An unsanctioned but semi-organized backyard brawl between a wrestler and a Karate fighter. Both fighters seem to have a decent level of skill in their respective arts. The karate fighter seems like he was able to translate his techniques to a fight better, though.

The fight starts with the wrestler immediately running in for a takedown. Because he didn’t really set it up, the karate fighter easily steps out of the way and the wrestler goes running by. His coach or friend can be heard yelling “You’ve gotta set it up”, referring to the fact that the wrestler has to setup takedown with something else to create an opening.

The karate fighter throws a head kick that misses. He then measures the distance and catches the wrestler with an overhand right that sends the wrestler to the ground holding his head.

A couple of guys come to see if he’s okay and help him up. Let’s check out how the fight ends by watching the video below:

In any martial art attack, there has to be a set-up of some kind, otherwise, it’s easy to defend. One way the wrestler could have gotten in for the takedown is by throwing some strikes to the karate fighter’s head, causing his opponent to raise his hands to block. With the hands up, it’s harder to defend the takedown. But that’s just one idea.

Motion and timing shot set-ups are based on moving in a specific pattern and/or waiting for the exact moment when an opponent is out of position and vulnerable to attack. These set-ups can be heavily technical and conscious tactics or simply the result of someone’s freakish and annoying ability to unconsciously divine the perfect moment to shoot. Motion and timing set-ups can manifest themselves in a variety of techniques.