Karate Combat: GSP and Bas breakdown different Karate Styles 

Love how KC is giving credibility back to Karate's authenticity.....the watered down product w/ the majority of schools (North America) that I'm familiar with, emphasizes more on family programs and getting in shape while you empty your pockets for a system that doesn't really instill what 'Karate' is supposed to emulate....... If that's how a person wants to learn or spend their money, then go for it.....but I'm glad Karate is getting it's due once again, after being bombarded w/ 'McDojo-like' atmosphere's and training.....Karate Combat does justice for the art and always look forward to the competitions they put on as an alternative to the conventional MMA products out there....it's a breathe of fresh air.

"At the end of the day, a punch is a punch, a kick is a kick. Oss!" -GSP

Shotokan = Precise, Fast, and Linear. "Ikken Hissatsu". Long to Medium range. Kyokushin = Overwhelming force from a conditioned body. Medium to Short range.

Both when taught properly are very strong.

George and Bas are great together. Can always watch more of them. Lookin forward to the fights too.

Two of the strongest AND nicest guys ever. We need more of this please !! I'm tired of the so called superstars of the fight game. All we need is guys like GSP and Bas to represent the sport. Nothing but respect. Osu !

My style is Kyokushin, the hardest style of Karate because of the training. The style makes you strong and because of the training you never forget what you are taught. I know it’s a close fighting style but you have no fear of getting hit because your built for it. Kyokushin Oss.

I expected lyoto machida to describe the shotokan, bas and gsp both are from kyokushin..

As a Karateka or nearly 30 years and third degree black belt I love you guys along with Machida restoring Karate's reputation. It was badly damaged by McDojo's and really a failure to adapt quickly to MMA. Many have adapted now and realize the Kata's include a lot of grappling techniques especially if you look at old school Okinawa with tegumi. Kumite should be more like mma, the Kata's prove that is what Karate is. McDojo's are still a problem though.

"Boom, Boom" never gets old.

"A punch is a punch, a kick is a kick, so may the best man win," EXACTLY!

That was the first martial arts tutorial/guide to not be so awkward, and had such great chemistry. I thoroughly enjoyed it, keep it up guys 🥋

Two legendary fighters, breaking Karate styles in to something we can all understand. Thank you.

Seriously from a martial arts perspective and someone who really appreciates the tradition of things this channel is becoming just a little more awesome with every video! On a serious note you have Lyoto Machida and Bas Rutten and Georges St-Pierre as a team up for education in karate! How in the hell does it get better than that?

I practiced Shotokan many moons ago... More than 30 years ago. Ouch! I do BJJ these days, but still have muscle memory from my teenage Karate days. Always remember thinking that Shotokan was a powerful style and I was "too light" to be any good at it. Misguided thought at the time. My only "claim to fame" lol, was becoming an All-Ireland under 21s Kata Champion. Wish it had been for Kumite, but lost in the semis lol. Thanks for the memories gentlemen. Osss!

I started practicing Shotokan Karate recently and I just found this channel. Been really enjoying the videos, very informative and entertaining. Keep up the awesome work. Osu.

Holy hell I love the fact that these two are working together

“Kyokushin is like fighting in a phone booth” LOL 😂

0:20 regarding GSP is a kyokushin fighter, it's look funny when he tries to imitate shotokan standing 😅

Two legends 🔥🔥

Yoooo GSP & Bas? I am impressed with this performance.

As long as the style incorporates some sort of sparring/competition and not just punch block drills it can work.

Loving what GSP and Bas are bringing to this, been following Karate Combat since their first event. Hope they go on for a long long time

I love both of these guys. GSP is a very technical fighter and a humble soul. Bas, well, he's amusing, warm and funny as hell!

Kyokushin guys are tough as nails. Never did it myself i’m a Shotokan guy, but I have friends who train in Kyokushin and their like cement and hit like mac trucks.

Karate Combat represents class..GSP and Bas and Machida? OMG I'm geeking out!!!

Great job by Bas and GSP for keeping the Karate tradition alive.

Karate Combat, great job on having Bas, GSP, and Lyoto onboard.

awesome seeing these two legends together. both Kyokushin karateka as well!

i love how accurate Bas pronounce each karate style.

I hope you do more of these "Style" videos. I never understood the differences between the styles well, besides the ones the guys talk about here. I took Shotokan, so I know that as a basic, fundamental hard style and Kyokushin is the "no punching to the face" style, but beyond that I have no idea.

I really like the technical description of style differences and then the uniting ideology.

Seeing these two together is a gift

Excellent efforts on your part. You are always distinguished in your choice and in the topics presented, in addition to the professional people you choose. I wish you success. You are a legend

Love this excellent two legends perfect

Always liked both these guys, true gentleman and very honorable in the way they carry themselves and treat their opponents

Like I said from the first video nothing but respect! These are two karate fighting Legends that applied it to mixed martial arts and I think they are both awesome! Oss!

I recently contacted my old Karate Sensei because I wanted to get back into it. It was Kyokushin Karate, and I left it when I was 13. I’m 21 now and started taking Muy Thai, and Jiu Jitsu, but have really been wanting to get back into Karate. I can’t wait.

Two super smooth and down to earth guys that can take the crap out of you at will

Two absolute legends.

2 of my favorite martial artists in the same video.. amazing.

Every style has holes in it. I’ve practiced Shotokan for 32 years. I love Shotokan karate but when I got into the world I realized it’s more of a tool. Boxing and wrestling are very important as well. I use my distance and very hard counter punch in every fight. The ability to close that distance with a strike can cause a lot of surprise.

Knowing both styles would be amazing

Love this! I’m glad KC is getting bigger and better than ever before. I hope Uechi Ryu gets some representation sometime.

There's a clip where GSP said he used several concepts and techniques he learned from studying Bruce Lee! Bruce you several techniques from Karate, but he also used Judo, Jujitsu, wrestling, boxing, etc

Love seeing GSP content.....Bas is just a BOSS.....Great content.

omg two of my favorite fighters of all time...this is the greatest thing ever.

Yes, more of this please!

Great to learn from two legends 🙌🏽

2 legends!!! No better duo to promote fight sports than these guys

Great to see both of them on one video, even if short :)

I would like to learn theses different types of Karate it looks very interesting great video to both Bas and GSP

Excellent video!! it would only perhaps be prudent to point out that low kicks are also used in Shotokan, in fact master Gichin Funakoshi used low front, side and circular kicks, it was his son Gigo who introduced high kicking and in competition the higher the score is that they are used and Low kicks have been banned because of their danger, but there are still schools that practice them like this. Otherwise, congratulations for your excellent initiative.

It's somehow satisfying to see these two Masters together, Oss!

This is getting better and better!

Kyokushin the best!!

You need to have Dolph Lundgren on he is as real as it gets in karate and he also is a famous actor 😎

Shotokan is like a pole - Accurate and fast with greater reach. Kyokushin is like a sledgehammer - Powerful and hard.

Kyokushin karate is very similar to kick boxing. Kick boxing take s lot of things from it both of these styles are good.

In the end, it is less about the style of martial art and more about the practioner! I have studied several martial arts and can say with confidence that each have their strengths and weaknesses . . . The practioner who can find what works for them and put things together effectively is a good martial artist

Anything that brings Bas and GSP together is good for the world.

I love how Bas explained Shotokan and GSP explained Kyukushin, when though they both specialize in Kyukushin. Where's Machida with his Shotokan background?

Yay so happy Bas is back to being active!

Funny how the RU-vid algorithm picks stuff up... earlier today I was thumbing through the manufacturer of this gi, with a picture of Lyoto Machida wearing it, and of Bas Ruten (but a black gi), and here I am now, watching this vid featuring the same brand gi.

So funny when GSP swings with his arm to the leg when he talks about kicking the leg.

RESPECT! Love the succinct explanation of both styles! OSU! -NGSMOOV, Randall

I learned Shotokan when I was training for many years. I still remember when I was 15 or so some kid on the foot ball teams was messing with me. It finally got to the point when I told him if he didn’t leave me alone, he would be sorry. He said that he would like to see me try. As soon as he finished that sentence I hit him with 3 precise punches. I hit just below the sternum on his chest, came back with a kidney shot from my left hand, and finished with a shot square to his face. It was worth getting suspended for that. I never got messed with after that. It was something to see a scrawny 5’8 115 pound kid swing on another kid that easily has 30 pounds and a few inches of height on me. Thankfully that was one of the few fights I have ever been in.

What you see in front of you are two kyokushin legends.... OSS

In Kyokoshin Karate, they do a lot of conditioning stuff, did they do it in other Karate Styles too? 🙏🏼

Bruce Lee's famous quote in one of his films goes something like, "It doesn't matter what style of Martial Art you practice as long as it helps you to defend yourself effectively". Amen to that and best greetings to all.

The originator of the quote "A punch is a punch, a kick is a kick" was actually the heavyweight kickboxing world champion Eric Sloane.

I like these videos. Short and on point.

Man there's a fantastic joke about a Dutchman and a Frenchman and karate but I just can't quite find it, all well this is awesome and I love these legends.

I remember years ago I had to spar with a taekwondo guy ( I DID SHOTOKAN.for 8 years . I really surprised him with my 1st move .A hard shin kick followed by a reverse chudan punch .At our dojo it was a stnd move , he had never experienced it at his .In the street its a great surprise move against a attacker .

both have their stregths, great video man

I love it. Everyone who starts karate asks that question - how do the styles differ and it is really hard to find an answer

Wasn’t sure what kinda of karate should I practice because there many different styles. “But karate is karate 🥋 no matter style is it.”

Keep it coming guys! Beautiful work!

Para los que dicen que el karate no sirve son varios los peliadores de UFC que tienen como base el karate y que han sido campeones George ST Pierre y Lyoto Mashida son 2 de ellos a los que les a funcionado muy bien.

i love this bas + GSP content

I wanna see more karate content from thise two

0:21 Just the competition rules not the martial art as a whole if you might not know

GSP and Bas holy crap this is gonna be EPIC!!!!!!!!

Shotokan, pls dont kick me! Kyokushin, kick me harder, pls

Don't forget shorin-ryu is a karate style and the word "shorin" in Japanese means the same thing as "Shaolin". Plus shorinji kempo is a japanese martial art which a modified version of Shaolin kung-fu and it is similar to karate.

the RU-vid algorithm doin me right today

These two are legends in MMA, awesome seeing them together teaching…..Dude Bas is a monster!!! He’s 55…..I honestly don’t think theirs a 50yr or older who could beat him on the PLANET that’s within reason weight wise in a straight up fight.

learned for 7 years shotokan and fought bexers , kickboxers and ufc fighters . None of them could long kick like me but i surely didnt know how to get many punches . bexers in close range destroyed me but kickboxers had a hard time with me and was the most fun with them but ufc they just know to pack a punch and get a kick , respect for all of them .(also the sec brown belt)

Two legends.

Kyokushin is a 1964 mixed art of everything, karate, boxing, muaythai, taekwondo and etc. except punch in the face which is not allowed. So technically not a traditional karate. Kyokushin is quite stronger, however it all defends on one's training and hard work, Shotokan can also be stronger if it change its rules and apply the hard training style.

Two giants in the sport and art.

OMG the two best Fighters in the World meet up. Best thing in Fighting Sports history.

My two favorite mma champions of all time!( 3 Chuck Liddell, 4 Cain vasques ,5 Bec Rawlings, 6 Jo-jo calderwood

Liked the video before I even watched for GSP and Bas alone lol

As Mas Oyama said, Shotokan Karate/Traditional Karate is like a dance. Kyokushin Karate is a wall that cannot be broken.

Bas Rutten, Kyokushin, GSP, Kyokushin.... love it

Great video. Nice explaination.

I love bas rutten bro it’s incredible he looks the same he look 15 years ago

How about doing one on the comparisons of all the main styles

Props to Bas Rutten. He is a true legend.