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00:00Hello Pro Strikers, if you don't know much about Masaaki Nariri's style, it is characterised by its versatility, precision and explosiveness.
00:18He can end a fight at any moment, also whilst looking like the calmest man in the arena.
00:30He's primarily competed in the K1 and Crush Promotions, where he's achieved significant success, but I'd say his name first became a relevant one after winning the Glory Kickboxing 65kg 4-man tournament back in 2013, where he beat Muay Thai legend Liam Harrison and Moroccan powerhouse Mosav Amrani, all in one night and at just 20 years of age.
01:00Nowiri has won 11 of his last 12 fights, with 6 of those wins coming by way of the knockout.
01:10With the news that Nowiri will enter one championship's featherweight division to face off against Sitachai, the former Glory 70kg champion, I thought there no better time to revisit the career of the Japanese murderer and take a closer look at his skillset.
01:25Like many Japanese kickboxers, Nowiri began his martial arts journey learning karate.
01:37Wikipedia has him down as a black belt in shin karate, and he competed in tournaments up until transitioning into K1 style kickboxing in his teens.
01:45Shin karate looks a lot like K1 in a Gi to me, and it's listed as a style of full contact karate based upon Kyokushin, but modified to use boxing gloves and allow punches to the face.
01:56I'd say this is an ideal rule set to prepare a fighter for a career as a professional kickboxer.
02:01Many karate styles utilise a more bladed stance, but Kyokushin based styles tend to stand more square as fighters will literally go blow for blow with punches to the body as fists to the head are prohibited and kick to the head from literally in the pocket.
02:16Just go and look at Andy Hook's career.
02:18This is what gives these karate stylists so much dexterity in their kicking game, and what also makes them so tough.
02:24They stand toe to toe, punch and kick seven shades of shite out of each other.
02:34Nowiri's game is similar to that of his fellow kickboxing countryman, Yuki Yoza.
02:38Go check out Pro Striking's video on the Kyokushin sensation.
02:50He will predominantly operate out of a tight high guard and look to put himself directly in front of his opponent to deliver his best work.
02:57He spends most of his time fighting out of an orthodox stance, left side in the lead, but will switch to southpaw on occasion to create different opportunities of attack.
03:05His stance is very much squared up to his opponent, and he distributes his weight evenly between his front and back leg, and this gives him some advantages when defending against punches.
03:14His main form of defence is the tight high guard.
03:18The tight high guard is his go-to bread and butter defence when dealing with punches.
03:23Nowiri will sit his weight down and lean into the oncoming blows, putting weight into his back foot to make him a difficult object to move.
03:30Think if somebody was trying to push you over, you're going to dig your heel into your back foot and lean into them.
03:35And this can be a very effective way when dealing with power punches.
03:43By defending in this way, it causes fighters to smother their own work when looking to come forward with combinations, and it makes their punches far less effective.
03:50They get on top of themselves.
03:52Now savvy fighters can exploit an overuse of the high guard, but Noiri will use it to not only absorb punches on the forearms and gloves, but to fish for openings to counter.
04:02He has a keen sense of timing and anticipation, enabling him to evade incoming attacks.
04:07His counter left hook against Jabba Askarov was sublime and pretty much sealed the deal for the knockout right hand which came moments later.
04:14He used the tight high guard to gain a sense of timing of Askarov's right hand, making his reads.
04:21See, Noiri is patient and I think that will be the number one takeaway from this video.
04:25He takes his time.
04:27He is never in a rush to get the job done, which is ironic when K1 is essentially a sprinter sport with its short bout duration and Noiri has been finishing fighters in the opening round.
04:48When talking about Noiri's reliance on the high guard, you can't ignore the fact he possesses impressive endurance and resilience.
04:54He is as tough as old boots and is about as conditioned a human being can get when it comes to taking punishment.
05:05His fight against Ilias the blade belayed is a perfect example of Noiri's ability to break a man by just being there.
05:11It was the Homer Simpson approach to fighting.
05:13Let a man wear himself out attacking, only this version has the addition of a tight high guard and leg kicks.
05:24Nowiri's kicking ability is one of his standout strengths.
05:38He delivers powerful and well placed kicks to both the body and legs of his opponent and he wears them down.
05:43Seemingly like all Japanese fighters, he kicks from every which angle you can think of, from punting the calf to toe pucks aimed at the inner thigh or gut.
05:52He will be pestering with the techniques that don't perhaps show the most visible damage but cause maximum pain and discomfort for an opponent.
06:00But that said, the Noiri left body kick can be a show stopper.
06:03He has the ability to end a fight in an instant.
06:06Something I really appreciate about Noiri's style is how frequently he hits the body.
06:11In fighting it can be common to see a fighter hit the body and if it doesn't have the desired effect of folding a fighter in two, it is often forgotten about.
06:22Noiri is a bit of a body snatcher.
06:23He hunts the liver shot with the left kick and the left hook to the body.
06:27When Noiri feels like he can get away with landing a combination, he'll often leave with a slappy right hand to set up his left hook to the body.
06:33This goes back to the patient nature of Noiri's fighting style.
06:38He doesn't fight as if he's chasing the instant gratification of a one-track knockout, but he's capable of getting it and because he's so precise, if he lands on target, he's going to make short work of his opponent.
06:48I think his changing rhythm factors into his stopping power.
06:52He'll go from tappy-feeling out punches into fully committed power shots, which makes it difficult for an opponent to gauge Noiri's intent.
06:59His demeanor isn't intimidating and he doesn't give much away in the way of facial expressions.
07:05This helps when he goes from 0 to 100, exploding into whipping left kicks or thudding kicks to the calf.
07:12He's methodical and he is calculated.
07:14Nariri is capable of both aggressive pressure fighting and patient counter punching, which almost seems like two polar opposites.
07:25But it depends on the situation.
07:27This is where tactics come into play.
07:29He'll often work with what his opponent's giving him.
07:31The varied kicking game enables him to fight in a more reserved way.
07:34He isn't just relying on his boxing.
07:35Nariri can often be seen either punching or kicking, but he infrequently mixes the two together.
07:43Nariri uses the kicks to pick at an opponent from safety.
07:46And when he feels he can get away with landing power punches on a defensive opponent, he will.
07:51Or he'll snipe the counter punches, timing an opponent as they lead.
07:55It is essentially pressure counter fighting.
07:57I am extremely excited to see Masaaki Nariri mix it up with the elites in one kickboxing.
08:07Him up against Chinggis, Marek Gregorian, Typhon Ozkan, Tawanchai, Sitachai, Superbun.
08:16That list of names is a tantalising one.
08:19And all I'm hoping for is one championship will keep him busy.
08:22As always, thank you for watching the video.
08:23You can access extra breakdowns over on the Pro Striking Patreon.
08:28The link is in the bio.
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08:44Yeah, this is great.
08:46Oh, that's it. Game over.
08:48Oh my God.
08:49Oh, that's it.
08:52Oh, man.
08:53You're gonna flip.
08:54Oh, man.
08:55Oh, man.
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