kyokushin karate

Kyokushin kaikan (the word kaikan means a style of fighting) is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Masutatsu Oyama who was born under the name Choi Yong-I . Kyokushinkai is Japanese for "the society of the ultimate truth." Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training. Its full contact style has had international appeal (practitioners have over the last 40+ years numbered more than 12 million).

Kyokushin has influenced many of the "full-contact" schools of karate, emphasizing realistic combat, physical toughness, and practicality in its training curriculum. Many other martial arts organizations have "spun-off" from Kyokushin over the years, with some adding additional techniques, such as grappling, but continuing with the same philosophy of realistic and practical training methods.

Technique & trainings

Kyokushin training consists of three main elements: (1) technique, (2) forms, and (3) sparring. These are sometimes referred to as the three "K's" after the Japanese words for them: kihon (technique), kata (forms), and kumite (sparring).

The example of kyokushin karate training can be seen in this clip :

the clip taken from the 8th-world-open japan contingent training

the second clip is showing us the style of kyokushin karate kumite :

Kyokushin Today

Existing as a single organization under the leadership of the founder, Mas Oyama, the Kyokushin organization, after the Master's passing, broke down into various self-serving groups, each claiming their own authority as representing the original Honbu.

Various other organizations have stemmed from Kyokushin and teach similar techniques but go by different names. Also, numerous dojo throughout the world claim to teach a Kyokushin curriculum without formal connection to the organization. Although difficult to quantify, it is conjectured that the number of students and instructors involved in learning or teaching the style or one of its close variations around the world is significant and numbers in the millions.

Oyama's widow passed away in June 2006 after a long illness. According to the Japanese legal system the Custodian of Oyama's intellectual property and legacy is the youngest of his daughters, Kikuko (also known as Kuristina). The original IKO Honbu continues to operate, represent Oyama and run classes daily. The IKO has member dojos in most regions of the world.

The world open tournament

The world open tournament is the biggest kyokushin karate tournament event held every 4 years, mostly in Japan. The 'open' means that the tournament is welcome for all other style of fighting like jiu jitsu, tae kwon do, seidokaikan karate, shotokan karate, judo, etc. But still, using kyokushin karate fighting rule, that have been described above.

That's one of the reason why they 'dare' to call it 'the strongest karate' which also named after sosai oyama 'unbeatable fight record'.

Point of kyokushin karate kumite
The point of kyokushin karate located at technique named 'ichigeki', means 'one-strike-knock-down' tehnique. Many strike without power and efective impact will be just waste of stamina, therefore the ichigeki technique is essenstial in the kyokushin karate way of fight. Ryu Narushima, Andy Hug, and Fransico Filho are named for one of the most famoust KO artist.

Kyokushin Karate Famous practitioner

Famous name who train under kyokushin karate style is Andy Hug, Dolph Lundgren, Glaube Feitosa, Francisco Filho, Ryu Narushima, Akiyoshi Matsui, Ade Rai(world natural body building champ that train kyokushin karate in indonesia), and also well-known hollywod artist Sean Connery.

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