Super Hyper Visual Fighting: The Real Deal
by Riki Fudo, October 26th, 1998

Fist I remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard about Super Hyper Visual Fighting and let me say that I'll probably never get such a good deal on a DVD player again.  My electronic equipment purchases aside, when I heard Hadi Moditian was going for another round in the promotional arena, I was interested.  When I heard he was running "Shoot Style" fights, I was foaming at the mouth!!  Strong style has its hardcore followers, of which I just happen to be one of them.

Then a week later, a news item is thrown on my desk at the PN Magazine offices.  Seems that the master of the "Steel Wind Dojo" himself, Keiji Asamiya signed with Hadi's little rising fed.  Want some more feul to add to this fire, kids?  Well, Takashi Fukuda also signed on with SHVF.  Anyone see a problem here?

Let me run a little refresher course here for you guys.  The place - Tijuana, Mexico.  The date - July 14th 1997.  Asamiya takes a break from tag teaming with his cousin Kazuya Asakino in SJPW to have one last big "Shoot Fight" with arch-rival Fukuda.  They met in competition four previous times, each walking away with two wins each.  Match number five went nuts.  After spilling out of the ring, Asamiya and Fukuda start brawling into the stands causing a riot in the arena crowd.  That's right, they started a damn riot!!

Now SHVF has signed both of them?  Can we say "instant box office draw?" I knew that we could!!  This little war between Fukuda and Asamiya is bound to see them meet head on.  Now it doesn't take a genius to figure out that our pal Hadi Moditian is setting the fans up for a big showdown.  Mind you, Asamiya isn't the "Master of Strong Style" he used to be but something tells me that if Fukuda being signed might motivate the sensei of "The Steel Wind".

Will SHVF succeed?  With box office potential like "Asamiya v. Fukuda, Round Five", I don't see how they can fail.

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