We made it! The final four of the 20 Greatest Kyokushin Fighters of All Time. As I have stated before (and before you send emails and comments), PLEASE know this is by no means the definitive list, I am sure there are names missing, but I have done my best to complete the list with fighters […]
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If you’re as passionate about Kyokushin as me, and have looked into the history, you know that Kyokushin is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu (Mas) Oyama. Sosai Mas Oyama was a 4th Dan Black Belt in Shotokan and a 7th Dan Black Belt in Gōjū-ryū Karate. Combining
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When a person decides to embark on a new hobby it can be extremely daunting, and even more so when you’re an adult and then adding to the mix something like martial arts. You start doing research on schools in your area, to decide which might be best for you. You stumble upon one that offers something
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The 20 Greatest Kyokushin Karate Fighters of All Time was first published by Liver Kick in 2013, with #20-17. This past year I continued the list for them #16 – 13. As mentioned in my last post, due to time commitments I wasn’t able to complete the list, until now. However, I am posting the
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The 20 Greatest Kyokushin Karate Fighters of All Time was first published by Liver Kick in 2013, with #20-17. This past year I continued the list for them #16 – 13. Due to time commitments I wasn’t able to complete the list, until now. However, I am posting the remainder of the list here on
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Written by and posted with permission by Azam, from the Sherdog Forum At its core Kyokushin Karate is a martial art that focuses on power (also partly the reason why Sosai Oyama fought bulls was to market his style as an art that focuses on power). In Kyokushin there are typically many different styles at work,
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