As cheesy as it might sound, I love my new family. Before I joined Contact Kicks to study Kyokushin Karate life was very different for me, and I have written about it here. I have talked about all the benefits I received from the physical training and conditioning of Kyokushin,
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Three karate fighters from Toronto, Ontario are preparing for a trip to Montreal, because Ontario won’t allow them to display their skills.
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Today marked a new step in my journey on the Martial Way. As you know from my blog, training in Kyokushin Karate has been my focal point for this past seven months, under the tutelage of Sensei Steve Fogarasi, at Contact Kicks Dojo. I am also lucky enough to belong to a dojo that also
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As anyone in Kyokushin knows, Sosai Mas Ōyama was heavily influenced by the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, including going into isolation to hone his martial arts, taking Musha shugyō – Warrior Quest, etc., as did Musashi before him. Sosai was noted as saying that Musashi had changed his life completely. An amazing story in it’s own right.
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This past weekend I attended the 2014 Gold Cup Open Karate Tournament in Quebec, presented by The Ohan Brothers Dojo. I went as part of my dojo, and we had some members competing. This was my first time at such an event, and I was really looking forward to it. It was a long drive from