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Originally posted by jules
No, think about it how many non kickboxing/karate guys are in K-1?
Not quite, Garry goodridge, Sapp, Crocop are in both K-1 and PRIDE.
I am not talking about MMA. I am talking about tournaments such as K-1.
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Ok, so you're talking about K-1 and you are asking why there are no Eastern Asian martial arts represented among its competitors?
I don't really follow K-1, but my guess is that you've got plenty of people with MT, TKD, and Karate backgrounds. So that would constitute an East Asian prescence. But in case you aren't convinced here you go straight from the K1 website:
"Karate, Kickboxing, Tae kwon do and Kung fu are among the martial arts upon which K-1 is founded."
The founder of K1 even had a competition back in the 80s of karate vs. kung fu. So, what are you talking about?