Tag: OldSchool

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 […]

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Josh Barnett: Catch Wrestling and Old-School Boxing

This is the second in a two-part series on Josh Barnett. Please check out the first part here. The main theme that you will have noticed in our discussion of escapes in Part 1 is that Barnett does not waste time mucking around on the bottom if he doesn’t have to. BJ Penn was the […]

This is the second in a two-part series on Josh Barnett. Please check out the first part here. The main theme that you will have noticed in our discussion of escapes in Part 1 is that Barnett does not waste time mucking around on the bottom if he doesn’t have to. BJ Penn was the […]

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10 Old-School Fighters We’d Love to See in MMA Today

How would some of the old legends of MMA fare against today’s top-notch fighters? It’s fun to think about whether a prime Royce Gracie could to handle a Demian Maia or a Ronaldo Souza on the ground, or whether Bas Rutten would have been abl…

How would some of the old legends of MMA fare against today’s top-notch fighters? It’s fun to think about whether a prime Royce Gracie could to handle a Demian Maia or a Ronaldo Souza on the ground, or whether Bas Rutten would have been able to hang with Junior dos Santos. The old-school MMA fighters […]

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10 Old-School Fighters We’d Love to See in MMA Today