato (roots)
Yoichiro Sato (Gracie Barra Tokyo)
My writing about first report for VTJ 09 match ups
My writing about Shooto's "Revolutionary Exchanges 3" card's possibility fighter exchanges with pancrase
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Japan Martial Arts Federation start
Japan martial arts federation start at October 20.Reception and press conference will be hold at that day.It's 8th affiliate federation under Japanese wrestling federation.Japanese wrestling federation's head Tomiaki Fukuda will be leader of new federation too.
Sengoku,Pancrase,Shooto,ZST are participate by pro organization.Muay Thai,Sambo,BJJ,Combat Wrestling,Pankration,Belt Wrestling,Kurash,Silat are paticipate as amateur organization.
Purpose for foundation is bring competitor for event controlled by Japanese Olympic committee.FILA (Federation Internationale des Luttes Associees aka International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles) start MMA committee and it makes wrestling and other martial arts's exchange is important reason too.
At first Japan martial arts federation will bring competitors for Asian Indoor Games.
It will be the third and the last annual asian indoor games event before merging with asian martial arts games.
Next is bring competitor for world grappling event hold by FILA in Florida in 2009 December and world martial Arts games hold in Beijing in 2010 Summer.
2009 Asian Indoor Games
My article about World martial arts games and Asian martial arts games
Sengoku,Pancrase,Shooto,ZST are participate by pro organization.Muay Thai,Sambo,BJJ,Combat Wrestling,Pankration,Belt Wrestling,Kurash,Silat are paticipate as amateur organization.
Purpose for foundation is bring competitor for event controlled by Japanese Olympic committee.FILA (Federation Internationale des Luttes Associees aka International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles) start MMA committee and it makes wrestling and other martial arts's exchange is important reason too.
At first Japan martial arts federation will bring competitors for Asian Indoor Games.
It will be the third and the last annual asian indoor games event before merging with asian martial arts games.
Next is bring competitor for world grappling event hold by FILA in Florida in 2009 December and world martial Arts games hold in Beijing in 2010 Summer.
2009 Asian Indoor Games
My article about World martial arts games and Asian martial arts games
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Revolutionary "Exchanges"
At Shooto's "Revolutionary Exchanges 2" event on sept. 22, the event pamphlet included some interesting lines. Shooto will be holding two events at JCB Hall this year, one in October and one in November. The Oct. 20 card is "Vale Tudo Japan 2009," and the Nov. 23 card is "Revolutionary Exchanges 3". The pamphlet also hinted that with two events this close together, there must be a "secret plan".
Unlike the usual Shooto venue of Korakuen Hall, which has a capacity of just over 1800 people, JCB Hall has a capacity of around 3100 people.
The Vale Tudo Japan card has fights like Takanori Gomi and Rumina Sato who can bring a crowd. However, "Revolution Exchanges 3" doesn't have enough star power for the venue. The Rambaa "M-16" Somdet and Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara fight is important to start Shooto's 115-pound division, but that's not enough to fill JCB Hall.
In the past, Shooto and Pancrase have not had a great relationship, which you can read about their history is here:. However, in recent years, that relationship has improved. Recently, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, a former Shooto world champion who now leads the largest Shooto promoter Sustain, told Japanese MMA magazine Kakutougi Tsushin that he wanted former Sengoku champion and Pancrase fighter Satoru Kitaoka for the Vale Tudo Japan card. Maybe Pancrase fighters in Shooto is the "secret plan"?
I know Pancrase is holding their own event in October, so maybe fighters who don't take any damage can fight on the Nov. 23 Shooto card. If that happened, here the Pancrase-Shooto fights I'd like to see, including fighter that would be physically able to fight on that date.
My wish-list of (macth ups)
Yuki Shoujou vs. Mitsuhisa Sunabe
Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura vs. Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
So Tazawa vs. Seiya Kawahara
Ganjo Tentsuku vs. Katsuya Inoue
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Ryo Kawamura (at middleweight)
I ask Jordan Breen about your wish-list and his answer is.
Shiroobi : Hey could you make me five match ups?
Breen : On the five match-ups... I don't know if I can. It's like the UFC thing at this point. When there's so much possibility, I don't care. I just want good MMA.Literally take Sunabe, and put him against any of Shooto's Class A flyweights, and I would be totally content.
Not even just content. Ecstatic. Ecstatic for the fight in and of itself, the excitement therein, but also ecstatic for the crossover and what it means for moving forward in MMA.
And giving clarity to a developing weight class.
I find it virtually impossible to use quality talent from either promotion, and make unappealing fights. I would literally have to try to do such a thing.
Shirrobi : So you can just fight each other flyweights.
Breen : It's not even necessarily just flyweights though. I feel the same way at 135.If you took Manabu Inoue, should he beat Oishi, and put him against any decent 132'ers in Shooto, I'd love it.For both the fight itself, and for what it represents.
I know that's sort of a lame answer, but that's really my outlook on any potential crossover there.
I also ask Tony Loiseleur about your wish-list too.
Shiroobi : Do you have any hope about Shooto Pancrase match ups?
Tony : Ah, you have Seiya Kawahara already in there. I was going to say (Yuta) Nezu vs Kawahara.
Shiroobi : Fmm That's interesting.
Tony : One hit kill versus blitzing type striking.
Tony : Hey, do you know how heavy Kyoko Takabayashi is?Maybe around 115 lbs?I was thinking maybe Kyoko Takabayashi vs Windy Tomomi.For at least one G-Shooto fight.Oh snap, they fought already.
Shiroobi : Yup.
Tony : And she RNCed Windy.okay, rematch.
Special Thanks to Jordan Breen for English support and actual answer for list.Also Special Thanks to Tony Loiseleur for answer for list.
Unlike the usual Shooto venue of Korakuen Hall, which has a capacity of just over 1800 people, JCB Hall has a capacity of around 3100 people.
The Vale Tudo Japan card has fights like Takanori Gomi and Rumina Sato who can bring a crowd. However, "Revolution Exchanges 3" doesn't have enough star power for the venue. The Rambaa "M-16" Somdet and Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara fight is important to start Shooto's 115-pound division, but that's not enough to fill JCB Hall.
In the past, Shooto and Pancrase have not had a great relationship, which you can read about their history is here:. However, in recent years, that relationship has improved. Recently, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, a former Shooto world champion who now leads the largest Shooto promoter Sustain, told Japanese MMA magazine Kakutougi Tsushin that he wanted former Sengoku champion and Pancrase fighter Satoru Kitaoka for the Vale Tudo Japan card. Maybe Pancrase fighters in Shooto is the "secret plan"?
I know Pancrase is holding their own event in October, so maybe fighters who don't take any damage can fight on the Nov. 23 Shooto card. If that happened, here the Pancrase-Shooto fights I'd like to see, including fighter that would be physically able to fight on that date.
My wish-list of (macth ups)
Yuki Shoujou vs. Mitsuhisa Sunabe
Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura vs. Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
So Tazawa vs. Seiya Kawahara
Ganjo Tentsuku vs. Katsuya Inoue
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Ryo Kawamura (at middleweight)
I ask Jordan Breen about your wish-list and his answer is.
Shiroobi : Hey could you make me five match ups?
Breen : On the five match-ups... I don't know if I can. It's like the UFC thing at this point. When there's so much possibility, I don't care. I just want good MMA.Literally take Sunabe, and put him against any of Shooto's Class A flyweights, and I would be totally content.
Not even just content. Ecstatic. Ecstatic for the fight in and of itself, the excitement therein, but also ecstatic for the crossover and what it means for moving forward in MMA.
And giving clarity to a developing weight class.
I find it virtually impossible to use quality talent from either promotion, and make unappealing fights. I would literally have to try to do such a thing.
Shirrobi : So you can just fight each other flyweights.
Breen : It's not even necessarily just flyweights though. I feel the same way at 135.If you took Manabu Inoue, should he beat Oishi, and put him against any decent 132'ers in Shooto, I'd love it.For both the fight itself, and for what it represents.
I know that's sort of a lame answer, but that's really my outlook on any potential crossover there.
I also ask Tony Loiseleur about your wish-list too.
Shiroobi : Do you have any hope about Shooto Pancrase match ups?
Tony : Ah, you have Seiya Kawahara already in there. I was going to say (Yuta) Nezu vs Kawahara.
Shiroobi : Fmm That's interesting.
Tony : One hit kill versus blitzing type striking.
Tony : Hey, do you know how heavy Kyoko Takabayashi is?Maybe around 115 lbs?I was thinking maybe Kyoko Takabayashi vs Windy Tomomi.For at least one G-Shooto fight.Oh snap, they fought already.
Shiroobi : Yup.
Tony : And she RNCed Windy.okay, rematch.
Special Thanks to Jordan Breen for English support and actual answer for list.Also Special Thanks to Tony Loiseleur for answer for list.
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