Original Kyokushin Karate was BRUTAL!

Kyokushin is known for it's hard knockdown style of fighting, but before being officially established in 1964, founder Mas Oyama taught a much more raw version of the art, that had full contact sparring with almost no rules. This earned Kyokushin Karate the reputation of being the strongest Karate.

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[bryanskrantz]

My Shihan was a direct student of Oyama Soke when he lived in Okinawa. Our style is mixed Karate but the kyukushin mentality is there. My sensei will go all morpheus and tell you to stop trying to hit and just hit. Beginner stuff is mostly Kihon and self defense but when you get to the intermediate ranks that's when the real stuff gets goin.

[emptyemptiness]

There is a great Korean movie called Fighter in the wind about Mas Oyama. I trained under one of his students in the 1970s, I was a skinny 13 yr old...absolutely no quarter was given, I crawled out of class, it was brutal. Nobody would train like that today.

[MrCharizmatiik]

I train in Kyokushin here in North Carolina. My Sensei trained under one of Mas Oyama's students for 49 years. Shihan Shigeru Oyama. Osu!

[JoesGeekShow]

I remember the first time I saw Kyokushin on a YT video and thought it looked cool but never thought I'd be able to do this. Plus I've never had the opportunity as my hometown didn't have that. So I studied Shotokan. But when we moved to Japan a few years ago the only Shotokan class was kids only. So my only option to continue Karate was Kyokushin. It's been almost 4 years, I'm still here, and I couldn't imagine how much I'd love it.

[doublep]

Sensei Mas Oyama was one of the inspirations for Ryu from the Street Fighter games, doesn't get more badass than that.

[dakentaijutsu]

Thanks for the extra Kyokushin video, I been doing Kyokushin off and on for 8 years so far, and I get more hype every time I watch Kyokushin videos, it's unfortunate that Kyokushin training back then was way more intense than it is now, still I love doing the art, and it's no slouch!

[BrechdanHam]

Thanks Sensei Dan. As both an American Kenpo and Kyokushin practitioner I really enjoy your content and look forward to what you have coming up. OSU 👊😁

[SuenosDeLaNoche]

I'm glad to find your channel. Well done videos.
I was exposed to Ed Parker's Kenpo in 1976. My training began in 1979 with my Instructor who trained directly with EKP.

Learning and practicing lead me to advance to Head Instructor rank. It was through teaching that I realized being a practitioner was a lifelong learning experience. It's helped in more ways than I ever imagined.

Teaching and practicing is learning (meditation) in motion.

Incorporating Useful knowledge and techniques from other martial arts expands the applications; a big toolbox 😉.

Kenpo is a MA which promotes an effective merging of Mind and Body for self defense and beyond.

It works when you need it; whether fighting or not.

Thank you for the videos.
Be safe, practice diligently,
Blessed Be 🙏

[Shadowman]

This is why I don't see Kyokushin or any other system as a style but rather as a method for training. People talk about styles but we all have arms & legs - a punch is a punch, a kick is a kick. Be water my friend 👊🥋

[songoku]

Shotokan in the 60’s and 70’s were also equally as brutal and tough as Kyokushin. At the end of the day, GSP and Bas Rutten both said it best during Karate Combat:

‘A punch is a punch and a kick is a kick’

I agree with that statement completely.

[Tommyful]

Check out the photo at 2:14 minutes. The chap in the middle looking at the camera is my old instructor the late Steve Arneil and the first man to complete the 100 man kumite.

[akrocuba]

Chinese "Tiger Style" Very brutal. Eyes., ears, nose, gouging, biting, anything to win. I'm a 5th Dan in Kempo Gojo and 5th Dan in Hapkido with other training in many Martial Arts.
This is the most brutal self defense system that I know.
Self defense is NOT sparring or fighting. It's life or death.
Stay strong and train for reality.
OOS!!!
Much respect

[ADAM_COLLECTS]

Look up Valeri Dimitriv, he is shinkyokushin 5th dan, european champion 20+ times, 3 times world champion and runner up world tournament winner. He has his own kick, Valeri kick. Look it up, it’s wonderful

[Nas.]

A few techniques i think daniel should try from taekwondo:

Jump back kick - can be used at closer ranges(where kempo stylists tend to fight) or can be used aggresively to close the gap.

Fade away round kick - easy to do round kick to the body that lets you fade back from boxing range back into kicking range. Something that could compliment a hand heavy style like kenpo.

Ill keep it to those for the sake of brevity, but i have a few more ideas if daniel wants!

[ajshiro]

There's an anime based on Mas Oyama called Karate Master. Pretty good show.

[chadthomas]

I grew up with American Kenpo from the age of 4 with my father who ran the school. This meant higher standards of excellence. There were other things than kenpo mixed in with the core curriculum whether students knew it or not. A little hopkido, judo and escrima fighting styles have served me very well combined with kenpo principles

[canadafree]

Wow, never knew he was Korean. Much respect to him for putting national pride aside and dedicating himself to a Japanese style. One way to defeat a strong attack is not to be there. I'd love to see a hard style against a style known for it's evasive movements. I can't remember the name, but we had a Chinese stylist in class one day and when I tried to hit him he always moved out of the way but not in a way I could easily catch on to; that is to say, I couldn't catch what he did fast enough to know what he did.

[HwaRang]

Another great video! I love this channel!

[kevionrogers]

I trained several lineages of Kyokushin. First Kar-do-jitsu (Shotokan, Goju Ryu, Judo hybrid) at Amato's Goju Ryu in NJ we trained American Kickboxing and ISKA Kickboxing and Judo. Then the other was Tiger Schulmann Martial Arts (World Oyama Karate derivative) in NJ & Manhattan NY we trained K1 rules (Japanese Kickboxing, Low Kick) and MMA. The other was Shidokan at Trammell Martial Arts in Alpharetta GA. Thus, when people talk about karateka not knowing Kickboxing or striking in general that was not my experience growing up training or competing. Traditional early Kyokushin when it was still affliated with Goju Kai was full contact. That was the system that was exported to the USA, which was the lineage of "Goju Ryu" that I first trained Karate, so for me Karate has always been full contact whether Bareknuckle, wraps, or gloves. Much closer to Sanda or Lethwei than modern Kickboxing or Muay Thai.

[gunnerhiro]

I think Kyokushin Karate in its ORIGINAL form - would be deemed illegal in most countries - and with our society, would bring lawsuits for accidental death or lifetime of damage.