Traditional meets modern Martial Arts!

 Have you ever heard of Andy Hug?? If not, you will now....this guy is bad ass!   He had a horrible mustache, but still was a bad ass!

Highlights of a career 

Andy Hug was;

• the first Swiss national to advance to the world's top ranking in Kyokushinkai Karate.
• the first non-Asian to achieve entry to a world championship final.
• the first non-Asian to become professional world champion in full-contact karate
• the first karate fighter able to hold his own against the best kick and Thai boxers.
• the first martial arts fighter with a karate background to win the K-1 Grand Prix.

Titles won

• K-1 World Grand Prix Champion - 1996
• K-1 World Grand Prix Finalist - 1997, 1998
• K-1 World Grand Prix Last 8 - 1994, 1999
• UKF World Super Heavyweight Champion 1994
• WMTC World Super Heavyweight Champion
• WKA World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Champion 1996
• WKA European Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Champion 1997/1998/1999/2000

Biography - Fate

On the 24th of August 2000, Andy died unexpectedly as a result of leukaemia. This tragic misfortune came so quickly that it left a lot of questions unanswered for those people who loved him and it was correspondingly difficult for them to accept this fate.

This unforeseen event shook everyone. For the fighters too, it cast a dark shadow over the year. The fans saw in him the embodiment of martial arts ideals. Andy's demands on his style of combat represented a striving for perfection. He fought for that which was apparently unachievable and was stimulated more than ever by obstacles and difficulties. Fighting was his life – career, art and philosophy in one. Thousands of fans paid their last respects to him at his funeral. With his passing, a great martial arts exponent and a great man had been lost.

It is already very difficult to find more and more fighters who can keep up with this weight class. However, Andy was more than just a successful competitor. His Japanese fans had respected him and recognized him as an ambassador for their own culture.

(information gathered from youtube and www.andyhug.com)