About karate combatWorld's premier full contact striking league

2018, Sensei Ltd, a Seychelles international business company with registration number 233778.

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WORLD’S PREMIER FULL CONTACT STRIKING LEAGUE

Karate Combat is the world's premier full contact striking league, blending the excitement of live-action, full-contact Karate with immersive CGI environments powered by the Epic Games Unreal gaming and virtual production engine.

Olympic medalists and national champions from around the world are just some of the elite black belts invited to compete in eight different weight divisions in pursuit of a Karate Combat World Championship.

The league is streamed and broadcast to over 100 countries worldwide. Karate Combat is owned by the Sensei Foundation, a Cayman Islands Foundation Company and its affiliates.

League ambassadors

Bas Rutten

Actor / Martial Artist

Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten is a Dutch actor and retired mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and professional wrestler. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak (21 wins, 1 draw).

Since retiring he has worked as a color commentator in several MMA organizations, hosted Inside MMA, and has appeared in numerous television shows, movies, and video games.

Georges St-Pierre

Actor / Martial Artist

Georges "Rush" St-Pierre is a living legend in combat sports, holding a still-unbeaten record of nine UFC Welterweight Championship title defenses. He is one of only four athletes to hold a UFC title in two different weight-classes.

The French-Canadian’s path to greatness started in the karate dojo, becoming a 2nd dan Kyokushin black belt by age 12, winning numerous national competitions before transitioning to MMA. St-Pierre joins as ‘Season Sensei’, offering Karate Combat fighters wisdom from his illustrious combat sports career.

Lyoto Machida

Martial Artist / Active MMA Fighter

Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida is the former UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion, who single-handedly created an explosion of interest in karate during his title run. Machida, a third-dan Shotokan black belt hailing from Brazil, will channel his expertise and years of experience as an active fighter into a ‘Season Sensei’ role, where he will offer insights and analysis for viewers, as well as reveal technique secrets in closed-door ‘sensei seminars’ with Karate Combat contenders.

Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson

League Ambassador

Wonderboy is one of the greatest karateka ever to compete in mixed martial arts, where his karate foundation is extremely evident due to his bladed fighting stance. Before making his MMA debut, Thompson went an astonishing 58-0 in kickboxing.

The two-time welterweight title contender, boasts nearly twenty fights inside the UFC, and remains an active fighter there since 2012. Wonderboy is still ranked in the Top 10! As recently as December 2022, at nearly 40-years-old, he earned Fight of the Night honors and a TKO victory, for a headliner five-round bout.

Karate combat management

Robert Bryan

Founder

Robert Bryan co-founded Karate Combat. Robert has spent the majority of his career investing in both public and private markets. Most recently, Robert founded and served as Interim CEO of MedSec which has established itself as the worldwide leader in medical device cyber security.

Prior to MedSec, Robert founded Metaval Capital after working at Cyrus Capital, Magnetar Capital, and BHR Capital. Robert oversaw investments in large public companies such as a top ten shareholding in Western Digital as well as smaller companies such as a controlling investment in Virgin America where he was instrumental in the airline’s initial funding.

Robert began his career at Goldman Sachs after graduating summa cum laude with both a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Economics at The Wharton School.

Asim Zaidi

League President

Asim Zaidi’s father began training him in the martial arts at age 3. After winning many titles in various martial arts while training with some of the greatest coaches and competing around the world, he decided to pass on his knowledge and become a coach.

Asim Zaidi started the Goat Shed in 2018, which started as an exclusive private team with him being the only coach. For 5 years, the team was bouncing from gym to gym and Asim would teach for free; however, very quickly the Goat Shed became one of the strongest MMA teams in Florida. Asim officially opened a physical location for Goat Shed in Wynwood on January 18, 2020, and it is currently the most viral MMA team on the planet with a 90% winning ratio (101 WINS - 11 Losses)