Kyokushinkaikan

[justme]

Done a few searches but can't find much just wanted to see what people thought of this! I looked on a few websites and they've said that its like power kickboxing?

Can someone explain it to me!! thanks

[Hooky]

http://www.fightingmaster.com/masters/oyama/

This is the dude that invented the style.
It's supposed to be the strongest form of Karate.

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

Edited by - hooky on 22 Mar 2007 13:26:53

[Hooky]

http://www.kyokushin.co.jp/eng/index.html


I just googled it and got this. Fairly descriptive.


Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

[beatle]

kyokushinkai...NOT kyokushinkaikan!! very hard (ie. tough) form of karate, their tournaments are pretty full on..full contact kicks to the head and the like...
but Zen Do Kai kicks its ass...


"it's not the belt, it's the journey"

[flash]

Hey beatle he is right it is Kyokushiaikan,
Full contact knock em down kumite fighting
It is one of few martial arts left were you have to fight to get your black belt! not just get it given to you because you look pretty doing form!
Known for quick and hard head kicks tough boys!

Founded by Mas Oyama


Edited by - flash on 22 Mar 2007 19:03:19

[DazMon]

What exactly do you want to know justme?
I wouldn't call it 'power kickboxing', we fight bare knuckles and as a result no head punches.
Have to fight to get black belt.
In Japan its brutal, they do 100 man kumite as tests.
I don't think they fight anyone twice...
And it is Kyokushinkaikan.

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[beatle]

Oops!..my bad. Is it the same as John Taylors style?? i understand that 'kyokushin' is the style, and 'kai' is karate, but what's the 'kan' for?

"it's not the belt, it's the journey"

[justme]

i'd just like to know a bit more about it, i've had a look on websites etc but i haven't got as much info as i'd like to! i;m interested in doing it but the first i saw of it, it was advertised as power karate.

So really i'm looking for places in sydney that do it so i can go down and have a look, western suburbs pref - syd! thanks Dazmon!



Edited by - Justme on 23 Mar 2007 09:45:02

[dimebag]

isnt this a kickboxing forum... kyoyushin.. meh

[justme]

quote:
isnt this a kickboxing forum... kyoyushin.. meh




hence the reason i asked if anyone could help! no-one asked you to click on the topic if you don't like it leave!

[jmsslatter]

December issue of International Kickboxer has a profile on Big Bens Gym. Mentions that Ben Chua, Mark "Hammer" Castagnini, Sam Greco, John Hallford all did kyokushin. You would think there must be something good about this style of martial art given their success.

[Hironaka]

quote:
What exactly do you want to know justme?
I wouldn't call it 'power kickboxing', we fight bare knuckles and as a result no head punches.
Have to fight to get black belt.
In Japan its brutal, they do 100 man kumite as tests.
I don't think they fight anyone twice...
And it is Kyokushinkaikan.


DazMon, I thought you may have known a bit about this. I have heard that Kyokushinkaikan gyms are amongst the toughest going around and really sort the men from the boys.

Are there many who pass the 100 man Kumite? I know that Sam Greco and Francisco Filho have passed, but it a faily common thing?

[dimebag]

he justme, i am just sick of unrelated topics always being posted on a kickboxing forum.... you are telling me to leave, why dont you f#$k off....

[Bushi]

So is Muay Thai allowed on the kickboxing forum <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Bushi
"Yours in Bushido"

"Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further"

[justme]

quote:
he justme, i am just sick of unrelated topics always being posted on a kickboxing forum.... you are telling me to leave, why dont you f#$k off....




Lovely way to speak

[DazMon]

Actually Dimebag its very related.
Hiro have only seen 100 man (hyaku nin) kumite mentioned
in Japanese mags in LARGE letters!
And that is where the gaijin do it, at hombu.
They have to win 75% or something of the fights, and a lot are brutal coz they want to finish the rounds early, so even though they are tired they pull out that super technique to finish someone fresher than they are, a lot of them are sweeps with mock finish technique.
Filho did the 100 man, the next day took his parents to Tokyo Disneyland.
Kyokushinkaikan: kan = place

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[Yuxian09]

Any kyokushin school to recommend in Sydney? Preferably in lower north shore area? I'd like to ckeck it out. Thanks.

[sniper]

i fought and trained with this style for many many years. yes it teaches great discipline and a very distinctive fight style but there is one very prominent downfall when compared to kick boxing and that is the fact you learn to fight with your hands down. i had a lot of trouble going from doing 15 years of this to kickboxing because of it.

[DazMon]

Power Karate is Shihan Jim Phillips who I'd recommend, he is in the Union and is a dedicated instructor. Shihan Taylor is also a kyokushin legend and a great source of inspiration.

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