S-cup 2008

So i went to the S-cup 2008 event last monday.

Good points :)
- Good friendly mood (entrance of Ceasar with dark Vader theme,..)
- nice fireworks, music, and effects.
- Souwer on fire from the begining to the end
- MMA fighters did better than expected (standing submissioin from Luiz Azeredo)
- exciting situation (multiples kos in the fight Azeredo / Ogata)

- The final, Ogata Vs Souwer, that everyone was waiting for, did happened.

bad points :(
- Too bad Brian Lo-A- njoe wasnt there. Was hoping to see that revenge with ogata.
- saitama superarena was a bit too big for this event. The hall wasnt foul, and even when screaming the crowd wasnt that noisy.
- Visibility wasnt great, couldnt take any good pics. And only 1 big screen very far.
- some boring fights. dont take me for a sexist, but 2 girls fights weren't that necessary. I prayed there wouldnt have extra round at both.
- Also what with all these "exibitions"between fights?!? the "cantatrice" in the middle of the show, the basketball team players, and specialy this :


WTF?!? can somebody explain this to me? It looks like an advertissement for chips.

Its just my opinion, but i think everybody would have prefer to watch other fights than that.

Gladely, the main show, the S-CUP tournament, bring some good fights.
thats the most important after all.

Japanese kickboxing

If somebody would have told me 3 years ago i would go into kickboxing, i would have say something like"Whut?!?".

What i didnt know at the time is that japanese kickboxing (like AJKF) is pretty similar to muay thai. You can use "Hidji"(elbows), "Hisa"(knee), even "KUBIZUMO"(clinch) is allowed.

Most of the bout are 3 rounds of 3 min (1minute interval between each)with an extra round in case of draw.
Except for Titles match, Internationals match (with foreigner guest) and some tournaments wich are in 5 rounds.

Also there are different organisations of kickboxing here in japan. Im not gonna tell every specificity about them all, but quicly :

- AJKF : ok, you know already.
- NJKF : new japan kickboxing fed. Like precedent
- SKB : shin nihon kickboxing fed. (shin = new) also same
- J-NET WORK: still same (prononcé en français ca me fait toujours marrer)
- M-1: real muay thai, always some thai fighters on the card
- RISE : k1 rules, punchs scores a lot, quick-clinch allowed
- SHOOTBOXING : they wear pants, and can submit during stand up (armlock, strangulation,..)

Of course there are some other organisations (MARTIAL ARTS,...) but i will tell about once i will have been to one of their event.
For now im talking mostly about organisation where scramble fighters are competing.