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DoA5U Dev Match: Hitomi(GAKU) Vs. Leifang(Shimbori)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzsbLwW-D2E
Tulkas
Thank u very much 4 the movie Totbuae ;) :)
T
I found the proper name of the kata the move at 2:18 comes from. Okinawan styles (shito-ryu, shorin-ryu, goju-ryu, wado-ryu, etc.) call it pinan yondan while shotokan calls it heian yondan. For some reason we called this kata "kata roku-dan" in my dojo.

Below is the link the the kata, the move in question is performed at 0:22.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmLQq_q_YMg

And for the record, karate has plenty of techniques that look "exotic" (karate did evolve from chinese martial arts after all). They don't see much use in free sparring (some of these techniques are dangerous, meant to cause real harm rather than score a point) and they're even more infrequently portrayed in movies/tv and games, but they're there. XD
Tulkas
I strongly agree with @Zeo: "making and playing a game are different". Sport trainers are a example: they used to develop athletes but not to win competition by themselves.
Tulkas
does new Hitome move at 2:15 really belong to karate? It seems more drunk fist u other chinese arts, it has to much elegance for being karate...
T
Finally, a DoA5U clip showing Hitomi, yay. XD

Was that a new move at 1:46?

The move at 2:18 was definitely new. Looks similar to a part of a karate kata (don't know the traditional name, we called it something else in my dojo). It's a simultaneous age uke (ascending block) with the left hand and a shuto uchi (knife hand bash) with the right hand, followed by a mae geri (front kick) finishing with an otoshi hura ken uchi (descending back hand bash, though in the video Hitomi did a regular back hand to the face). It'd be interesting if the first part (the simultaneous block/knife hand) was a sabaki.
Zeo
To be fair, making and playing a game are different. I'm sure there are plenty of people that have plenty of knowledge in the science of something but don't perform well in the actual field they have knowledge in that actual field. Spending months developing a game does not make you good at it.

GAKU on the other hand... he's in charge of game balance... he should... be a bit better at the actual game.
Codemaster92163
"...and Shimbori, the director of DOA5U who knows the game in and out."

I mean no disrespect, truly, but to say they know the game in and out but then fail to capitalize on certain things seems to be a bit of a fabrication.
grap3fruitman
Is it concerning to anyone else that the developers are playing DOA4?
Zeo
Dat taunt. Also good to hear Grand Style again, but it feels a little slow for DOA5 fights. Mayflower is still my favorite theme for Lei.
BLAZE
Hitomi is such a hipster.
NukNuks
Shimbori ain't bad with Lei!
TakedaZX
Well the last punch reminds me of Jin's unblockable but the rest of it's just... weird.
Aven Kujo-Gin
That new move remind me some of Jin moves from Tekken.
Aven Kujo-Gin
That new move remind me some of Jin moves from Tekken.
Belinea
More than likely. It looks like it could come from a number of different Karate Kata's.
TakedaZX
2:16 - Is that even a Karate style move...?

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Aug 21, 2013 at 7:25 AM
Posted by UpSideDownGRUNT
PS3/Xbox360 『DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Ultimate』
----- The Tournament ----

The DOA5U tournament held recently at Team NINJA.

Now that things have finally begun to quiet down on the development side, the tournament was planned as a relaxing break for the dev team. A few even practiced pretty seriously in advance. But whether it was due to nerves, the unfamiliar environment, or for whatever reason, everyone seemed to be falling prey to bad luck. Even our reigning tournament champion was taken out on the first match.

But in the end, experience and knowledge will always win out. The final match came down to GAKU, in charge of game balance, and Shimbori, the director of DOA5U who knows the game in and out.

Was GAKU able to beat the boss at his own game??


---- Comments from the Fighters ----

・1P: GAKU (Balance Designer) - Hitomi
"I was really nervous playing against the Director. Thanks to all his trash-talking, I messed up on the Power Launcher combo I had been practicing. Sorry for not playing as well as I'd expected."

・2P: TN-Shimbori (Director) - Leifang
"My pride was on the line. I couldn't afford to lose. So when he missed the Power Launcher Combo, I started teasing him and giving him a hard time, and that ended up being my downfall. My abuse of power didn't faze him at all, and he completely wiped the floor with me. He has great potential."
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