For a black stripe test, our instructor put me through a 12 hour cycle of technical demos, calisthenics, and topped it off with a 10 minute abbreviated kumite with 10 fresh opponents. It was a magnificent trial. I needed a week off from work to recover.
OSU!!! Goddamn I miss those days! My black belt for shodan was much the same. I can't remember exactly how many hours it lasted, but it went on literally all day long. Started at 8am, and it was getting dark outside when it finished. It was one of two of the most brutal tests I ever took in martial arts. I made the mistake of eating a huge breakfast of biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs and bacon at Dennys before the test. Lol the biscuits and gravy felt like it turned into concrete in my stomach, and it was probably only an hour into the testing and I was running for a trash can. But yeah, the testing was absolutely grueling. They definitely don't do it like they used to. I'm sure there are some dojos out there that still have the bar for competence set pretty high, and still have some pretty brutal black belt tests..but they have become few and far between. At least from what I've seen anyway. In the last few years I've been to some seminars, and was very disappointed to see guys wearing black belts who most definitely should not have been. Alot of them had never even completed a kumite with more than one or two fresh opponents. It was pretty disheartening to see.
@@HardHardMaster You are uninformed. Try any decent Kyokushin or authentic traditional school. A 12 hour trial is common. I’ve since completed two. The second one was bad. I got beaten so badly I had to take my time getting into my car. After everyone left I cried like a whooped kid for a minute then pulled myself together and drove home. When I staggered back to class the next day I received a standing applause for having the nerve to be back in line the next day. It’s hard to understand unless you’ve done it. I’ve told people about those tests and get called a liar, but never by anyone who’s spent years in the martial arts.
@@rezlogan4787 oh really. So I guess 45 years in martial arts of which about at least 15 in various kyokushin schools (very decent ones too, old skool ones, under several iconic teachers) is not enough years in your point of view? 12 hour tests are extremely uncommon, in fact I've never even heard of any below nidan level and even above, it's never 12 hours continuous testing but if it takes that long at all it would include all preparation and breaks and ceremonies and all. Even when there's a hyakunin kumite it's not a 12 hour continuous test. Either your school is ridiculously over the top or that story is plain bs. Including you trying to pull that ''try any decent kyokushin or authentic traditional school'' nonsense. Instead of arguing your school being some extreme outlier, claiming it's the standard just really underlines my first assessment. What organisation do you want to try to claim it's in?
I went to a free kyokushin class it was hard and I got discouraged but the instructor spoke with me after class and he motivated me so I signed up and got my uniform tomorrow I officially start with my uniform and white belt. OSU 🥋
He's right we all start and suck. It's a long road but also a very rewarding one. You'll see it influence your view on life too. Tough days are ahead, you'll be prepared thanks to your mental training.👊 I wish you to never quit sir.
I had my thoughts on kyokushin when I first started I didn’t want to continue after my first class but my dad talked me through it and convinced me to go one more time and now I’m an orange belt in kyokushin. Osu!
I will forever love kyokushin and being a practitioner of it, it really brought out a lot out of me as an individual, even changed my way of how i used to think, it brings nothing but positivity and improvement 🥋🥋🥋
That's right!! It helps you to see life in a different perspective. The hardships of life become easy to face. I've never seen this way of pushing yourself mentally, spiritually and physicaly in any other Martial art. I love the way we used to train (shut up and train) way different to bjj where they use music and people tend to talk and keep training even though the sensei gave the order to stop. The discipline in kyokushin is what makes the art to stand out. No ego in kyokushin
@@sebastianmiranda5076 so true about bjj having music amd people talking instead of training. About 2 weeks I went to a place where they have muay thai and bjj. They have both classes at the same time. I took a free trial class for muay thai and they had music playing and the guy i was partnered with he was talking more than trying to train and i noticed alot of people were doing the same thing and the instructor he wasnt demonstrating what to do and he wasnt going around to correct people or to tell them to train he was just putting 2 people to explain and demonstrate what to do and couldnt hear him much cuz of the music. Thats what killed it for me. I was looking for a kyokushin school and luckily found one 10 mins driving from me. I took a free trial class and there was no music and it was 12 of us and the instructor would correct us if we were doing anything wrong and he would compliment us when we got it right. It was hard and i got discouraged but the instructor spoke to me after class and motivated me. So i signed up amd got my uniform, tomorrow i officially start with my uniform and white belt. OSU 🥋
I have trained for decades in several martial arts. Never in Kyokushin but from what I have seen of it I am impressed. It seems to breed tough, skilled fighters!
I’m a lifelong student of martial arts my foundation is JKA Shotokan . IMHO Kyokushin is the ultimate truth in striking . I’ve trained with many of their students and they are literally hard line steel . Respect always the purity of the style remaining unbroken . OSU 🥋🙏🏻
Thank you! I haven't trained in karate in about 12 years. I reached Nidan rank and then my son was born...and life. Recently I've been missing training and want to return. A lot to remember and a body to recondition. I've been running for years, but I've lost a lot of flexibility. Those days were the best of my life. My Nidan test was about 5 hours and I cannot remember how many people I had to fight, but I think it was around 25ish. They worked us hard! But I loved every minute of it!
Congrats for this video Buddy! I've seen the three originals in 2019, as I was beginning my training in Shinkyokushin, at almost 48. This was my first real experience in martial arts. Since then, I got my Blue Belt, last November, and I also train in Yoseikan Budo since January of 2020. To all those people over 40, with no prior training in martial arts, I want to say that it's never too late to start. However, your capacity to recuperate after a training won't be as easy as if you were 18, and Motrin and Voltaren will become your best friends. LOL OSU!
Remember it'll be hard on your body as that gentleman mentioned. Don't let it discourage you. I'm same age as he is and I can say that we learn faster but will have to work harder to get your body up to speed. But the mental fortitude you'll gain from it will be a lofelong asset and a strengh few have nowadays.
I met him when I was 7 years old he came to my school my dad bought his book autographed I was seven and a mere white belt. I don’t have it anymore. I just remember my Sensei who was a beast in his own right completely submitted to this man with the red belt . I believe he came to see his student and see how he was developing we were all white yellow and blue belts so I sure he was giving him his support
Love this documentary. just one correction in the translation in the name - just to translate it as "ultimate truth" can be seen as an arrogant statement... page 105 - the Kyokushin Way - "the ultimate goal of the martial way is to break all such attachments, including the greatest, the attachment to life and the fear of death resulting from it. and this is the aim of my karate, as the name Kyokushin-kai(Association for the SEARCH for Ultimate Truth) indicates. " - Oyama Sosai - 1979.
I remember seeing the kyokushin documentary 'Fighting Black Kings' from the 1970s, 10 years ago! Even though I train in shotokan, Mas Oyama got me hooked on karate! Thanks for the upload my friend!
Great history of Kyokushin Karate! I used to practice Seido Kaikan Karate in Tokyo. I wonder if you could do a video on some of the more famous fighters of Kyokushin Karate (e.g. Andy Hug, Francisco Filho, Glaube Feitosa, Nicholas Pettas, etc).
"Mas Oyama kept a very strict regimen training at least 12 hours a day, no days off, under cold waterfalls, breaking stones and logs and even using trees as a makiwara." wow what a champ
@@JoseGonzalez-gg6rs Since I have not been to a Kenpo training and the (little amount of) information that I have is only from written and video sources, I cannot answer your question precisely.
Great video - Thanks a lot. Worth exploring Hanshi Steve Arneil in the UK is one of the early pioneers of Kyokushin. He is part of the IFK (BKK) organisation
Awesome! So nice to see the new compilation with extra footage. So glad I was able to help, and thank you for the shout out in credits! Happy New Year! OSU!
Love this channel as I've studied many styles of Karate,my original Karate was Kenpo from Chuck Sullivan and Vic LeRouxe which also made me find Larry Tatum whom I think is a true Giant!!!I then delved Abit into Uechi Ryu.I think all styles have useful pieces and principles to teach us.Keep up the great work!!!!!
Thank you for compiling the videos! I love seeing Sosai mentioned in any media. Training Kyokushin and knowing that the movements and techniques that youre practicing are being practiced by millions all over the world of different races religions and creeds. A community of people brought together by Sosais message and his power. Ive come to love Sosai posthumously as if he were my blood relative. Osu!
Great video i really like your approach and respect towards all arts and not just your own. I think you give a very balanced outlook towards all martial arts. "We are more alike than different". So many people want to seperate martial arts for whatever reason but i think they are denying themselves a huge opportunity to learn the many different ways to achieve the same goal.
3:45 This is a rated G version of Mas Oyama's story. He also faced a LOT of racism in Japan since he was a "Josenjin." That was one of the reasons he ended up going into isolation to train for years.
To see a movie on the Founder of Kyokushin Ryu it is found here on TH-cam: FIGHTER IN THE WIND and it is in Korean and Japanese with English Subtitles. It is a MOVIE not a Documentary. It is fun to watch. Enjoy!
Very well done! Very respectful of the style in my opinion. A lot o folks on the Internet don't give as much respect to Kyokushin. I would love to see a video of yours on either Andy Hug or Francisco Filho--two great Kyokushin practitioners. I was a little surprised I did not hear you mention the offshoot Seido Karate (Tadashi Nakamura).
I live in Japan. Have trained here for over 30 years. Shorinjiryu (from Okinawa) is our style. Also, we created the Koshiki Karate tournament fighting system. Koshiki Karate started the use of Bogu. We used the original Kendo Body armor. We soon developed our Anzen bogu from modern materials. Body protector as well as our head guard made with bulletproof plastic covering the face. This allowed us to train full contact with out injuries. Without loosing time at work and without hospitalization. All of our tournaments are open to any martial arts style. We all fight under the Koshiki rules. Head and body strikes are permitted. Only groin and strikes to the back of the head and spine are not allowed. Ground techniques are permitted if they come immediately after a take down. In the starting years we fought many different styles, including Kyokushin. Without doubt they were the most dangerous and powerful. But.. because they practiced without punching strikes to the head they had a clear disadvantage. I fought and beat every Kiyokushin fighter I faced because they were not accustomed to strikes/punches to the face/head. The Mizuki/front punch or Jab was particularly effective against all of them and they lost. They adjusted, and now years later they also train with some protection, and our head gear, to allow punches to the head. They learned that if you don’t practice the technique in the dojo you can’t effectively use it in a real fight or competition. I totally respect them for their willingness to change here in Japan. OSU!
In your research you have to mentioned Tadashi Nakamura and Shigeru Oyama if you want to know how Kyokushin became popular in the U.S. , both were students of Mas Oyama and both were sent to New York and to my knowledge they started Kyokushin in America. Please research them. If you did already my apologies Osu...
Nice to see Kyokushinkaikan Karate, now in a complete single, segment on your TH-cam channel Sensei Dan. Shihan Kurosaki Kenji, was also instrumental in helping spread not only Kyokushinkaikan Karate, but also Japanese kickboxing, specifically in Holland where he became very close, to one of Sosai Oyama Masutatsu's former prominent and outstanding foreign students, the late Kaicho Johannes Cornelius Bluming. He like Sosai Oyama Masutatsu was also a highly skilled judoka, whom later left the original Kyokushinkaikan Karate organisation, under Sosai Oyama Masutatsu himself, establishing his organisation, where he combined the teachings of both Kyokushin Karate and Judo, Shihan Kurosaki Kenji, became part of Kaicho Johannes Cornelius Bluming's organisation, as well as his most prominent representative in Japan. Shihan Kurosaki Kenji himself aside from taking part in the Kyokushin Karate versus Muay Thai contest in Thailand, he was entrusted by Sosai Oyama Masutatsu, to be in charge of training the fighters, that would be representing Kyokushinkaikan Karate, in the contest. Someone that was highly instrumental in the spreading of Kyokushin Karate in North America were, the late Shihan Bobby Lowe from Honolulu, Hawaii, he is the first person to establish a Kyokushin Karate dojo, outside of Japan. Then there are also the Oyama brothers, who later on went to establish an offshoot style, called 'Oyama Karate' no relationship to Sosai Oyama Masutatsu himself, despite the fact that they too were of a South Korean background, who grew up and lived in the early part of their lives in Japan. In Latin America in Brazil in particular, there is Shihan Isobe Seiji and under him Shihan Francisco Alves Filho, became the first non Japanese, World Kyokushinkaikan Karate champion. Sensei Dolph Lundgren was indeed a formidable, outstanding Kyokushin Karate exponent, competitor and champion of some European and Australian tournaments. He recently wrote the foreword, to Shihan Cameron Quinn's 'The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama' Second revised edition, recently printed as the original book version is no longer available, however it has been on high demand for decades by martial artists of all styles, not just Kyokushin Karate. Michael Jai White a few years ago or so, successfully graded for his third dan black belt in Kyokushin Karate, I first saw his formidably outstanding, martial arts skills and athleticism, in the 1990s in films such as Spawn and Universal Soldier 2, alongside Jean Claude Van Damme, as well as professional wrestling legend, Bill Goldberg. Thank you once again for highlighting Kyokushinkaikan Karate Sensei Dan, looking forward to the Shotokan Karate segment, until then Happy New Year to you and your loved ones, Osu!🇲🇽🇦🇺🥋✌🤟👍😊👊
@@saffet3097 no doubt at quite a pricey number I would imagine? I have a copy of his first edition myself, which I have seen go usually from $400.00 Australian dollars upwards. I was fortunate enough to come by my copy, at a second hand book store, in Geelong, Australia where obviously they did not know what they had in their hands, regarding such a treasured, martial arts, highly sought after, philosophical and historical book, that they priced it at merely $70.00 Australian dollars. To my destined good fortune, I no doubt pounced on it and bought it right away. Its previous owner took excellent good care of it, even having highlighted certain segments, of the book itself, with a fluorescent, greenish, highlight marker. Now I am eagerly awaiting the second edition of: 'The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama '😊🤟👍✌!
ニュージーランド・スイサイド I bought my copy in 1987 or 1988 from new here in Denmark. A Sensei from Copenhagen came to our city as a guest instructor and had five copies of the book and one of them became mine. 😊It costed me only 250 Danish crowns. I've only written my name in it and have taken good care of it.
@@saffet3097 that is great it will definitely make an excellent addition, to someone's martial arts books' library. Definitely in my opinion the most concise and best written martial arts book out there, regardless of what self defense system, we might practice😊🤟👍✌!
@@Soldier-of-God. I’ve always loved the philosophical and character building aspects of Martial Arts. At the time I bought the book we were in a transitional period at our club and I began dreaming about training in Japan. We joined the Ashihara Kaikan and in 1989 I went to Japan to train under Kancho Hideyuki Ashihara. One of the best decisions I made as a young man. Seeing you have New Zealand flag I came to think about my friend in Auckland who I met in Japan. I still have contact with him since we met. Would be funny if you knew him considering NZ is a small country and probably has a relatively small Martial Arts community. Have a nice day and take care.😊
This is a very nice video. A friend brought it to my attention. I am honoured to see that a very large percentage of the content has been taken directly from my book, The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama. Including the expression "A black belt is a white belt who never gave up," which, I am happy to say, has become very widely known and often attributed to many others. Shihan Judd also quoted directly from my book for many pages of the history section in his book. I am thinking your friend Mr Juan Farentino (? sorry if my spelling is incorrect) may have been referring to The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama when he sent you the information. Might be worth checking. The second edition is now available so maybe grab a copy. (Sensei Dolph Lundgren wrote the foreword.) And would it be too much to ask for a reference in your information section? As you would be aware, it is always good to quote sources. Thank you in advance! :) Osu! Happy New Year for 2021!
Hello Sir! Thank you for the kind words on the video, my objective was to spread the positive aspects of Kyokushin. I had help writing the script and I spoke with a few Sensei's and if material was referenced from your book I was not aware of it and I would be absolutely happy to include a reference as well as a sales link to the book. I apologize if this should have been included sooner. I appreciate your comment and a very Happy New Year to you too Sir!
@@ArtofOneDojo Oh! BTW, I just realised who your source Sensei Juan is! :) He is very knowledgeable about Kyokushin. A real scholar. So that is a good source.
i have studied many arts and Kenpo is one of my favorites but when I think of "Karate" other than Choki Motobu, Mas Oyama is my all time hero. Kyokushin guys are tough!!! Bobby Lowe too!!!
Some additional information and corrections. (Sorry for the length, but this is some history from before most of you were born. I was a high school student in 1965 when a buddy saw an ad that said we could get 3 months of karate lessons and a free gi if we prepaid. We signed up together. All the time (2 years) I was there, I never heard anyone mention Kyokushin other than to say we weren't affiliated with the yakuza gang of the same name. Why would they even say that? Oyama's book "This is Karate" was the bible. The dojo owner was an Italian guy who was a Marine in the U.S. occupying forces who was at least a shodan. He and his Japanese wife ran a beauty salon next door to the dojo and the businesses shared back office spaces. I haven't been able to track him down. His kid Mike was a 12 year old shodan who appeared on Johnny Carson along with Mas Oyama. Paul Arel might have been involved, but I don't recognize him from pictures. In 1965, Oyama visited Connecticut for a championship held in the Bushnell Memorial. He came to our dojo to supervise training one weekend afternoon. He himself was p>umping iron in the back room while his entourage supervised us. Everyone was invited to sensei's house afterward in Newington. CT. for a picnic. There was plenty of beer, even for those of us who were grossly underaged. I was just a drunk high school punk hanging around on the periphery with my friends. Contrary to a statement in the video, Oyama was chain smoking camels in March 1965. Oyama's English was rudimentary. Everyone gathered around him to hear his tales. Someone asked how he got so tough. His answer was "Street fight, street fight, street fight, a>ll the time street fight!" He'd go out and pick fights with the occupying US forces. Some might call this "rolling drunks". As you stated, police were looking for him, both civilian Japanese and US military. Oyama said that a mentor (Funokoshi?) said "Oyama you are a very bad man. Go to the mountains to hide and think about your ways!" S o he hid out in the mountains of Chiba prefecture. The karate community backpacked in supplies. Rumor had it that he supported himself while in Tokyo by being a bounc>er in a bordello. This gibes with the known histories of some of the Okinowan master>s from the 1930s and earlier. These guys were tough, but not particularly nice. Oyama came back to Tokyo after a while, got into trouble again, and was again sent to the mountains. Remember, this is his story told after a number of beers imbibed by both teller and listeners. When he came back he was able to overpower his mentor, so he stayed in Tokyo after that. This is not too different from the Sonny Chiba movies purporting to tell Oyama's story. At that point in the picnic, Oyama pulled a brick out of the edging of the host's garden. This was not one of those lightly-fired light orange Japanese bricks typically used in demonstrations. This was an over-fired Connecticut brick the color of dried blood and vitrified to a depth of about 3/8". When Oyama tried to break it he might as well have been hitting a solid block of glass. His hand was severely bruised if not broken. A few days later at the tournament Oyama was scheduled to do a breaking demonstration. Instead he did demonstrations of raw speed by blowing out candles, penetrating paper with his fingers, etc. Footnote: a kid in my high school was at the "other" dojo in a seedy part of town. He apparently took Oyama's advice to heart. About 6 weeks after the tournament he disappeared from home room and he showed up a couple of weeks later in a cast covering his right side, shoulder and arm down to the wrist. His face was messed up too. I asked "Danny, what happened to you?" Apparently he and some dojo buddies took Oyama's wisdom to heart. They'd hang> around one of the bars that would serve underage Marines when they came back after basic, and would then beat the crap out of them around closing time. As soon as the Marines saw a pattern, they sent squads of Shore Patrol to these bars. The outcome is self-explanatory. Danny got sent to an adult prison.
Given the fact that Goju-ryu was one of the progenitors of Kyokushin karate, it’d be fantastic to see a video on goju. I wish we’d know the reason Oyama departed from goju to lean more towards a harder and more outwardly physical style. Kyokushin is more linear much like Shotokan. Was Oyama doing what Bruce Lee did with Wing Chun by squeezing what he could use and discarding the rest?
One of the most famous actors who learned Kyokushin karate is Shinichi Chiba (千葉 真一, Chiba Shin'ichi), better known internationally as Sonny Chiba. A pupil of Mas Oyama, Chiba received a fourth-degree black belt in the art. Chiba portrayed Oyama in a trilogy of films, based on a Japanese manga (comic) about Oyama's life. Japanese and Hong Kong martial arts films, including Chiba's films, have exerted a strong influence on Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino cast Chiba as Hattori Hanzō in his 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1. Tarantino also cast Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari in the same film. Kuriyama played Chikako Togusa in the very influential 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale, which inspired the battle royale genre in video games, among other things. In 2009, Quentin Tarantino listed Battle Royale as his favorite film released since he began directing in 1992.
Mas Oyama is a legrndary martial artist that taught Kyokushin in Japan and threw out the world and Kyokushin Karate is a powerful Japanese martial art to learn.
I found this very informative, thank you, although I’m surprised that Seido karate that I practice was not mentioned as Tadashi Nakamura the founder was one of Mas Oyama first students.
Awesome documentary! I know this is 3 years late, but I wish the music was a little quieter. Even though the choice of music itself is great, it tends to overpowers your narration. That said, thank you for this insightful video!
Great work! Very interesting and informative. Please do one of Kudo for the series. It seems like one major/unique style that has very little comprehensive information out about it. 🙏
Credit for your comprehensive research and presentation. Students who have been to Kyokushin and other styles of Karate comment that the former lacks the sophistication and subtlety of say Shotokan or Wado-ryu. It is true that Osu is considered crude or even vulgar in some other styles.
We do both Ura kata and Go kata (backwards, as opposed to normal or mirrored), and even Ura Go kata in the style of Shotokan I practice. It's quite a mental workout.
I really enjoy the longer format content. Great Stuff! About Street Fighter regarding Ryu and Ken. Their style has been listed in many places as Shotokan(also I recognize some of the moves from Shotokan like Ryu's backward throw - Tomoe Nage (Ken's is a cartoonized version of this that is unrealistic in real life). However, over the years a style known as Ansatsuken 暗殺拳, literally "assassination fist" has been used in fictional works and specifically in Street Fighter to describe any martial art style or fighting technique that has been developed with the purpose of killing an opponent. In the case of Street Fighter, it is used to explain the Hadou- the energy they use in the famous Hadouken fireball.
@@endlesspath250 agreed as Kancho Ishii Kazuyoshi of Seidokaikan Karate, was partially responsible for the financing of the 1990s Japanese animated film of Street Fighter 2, based on the video game. He was also responsible for supervising and ensuring the authenticity of the martial arts fights depicted, in particular the Kyokushin Karate style fighting of both Ryu and Ken. Kancho Ishii Kazuyoshi was originally and primarily a Kyokushin Karate black belt fifth dan, when he left along with his master Ashihara Hideyuki Kancho, back in 1980, before he himself going onto establish his own style in that same year.
As of 2014 They officially depict the style as Ansatsuken. In the officially licensed Web Series from Machinima, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, what they practiced is referred to as Ansatsuken which literally translates to "assassination fist" hence the name Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist. From that point forward Capcom would make that their official style to separate themselves from any martial arts style, organization, or affiliation. My guess is for legal purposes. That way no person, organization, or estate could lay claim to any of the intellectual property used in the game. They did this kind of thing a lot. Originally the Balrog character was named Mike Bison in Japan. Later in the US they changed it to M.Bison and switched the names of the Boss Characters around so that "The Dictator"(at the time known as Vega) would be known as M. Bison so there would be less similarity to "The Boxer," now known as Balrog and the actual boxer Mike Tyson. The name Balrog was taken from "The Claw" character now known as Vega
I believe its available on TH-cam (for rent), but there's a documentary from the 1970s called "Fighting Black Kings" about a group of kyokushin fighters preparing for the first kyokushin championships in 1975. Obviously being from the 70s the quality wasn't the greatest, but its still a good documentary if you can find it.
@@sliderx1897 Just Google "Fighting Black Kings". TH-cam has it for rent. But someone has also uploaded it to Vimeo for free. It'll be at the very top of your search results.
With the Kyokushin in Media part of the video, I'd love to add that the character Takuma Sakazaki as well as the fighting style of Kyokugenryu Karate from SNK's Art of Fighting and King of Fighters games are influenced by Mas Oyama and Kyokushin Karate respectively. Doppo Orochi and Shinshinkai as well as Shozan Matsuo and Hokushin from Baki and Garouden are clear Kyokushin influenced too.
Great Video!!! Just as a side note: Shinobu = Endure Shinobi (Heart under Blade a.ka. Ninja) = Endure FYI. In the days of ninja they were not referred to as Ninja, they were referred to as Shinobi no Mono and the best were from IGA
I watched this before when it was separated into three episodes and it is still great to watch a 2nd time! Thanks for such good content. Have considered Phillipino martial arts in a doco? Perhaps Doce Pares?
With some of that bare knuckle kumite I wonder if fist blows such as upper cuts and rips etc would be more effective? Although its full contact bone on flesh you don't tend to see anyone go down or injured. Just my thoughts.....
Great series, but how can you fail to mention Tadashi Nakamura? He was one of Oyama's top students, being chosen by Mas Oyama to become the head of kyokushin karate in America. He left and developed Seido Juju karate based in NYC.
52:46 As from Tekken 4, Jin Kazama's style is Kyokushin. And also, every kyokushin practitioner should be proud that Ryu the face of fighting games was inspired by Sosai Mas Oyama as the game designer Takashi Nishiyama was a fan of his. OSU!!!
Neichu So was a very big influence on young Oyama; he was the one who got him into weightlifting as well as the one who suggested that he go into the mountains for three years to train. So also played a huge part in Goju-ryu and it's very sad that he's often forgotten.
Do you think that since they don't punch to the head that it would create a weakness for other styles to attack when fighting a Kyokushin fighter?? knowing that they don't train hitting and blocking to the head??
That's a misconception. Kyokushin absolutely trains punching to the head. The just can't COMPETE that way. That is the rule of the tournaments to mitigate injuries. In regular classes they absolutely train to attack the head. See if you can find some Judd Reid seminars, it's there.
My kyokushin school did belts in a fairy different order and had 1 additional belt. We had white, yellow, orange,green, blue, purple, brown, then black
This incident happened just this week. Do you think Mas Oyama would approve this if he was alive? My son is 8 and has been training at a Sydney Turramurra dojo since he was 6. He is probably the only student that has kept training there during every school holiday, and I kept paying his fees during the pandemic when others have left the dojo. After all that, when my son asked why there was no kumite for so many months and whether they can do kumite, the 9th Dan running the place scolded him for being disrespectful and coached the others to bruise him up during kumite. Please remember this, my son is only 8! Mind you, kumite is not only a “service” advertised on the dojo’s website as part of the curriculum, but also a critical element of Kyokushin karate. We are not only fee-paying customers, but my son is also asking because he is keen to learn. He attendance for the past 2 years should reflect his interest in Kyokushin. So, if they are no longer doing kumite, please tell us, and we find another dojo. If a child is rude or misbehaving, please tell the parent! Coaching others to bruise up another child is a serious breach of duty of care under common law and as a teacher. This is very poor form of a 9th Dan. A proper instructor would have prevented injuries or stopped the kumite if another child were hurting or tearing. I wonder if Mas Oyama would approve of this. This 78-year-old 9th Dan is one of his students now doing this to an 8-year-old child. We found another dojo last night. My son and I are truly happy and grateful. I am now hoping that we can transfer his belt across without having to restart from white belt.
That is horrible and I'm so sorry your son went through that. That is NOT the way to teach a anyone, using physical violence against them as punishment because they asked a question? It's a totally valid question too. The pandemic is a good reason not to be sparring but the instructor could have explained that in a much better way. Here's to hoping you and your family find more success at the new school!
Reporting back some good news. My son was accepted by North Sydney Dojo under Henshi John Taylor AKKA-IKO3. He retested and transferred over his yellow belt. Yesterday, he won Gold in AKKA New South Wales Tournament. He's now NSW Champion for 8-9 middle weight! Osu! I'm so grateful and thankful!
Wow, I just watched part 1,2&3, I wish I would of gone that route instead of the route I did,MOU DUK KWON-TAE KWOW DO then professional full-contact kickboxing, VERY IMPRESSIVE EXCEPT I believe in wearing protective gear when sparring full contact, that's like not wearing a mouth guard (to protect your teeth) .Too bad I'm not young like I used to be.2021
For a black stripe test, our instructor put me through a 12 hour cycle of technical demos, calisthenics, and topped it off with a 10 minute abbreviated kumite with 10 fresh opponents. It was a magnificent trial. I needed a week off from work to recover.
OSU!!! Goddamn I miss those days! My black belt for shodan was much the same. I can't remember exactly how many hours it lasted, but it went on literally all day long. Started at 8am, and it was getting dark outside when it finished. It was one of two of the most brutal tests I ever took in martial arts. I made the mistake of eating a huge breakfast of biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs and bacon at Dennys before the test. Lol the biscuits and gravy felt like it turned into concrete in my stomach, and it was probably only an hour into the testing and I was running for a trash can. But yeah, the testing was absolutely grueling. They definitely don't do it like they used to. I'm sure there are some dojos out there that still have the bar for competence set pretty high, and still have some pretty brutal black belt tests..but they have become few and far between. At least from what I've seen anyway. In the last few years I've been to some seminars, and was very disappointed to see guys wearing black belts who most definitely should not have been. Alot of them had never even completed a kumite with more than one or two fresh opponents. It was pretty disheartening to see.
You guys give me hope, 99% of TMA schools today flap their arms for class and cry when they get hit, I'd thought the good ol days were dead no joke
Sounds more like a flack belt exam, not a black stripe. And still a little bit exaggerated..
@@HardHardMaster You are uninformed. Try any decent Kyokushin or authentic traditional school. A 12 hour trial is common. I’ve since completed two. The second one was bad. I got beaten so badly I had to take my time getting into my car. After everyone left I cried like a whooped kid for a minute then pulled myself together and drove home. When I staggered back to class the next day I received a standing applause for having the nerve to be back in line the next day. It’s hard to understand unless you’ve done it. I’ve told people about those tests and get called a liar, but never by anyone who’s spent years in the martial arts.
@@rezlogan4787 oh really. So I guess 45 years in martial arts of which about at least 15 in various kyokushin schools (very decent ones too, old skool ones, under several iconic teachers) is not enough years in your point of view? 12 hour tests are extremely uncommon, in fact I've never even heard of any below nidan level and even above, it's never 12 hours continuous testing but if it takes that long at all it would include all preparation and breaks and ceremonies and all. Even when there's a hyakunin kumite it's not a 12 hour continuous test. Either your school is ridiculously over the top or that story is plain bs. Including you trying to pull that ''try any decent kyokushin or authentic traditional school'' nonsense. Instead of arguing your school being some extreme outlier, claiming it's the standard just really underlines my first assessment. What organisation do you want to try to claim it's in?
I went to a free kyokushin class it was hard and I got discouraged but the instructor spoke with me after class and he motivated me so I signed up and got my uniform tomorrow I officially start with my uniform and white belt. OSU 🥋
Good spriti brow , it's all in the mind , keep telling your selfe that you can do it , no matter what it is 💪💪☇
@@crisalcantara7671 thank you for the advice and motivation. OSU! 🥋
He's right we all start and suck. It's a long road but also a very rewarding one. You'll see it influence your view on life too. Tough days are ahead, you'll be prepared thanks to your mental training.👊
I wish you to never quit sir.
I had my thoughts on kyokushin when I first started I didn’t want to continue after my first class but my dad talked me through it and convinced me to go one more time and now I’m an orange belt in kyokushin. Osu!
Ok, it’s been over a year. We’d like an update!
I will forever love kyokushin and being a practitioner of it, it really brought out a lot out of me as an individual, even changed my way of how i used to think, it brings nothing but positivity and improvement 🥋🥋🥋
That's right!! It helps you to see life in a different perspective. The hardships of life become easy to face. I've never seen this way of pushing yourself mentally, spiritually and physicaly in any other Martial art. I love the way we used to train (shut up and train) way different to bjj where they use music and people tend to talk and keep training even though the sensei gave the order to stop. The discipline in kyokushin is what makes the art to stand out. No ego in kyokushin
@@sebastianmiranda5076 so true about bjj having music amd people talking instead of training. About 2 weeks I went to a place where they have muay thai and bjj. They have both classes at the same time. I took a free trial class for muay thai and they had music playing and the guy i was partnered with he was talking more than trying to train and i noticed alot of people were doing the same thing and the instructor he wasnt demonstrating what to do and he wasnt going around to correct people or to tell them to train he was just putting 2 people to explain and demonstrate what to do and couldnt hear him much cuz of the music. Thats what killed it for me. I was looking for a kyokushin school and luckily found one 10 mins driving from me. I took a free trial class and there was no music and it was 12 of us and the instructor would correct us if we were doing anything wrong and he would compliment us when we got it right. It was hard and i got discouraged but the instructor spoke to me after class and motivated me. So i signed up amd got my uniform, tomorrow i officially start with my uniform and white belt. OSU 🥋
I have trained for decades in several martial arts. Never in Kyokushin but from what I have seen of it I am impressed. It seems to breed tough, skilled fighters!
I’m a lifelong student of martial arts
my foundation is JKA Shotokan .
IMHO Kyokushin is the ultimate truth in striking .
I’ve trained with many of their students and they are literally hard line steel .
Respect always the purity of the style remaining unbroken .
OSU 🥋🙏🏻
With great power comes with great responsibility.Kyokushin karate made me a totally new man
Spider man?
🤦♂
Thank you! I haven't trained in karate in about 12 years. I reached Nidan rank and then my son was born...and life. Recently I've been missing training and want to return. A lot to remember and a body to recondition. I've been running for years, but I've lost a lot of flexibility. Those days were the best of my life. My Nidan test was about 5 hours and I cannot remember how many people I had to fight, but I think it was around 25ish. They worked us hard! But I loved every minute of it!
Osu!
Congrats for this video Buddy! I've seen the three originals in 2019, as I was beginning my training in Shinkyokushin, at almost 48. This was my first real experience in martial arts. Since then, I got my Blue Belt, last November, and I also train in Yoseikan Budo since January of 2020.
To all those people over 40, with no prior training in martial arts, I want to say that it's never too late to start. However, your capacity to recuperate after a training won't be as easy as if you were 18, and Motrin and Voltaren will become your best friends. LOL
OSU!
I am thinking doing shinkyokushin. Would you still recommend it? Thank you!
@@EmperorSkelletor yes do it 😀🥋
Remember it'll be hard on your body as that gentleman mentioned. Don't let it discourage you. I'm same age as he is and I can say that we learn faster but will have to work harder to get your body up to speed. But the mental fortitude you'll gain from it will be a lofelong asset and a strengh few have nowadays.
I met him when I was 7 years old he came to my school my dad bought his book autographed I was seven and a mere white belt. I don’t have it anymore. I just remember my Sensei who was a beast in his own right completely submitted to this man with the red belt . I believe he came to see his student and see how he was developing we were all white yellow and blue belts so I sure he was giving him his support
Love this documentary. just one correction in the translation in the name - just to translate it as "ultimate truth" can be seen as an arrogant statement... page 105 - the Kyokushin Way - "the ultimate goal of the martial way is to break all such attachments, including the greatest, the attachment to life and the fear of death resulting from it. and this is the aim of my karate, as the name Kyokushin-kai(Association for the SEARCH for Ultimate Truth) indicates. " - Oyama Sosai - 1979.
Seeing Celebrities respect Kyokushin is very honorable. Keep Karate alive everyone!
Great video! I'm a blue belt in kyokushin and your videos helps me to learn more about this art. Thank you 🤜🤛
I remember seeing the kyokushin documentary 'Fighting Black Kings' from the 1970s, 10 years ago! Even though I train in shotokan, Mas Oyama got me hooked on karate! Thanks for the upload my friend!
That film was my first exposure to other styles of karate. I am a Shotokan practitioner, as well, with some Goju-ryu training.
Great history of Kyokushin Karate! I used to practice Seido Kaikan Karate in Tokyo. I wonder if you could do a video on some of the more famous fighters of Kyokushin Karate (e.g. Andy Hug, Francisco Filho, Glaube Feitosa, Nicholas Pettas, etc).
Kyokushin, one of my favorite martial art styles of the branch of Karate.
"Mas Oyama kept a very strict regimen training at least 12 hours a day, no days off, under cold waterfalls, breaking stones and logs and even using trees as a makiwara." wow what a champ
Kyokushin is a very effective system, but I would take some of the stories about Oyama with a grain of salt.
Nah, it's good to have legendary characters to look at so we can work ourselves harder than we might otherwise do. @@user-ht4kp7py2c
It's all heavily dramatised
As a 32nd year student of Kyokushin I could say that this is one of the best videos out here about our style. Arigato gozaimasu! OSU!
@@JoseGonzalez-gg6rs Since I have not been to a Kenpo training and the (little amount of) information that I have is only from written and video sources, I cannot answer your question precisely.
Dude, I'm really happy about how quickly you've grown into a martial arts infographic with intensive care and candid efforts to maintain integrity.
much respect for kyokushin karate from a muay thai fighter
I heard Muay Thai is a bit tougher though!
@@dakentaijutsu2010 its verry tough 🙂
Kyokushin was influenced by muay thai. Mutual respect
@@HardHardMasterI do both! Osu!
I am proud and lucky to be a practitioner of Kyokushin Karate
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Great video - Thanks a lot. Worth exploring Hanshi Steve Arneil in the UK is one of the early pioneers of Kyokushin. He is part of the IFK (BKK) organisation
Awesome! So nice to see the new compilation with extra footage. So glad I was able to help, and thank you for the shout out in credits! Happy New Year! OSU!
Happy New Year to you too!
Love this channel as I've studied many styles of Karate,my original Karate was Kenpo from Chuck Sullivan and Vic LeRouxe which also made me find Larry Tatum whom I think is a true Giant!!!I then delved Abit into Uechi Ryu.I think all styles have useful pieces and principles to teach us.Keep up the great work!!!!!
Thank you for compiling the videos! I love seeing Sosai mentioned in any media. Training Kyokushin and knowing that the movements and techniques that youre practicing are being practiced by millions all over the world of different races religions and creeds. A community of people brought together by Sosais message and his power. Ive come to love Sosai posthumously as if he were my blood relative. Osu!
Once again you continue to amazing us with your research and videos of various martial arts, keep it going sensei!
Great video i really like your approach and respect towards all arts and not just your own.
I think you give a very balanced outlook towards all martial arts.
"We are more alike than different". So many people want to seperate martial arts for whatever reason but i think they are denying themselves a huge opportunity to learn the many different ways to achieve the same goal.
100% agree
Congrats, Kyokushin the strongest karate.
Never give up.
Regards from Montreal.
OSU
Maybe Shidokan karate is the strongest art of karate !
Im learning kyokushin from past 10 years.
O yeah ?
Commendable presentation skill. With or without a teleprompter,it is still marvellous. Good details.
3:45 This is a rated G version of Mas Oyama's story. He also faced a LOT of racism in Japan since he was a "Josenjin." That was one of the reasons he ended up going into isolation to train for years.
Excellent series .
Loved the Shotokan series .
Thank you for all your hard work for all of us.
OSU 🙏🏻
Thank you Ani sensei for such a respectful Series on my beloved Kyokushin. It was amazing. Osu
Thank you for this documentaries and best regards from Bulgarian Kyokushin Fed. Oss!
To see a movie on the Founder of Kyokushin Ryu it is found here on TH-cam: FIGHTER IN THE WIND and it is in Korean and Japanese with English Subtitles. It is a MOVIE not a Documentary. It is fun to watch. Enjoy!
Im really enjoying the longer episodes. I like to listen to them while i do stuff around the house cuz im still quarantined
I had just discovered this series yesterday and saw every episode. Guess I'll watch it again🤷🏽♂️
There is a little bit of new stuff in this one too though :)
Very well done! Very respectful of the style in my opinion. A lot o folks on the Internet don't give as much respect to Kyokushin. I would love to see a video of yours on either Andy Hug or Francisco Filho--two great Kyokushin practitioners. I was a little surprised I did not hear you mention the offshoot Seido Karate (Tadashi Nakamura).
I live in Japan. Have trained here for over 30 years. Shorinjiryu (from Okinawa) is our style. Also, we created the Koshiki Karate tournament fighting system. Koshiki Karate started the use of Bogu. We used the original Kendo Body armor. We soon developed our Anzen bogu from modern materials. Body protector as well as our head guard made with bulletproof plastic covering the face. This allowed us to train full contact with out injuries. Without loosing time at work and without hospitalization. All of our tournaments are open to any martial arts style. We all fight under the Koshiki rules. Head and body strikes are permitted. Only groin and strikes to the back of the head and spine are not allowed. Ground techniques are permitted if they come immediately after a take down. In the starting years we fought many different styles, including Kyokushin. Without doubt they were the most dangerous and powerful. But.. because they practiced without punching strikes to the head they had a clear disadvantage. I fought and beat every Kiyokushin fighter I faced because they were not accustomed to strikes/punches to the face/head. The Mizuki/front punch or Jab was particularly effective against all of them and they lost. They adjusted, and now years later they also train with some protection, and our head gear, to allow punches to the head. They learned that if you don’t practice the technique in the dojo you can’t effectively use it in a real fight or competition. I totally respect them for their willingness to change here in Japan. OSU!
In your research you have to mentioned Tadashi Nakamura and Shigeru Oyama if you want to know how Kyokushin became popular in the U.S. , both were students of Mas Oyama and both were sent to New York and to my knowledge they started Kyokushin in America. Please research them. If you did already my apologies Osu...
Nice to see Kyokushinkaikan Karate, now in a complete single, segment on your TH-cam channel Sensei Dan. Shihan Kurosaki Kenji, was also instrumental in helping spread not only Kyokushinkaikan Karate, but also Japanese kickboxing, specifically in Holland where he became very close, to one of Sosai Oyama Masutatsu's former prominent and outstanding foreign students, the late Kaicho Johannes Cornelius Bluming. He like Sosai Oyama Masutatsu was also a highly skilled judoka, whom later left the original Kyokushinkaikan Karate organisation, under Sosai Oyama Masutatsu himself, establishing his organisation, where he combined the teachings of both Kyokushin Karate and Judo, Shihan Kurosaki Kenji, became part of Kaicho Johannes Cornelius Bluming's organisation, as well as his most prominent representative in Japan.
Shihan Kurosaki Kenji himself aside from taking part in the Kyokushin Karate versus Muay Thai contest in Thailand, he was entrusted by Sosai Oyama Masutatsu, to be in charge of training the fighters, that would be representing Kyokushinkaikan Karate, in the contest. Someone that was highly instrumental in the spreading of Kyokushin Karate in North America were, the late Shihan Bobby Lowe from Honolulu, Hawaii, he is the first person to establish a Kyokushin Karate dojo, outside of Japan. Then there are also the Oyama brothers, who later on went to establish an offshoot style, called 'Oyama Karate' no relationship to Sosai Oyama Masutatsu himself, despite the fact that they too were of a South Korean background, who grew up and lived in the early part of their lives in Japan. In Latin America in Brazil in particular, there is Shihan Isobe Seiji and under him Shihan Francisco Alves Filho, became the first non Japanese, World Kyokushinkaikan Karate champion.
Sensei Dolph Lundgren was indeed a formidable, outstanding Kyokushin Karate exponent, competitor and champion of some European and Australian tournaments. He recently wrote the foreword, to Shihan Cameron Quinn's 'The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama' Second revised edition, recently printed as the original book version is no longer available, however it has been on high demand for decades by martial artists of all styles, not just Kyokushin Karate. Michael Jai White a few years ago or so, successfully graded for his third dan black belt in Kyokushin Karate, I first saw his formidably outstanding, martial arts skills and athleticism, in the 1990s in films such as Spawn and Universal Soldier 2, alongside Jean Claude Van Damme, as well as professional wrestling legend, Bill Goldberg. Thank you once again for highlighting Kyokushinkaikan Karate Sensei Dan, looking forward to the Shotokan Karate segment, until then Happy New Year to you and your loved ones, Osu!🇲🇽🇦🇺🥋✌🤟👍😊👊
By the way, I have the first edition of Sensei Cameron’s book for sale. 👊🏼😊
@@saffet3097 no doubt at quite a pricey number I would imagine? I have a copy of his first edition myself, which I have seen go usually from $400.00 Australian dollars upwards. I was fortunate enough to come by my copy, at a second hand book store, in Geelong, Australia where obviously they did not know what they had in their hands, regarding such a treasured, martial arts, highly sought after, philosophical and historical book, that they priced it at merely $70.00 Australian dollars. To my destined good fortune, I no doubt pounced on it and bought it right away. Its previous owner took excellent good care of it, even having highlighted certain segments, of the book itself, with a fluorescent, greenish, highlight marker. Now I am eagerly awaiting the second edition of: 'The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama '😊🤟👍✌!
ニュージーランド・スイサイド I bought my copy in 1987 or 1988 from new here in Denmark. A Sensei from Copenhagen came to our city as a guest instructor and had five copies of the book and one of them became mine. 😊It costed me only 250 Danish crowns. I've only written my name in it and have taken good care of it.
@@saffet3097 that is great it will definitely make an excellent addition, to someone's martial arts books' library. Definitely in my opinion the most concise and best written martial arts book out there, regardless of what self defense system, we might practice😊🤟👍✌!
@@Soldier-of-God. I’ve always loved the philosophical and character building aspects of Martial Arts. At the time I bought the book we were in a transitional period at our club and I began dreaming about training in Japan. We joined the Ashihara Kaikan and in 1989 I went to Japan to train under Kancho Hideyuki Ashihara. One of the best decisions I made as a young man. Seeing you have New Zealand flag I came to think about my friend in Auckland who I met in Japan. I still have contact with him since we met. Would be funny if you knew him considering NZ is a small country and probably has a relatively small Martial Arts community. Have a nice day and take care.😊
Excellent video as always! Gonna chime in again with a "would love to see a kajukenbo video!" :) keep it up!
This is a very nice video. A friend brought it to my attention. I am honoured to see that a very large percentage of the content has been taken directly from my book, The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama. Including the expression "A black belt is a white belt who never gave up," which, I am happy to say, has become very widely known and often attributed to many others. Shihan Judd also quoted directly from my book for many pages of the history section in his book. I am thinking your friend Mr Juan Farentino (? sorry if my spelling is incorrect) may have been referring to The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama when he sent you the information. Might be worth checking. The second edition is now available so maybe grab a copy. (Sensei Dolph Lundgren wrote the foreword.) And would it be too much to ask for a reference in your information section? As you would be aware, it is always good to quote sources. Thank you in advance! :) Osu! Happy New Year for 2021!
Hello Sir! Thank you for the kind words on the video, my objective was to spread the positive aspects of Kyokushin. I had help writing the script and I spoke with a few Sensei's and if material was referenced from your book I was not aware of it and I would be absolutely happy to include a reference as well as a sales link to the book. I apologize if this should have been included sooner.
I appreciate your comment and a very Happy New Year to you too Sir!
I have also made a community post providing a link for people to find and purchase your book.
@@ArtofOneDojo Osu! Happy New Year for 2021 to you too! :)
@@ArtofOneDojo Wow, thank you! Osu.
@@ArtofOneDojo Oh! BTW, I just realised who your source Sensei Juan is! :) He is very knowledgeable about Kyokushin. A real scholar. So that is a good source.
Thank you for creating this video!
I love the series. Thank you for the work you put in to get this to air. Osu!
I enjoy these videos well done Mr.Dan.
As always, excellent work.
Remarkably “Oss” is not part of Okinawa and and should not be used at Okinawan dojo.
This was an awesome series!
Thanks for this video! Truly appreciated!
i have studied many arts and Kenpo is one of my favorites but when I think of "Karate" other than Choki Motobu, Mas Oyama is my all time hero. Kyokushin guys are tough!!! Bobby Lowe too!!!
Some additional information and corrections. (Sorry for the length, but this is some history from before most of you were born.
I was a high school student in 1965 when a buddy saw an ad that said we could get 3 months of karate lessons and a free gi if we prepaid. We signed up together. All the time (2 years) I was there, I never heard anyone mention Kyokushin other than to say we weren't affiliated with the yakuza gang of the same name. Why would they even say that? Oyama's book "This is Karate" was the bible. The dojo owner was an Italian guy who was a Marine in the U.S. occupying forces who was at least a shodan. He and his Japanese wife ran a beauty salon next door to the dojo and the businesses shared back office spaces. I haven't been able to track him down. His kid Mike was a 12 year old shodan who appeared on Johnny Carson along with Mas Oyama. Paul Arel might have been involved, but I don't recognize him from pictures.
In 1965, Oyama visited Connecticut for a championship held in the Bushnell Memorial. He came to our dojo to supervise training one weekend afternoon. He himself was p>umping iron in the back room while his entourage supervised us.
Everyone was invited to sensei's house afterward in Newington. CT. for a picnic. There was plenty of beer, even for those of us who were grossly underaged. I was just a drunk high school punk hanging around on the periphery with my friends.
Contrary to a statement in the video, Oyama was chain smoking camels in March 1965.
Oyama's English was rudimentary. Everyone gathered around him to hear his tales. Someone asked how he got so tough. His answer was "Street fight, street fight, street fight, a>ll the time street fight!" He'd go out and pick fights with the occupying US forces. Some might call this "rolling drunks". As you stated, police were looking for him, both civilian Japanese and US military. Oyama said that a mentor (Funokoshi?) said "Oyama you are a very bad man. Go to the mountains to hide and think about your ways!" S o he hid out in the mountains of Chiba prefecture. The karate community backpacked in supplies.
Rumor had it that he supported himself while in Tokyo by being a bounc>er in a bordello. This
gibes with the known histories of some of the Okinowan master>s from the 1930s and earlier. These guys were tough, but not particularly nice.
Oyama came back to Tokyo after a while, got into trouble again, and was again sent to the mountains.
Remember, this is his story told after a number of beers imbibed by both teller and listeners. When he
came back he was able to overpower his mentor, so he stayed in Tokyo after that.
This is not too different from the Sonny Chiba movies purporting to tell Oyama's story.
At that point in the picnic, Oyama pulled a brick out of the edging of the host's garden. This was not one of those lightly-fired light orange Japanese bricks typically used in demonstrations. This was an over-fired Connecticut brick the color of dried blood and vitrified to a depth of about 3/8". When Oyama tried to break it he might as well have been hitting a solid block of glass. His hand was severely bruised if not broken. A few days later at the tournament Oyama was scheduled to do a breaking demonstration. Instead he did demonstrations of raw speed by blowing out candles, penetrating paper with his fingers, etc.
Footnote: a kid in my high school was at the "other" dojo in a seedy part of town. He apparently took Oyama's advice to heart. About 6 weeks after the tournament he disappeared from home room and he showed up a couple of weeks later in a cast covering his right side, shoulder and arm down to the wrist. His face was messed up too. I asked "Danny, what happened to you?" Apparently he and some dojo buddies took Oyama's wisdom to heart. They'd hang> around one of the bars that would serve underage Marines when they came back after basic, and would then beat the crap out of them around closing time. As soon as the Marines saw a pattern, they sent squads of Shore Patrol to these bars. The outcome is self-explanatory.
Danny got sent to an adult prison.
Given the fact that Goju-ryu was one of the progenitors of Kyokushin karate, it’d be fantastic to see a video on goju. I wish we’d know the reason Oyama departed from goju to lean more towards a harder and more outwardly physical style. Kyokushin is more linear much like Shotokan. Was Oyama doing what Bruce Lee did with Wing Chun by squeezing what he could use and discarding the rest?
Goju Ryu is actually the one we're working on currently to be the next one :)
Not sure, but I wouldn't put it past him.
@@ArtofOneDojo looking forward to that!
One of the most famous actors who learned Kyokushin karate is Shinichi Chiba (千葉 真一, Chiba Shin'ichi), better known internationally as Sonny Chiba. A pupil of Mas Oyama, Chiba received a fourth-degree black belt in the art. Chiba portrayed Oyama in a trilogy of films, based on a Japanese manga (comic) about Oyama's life. Japanese and Hong Kong martial arts films, including Chiba's films, have exerted a strong influence on Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino cast Chiba as Hattori Hanzō in his 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1. Tarantino also cast Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari in the same film. Kuriyama played Chikako Togusa in the very influential 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale, which inspired the battle royale genre in video games, among other things. In 2009, Quentin Tarantino listed Battle Royale as his favorite film released since he began directing in 1992.
Great, love your channel.
Have an amazing martial 2021.
Thank you so much! Happy 2021 to you as well!
Thank you for the great video … Osu!
Always wanted to take Kyokushin. Great job on the video.
Respect !
Kyokushin is the only authentic fighting art. The strongest karate.
Osu !
An Excellent Display!!
Mas Oyama is a legrndary martial artist that taught Kyokushin in Japan and threw out the world and Kyokushin Karate is a powerful Japanese martial art to learn.
I found this very informative, thank you, although I’m surprised that Seido karate that I practice was not mentioned as Tadashi Nakamura the founder was one of Mas Oyama first students.
Nakamura was also part of the three men team with Kurasaki that fought against the Muay Thai Challengers. He was the only one who won.
Awesome documentary! I know this is 3 years late, but I wish the music was a little quieter. Even though the choice of music itself is great, it tends to overpowers your narration. That said, thank you for this insightful video!
I'm in shinkyokushinkai karate
It's just like kyokushin
I think it is the same
But newer (=shin)
Great work! Very interesting and informative. Please do one of Kudo for the series. It seems like one major/unique style that has very little comprehensive information out about it. 🙏
Credit for your comprehensive research and presentation. Students who have been to Kyokushin and other styles of Karate comment that the former lacks the sophistication and subtlety of say Shotokan or Wado-ryu. It is true that Osu is considered crude or even vulgar in some other styles.
We do both Ura kata and Go kata (backwards, as opposed to normal or mirrored), and even Ura Go kata in the style of Shotokan I practice. It's quite a mental workout.
I really enjoy the longer format content. Great Stuff! About Street Fighter regarding Ryu and Ken. Their style has been listed in many places as Shotokan(also I recognize some of the moves from Shotokan like Ryu's backward throw - Tomoe Nage (Ken's is a cartoonized version of this that is unrealistic in real life). However, over the years a style known as Ansatsuken 暗殺拳, literally "assassination fist" has been used in fictional works and specifically in Street Fighter to describe any martial art style or fighting technique that has been developed with the purpose of killing an opponent. In the case of Street Fighter, it is used to explain the Hadou- the energy they use in the famous Hadouken fireball.
I think their style being called Shotokan was a mistranslation on Capcom USA’s part.
@@endlesspath250 agreed as Kancho Ishii Kazuyoshi of Seidokaikan Karate, was partially responsible for the financing of the 1990s Japanese animated film of Street Fighter 2, based on the video game. He was also responsible for supervising and ensuring the authenticity of the martial arts fights depicted, in particular the Kyokushin Karate style fighting of both Ryu and Ken. Kancho Ishii Kazuyoshi was originally and primarily a Kyokushin Karate black belt fifth dan, when he left along with his master Ashihara Hideyuki Kancho, back in 1980, before he himself going onto establish his own style in that same year.
As of 2014 They officially depict the style as Ansatsuken. In the officially licensed Web Series from Machinima, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, what they practiced is referred to as Ansatsuken which literally translates to "assassination fist" hence the name Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist. From that point forward Capcom would make that their official style to separate themselves from any martial arts style, organization, or affiliation. My guess is for legal purposes. That way no person, organization, or estate could lay claim to any of the intellectual property used in the game. They did this kind of thing a lot. Originally the Balrog character was named Mike Bison in Japan. Later in the US they changed it to M.Bison and switched the names of the Boss Characters around so that "The Dictator"(at the time known as Vega) would be known as M. Bison so there would be less similarity to "The Boxer," now known as Balrog and the actual boxer Mike Tyson. The name Balrog was taken from "The Claw" character now known as Vega
Ryu was based on both Sosai Mas Oyama and Yoshiji Soeno while Ken was based on Joe Lewis.
Makoto more has a Shotokan style.
@@flip1sba I agree with you one hundred percent my friend.
I believe its available on TH-cam (for rent), but there's a documentary from the 1970s called "Fighting Black Kings" about a group of kyokushin fighters preparing for the first kyokushin championships in 1975. Obviously being from the 70s the quality wasn't the greatest, but its still a good documentary if you can find it.
I came across this video during my search for an old martial arts movie i still havent found
@@sliderx1897 Just Google "Fighting Black Kings". TH-cam has it for rent. But someone has also uploaded it to Vimeo for free. It'll be at the very top of your search results.
You should make something on Ashihara Karate! It´s an offspring of Kyokushin that looks very interesting and different to other Karate styles
Perhaps an interview with Michael Jai White on your show would be interesting, as his original base of martial arts was Kyokushin.
My infantry drill sergeant was one of mas' high rank black belts most in shape man I ever saw
Awesome series! Could you please do one episode on Ashihara?
That Man is a beast
even the name Kyokushin sounds badass
Doesn't it?? :)
Gracias por el trabajo, muy buen vídeo! Oss!
Great video!! Really enjoyed it!! Im gonna check out Shotokhan ;-)
With the Kyokushin in Media part of the video, I'd love to add that the character Takuma Sakazaki as well as the fighting style of Kyokugenryu Karate from SNK's Art of Fighting and King of Fighters games are influenced by Mas Oyama and Kyokushin Karate respectively. Doppo Orochi and Shinshinkai as well as Shozan Matsuo and Hokushin from Baki and Garouden are clear Kyokushin influenced too.
I really enjoy your video's. Could do a videos on professor Richard Kim, professor Wally Jay. Professor John Chowhoon?
Great Video!!! Just as a side note: Shinobu = Endure Shinobi (Heart under Blade a.ka. Ninja) = Endure FYI. In the days of ninja they were not referred to as Ninja, they were referred to as Shinobi no Mono and the best were from IGA
I watched this before when it was separated into three episodes and it is still great to watch a 2nd time! Thanks for such good content. Have considered Phillipino martial arts in a doco? Perhaps Doce Pares?
You should starr in a martial documentary too!! You would do great explaning different techniques and history from each martial arts you encounter.
Osu Shihan Dan ! Thanks for doing such a good job with all The art of One Dojo Videos and promoting Kyokushinkai karate to the World. Osu No Seishin !
With some of that bare knuckle kumite I wonder if fist blows such as upper cuts and rips etc would be more effective? Although its full contact bone on flesh you don't tend to see anyone go down or injured. Just my thoughts.....
I want to train in kenpo to add to my martial arts studies but what exactly makes Kenpo Karate?
That's what I'm curious about. Thanks!
Kyokushin is very highly respected among all full contact fighting styles. That says enough
Great video
Good series. Please provide the links you mentioned in the origin series. Thank you.
Great series, but how can you fail to mention Tadashi Nakamura? He was one of Oyama's top students, being chosen by Mas Oyama to become the head of kyokushin karate in America. He left and developed Seido Juju karate based in NYC.
52:46 As from Tekken 4, Jin Kazama's style is Kyokushin. And also, every kyokushin practitioner should be proud that Ryu the face of fighting games was inspired by Sosai Mas Oyama as the game designer Takashi Nishiyama was a fan of his. OSU!!!
Neichu So was a very big influence on young Oyama; he was the one who got him into weightlifting as well as the one who suggested that he go into the mountains for three years to train. So also played a huge part in Goju-ryu and it's very sad that he's often forgotten.
Great video, osu!
@Art of One Dojo : Happy New Year. Since it's 2021 can you do videos on Wun Hop Kuen Do, Lima Lama, Pankration, Shootfighting, Wrestling, and MCMAP ?
We can probably look into a couple of these, but we did do an episode on MCMAP :) th-cam.com/video/xxDup64Cxxs/w-d-xo.html
@@ArtofOneDojo : Oh, ok.
Very good format, gunna check out the kenpo one. As a judo blackbelt i see lots of martial arts cross over issues and things lol
Do you think that since they don't punch to the head that it would create a weakness for other styles to attack when fighting a Kyokushin fighter?? knowing that they don't train hitting and blocking to the head??
That's a misconception. Kyokushin absolutely trains punching to the head. The just can't COMPETE that way. That is the rule of the tournaments to mitigate injuries. In regular classes they absolutely train to attack the head. See if you can find some Judd Reid seminars, it's there.
Thanks for the great response and for correcting me. Can’t wait for the next video in this series. Love your videos.
What year, did the first kyokushin Karate dojo open in new york city.
My kyokushin school did belts in a fairy different order and had 1 additional belt. We had white, yellow, orange,green, blue, purple, brown, then black
So if I was a purple belt in my dojo, but we had an additional belt.... does that mean I should be a brown belt?
This incident happened just this week. Do you think Mas Oyama would approve this if he was alive?
My son is 8 and has been training at a Sydney Turramurra dojo since he was 6. He is probably the only student that has kept training there during every school holiday, and I kept paying his fees during the pandemic when others have left the dojo.
After all that, when my son asked why there was no kumite for so many months and whether they can do kumite, the 9th Dan running the place scolded him for being disrespectful and coached the others to bruise him up during kumite. Please remember this, my son is only 8!
Mind you, kumite is not only a “service” advertised on the dojo’s website as part of the curriculum, but also a critical element of Kyokushin karate. We are not only fee-paying customers, but my son is also asking because he is keen to learn. He attendance for the past 2 years should reflect his interest in Kyokushin. So, if they are no longer doing kumite, please tell us, and we find another dojo.
If a child is rude or misbehaving, please tell the parent! Coaching others to bruise up another child is a serious breach of duty of care under common law and as a teacher. This is very poor form of a 9th Dan. A proper instructor would have prevented injuries or stopped the kumite if another child were hurting or tearing. I wonder if Mas Oyama would approve of this. This 78-year-old 9th Dan is one of his students now doing this to an 8-year-old child.
We found another dojo last night. My son and I are truly happy and grateful. I am now hoping that we can transfer his belt across without having to restart from white belt.
That is horrible and I'm so sorry your son went through that. That is NOT the way to teach a anyone, using physical violence against them as punishment because they asked a question? It's a totally valid question too. The pandemic is a good reason not to be sparring but the instructor could have explained that in a much better way. Here's to hoping you and your family find more success at the new school!
Good call leaving tajy dojo guy sounds like a crap sensei. Cheers from a Kempo practicing American
Reporting back some good news. My son was accepted by North Sydney Dojo under Henshi John Taylor AKKA-IKO3. He retested and transferred over his yellow belt. Yesterday, he won Gold in AKKA New South Wales Tournament. He's now NSW Champion for 8-9 middle weight! Osu! I'm so grateful and thankful!
Would love to see you do a video on Jon Bluming.
please make a video on world karate organistation shinkyokushinkai
Wow, I just watched part 1,2&3, I wish I would of gone that route instead of the route I did,MOU DUK KWON-TAE KWOW DO then professional full-contact kickboxing, VERY IMPRESSIVE EXCEPT I believe in wearing protective gear when sparring full contact, that's like not wearing a mouth guard (to protect your teeth) .Too bad I'm not young like I used to be.2021
Kata is also the ledger of realistic incapacitating selfdefense techniques, although it's veiled.