Posted on May 23, 2014 Updated on May 31, 2021, 6:31 am CDT
A good karate match involves combatants of relatively equal talent and training, but a great karate match hinges upon one dude’s ability to KO the other with a single devastating kick.
So, is this the shortest martial arts fight in history? The only way it could have ended sooner is if someone had fainted when he stepped onto the mat. (Or if I were the guy on the left.)
It just goes to show you—the belt doesn’t make the man.
Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He's the author of two odd books of fiction, 'Ivyland' and 'True False.'