Lyoto Machida: Old-School Karate

I’ve written plenty about Lyoto Machida‘s karate over the past two years, but I thought we would try something different. I usually speak at length about Machida‘s striking style, which is very much influenced by tournament karate and indeed Japanese karate. Shotokan is, after all, considered a Japanese style of karate rather than an Okinawan […]

I’ve written plenty about Lyoto Machida‘s karate over the past two years, but I thought we would try something different. I usually speak at length about Machida‘s striking style, which is very much influenced by tournament karate and indeed Japanese karate. Shotokan is, after all, considered a Japanese style of karate rather than an Okinawan […]