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  2. Kyokushin - Wikipedia

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    Kyokushin Karate has served as the basis for the Kyokugenryu Karate, a fictional martial art from SNK Playmore's Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury, and King of Fighters series. Kyokugenryu (lit. "the extreme style") and Kyokushin are similar sounding names, and the family patriarch Takuma Sakazaki is modelled after Kyokusin founder Mas Oyama.

  3. Comparison of karate styles - Wikipedia

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    Some later styles of karate have been derived from blending techniques from the four main branches, while others have added techniques from other martial arts. For example Kyokushin, which is an extremely hard style derived from Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū, involves much more breaking and full contact, knockdown sparring as a main part of training ...

  4. Kenichi Sawai - Wikipedia

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    Kenichi Sawai (澤井 健一, Sawai Ken'ichi, 1903–1988) was a Japanese martial artist and a colonel in the Japanese army. [1] Sawai is known for his background in the martial art style Yiquan, his association with founder of Kyokushin Karate, Mas Oyama [2] and influence on various notable early Kyokushin practitioners.

  5. Mas Oyama - Wikipedia

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    Masutatsu Ōyama (大山 倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu, 4 June 1923 [4] – 26 April 1994), more commonly known as Mas Oyama, was a Zainichi Korean karate master who founded Kyokushin Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate.

  6. List of Kyokushin practitioners - Wikipedia

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    Dolph Lundgren – He took up Kyokushin karate at the age of 10. [94] He captained the Swedish Kyokushin karate team, and was a formidable challenger at the 1979 World Open Tournament (arranged by the Kyokushin Karate Organization) when he was only a green belt. He was the Swedish champion in Kyokushin in 1979, 1980 and 1981. [95]

  7. Full contact karate - Wikipedia

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    One major format of full-contact sport karate is known as knockdown karate or sometimes Japanese full contact karate.This style of sport fighting was developed and pioneered in the late 1960s by the Kyokushin karate organization in Japan, founded by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu).

  8. Karate - Wikipedia

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    Karate can be practiced as an art , self defense or as a combat sport. Traditional karate places emphasis on self-development (budō). [74] Modern Japanese style training emphasizes the psychological elements incorporated into a proper kokoro (attitude) such as perseverance, fearlessness, virtue, and leadership skills. Sport karate places ...

  9. Ashihara kaikan - Wikipedia

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    Ashihara kaikan (芦原 会館) is a modern full contact street karate developed from Kyokushin karate by Hideyuki Ashihara with influences from various martial arts including Muay Thai, Pankration, and Jujutsu with an emphasis on Sabaki, using footwork and techniques to turn an opponent's power and momentum against them and to reposition oneself to the opponent's "blind" spot.