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The super fight - or was it an exhibition? - went down on New Year's Eve 2018 as the main event of the much anticipated RIZIN.14. The greatest boxer of all times took on the lighter and younger Japanese kickboxing prodigy. Watch and learn how it's done...  

ChokeSports and Isami have had a close partnership for almost two decades. Throughout all these years, we have connected with Karateka from all over the world. Today our site ChokeSports.com is one of the main sources of high quality Karate Gear from Japan on the net. That's why we just dropped a "Top 10 Karate Gear from Isami Japan" video. In this short video (1m15s) we give you a glimpse of the most sought Karate gis, belts, kudo helmet, shin guards, knee pads and gloves. Enjoy! SHOP TOP 10 KARATE GEAR

One of the most popular customization service we offer is stitching dan stripes / degrees on our famous custom made martial arts belts. Watch this short video to understand the options available... There are two types of of stripe embroidery:- front side only- all around the beltIf you are ordering a custom made belt from ChokeSports, the embroidery stripes will be made on the fabric, prior to making the belt. This means the belt stitch lines will show over the embroidery, but there will be no trail on the reverse side.Whereas if you order a pre-made belt from ChokeSports, we'll apply the...

The latest video released brings you up and close with one of our best selling cotton shin guards... As the names says, these shin guards have a wide padding that protects against unchecked low kicks from the side. We also added padding over the achilles tendon for extra protection during sparring. CLICK TO SEE MORE

Come up close with our wooden box for martial arts belts. This is a very popular add-on for our famous custom made belts. The box is made of Paulownia wood and features Japanese Kanji writing meaning "The Special Belt". It's a great touch to store and preserve your belt in style.   Buy Belt Wood Box

Rizin FF put on their second major MMA event a few hours ago at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The card was headlined by the 65kg superfight between Kron Gracie and Hideo Tokoro. And what an action-packed fight it was! Tokoro-san is a fan favorite in Japan with a professional career of 60+ fights including classics against Royler Gracie and Royce Gracie, who are Kron's uncles. Tokoro is also the poster boy for our partners Reversal RVDDW and an old friend of ChokeSports. This was only Kron's third professional MMA fight and he showed he can keep his cool even when...

This quick video was shot at the factory in Saitama, Japan. We show you a couple finished belts. The belt on the left is for Karate and it features the classic golden dan bar for degrees. We give you the option of having the degrees stitched on the front or all around the belt. In this specific case, the golden dan bar covers only the front of the belt. The belt on the right is custom made for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We added the red rank sleeve with white bars at the ends. And we stitched the degrees in white color all around...

Our latest product video brings you up and close with one of the most unique items here at ChokeSports. Tetsu geta are the traditional equivalent of modern leg weights. These iron sandals make you strengthen the foot along with the leg. It's a hard - but fun! - way of exercising the legs for martial arts. ORDER IRON SANDALS HERE

We're currently editing a bunch of new product videos that will soon be available online. The first one to come out is for our famous Isami Knee Pads L-122i, which are very popular among Kyokushinkai Karate fighters. Check it out... ORDER THE KNEE PADS HERE