Hiroki Akimoto's DANGEROUS Karate Style 😳🥋🥊 

Akimoto takes on bantamweight kickboxing king Capitan for the gold at ONE X on 26 March! Who you got?

Kyokushin Karate has a low kick with tremendous destructive power, a middle kick that hits the lever with a feint, and an irregular high kick from a very short distance. In addition, the steel bodies that attack each other with bare feet are notable. Akimoto, who has such a backbone, has experience in kickboxing glove techniques, so it is inevitable that pure kickboxers and Muay Thai fighters will be defeated one after another. The other day, he took the title by destroying the thigh of ONE FC's Muay Thai champion with a low kick. GSP, the legendary UFC champion in the MMA world, has the same Kyokushin Karate backbone as Akimoto.

I think the hardness of karate is what makes it special to me. Each individual karate strike has so much intent behind it. It think point sparring forces karateka to spot an opening, hammer it once, and recover before a counter can connect.

This is how karate should be done. Great stuff a true warrior.

That moment when a kyokushin practitioner realizes he can do punches to the head.

This young man has the most "direct attack" I have seen in the ring. He is focused to the max. Obviously has a very good trainer.

For if anyone were still to question the effectiveness of Karate, I think this example speaks for itself 😅 Although it's strue that not every karate style is Kyokushin (karate is an umbrella term for various styles with a shared philosophy), Kyokushin is most definitely 100% karate! 🥋

He looks so calm and in control. He doesnt use more strength and power than neccesary. He takes aim and strikes Im impressed.

OSU!!! KYOKUSHIN CLIMBING THE RANKS ONCE AGAIN!!!!

Akimoto movement is crazy good. He mixes up strikes like a genuis

When people say Kyokushin don't know how to head-punch and to counter it, then I see this guy.

That's what I always say, to people telling Karate doesn't do nothing in a real fight...They're completly mistaken, any true martial art with right corrections (about what you intend to do), is effective...Myself took some karate guys on sparring, they're quick, good reflexes and years sharping the skills...

Akimoto is my favourite. It's martial arts that teach better control.of yourself mentally and it shows

What a talent! What an artist!

Can't wait for Rodtang vs Akimoto

I love to see kyokushin karate adapted to mma or kickboxing

Really nice cant wait to see his next fight

So clean and powerful. It's beautiful to watch. Hope he goes far

As a shotokan-style practitioner, its absolutely beautiful to see how effective even simple and subtle strikes can be seen to have its roots in karate, especially when its as effective as this. Oss! Edit: I like how people are acting as though by saying "shotokan-style" practitioner, I'm immediately saying its better than Kyokushin, or that Shotokan is generally worse than Kyokushin-- I'm just representing a sport I love, y'all. Karate is karate, effectiveness aside its an honour just to be a part of it. I don't care if its better or worse-- MMA is many parts of a whole, and I'm proud just to be a part of it regardless. Oss!

Kyokushin karate, full contact karate, OSU !

the way he can jus throw his legs so effortlessly wit so much force and it's fast asf

I think this is why One Championship is the best, it’s not just MMA, it’s just ALL martial arts! I just wish more traditional martial arts tournaments would go full contact.

Akimoto has crazy cardio

este si es kyokushin.... buenisimo...

This guy is complete package

Kyokushin 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Goodness gracious that would be like walking into a tornado. Incredibly precise, powerful, and perfectly timed strikes. Hard to find a half-trained weapon in this arsenal. His clinch looks very muay Thai and painful. Like Silva in his prime.

Nice, started out with kyokushin too

Very crisp and polished technique, exciting fighter!

Very aggressive... Pressure fighting and countering in combination

日本人にも、まだ強い人沢山いるな

very strong and precise.

Exceptionally good head-movement too!

That one two to a body kick is Nasty!! Haven't seen someone time and see it so quickly. People usually miss.

The first opponent I didn't really see, my eyes closed while hearing a liver scream in pain.

Dana White must bring more of these Asian fighters into UFC by this time

Encaixando sempre chutes logo após o soco. Bonito de se assistir.

Trained a thousand days for a thousand days war..the way for the ultimate way ozzzu...

Nice! Strong and clean technique

Akimoto has turned Supersaiyan 2 now while other top opponents are still in 1 or below

best match for rodtang

Seems like so many people in comment section are not familiar with Kyokushin style of Karate and just label it Muay Thai

Real karatéka nice mawashi geri

His kicks are hard to telegraph.

Can't wait for Capitan vs Akimoto

KYOKUSHINKAI!!!!!

what you see in street fights and the ufc is people who swing for the head(knockout) but nothing hurts more then a well placed liver shot

Kyokushin and Uechi Ryu Karatekas are scary.

Kyokushin for life. Osu!

Beast💪🏾

Great kicks.

フィリョとかはk-1に合わせてたけど、極真をそのまま持って来たみたいな間合い。圧が凄い。

Kyokushin Forever!

what a crispy fast punches

4:00 Awesome！

We always see MMA (even kickboxers and muay thai fighters weirdly enough) fighters nowadays having sloppier striking and sometimes wrestling because of the fact that they could get away with it. But as soon as they meet a competent striker or wrestler you could suddenly see them be a little less confident in their striking or wrestling and end up getting hurt. They could still get away with sloppy technique, but any good fighter would just capitalize on it.

It's funny how the commentator says mawashi geri round house kick. He's just repeating himself in two languages. It's like when they call round house kicks Muay Thai kicks when a Muay Thai fighter does them.

I studied shotokan from 8-13 years old. I’m 25 now, And I’m recently starting boxing. They told me to stop punching from the hip.

見た目が洗練されて来たし ONEのスタイルを掴んでる。 強者しか居ない中で王者になった。

This looks like our style out here in Holland. Osu!

1:16 some pilipino in the crowd shouting "tanginamo wag kang tumayo/tumuwad"

Mix kyokushin +muay thai= best striking technique.

13:36 that face XD of utter disbelief, referee switchef names

スタイルがONEに好かれるのは 良くわかるな。突きが当たるから 説得力がある。

Kyokushin was the beginning of dutch style. This imo is just pure dutch style. Even though I get it's kyokushin, just doesn't feel like it.

He is a karate champion

speed and power

Hooow wow this is my best fight ever

He should keep his hair long, looks cooler

慣れて来たと思ったら もう王者になった。 おめでとう㊗️ございます。

what a precision

Josh Tonna has been target practice for everyone.

Must be Kyokushin.fighter.

I want one fight between Tenshin nasukawa and Akimoto. Kyokushin vs Kyokushin

Great fighter

I see a lot of muay thai techniques mixed in as well. Very impressive!

Sheesh it look similar to Muay Thai just a tiny bit but it leans more towards kick boxing

Did kyokushin in my childhood

Akimoto will get the belt.

Actually, Akimoto is not from Kyokushin-kai, but he did win a Kyokushin tournament and represented Kyokushin-kai in a world tournament.

Probably Kyokushin mixed with muaythai. Its very effective.

Good Job!

Kyokushin.

busy fighter, doesn't wait on his opponent

I dont see any competitors counter with a straight kick to his kneecap to stop him from planting his foot for all those vicious kicks .

Aji na moto

real life Jin Kazama

AAAAAA AKI!!! AAAAA AAki!

Imagine if he went to karate combat he'd destroy his entire weight class

Kinda reminds me of Hiroki Kurosawa.

Kyukushin is the only karate that works. Shotokan and the others are for the Olympics

Akimoto vs Tenshin, make it happen?

am i the only one who gets frigthened when i see his calm face during the fight? it makes him look like more aggresive. if i were to spar with him, hell nah im running out of the ring

take a shot when you hear STOP

like a manhwa character

Need more HWs

ミドルと言うか三日月蹴りがエグ過ぎる

日本人とは思えないほど体強いな。

Rất hay 😊😊👍

You can tell by comments that a lot of people's knowledge about karate pretty much comes from Karate Kid. Get off the couch and train guys.