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"Twenty years ago, I started running while holding a dream as a fighter of a new fighting sport, but I was not understood by many people in Japan until further fighting sports such as the development of techniques and construction of mixed martial arts that I was able to change various perspectives. It is not an exaggeration to say that Seiken Shinkage-Ryu is the world of martial arts that I eventually aimed at by offering the whole body of the whole experience that I have culminated in the accumulation of experiences accumulated so far. "The spirit of a samurai that prepares for it rather than fighting" That is my goal. It is a new form of martial art fighting spirit based on the concept of a bodyguard that protects one's self or other things, assuming human formation that begins with bowing, and can hide an enemy by punching, kicking, throwing, knocking down and hitting. Seiken Shinkage-Ryu is divided into amateur division and professional division, the professional department is SWA Ultimate boxing. SWA Ultimate Boxing decides winning and losing by knockout and judgment, but faithfully expressed the figure conforming to the actual battle in the city area as a professional game. The athlete gathers the top talented personnel of various world fighting sports, and is a player layer that is proud of being confident in the world. Currently, players from all over the world are gathering in Seiken Shinkage-Ryu style, and more fulfilling matches are expected from now."
— A roughly translated speech by Satoru Sayama about what Seikendo is to him.

As a whole:

  • Achilles' Heel: Seikendo assumes that in a real fight the floor will be hard as in most places in real life, it is thought that a person is at an overwhelming disadvantage if a person is taken to the ground and is at the bottom position. This is reflected in its Faction Motto and is why Seikendo students are mostly trained in submission defense instead of offense with a focus on getting back to their feet as quickly as possible.
  • Badass in a Nice Suit: Seikendo's original gi was designed to look and feel like a regular suit to emphasize the self-defense aspect of the martial art. They changed it to a more traditional uniform as they found the cost of making such suit-like uniforms too high, though they still do training in suits.
  • Clothing Combat: Seikendo students also learn how to use their judogi and dress suit jackets as weapons.
  • Cut the Safety Rope: Matches took place in an octagon ring with no ropes. Ultimate Boxing however still used regular roped rings.
  • Darker and Edgier: There were some MMA fights at Seikendo events under "Russian Absolute" rules based on the rules used by the International Absolute Fighting Council.
  • Faction Motto: "Be Above".
  • Good Old Fisticuffs: Since submissions were banned in the ruleset, Seikendo encourages fighters to be pure sprawl-and-brawlers.
  • Japanese Politeness: In keeping with its design as a traditional martial art, Seikendo students are supposed to act with courtesy at all times, anyone that does anything that looks down at their opponents are disqualified immediately. Also similar to Sumo Wrestling, things like Delinquent Hair and tattoos are strictly banned.
  • Japanese Spirit: Used a lot of traditional Japanese imagery and ideals in their ceremonies and matches.
  • Katanas Are Just Better: It was an obligation of all fighters to carry Japanese swords when entering the ring. Seikendo students also apparently had training in using said swords.
  • Lighter and Softer: Compared to MMA, Seikendo was a mix of Kickboxing and grappling with allowance of ground and pound, but no submissions (Ultimate Boxing also used boxing gloves since most of the gaijin were regular kickboxers).
  • Mighty Whitey: Seikendo brought in a lot of Russians and fighters from places that was part of the former Soviet Union to train at their dojo and fight at their Ultimate Boxing events.
  • Shirtless Scene: Despite the gi, Seikendo had a ruleset known in English as "Martial Arts Zone" where the fighters will fight with the jacket part of their judogi removed.
  • Special Guest: Wanderlei Silva appeared at one of their events to support his teammate Pelé.
  • Spin-Off: Real Japan Pro Wrestling.
  • Wrestler in All of Us: Sayama still threw in pro wrestling matches at his Seikendo events, since that is what he is known for. He even tried getting a deal with WWE through Victor Quiñones.

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    Seikendo natives 
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Shooto's Little Step Brother

Kenji Fujimoto

Tatsuya Ikeda

Kazuhiro Maruo

Naofumi Nakajima

Takayuki Okada/Giant Ochiai

"Takayuki Okada was a fighter and wrestler whose career lasted just under three years. A high-school judoka, seidokaikan student and amateur Shooto competitor, Okada quickly developed friendships in the MMA world that got him tryouts with Pride under his nickname, Giant Ochiai. Said tryouts saw him and his incredible afro placed ludicrously out of their depth, first in a TKO loss to two-time sambo world champion Igor Borisov on a feeder league card, second on Pride 10 itself in a submission loss to future UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez. Okada fought once on American soil, losing a lopsided decision to UFC veteran Zane Frazier, and there's a moment that simply and poignantly sums up his career: As the pudgy 6'1" Okada circles the muscular 6'6" Frazier, the commentators remark, "Okada is nicknamed Giant Ochiai, but he, uh, he doesn't look very giant," and a moment later Frazier sends him to the floor with a punch. Okada would settle his career at 3-3-2, each of his three wins coming by wild striking against competition with losing records. At that point he was already well aware his future did not lay with MMA, as midway through the year 2000 he'd begun working for shoot-style wrestling promotion Battlarts and by 2003 he'd begun training with Riki Choshu's upstart World Japan promotion for a future in the sport. Unfortunately, the end of his career was also the end of his life. While training with Kenzo Suzuki, a mysterious accident gave Giant Ochiai a brain hemmorhage, sending him into a coma. He died several days later at the far, far too young age of 30. If you've ever wondered about the moment of silence during the 2003 Pride middleweight GP, that's why."
— A profile of Okada from a Fire Pro Wrestling user CarlCX from https://steamcommunity.com

  • Afro Ass Kicker: Had an impressive afro. He wore an even larger one as a wig during his entrances in PRIDE.
  • The Apprentice: To Naoyuki Taira, Masaaki Satake, and Satoru Sayama.
  • Downer Ending: Suffered a "training accident" in August 2003 while training with Kenzo Suzuki at Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling's dojo, Okada suffered an acute subdural hematoma and entered a coma from which he never recovered. Okada died on August 8, 2003, he was 30 years old. Okada's August 13 wake was attended by Masaaki Satake, Nobuhiko Takada, Kazushi Sakuraba and World Japan Management Director Katsuji Nagashima. A moment of silence was held in PRIDE Grand Prix 2003 in his honor.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Under his real name, he fought in a Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu Rules match at the K-1 Grand Prix finals in 1998.
  • Guest Fighter: Made a few appearances in Battlarts.
  • Hidden Depths: Had a part-time job at a rental video store to earn his living in addition to fighting and wrestling.
  • I Know Judo: Won the All Japan Industrial High School Judo League Championship four times. He then trained in Seidokaikan Karate and placed second in the All Japan Amateur Shooto Championships in 1998 and 1999 in the heavyweight division before he trained in Seikendo.
  • Real-Life Relative: His uncle is Hiromitsu Ochiai, a former Japanese professional baseball player and former manager of the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He is considered to be one of the most important players in the history of Japanese baseball. His cousin is Fukushi Ochiai, a male voice actor.
  • Stone Wall: Was not a great offensive fighter, but he was willing and able to take punishment and had good submission defense for a guy his size as shown in his fight with Ricco Rodriguez.
  • Stout Strength: 6ft 1 and nearly 300 pounds.
  • Sunglasses at Night: Along with his afro wig, he wore large round sunglasses at part of his entrance.

Yūji Sakuragi/Super Tiger II

  • The Ace: Is said to be Sayama's best Seikendo student and was one for Real Japan Pro Wrestling.
  • The Apprentice: To Satoru Sayama.
  • Arch-Enemy: To Kōzō Urita/Tiger Shark.
  • Badass Teacher: Has his own Seikendo branch school, Seikendo Sakuragi.
  • Cool Mask: A silver Tiger Mask as Super Tiger II.
  • Cool Teacher: Worked as a physical education teacher for the Nippon Sport Science University before his time in Seikendo.
  • Costume Porn: Was famous for his flashy personal style, wearing hip hop and b-kei fashion for his MMA fights. He did don the Seikendo gi for his entrance before his fight with Sanae Kikuta.
  • Evil Counterpart: Has one in Kōzō Urita/Tiger Shark.
  • Foil: To Kōzō Urita/Tiger Shark in terms of their appearances and martial arts backgrounds. Sakuragi is a bald karateka and kickboxer, who prefers to stand up and knockout in his opponents in MMA, while Urita is a judoka and grappler with a head full of hair, who prefers to ground and submit his opponents (though his later fights show a tendency to beat opponents by TKO).
  • I Know Karate: A Kyokushin black belt before he trained in Seikendo, he is a 3rd dan black belt in Seikendo itself. He is also a former Kickboxing champion.
  • Kaiju Defense Force: Was part of the Japan Self-Defense Forces for a time before he joined Seikendo. He is also known for striking the military salute before his MMA matches.
  • Legacy Character: To Satoru Sayama's UWF character Super Tiger.
  • Masked Luchador: Subverted, as he was based on Sayama's shoot wrestling gimmick, he concentrated more strikes, suplexes, and submissions over the more flippy stuff his master is known for.
  • Purple Is Powerful: Wears purple as Super Tiger II.
  • Red Baron: "Gendai Ni Ikiru Samurai" ("The Modern Living Samurai").
  • Religious Bruiser: While his actual beliefs are not known, he has been seen paying his dues to the Yasukuni Shrine in special occasions.

Hiroyuki Takaya

"I want to punch a lot. I will land a lot of punches on the opponent’s face."

  • Always Someone Better: Was beaten twice by karateka and kickboxer Satoru Vasikoba.
  • The Apprentice: To Satoru Sayama, Kenichi Tanaka, and Yoshinori Nishi.
  • Blood Knight: He loves punching people in the face.
  • Cool Teacher: Has his own gym, Fight Farm, which was originally called Takaya Gundan.
  • Expy: Is sort of like Takanori Gomi, in that they are pure sprawl-and-brawlers that favour punching people in the f'n' head over more complicated strategies. Except he was like this thoughout his whole career and has never won any of his fights by submission.
  • Good Old Fisticuffs: One of the rare pure sprawl-and-brawlers from the Shooto system (though he did start in Seikendo, where submissions were banned) and focused his fighting style mainly on his punches.
  • I Know Karate: Subverted, he was just a street fighter before he debuted in Seikendo. He did later train in shoot wrestling with Kenichi Tanaka and later again at the Wajutsu Keishukai gyms though.
  • Japanese Delinquents: Was one in his youth, more specifically was part of a group that are referred to as "teamers".
  • Red Baron: "Densetsu no Kenka-Shi" ("Legendary Streetfighter"), "Kenka Banchō" ("Streetfight Chief"), "Akuma no Ken" ("Devil’s Fist").

Kosei Tanaka

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What Sayama Found in Russia and Beyond

Ruslan Abdukarimov

Magomedshamil Abdullahgimov

Mikhail Abzianidze

Zaur Akhmedov

Zlav Akhmedov

Zourab Akhmedov.

Altino Artemiev

Artem Binokrov.

Yuri Bobkov

Igor Borisov

"Borisov was Pride's attempt at having an ersatz Oleg Taktarov (read as: Oleg cost too much money), and he appeared up to the task: He was a burly, frightening, photogenic (seriously, look at his perm) Russian fighter, a two-time world sambo champion, and, as his first fight proved, more than capable of dispatching hugely overmatched Japanese pro-wrestlers, punching out Takayuki Okada. For his second fight, as Japan does, they threw him into the deep end and matched him with Mark Kerr at Pride 10... Two minutes into their fight, Kerr put Borisov in a can opener. Borisov did not escape it, and did not tap out until Mark Kerr, a man who at the time could probably tear apart a Datsun, had cranked his neck with all the power in his body. Borisov broke three vertebrae, was stretchered out of the arena, and never fought again. Borisov's official record is 1-1. He didn't show anything notable in either of his fights, but he was a decorated sambo champion and there's no reason to think he couldn't have found success in MMA if he hadn't, y'know, broken his neck. The lesson here: If someone catches you in a submission, tap the hell out. Your bones will thank you."
— A profile of Borisov from a Video/Fire Pro Wrestling user CarlCX from https://steamcommunity.com

Gia Chiragishvili

David Davitashvili

Gregori Drosdov

Grigory Drozd

  • The Apprentice: To Sergey Nikolayevich Vasiliev and Vitaly Ilyin.
  • Authority Equals Ass Kicking: Is the Vice-President of the Russian Thai Boxing Federation since July 2016, the President of the Thai Boxing Federation of Moscow since April 2015 and the President of the Kuzbass Boxing Federation since April 2015.
  • Genius Bruiser: Is now a politician.
  • Husky Russkie
  • I Know Boxing: A master of sport and a World and European cruiser weight champion and also trained in Karate and was a youth light contact national champion and placed third in the Asian Championships and Muay Thai and is a European and World Muay Thai Champion before he joined Seikendo.
  • Mother Russia Makes You Strong
  • Red Baron: "Krasavchik" ("Pretty Boy").
  • Spell My Name With An S: His name is sometimes spelt as Grigori Dorzd.

Yuri Folomkin

Vasily Garmaev

Darius Grilauskas

Nikolai Gudkov

Sergei Gur

Abdullov Gusniev

Mikhail Kebedov

Magomed Khimelov

Ramaz Kikalishvili

Andrei Kirsanov

Magomed Ismailov

Arslan Magomedov

  • The Apprentice: To Sergei Ivanovich and Zainalbek Zainalbekov.
  • Awesome Aussie: Is apparently an Australian citizen now.
  • Badass Crew: Is part of a group of Russian kickboxers from Dagetan known as the "Dag Posse", which included himself, his brother, his cousin, Dzhabar Askerov, and Abdulmalik Gadzhiev.
  • Badass Family: Is the older brother of kickboxer Magomed "The Propeller" Magomedov and a cousin of kickboxer Ramazan "The Punisher" Ramazanov.
  • Big Brother Mentor: To his cousin Ramazan "The Punisher" Ramazanov.
  • Bouncer: Now works in the security industry handling assignments and operations in Close Protection and other security fields around the world.
  • Cool Teacher: Has his own boxing, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai school called Fighter’s Haven in Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: His time in Seikendo is one for him as he later competed in K-1.
  • Guest Fighter
  • Husky Russkie: From Dagetan.
  • I Know Muay Thai: Trained at the Rompo Gym in Bangkok, Thailand. He also trained at the Chinuk Gym in Minsk, Belarus. He also trained in boxing.
  • Mother Russia Makes You Strong
  • Red Baron: "M-16".

Ibragim Magomedov

Abdoulnassya Medjidov

Magomed Mirzamagomedov

Mikhail Nadirov

Ruslan Nagnibeda

Andrei Piatrovich

Denis Podolyachin

Albert Putkaradze

Denis Romanov

Oleg Sidorov

Valentin Siouljine

Denis Shibankov

Zamirbek Shiryaev

Vadim Stadnikov

Mikhail Stepanov

Kavkaz Sultanmagomedov

Dmitri Tankov

Vadim Tokarev

Altak Uldanya

Jatin Valliev

Dmitrov Yuruko

Anatoliy Yushchenko

Sergey Zayashnikov

  • Authority Equals Ass Kicking: Is the founder, owner and president of the Russian Muay Thai League since 1992. He also served as the vice-president of Russian Muay Thai Federation since its inception in 1996 until 2007.
  • Badass Teacher: Has been a Muay Thai coach since 1990.
  • Combat Commentator: Was one for Russian Muay Thai events from 1995 to 2009.
  • I Know Muay Thai: One of the first to learn the art, though like most of the early practitioners he was a former Kyokushin karateka.
  • Non-Action Guy: Didn’t compete in Seikendo himself, he was Sayama’s Russian contact for fighters and is a manager for many of the fighters in Seikendo and K-1.
  • Old Master: Is basically The Godfather of Russian Muay Thai and has written many books on it.
  • Spell My Name With An S: Sergey or Sergei?
  • Ur-Example: Was one of the founders of Muay Thai in Russia with the first official club in Novosibirsk.

    Other fighters 
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Be Above

Ricky Bouncer

José Landi-Jons

"I remembered Pelé Landi beating Pat and yelling in Pat's face, 'You are no longer champion!' in his broken english."
— Matt Hughes

"I think I’m special because I do everything I do in a special way 100 percent. When I had my first kick knockout people shouted ‘Pelé Pelé’!! But I did not know who Pelé was. You have the opportunity to see the Pelé fight you forever remember and speak to your grandchildren and great-grandchildren about me. The people yelling my name because I come for a fight, the great show. My heart my soul in the fight."
— José Landi-Jons

  • Always Someone Better: To Jorge "Macaco" Patino and Alexander Shlemenko in MMA who he both beat twice, as well as Anderson Silva in Muay Thai.
  • The Apprentice: To Rudimar Fedrigo.
  • Authority Equals Ass Kicking: Had his own MMA team, Team Pele.
  • The Berserker: A very aggressive fighter and was a great influence on other Chute Boxe fighters like Wanderlei Silva.
  • Guest Fighter
  • Hero Killer: Beat guys like Matt Hughes, Pat Miletich, Evangelista Santos, Jorge "Macaco" Patino, and Alexander Shlemenko in MMA.
  • I Know Muay Thai: Trained at Chute Boxe and also was a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.
  • Insult Backfire: Once tried his taunting against Abdoulnassya Medjidov in a Seikendo match, only for the latter to smile and putting a face of "want more."
  • I Shall Taunt You: Was infamous for taunting his opponents with obscene and sexualized poses during his matches.
  • The Pete Best: Was a fighter active from the mid-90s to present day. His body shape and style are both almost identical to that of Anderson Silva, and in fact he trained Silva at one point and had a real life enmity with him. Almost no one knows who "Pele" is (not the least because his name makes him The Pete Best in another way), while Silva has had much more success and is regarded as one of the pound-for-pound best fighters in the world.
  • Red Baron: "Pelé", "Nanbei Kage no Teiō" ("Shadow Emperor of South America").
  • Scary Black Man
  • The Worf Effect: Lost to Dajiro Matsui by major decision in one of the biggest upsets in MMA history.

Fatih Kocamış

"Making his debut in 1999, Kocamis was a study in perseverence: He went 2-7-1 in his first three years in the sport, losing his way across RINGS, 2 Hot 2 Handle and M-1, often in devastating fashion—he was knocked out of the 2001 Pankration World Championships by a single headbutt. He was brought in for Pride: The Best Vol. 2 to face the pro-wrestler-turned-fighter Takahiro Oba, as Pride's favorite victim: A large, scary-looking foreign kickboxer with a dearth of ground skills that would make him easy prey for a hopefully marketable Japanese fighter. Instead, Kocamis outgrappled Oba for a decision victory and in doing so started the winning streak that defined his career: Between July 2002 and July 2005 he rattled off six straight victories, most famously defeating M-1 standout Gambaryan (first name excluded because Steam censors it even though it's not a curse word, bafflingly), battering the talented grappler into submission with punches from his guard. At the height of his career he was ranked in the top 40 of light-heavyweight, circa 2005. And then he got outwrestled and out-decisioned by Kevin Randleman, who was seeking redemption after a four-fight skid. Tasting a loss again was too much for Kocamis, and he retired from MMA—and after a few more years in his home sport of regional kickboxing, he retired from combat sports altogether in 2008."
— A profile of Kocamış from a Fire Pro Wrestling user CarlCX from https://steamcommunity.com

Mitsuhiro Murayama

Takaaki Nakamura

Takashi Osaka

William van Roosmalen

"Very few remember Vitali Klitschko was a kickboxer before he was a boxer, but he was quite a successful one, with multiple championships to his name. William van Roosmalen knocked him the hell out. Roosmalen was a particularly skilled and successful kickboxer; he won both kickboxing and muay thai world titles and started a now very successful kickboxing gym in his native Holland, which is where his son Robin trained to become a two-division champion in Glory. It's unfortunate that so little footage or record is left of William's career, because the one bit that's accessible—his Pride 2 exhibition against Ralph White—is a pretty excellent case study in technique, as the visibly pudgy, aging van Roosmalen still takes White apart with low kicks and eventually puts him away with a knee to the liver, and it begs the question of what he looked liek in his prime. Someone, somewhere, has a $5,000 VCR tape of Roosmalen knocking Klitschko out in their basement."
— A profile of Roosmalen from a Fire Pro Wrestling user CarlCX from https://steamcommunity.com

Takashi Sonoda

Mitsunori Tanimura

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