Welcome to the taekwondo era!

najma · January 27

Anderson Silva - black belt
Anthony Pettis - black belt

Did sensei Seagal claim he taught the showtime kick to Pettis? And the cartwheel kick :> It looked like it came from Capoeira. And btw - Anderson Silva has a Yellow Rope in Capoeira.

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/002/932/990/hi-res-6973612_display_image.jpg?1359252444

Thoughts?

spartacus_ · January 27

taekwondo era LOL how about no

jduk · January 27

Cain-wrestler
Jones-wrestler
GSP-wrestler
Bendo-wrestler
Cruz-wrestler (Barao is the interim champ, doesn't count)
Mighty Mouse-wrestler
Rousey-Judo

Going to have to disagree

najma · January 27

jduk said:
Cain-wrestler
Jones-wrestler
GSP-wrestler
Bendo-wrestler
Cruz-wrestler (Barao is the interim champ, doesn't count)
Mighty Mouse-wrestler

Where's MW? Lol

All of those guys are getting beat soon by strikers.

Overeem - kickboxing
Machida - karate
Silva - muai thai, taekwondo
Diaz - boxing
Pettis - taekwondo
midget divisions - don't care

Hayden512 · January 27

najma said:

jduk said:
Cain-wrestler
Jones-wrestler
GSP-wrestler
Bendo-wrestler
Cruz-wrestler (Barao is the interim champ, doesn't count)
Mighty Mouse-wrestler
Where's MW? Lol

All of those guys are getting beat soon by strikers.

Overeem - kickboxing
Machida - karate
Silva - muai thai, taekwondo
Diaz - boxing
Pettis - taekwondo
midget divisions - don't care

You say you don't care about "midget divisions" yet the featherweight champ would help prove your point. Fail.

najma · January 27

What is Cruz's background?

jduk · January 27

Wrestling

najma · January 27

So how would that help proving my point? FAIL.

jduk · January 27

because the featherweight champion is Jose Aldo?

Hayden512 · January 27

najma said:
So how would that help proving my point? FAIL.

Well Cruz is the BANTAMWEIGHT champ.. The featherweight champ would be Jose Aldo. Fail.

Little_Kang · January 27

lmfao pettis and anderson are as much as taekwondo guys as rampage is a wrestler.....

najma · January 27

Hayden512 said:

najma said:
So how would that help proving my point? FAIL.
Well Cruz is the BANTAMWEIGHT champ.. The featherweight champ would be Jose Aldo. Fail.

Haha, true that :-)
So yeah, the midget divisions are bantamweight and flyweight, featherweight is ok. Unless Edgar wins the belt ;p

DoomPatrol · January 27

There is more people now using different kicks than before, I agree with that part. As a taekwondo practitioner myself I like this development. Always fun to see flashy kicks ;)

samotype7 · January 27

Benson has a TKD background as well if I recall correctly. Most the kicks don't do a ton of damage but when a TKD specialist uses it with throwing muay thai style kicks, it's lightning fast

ijosef · January 27

This is the "everything era." Tae Kwon Do, an art form previously thought of as worthless in comparison to the basic four (boxing, muay thai, wrestling, BJJ), is getting its due. I wouldn't say it's the root form of any fighter, but TKD techniques are starting to show up as compliments to a fighter's basic skill set.

Pure TKD is a very poor match against other pure arts (mainly the grappling type), but we haven't seen true style versus style in 15 years or more.

JohnnyZadar · January 27

TKD era?hardly...remember the Machida(karate) era :))

PunchBag · January 28

TKD does seem to be gaining abit more popularity in mma, but pure TKD suffers versus Mauy Thai because muay Thai employ a clintch game with knees and elbows,

when serkan took on ludwig in K1, ludwig managed to win by employing the clinch and serkan is an amazing TKD master. TKD on its own wont cut it in MMA without taking on other martial arts to complement the kicks.

his highlight reel

Pengu · January 28

najma said:

jduk said:
Cain-wrestler
Jones-wrestler
GSP-wrestler
Bendo-wrestler
Cruz-wrestler (Barao is the interim champ, doesn't count)
Mighty Mouse-wrestler
Where's MW? Lol

All of those guys are getting beat soon by strikers.

Overeem - kickboxing
Machida - karate
Silva - muai thai, taekwondo
Diaz - boxing
Pettis - taekwondo
midget divisions - don't care

LOL when has Silva throw a TKD style kick?
He has a black belt doesn't mean he uses it, he always give credit to muay thai never TKD.

Mangasm · January 28

najma said:

jduk said:
Cain-wrestler
Jones-wrestler
GSP-wrestler
Bendo-wrestler
Cruz-wrestler (Barao is the interim champ, doesn't count)
Mighty Mouse-wrestler
Where's MW? Lol

All of those guys are getting beat soon by strikers.

Overeem - kickboxing
Machida - karate
Silva - muai thai, taekwondo
Diaz - boxing
Pettis - taekwondo
midget divisions - don't care

Madvillain8 · January 28

Pengu said:

najma said:

jduk said:
Cain-wrestler
Jones-wrestler
GSP-wrestler
Bendo-wrestler
Cruz-wrestler (Barao is the interim champ, doesn't count)
Mighty Mouse-wrestler
Where's MW? Lol

All of those guys are getting beat soon by strikers.

Overeem - kickboxing
Machida - karate
Silva - muai thai, taekwondo
Diaz - boxing
Pettis - taekwondo
midget divisions - don't care

LOL when has Silva throw a TKD style kick?
He has a black belt doesn't mean he uses it, he always give credit to muay thai never TKD.

Didn't he throw some sort of crescent kick in the Belfort fight? Is that from TKD?

Madvillain8 · January 28

I think Benson is the only guy who really uses his TKD. Would you guys say Pettis uses a lot of TKD or is he just using kickboxing?

Doobster · January 28

najma said:
Anderson Silva - black belt
Anthony Pettis - black belt

Did sensei Seagal claim he taught the showtime kick to Pettis? And the cartwheel kick :> It looked like it came from Capoeira. And btw - Anderson Silva has a Yellow Rope in Capoeira.

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/002/932/990/hi-res-6973612_display_image.jpg?1359252444

Thoughts?

a yellow rope is obtained after 3 yrs of fighting. the "Amarelo IIII".

that's what I got from this site anyways.... http://www.intermartialarts.com/grading/capoeira

cronicmma · January 28

Madvillain8 said:
I think Benson is the only guy who really uses his TKD. Would you guys say Pettis uses a lot of TKD or is he just using kickboxing?

Definitely using TKD

kyo_sa · January 28

Pengu said:

najma said:

jduk said:
Cain-wrestler
Jones-wrestler
GSP-wrestler
Bendo-wrestler
Cruz-wrestler (Barao is the interim champ, doesn't count)
Mighty Mouse-wrestler
Where's MW? Lol

All of those guys are getting beat soon by strikers.

Overeem - kickboxing
Machida - karate
Silva - muai thai, taekwondo
Diaz - boxing
Pettis - taekwondo
midget divisions - don't care

LOL when has Silva throw a TKD style kick?
He has a black belt doesn't mean he uses it, he always give credit to muay thai never TKD.

lol what are you talking about man one of his most famous ko is from a tkd/karate style front kick in the face

he also uses the half step side kick to the knee (which should absolutely be banned from mma) and ive seen him training his spinhook and its proper, even though he hasnt pulled it out in a fight yet

the "showtime" kick off the cage is actually quite easy, we call it touch-roundhouse at my school and its a regular part of my classes, kids like doing it, its fun. that cartwheel thing he did isnt actually in tkd as far as i know, thats the first time ive ever seen it and it was BADASS, will be injuring myself attempting it in the very near future. looked like a capoeira kick to me

if you want to see a guy who uses quite a bit of tkd when he fights, watch john makdessi

Yesterdays_Hero · January 28

lolno

Coreyflipp · January 28

I agree, welcome to the takedown era.

carnages41 · January 28

It is the wrestling era...and it will last forever or until there is a judging or rule change

Jbrahams · January 28

This thread is so fail it's not funny

JohnnyZadar · January 28

Jbrahams said:
This thread is so fail it's not funny

yep...pretty much

Pengu · January 28

kyo_sa said:

Pengu said:

najma said:

jduk said:
Cain-wrestler
Jones-wrestler
GSP-wrestler
Bendo-wrestler
Cruz-wrestler (Barao is the interim champ, doesn't count)
Mighty Mouse-wrestler
Where's MW? Lol

All of those guys are getting beat soon by strikers.

Overeem - kickboxing
Machida - karate
Silva - muai thai, taekwondo
Diaz - boxing
Pettis - taekwondo
midget divisions - don't care

LOL when has Silva throw a TKD style kick?
He has a black belt doesn't mean he uses it, he always give credit to muay thai never TKD.
lol what are you talking about man one of his most famous ko is from a tkd/karate style front kick in the face

he also uses the half step side kick to the knee (which should absolutely be banned from mma) and ive seen him training his spinhook and its proper, even though he hasnt pulled it out in a fight yet

the "showtime" kick off the cage is actually quite easy, we call it touch-roundhouse at my school and its a regular part of my classes, kids like doing it, its fun. that cartwheel thing he did isnt actually in tkd as far as i know, thats the first time ive ever seen it and it was BADASS, will be injuring myself attempting it in the very near future. looked like a capoeira kick to me

if you want to see a guy who uses quite a bit of tkd when he fights, watch john makdessi

um no the front kick isn't necessarily TKD-especially if it's true that Seagal helped him alter it.
You don't need to do TKD or karate to learn the front kick.
Jones uses the front kick and side kick as well doesn't mean he came from TKD or karate.
Guys are just taking out a few techniques that work out of those traditional striking styles.
Doesn't mean it's the era of TKD.
Plus JKD also has the side kick and front kick-and seeing how Anderson is a big Bruce lee fan he could of had learnt it from that.

Does it mean it's the era of JKD?

Muzzle_rousey_please · January 28

It's the MMA era and honestly I think a few more of the high level judo practitioners will raise up but can't see any boring straight tkd like makadessi going far cruickshank is a bit better as he has a lot more tools in his arsenal and yeah Anderson silva uses his muay Thai the most.

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