Brent Dupuis just won by head kick KO in a kickboxing match in Japan 🇯🇵 First we were preparing for karate Tastujin rules. Then a jujitsu opponent wanted MMA rules, but he backed out. So we had to prepare for a kickboxer in his rules last minute. It doesn’t matter. Rishinjuku karate just works. Congrats to Rishinjuku karateka Shuta, Taishi, Atsushi, Yudai and Brent who all won their fights. Special thanks to Serwan Scheppers for Brent’s preparation.

I can't find the specific video 😭 UPDATE: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdxv9Q5E/ But we focused on this last training with @Jürgen Paulus . He has a strong body, but when we looked at the punch mechanics, his heel was lifting of the ground. Externally it looked good, but internally his glutes and leg muscles weren't adding power to his strike. So for a stronger gyaku zuki, we focused on the cues of sinking his pelvis forward and flexing his glutes. Ironically this also creates the same heel lift, but the entire body becomes a spear thrusting the fist forward. Not sure if this makes sense without any visual aid 😅 Let me know...

Here again with my next piece of info on the untelegraphed punch. Telegraphed punches generate more force, you apply correct technique, your shoulders and hips push harder because you pulled back before launch. But they are a dead giveaway at the start of an interaction. In Budo, information-to-impact is a good ratio. The punch that does most damage or knocks someone out isn't the strongest punch, it's the one you didn't even see coming.

Most of you have access to the free courses, but did you already go through them? We want to know: - Did your strikes get harder? - Did something inspire you? - Did you use something recently? - Is the course structure and quality what you expected? Maybe we should add a raffle for a paid course or video feedback to everyone who comments. What do you think, @Filip Swennen ?

In our club we have a metal poster with a quote: "you don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training." Musashi Miyamoto also wrote "you can only fight the way you practice." That is why we're happy that our Brent looks like this after tonight's training. He won't be baffled by a hard hit and freeze or gas out because we never went the distance.