Как пишется карате киокушинкай

Киокушинкай или Киокусинкай и чем они друг от друга отличаются

Ну вот! Оказывается я всё время говорил и писал не так, как это предусматривается словарями. И это в отношении названия моего любимого вида спорта!

Скажу сразу, русский орфографический словарь российской академии наук под редакцией В. В. Лопатина и О. Е. Ивановой ставит жирную точку в возможных разночтениях: правильно писать Кёкусинкай и только так. Других вариантов словарь не предлагает. Доверимся авторитетному изданию, пишем с буквой «Ё» и с «С» вместо «Ш».

Всё же я решил выяснить, почему я привык говорить неправильно. Как я уже писал в заметке о разнообразии названий кимоно для карате, разбираясь в одном вопросе, можно найти много полезного из смежных областей, о чём никогда бы специально не задумался. Так и сейчас.

Следует сразу отметить, что Киокушинкай, Киокусинкай и Кёкусинкай это разные варианты написания и произношения одного стиля каратэ, созданного выдающимся Мастером — Масутацу Оямой. Но какой же из них верный?

Изучая правописание названия каратэ Кёкусинкай, я для себя выяснил массу интересных деталей, касающихся особенностей взаимодействия языков при переводах с одного на другой. Найденный материал помогает однозначно ответить на вопрос – как  правильно пишется каратэ Кёкусинкай или Киокушинкай.

К слову, уже во времена позднего Советского Союза была зарегистрирована Федерации Кёкусинкай СССР. Как видно, название стиля на русский язык передано верно.

Но всё же, различные варианты написания до сих пор существуют.

Первое, что я обнаружил, погрузившись в поиски деталей, было то, что ещё в 2004 году электронная версия словаря Лопатина уже зафиксировала написание нашего вида спорта – карате-Кёкусинкай. возможно, слово попало в словари ещё раньше, но я не нашёл подтверждений этому.

Дальше я рассуждал так:

Это боевое искусство нам подарил великий Масутацу Ояма. Учитель видел большой прикладной потенциал в каратэ. Он был не согласен с его уводом исключительно в спортивную плоскость. Как следствие, Кёкусинкай стал результатом многолетней работы Оямы над обновлением и формализацией технического арсенала нашего боевого искусства.

Кёкусинкай наследует японские традиции боевых искусств и каратэ в частности. Передаёт особенности мышления и языка японцев.

И тут мы упираемся в структурные различия русского и японского языков.

И в первую очередь это касается названия стиля. Оно является чисто японским словом, которое нам нужно передать так, чтобы русский вариант был наиболее близким по звучанию к оригиналу, но, в то же время, чтобы русскоговорящий человек смог прочитать его и понять о чём идёт речь. Это касается не только Киокушинкай, а любого слова, пришедшего к нам из Японии.

Ё – моё, в прямом смысле

В японском языке нет слов, в которых сочетаются звуки «ио», там есть звук «Ё». И именно он произносится в слове Кёкусинкай.

В русской фонетике буква «Ё» всегда ударная и поэтому чётко слышится. Как только ударение уходит, мы начинаем слышать звук «ио». Это наглядно видно на примере японской столицы Токио. Японцы произносят это слово – Токё, в России же мы придерживаемся исторически сложившихся географических стандартов и делаем ударение на первый слог. Но это относится только к географии. Другие слова при транслитерации следует писать с буквой «ё».

Поэтому в слышащемся нам слове Киокусинкай правильно будет писать «Ё». И нам ещё повезло – у нас хотя бы есть буква, точно передающая этот звук – «ё». Англоговорящим приходится выкручиваться. У них я встречал как Kyokushin, так и Kiokushin. И чаще всего со звуком «sh».

С ним ещё интереснее.

Кёкусинкай или Киокушинкай: «с» или «ш», разбираемся

Со снятием запрета на каратэ в Советском Союзе, в нашу страну пришёл и закономерный интерес к Кёкусинкай. Информации не хватало, её приходилось получать, в том числе и из Европы и Америки. К нам она приходила на английском языке.

В силу широкого распространения, английская транскрипция оказала на нас сильное влияние, буквально заставив многих спортсменов в России, в том числе и меня, говорить Киокушинкай.

Разбираясь со слогом «ши» дальше, я узнал, что это распространённый камень преткновения не только для названия нашего стиля карате. Споры возникают при написании на русском языке многих японских слов с этим звуком.

Дальнейшие поиски навели меня на интересную заметку известных востоковедов Д. Коваленина и В. Смоленского, которая навсегда закрыла для меня вопрос выбора варианта Кёкусинкай или Киокушинкай.

Вот что они помогли мне узнать.

Транскрипция это запись звуков не родного языка. Она помогает произносить звуки и слова. Транслитерация это запись иностранных слов на русском языке с помощью русского алфавита. Когда мы пишем на русском языке слово Кёкусинкай – это и есть транслитерация. Важно различать эти два понятия.

В русском языке нет аналогов японскому звуку «си», который фактически не является ни «си», ни «ши», ни «щи», как нет и буквы, которая могла бы его правильно отразить на бумаге.

В. Смоленский предлагает элегантное решение – использовать русскую фонетику для общения на русском языке. Это даст возможность при письме использовать наиболее близкий японскому звуку русский слог и читать его по-русски даже тем, кто с японским языком не знаком. В слове Кёкусинкай это слог «си».

Далее он поясняет, что слоги «ши» и «щи» появились у нас из-за использования английского способа транслитерации японских слов, но уже с английского на русский язык. Это объясняется доминирующим положением английского языка в мире. При этом востоковед считает такой подход неграмотным.

Что же касается звуков, то их следует правильно использовать в разговоре с самими японцами и на японском языке. Но тогда нужно будет заботиться о произношении не только «с» и «ш», но и других необычных для русскоговорящего человека звуках.

Лучше поздно чем никогда …

Как оказалось, я, до сегодняшнего дня писавший Киокушинкай, слишком поздно заглянул в словарь. Сейчас стараюсь успокоить себя тем, что это не неграмотность, а запись в хэпберновской системе транслитерации. 🙂

Теперь я для себя чётко отделил вопросы транслитерации и произношения, до конца разобрался и буду писать правильно: карате Кёкусинкай.

Ос!

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Добрый день! Подскажите, пожалуйста, в спорте киокусинкай или кёкусинкай верное написание? Спасибо.

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Словарная фиксация: карате-кекусинкай. См.: Русский орфографический словарь РАН / Под ред. В. В. Лопатина, О. Е. Ивановой. – 4-е изд., испр. и доп. – М., 2012.

Здравствуйте, у нас возник спор о том, как правильно пишется название вида каратэ:
кёкусинкай
киокусинкай
киокушинкай
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Помогите, пожалуйста. Мой друг, изучающий Японию, склоняется к 4 варианту.

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Словарная фиксация: карате-кекусинкай. См.: Русский орфографический словарь РАН / Под ред. В. В. Лопатина, О. Е. Ивановой. – 4-е изд., испр. и доп. – М., 2012.

Среди существующих стилей, школ и направлений каратэ особняком стоит стиль «Киокусин»(или «Киокушин»). Почему такое разное правописание?

После снятия запрета на каратэ началось его возрождение на территории России. Интересующиеся боевыми искусствами получили возможность узнать о различных стилях и направлениях. В том числе о школе так называемого «лучшего каратэ» — Киокусин-каратэ. Почему многие специалисты называют это направление именно «Киокусин», а не «Киокушин»? Именно потому, что многие тренеры и инструкторы в начале 90-х гг. начали на постоянной основе выезжать в Японию, откуда и вышла основная масса боевых искусств, в том числе и Киокусин-каратэ. И тогда те, кто соприкоснулся с японской культурой, языком и обычаями, узнали, что в японском языке отсутствуют шипящие как таковые. Вместо «Ш» произносится «С» (напомним, что в японском языке нет букв, есть только звуки и иероглифы).

Смешные истории начали появляться тогда, когда конкурирующие между собой федерации, развивающие данное направление каратэ, в Министерстве Юстиции регистрировали всероссийские федерации и с буквой «Ш» и с буквой «С». Если в Минюсте задавали вопрос учредителям федераций: «Почему Вы регистрируете данное направление, когда такая федерация уже есть?» В ответ звучало: «Нет, это не то каратэ. У них киокушинкай каратэ, а у нас киокусинкай.» А о сути других различий ничего внятного они сказать не могли. То же самое относится и к пониманию окончания «кай» и «кан» в названиях организаций — «киокусинкай» или «киокусинкан». Одни идеологи — учредители организаций называли себя обществом (кай) киокусин-каратэ, а другие — центром (кан). Кроме всех этих нюансов в названиях организаций, большую ослабевающую роль в развитии каратэ киокусин сыграло появление множества так называемых сэнсэев — основателей этого замечательного стиля и, соответственно, их представителей и руководителей (branch-chief). Несомненно, все это сказывается и на наличии единых всемирных ассоциаций, союзов и федераций. Их тоже несколько. Все это и мешает объединительному процессу. Даже наличие таких знаковых событий, как, например, присутствие руководителя Спортаккорд Мариуса Визера на встрече между руководителем Всемирного союза Киокусин-каратэ Юрия Трутнева и руководителем Синкиокусин каратэ Кэндзи Мидори в апреле 2014 г. в Токио, приводят к нулевому результату. Хотя надежд и чаяний тогда было очень много.

Встреча Юрия Трутнева и Кэндзи Мидори

В итоге любители и специалисты Киокусин-картэ не увидели этот замечательный вид каратэ на Всемирных играх по боевым искусствам в Пекине в 2010 г., в Санкт-Петербурге в 2013 г. и скорее всего в списках видов единоборств каратэ киокусин будет отсутствовать и на очередных играх по боевым искусствам в Казахстане в 2015 г. Кажется, какая малость. В одном случае называется Киокушин-каратэ, в другом — Киокусин. В одном случае организация называется Синкиокусин, в другом — Kiokusin World Union. Но все это разнообразие приводит к тому, что мы имеем — мелочей в таких вещах не бывает. Как говорят на востоке — большое путешествие начинается с маленького шага.

Вывод: если бы с самого начала был порядок с шипящими или не шипящими звуками в названии, стиль Киокусин звучал бы гораздо громче среди прочих стилей и школ боевых искусств. И не возникало бы никаких вопросов о включении этого замечательного вида каратэ в программу Всемирных игр по боевым искусствам.

Однако дробление и резношерстность мира каратэ-киокусин не мешало появлению таких мировых звезд, как Роман Нестеренко, Максим Дедик, Сергей Осипов и других известных спортсменов из разных стран. Их мало кто воспринимает как спортсменов, принадлежащих к той или иной организации, но все их считают достоянием киокусинкай каратэ.

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Что такое Киокушинкай каратэ? Для некоторых это способ развития, поддержания физической силы и изучения эффективных приемов самообороны. Для других — это образ жизни, который выходит за рамки физических тренировок.

Кёкусинкай каратэ — это Будо каратэ. Для этого стиля выбрано название, которое переводится как «Абсолютная Истина». Это отражено в Клятве тренировочного зала. Для того, чтобы получить представление о назначении Киокушин каратэ, потребуется взглянуть на происхождение боевых искусств и их связь с восточными философиями.

Философия и символы Кёкусинкай

Что означает кекусинкай

Каллиграфия кандзи (японские иероглифы) была нарисована сэнсэем Харамотоки, другом Оямы. Они отображаются на доги (левая область груди). Обычно три символа расположены вертикально. Дизайн нашивки разрабатывался совместно с женой Оямы и представляет собой самурайский меч в ножнах в честь Мусаси.

Эмблема карате киокушинкай

• Верхняя и нижняя точки Канку представляют собой соприкосновение указательных пальцев каждой руки вверху, больших пальцев — внизу. Они символизируют конечные точки, пределы или пики.
• Толстые секции по бокам представляют собой запястья, символизирующие силу.
• Центральный круг имеет значение бесконечной глубины.
• Весь Канку заключен в круг, который символизирует непрерывность и круговое действие.

Философия киокушинкай карате

Сила духа, тела и характера закаляется от постоянного вызова самому себе и упорного труда. Главная философия карате киокушинкай — самодисциплина познается во время строгой подготовки.

Путь бойца в Кекусинкае — это путь самосовершенствования и духовного развития, которому посвящается весь учебно-тренировочный процесс в додзё. Все остальные цели выступают в качестве промежуточных этапов, гармонируя с основополагающими.

Держи голову низко (скромность), глаза высоко (амбиции), рот на замке (безмятежность); основывайся на сыновней почтительности и приноси пользу другим.

Keep your head low (modesty), eyes high (ambition), mouth shut (serenity); base yourself on filial piety and benefit others.

IKO Kyokushinkaikan (Международная организация каратэ ИКО Киокушинкайкан)

Как правильно киокушинкай или киокусинкай

Часто возникает вопрос, как правильно произносить и писать киокушинкай или киокусинкай, или кёкусинкай.

Киокушинкай или киокусинкай, кёкусинкай, кёкусин или кекусинкай — это разные варианты написания и произношения одного стиля карате. Согласно орфографическому словарю «Российской академии наук» под редакцией В. В. Лопатина, О. Е. Ивановой (2012 год) правильным написанием является «карате кекусинкай».

Как вид спорта карате кекусинкай во «Всероссийском реестре видов спорта» зарегистрирован под название «Киокусинкай».

Клятва карате киокушинкай

Для учеников школы Киокусинкай Масутаца Ояма и Эйдзи Ёсикава (японский писатель, автор исторических романов) составили клятву — Додзё кун. В ней раскрывается суть идеологии и принципов Киокусинкай.

Клятву каратиста киокушинкай читают в начале или в конце каждой тренировки. Старший ученик произносит построчно Додзё Кун, остальные ученики хором повторяют за ним.

Клятва карате киокушинкай на русском

Клянемся! Мы будем тренировать наши сердца и тела для достижения твердого непоколебимого духа.

Клянемся! Мы будем следовать истинному смыслу воинского пути, чтобы наши чувства всегда были наготове.

Клянемся! Мы будем стремиться культивировать дух самоотрицания.

Клянемся! Мы будем соблюдать правила этикета, уважать старших и воздерживаться от насилия.

Клянемся! Мы стремимся к мудрости и силе, не ведая других желаний.

Клянемся! Мы будем следовать нашим богам и воинскому пути и никогда не забудем истинную добродетель — скромность.

Клянемся! Всю нашу жизнь, через изучение каратэ, мы будем стремиться выполнить истинное предназначение пути Киокушинкай.

Ритуальные поклоны

Для того, чтобы показать уважение к учителю, ученикам, тренировочному залу и символам Киокушинкай в Школе действуют ритуальные поклоны.

Поклоны выполняются:

• в начале и в конце занятия;
• при входе в доджо;
• при выходе из доджо;
• перед каждым кумитэ.

Виды ритуальных поклонов:

1. Поклон Сосаю — Шиндзэн ни рэй (яп. 神前に礼).
2. Поклон шихану, с 5-го дана и выше — Шихан ни рэй (яп. 師範).
3. Поклон учителю, с 3-го дана и выше — Сэнсэй ни рэй (яп. 先生に礼).
4. Поклон старшему, от шодан до нидан — Сэмпай ни рэй (яп. 先輩に礼).
5. Поклон друг другу (поклон сопернику) — Отагай ни рэй (яп. お互いに礼).

История карате киокушинкай

В название «Киокусинкай» вложен глубокий смысл. «Киоку» — абсолютный; «Шин» — правда; «Кай» — общество.

Основатель каратэ киокушинкай — Масутацу Ояма. Свою молодость мастер посвятил изучению боевых искусств. Масутацу Ояма самоотверженно тренировался, овладевал различными техниками, принимал участие в открытых чемпионатах. Много раз вызывал на бой без правил мастеров единоборств, но все они заканчивались чистой победой Оямы.

Биография Ояма Масутацу

27 июля 1923 года в корейском городе Кимдже в семье родовитого чиновника родился Чхве Ёнъи, так назвали родители будущего основателя кёкусин. Прежде чем стать Масутацу Ояма, мастер сменил несколько псевдонимов, среди которых были Чхве Бэдаль, Сай Моко, Гарю, Мас Того.

Изучать основы единоборства Ояма начал, когда ему исполнилось 9 лет, у мастера Йи. В это время мальчика родители отправили к сестре в поместье в Маньчжурии (Китай). Через четыре года Ояма вернулся в Корею. Но возвращение на родину не помешало Масутацу продолжить изучение единоборства.

У юноши еще была одна мечта — стать военным летчиком. В 1938 году Ояма поехал в Японию изучать летное дело. Здесь Масутацу стал одним из первых японский военных летчиков корейского происхождения.

Во время учебы в университете Ояма вместе с другими студентами занимался единоборством по методике Фунакоси Гитина (создателя Сётокан). Но этого оказалось мало, и свое обучение карате Ояму решил продолжить в додзё Гитина Фунакоси.

Укрепление силы и духа

В 1946 году Ояме на 14 месяцев покинул цивилизованный мир для укрепления своего духовного мира. Все эти месяцы Масутацу на горе Минобу жил в режиме суровых тренировок. В 1947 году, после победы на первом Всеяпонском чемпионате по карате, Ояма снова ушел в горы. На горе Киодзум Масутацу продолжил многочасовые тренировки.

Через 18 месяцев, укрепившийся в духе и силе, Ояма занялся деятельностью по распространению и популяризации карате во всем мире.

В 1952 году Масутаца переехал в Америку, где стал первым человеком в мире, который три дня подряд участвовал в 100 боях. 300 бойцов потерпели поражение. За сверхчеловеческую силу американцы называли Ояма «божественной рукой».

Чтобы самоотверженно тренироваться часами, каждый день, человеку необходимо забросить обычные удовольствия и отдых. У него должно быть сильное чувство самоотречения, осознания цели, которое поможет ему в преодолении соблазнов. Человек, чей разум горит желанием научиться всему на выбранном Пути, будет посвящать любую возможную минуту тренировке.

Масутатсу Ояма

Бой с быками

В 1953 году, после возвращения из Америки, Ояма организовал показательные выступления — бои с быком. За всю свою жизнь Масутаца провел бои с 52 быками, троих убил в первые же секунды, остальных заваливал ребром ладони или отбиванием рога.

Школа Кёкусинкай

В 1954 году в Мэйдзиро (Токио) открылось додзе, где ученики познакомились с новым стилем карате. Их учителем стал Масутацу Ояма. К 1957 году в школе уже обучалось около 700 учеников.

Концепция школы Киокушинкай противостояла всем известным стилям карате. Мастер перенял лучшие техники у других учителей боевых искусств и включил их в свой стиль. Официальное признание Японией центра Киокушинкай произошло в 1964 году. Новое боевое искусство начало распространяться по всему миру.

Если меня спросят, чему человек должен посвятить жизнь, я отвечу — тренировкам. Тренируйтесь больше, чем спите, и, независимо от преследуемых целей, вы не пожалеете.

Ояма Масутацу

Заповеди Масутацу Ояма

Книги Масутацу Ояма

• Это карате.
• Классическое карате.
• Овладение мастерством карате.
• Карате для мальчиков.
• Карате для детей.
• Философия каратэ.
• Советы для молодежи. Путь к истине.

Основные события

• 1954 год. Открыли первое додзе Киокушинкай.
• 1957 год. Масутацу Ояма в официальной обстановке объявил о создании нового стиля карате.
• 1957 год. Организовали Японскую ассоциацию карате Киокушинкай. В нее перешли ученики школы Оямы из ассоциации годзю-рю.
• 1962 год. Создана первая европейская ассоциация — NKA (Netherlands Karate Association).
• 1963 год. Вышла книга Масутацу Ояма «Что такое карате».
• 1964 год. Организована Международная организация карате (IKO). Штаб-квартира получила официальное название Кёкусин кайкан — «Дворец общества абсолютной истины».
• 1969 год. Япония, Токио. Прошел первый Всеяпонский открытый чемпионат Кёкусинкай.
• 1975 год. Япония, Токио. Прошел первый Всемирный чемпионат Киокушинкая. Участники — 128 бойцов из 36 стран. На этом чемпионате ни один участник из других видов единоборств не смог победить бойца из кёкусинкая. Первый чемпион — Кацуаки Сато. Всемирный чемпионат стал проходить 1 раз в 4 года.
• 26 апреля 1994 год. Умер Масутацу Ояма.
• 1994 год. Произошел раскол в Киокушинкай карате. Международная организация карате (ИКО) разделилась на несколько организаций.
• 2012 год. Кикуко Куристине Ояма (младшая дочь Масутацу Ояма) получила официальные права на торговую марку со символикой Кекусинкай и авторские права на наследие своего отца.

Федерации киокусинкай карате

Наиболее известные федерации, пропагандирующие киокусинкай карате:

• Международная организация каратэ (ИКО, International Karate Organization) или Международная организация каратэ Киокушинкайкан. Основатель кекусинкай карате — Масутацу Ояма. После смерти Масутацу Оямы в 1994 году ИКО разделилась на несколько фракций.
• IKO-1. Президент — Секей Мацуи (8-й дан карате).
• IKO-2. Первый президент — Юкио Нисида. Новое название World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai ( WKO Shinkyokushinkai, Всемирная организация карате Шинкекушинкай, Всемирная организация карате Синкекушинкай). Президент — Кэндзи Мидори (8-й дан карате).
• IKO-3. International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan (Matsushima group). Президент — Ёшиказу Матцушима (Yoshikazu Matsushima). IKO. Matsushima была признана, как самая демократическая организация карате Киокушин в мире.
• IKO-4. International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan (IKO Tezuka group, Международная организация карате группы Тезука). Президент — Тору Тезука.
• Международная Федерация Каратэ (IFK). Создана в 1992 году. Президент — Стив Арнейл.
• Kyokushin-Kan International (KI, Международная организация КиокушинКан). Создана в 2003 году. Основатель — Хацуо Рояма.
• Ассоциация Всемирный Союз Киокусин (Kyokushin World Union, KWU). 2011 год. Союз объединяет самостоятельные международные организации на принципах равноправия в единую международную спортивную федерацию.
• KyokushinKan Karate-Do Renmei (Международная Федерации Кёкусин-кан каратэ-до). Президент — Хацуо Рояма (9 дан карате).

История Киокушинкай в России

Первый организатор российского Киокушинкай каратэ — Александр Танюшкин. Будучи студентом Краковского горнометаллургической академии Александр познакомился с Анджем Древняк — мастером карате, учеником Масутацу Оямы. Анджем стал первым тренером Танюшкина. В 1976 году, сдав экзамен на первый дан, Александр открыл представительство Европейской организации Кёкусинкай в СССР.

К началу 80-х во всех крупных регионах страны существовали школы Кёкусинкай. Из-за невозможности бойцов этих школ участвовать во всесоюзных соревнованиях по карате, проводимых Федерацией карате СССР, возникла необходимость создания собственной координационной организации — Федерации Кёкусинкай СССР (1989 год). Первым президентом федерации стал Александр Танюшкин.

В 1990 году карате Кёкусинкай зарегистрировали в системе спортивной классификации как официальный вид спорта. В 1992 году Федерация Кёкусинкай России стала правопреемницей ФК СССР.

Распад Федерации

В 1992 году Стив Арнейл, возглавлявший Европейское подразделения ИКО, со скандалом вышел из состава Международной организации каратэ Киокушинкайкан. Сложившаяся ситуация в мире Кёкусинкай повлияла на единую организационную структуру Киокушинкай на территории России.

Александр Танюшкин принял решение присоединиться к Международной федерации каратэ (IFK) под руководством Стива Арнейла и одновременно попытался сохранить членство в ИKO. Но Ояма в 1993 году исключил Танюшкина из ИКО.

По поручению IFK на базе российской национальной организации создали Евроазиатский Комитет (ЕАК), представляющий IFK на территории бывшего СССР. Комитет возглавил Сергей Степанов. Организация просуществовал до 1998 года, проведя за это время 6 международных турниров класса «А».

Великими спортсменами не рождаются, а становятся. Спорт — это воспитание личности в первую очередь. Настоящие бойцы всегда вступятся за слабого, за того, кому нужна защита и помощь. Даже если спорт не станет профессией и не принесет великие победы, в жизни спортсмена останутся целеполагающие принципы, он будет ставить перед собой задачи и идти к их решению, как бы тяжело ни было, будет находить время для достижения своих целей. Прежде всего, надо научиться думать и мыслить системно. Это поможет вам в жизни. Если есть алгоритм действий, если у вас есть система подготовки каратэ или других единоборств, вы также системно будете мыслить вне зала. А это поможет вам в жизни. Поможет стать хорошими людьми, хорошими специалистами. Стремитесь к этому. Любое единоборство, прежде всего, это воспитание личности. Если вы это поймете, у вас будет большое будущее не только в спорте, но и в жизни.

Сергей Владимирович Стенанов (8 дан киокусинкай карата)

Федерации киокусинкай карате в России

Дробление Международной федерации ИКО отразилось и на количестве организаций по киокусинкай в России.

Ассоциация Киокусинкай России. С 2011 года Президиум АКР вырабатывает стратегию развития киокусинкай в России и представляет интересы страны на международном уровне. АКР объединила 5 Федераций:

1. Общероссийская общественная организация «Федерация Кёкушин каратэ России» (ФККР, WKO Shinkyokushinkai). Представляет WKO Shinkyokushinkai. Почетный Президент — Рябухин Сергей Николаевич.
2. Общероссийская физкультурно-спортивная общественная организация «Федерация Кёкусин-кан каратэ-до России» (ФККР, KI). Президент — Слипенчук Михаил Викторович (2 дан).
3. Общероссийская физкультурно-спортивная общественная организация «Российская Национальная Федерация Каратэ Киокушинкай» (ОФСОО «РНФКК», РНФКК (IKO) ) осуществляет свою деятельность с 1995 года. ОФСОО «РНФКК» входит в состав Международной Организации Каратэ Киокушинкайкан ( IKO Kyokushinkaikan), созданной Масутацу Оямой, возглавляемой Канчо Шокей Мацуи, и занимается распространением и популяризацией Киокусинкай на территории России.
4. Общероссийская общественная организация «Федерация Киокусинкайкан России» (ФКР ИКО). Президент ФКР ИКО — Пукас Валерий Викторович (7 дан, Хабаровский край).
5. Общероссийская общественная организация «Федерация Кёкусинкай России» (ФКР (IFK). Президент-основатель ФКР — Танюшкин Александр Иванович, 8 дан.

Главные события

• 1973 год. РСФСР, Москва. Состоялось открытие первой секции по Кёкусинкай «На Войковской».
• 1976 год. Провели первые московские соревнования по кумитэ под эгидой Киевского РК ВЛКСМ г. Москвы.
• 1977 год. СССР, г. Зеленоград. Первый (неофициальный) Чемпионат СССР.
• 1978 год. Казань. Открытие первой летней школы кёкусинкай.
• 1989 год. Создание Федерации кекусинкай СССР.
• 1990 год. Берлин. Первый выезд за рубеж сборной СССР для участия в соревнованиях Кубка Оямы.
• 1991 год. Екатеринбург. Первый официальный Чемпионат СССР по кёкусинкай, по итогам которого впервые присваивали спортивное звание «Мастер спорта СССР» по кёкусинкай.
• 1992 год. Федерация Кёкусинкай России (ФКР) стала правопреемницей Федерации Кёкусинкай СССР.
• 1992 год. Москва. Соревнования «Кубка Славянских стран».
• 1992 год. Создание Международной федерации каратэ (ИФК). Президент — Стив Арнейл. (Великобритания). ФКР вошла в состав ИФК.
• 1993 год. Болгария, Варна. Чемпионат Европы. Игорь Тимофеев (Россия) стал серебряным призером в тяжелой категории.
• 1993 год. Россия, Москва. Международный турнир, посвященный 20-летию развития кёкусинкай в России.
• 1993 год. Вид спорта «кёкусинкай» входит в Перечень видов спорта Роскомспорта для введения в государственные программы физического воспитания населения.
• 1994 год. Москва. Первый международный Евро-Азиатский турнир (ИФК). Ежегодно проводился в г. Москве до 1997 года включительно.
• 1995 год. Великобритания, Кардифф. Александр Чадов стал чемпионом в легком весе на первом Чемпионате Европы.
• 1995 год. Россия, Москва. Прошел Кубок Мира (ИФК) в легком весе. Первым обладателем Кубка стал Марсель Муракаев.
• 1997 год. Россия, Москва. Федерация кёкусинкай России совместно с Национальной Молодежной лигой провела Фестиваль боевых искусств «Славянский кулак».
• 1997 год. Россия, Москва. Провели первый Чемпионат Мира по кёкусинкай Международной федерации карате (ИФК). Первые чемпионы мира — О. Флорин, Я. Зобнин и З. Курбанова.
• 2000-2004 гг. ФКР состояла в составе Национальной Федерации Каратэ России (НФКР).
• 2004 год. Создана Общероссийская ассоциация общественных объединений «Ассоциация Киокусинкай России» (АКР). Президент — аудитор Счетной палаты РФ С. Н. Рябухин. АКР получила государственный аттестат аккредитации по виду спорта «киокусинкай» .
• 2005 год. АКР вошла в состав Российского Союза боевых искусств (РСБИ).
• 2007 год. Состоялся первый Чемпионат России АКР в абсолютной категории. Первый абсолютный чемпиона России по киокусинкай — Анзор Шихабахов (представитель ФКР).

Отличия кёкусинкай от других стилей

Стиль кёкусинкай был создан в противовес множеству бесконтактных школ и самому принципу «карате без контакта».

Главные отличия:

• силовое карате;
• боец должен обладать устойчивой психикой и терпением;
• прикладная подготовка бойца. Тренировочный процесс направлен укрепление ударных поверхностей тела, повышающих устойчивость тела к разрушительным ударам;
• близкая дистанция во время боя;
• высокая боевая стойка, вес тела бойца распределяется равномерно на ногах, корпус повернут по направлению к сопернику;
• используется полный контакт тела. Он варьируется от среднего и жесткого во время спарринга до полного контакта во время соревнований;
• кумитэ (спортивные поединки) проводятся в полный контакт без защитного снаряжения (шлемов, перчаток, протекторов);
• единственное ограничение — запрет ударов в голову руками;
• фокусировка больше на спарринге, чем на ката;
• нанесение мощных ударов руками по сопернику;
• использование высоких ударов ногами, коленями до полного поражения противника;
• стиль требует более сильных ударов, чтобы нокаутировать противника.

Важно! Цель — все тело противника, кроме головы.

Предполагается, что стиль киокушинкай подходит для самообороны. Много внимания уделяется нанесению урона, как можно больше, чтобы сбить противника с ног.

Стойки кекусинкай

Базовые стойки карате кекусинкай:

• Фудо-дачи (Fudo-dachi) — ноги на ширине плеч, носки развернуты;
• Хэйко-дачи (Heiko-dachi) — ноги на ширине плеч, ступни параллельно;
• Хэйсоку-дачи (Heisoku-dachi) — ноги вместе;
• Какэаши-дачи (Kakeashi-dachi) — «скрученная» стойка, с заступом ноги сзади;
• Киба-дачи (Kiba-dachi) — стойка всадника, расстояние между ступнями примерно в 2 раза шире плеч;
• Мусуби-дачи (Musubi-dachi) — пятки вместе, носки врозь;
• Сико-дачи (Shiko-dachi) — стойка борца Сумо;
• Цуру-аси-дачи (Tsuru-ashi-dachi) — стойка «цапли», стойка на одной ноге;
• Кокуцу-дачи (Kokutsu-dachi) — стойка с задней приклоненной ногой. Между передней стопой и задней расстояние примерно в длину стопы;
• Мороаси-дачи (Moroashi-dachi) — стойка с выдвинутой стопой вперед. Ноги параллельно на ширине плеч, одна нога выдвинута вперед;
• Нэко-аши-дачи (Neko-ashi-dachi) — стойка «кота». Впереди стоящая стопа стоит на кончиках пальцев;
• Учи-хачиджи-дачи (Uchi-hachiji-dachi) — ноги на ширине плеч, носки развернуты внутрь;
• Дзэнкуцу-дачи (Zenkutsu-dachi) — стойка с передней приклоненной ногой. Расстояние между ногами примерно в 2 раза длиннее ширины плеч;
• Санчин-дачи (Sanchin-dachi) — стойка «песочных часов». Одна нога перемещается по кругу от другой ноги, которая поддерживает тело. Расстояние между ногами — длина стопы. Носки обеих стоп направлены внутрь. Пальцы ног задней ноги находятся на одной горизонтальной линии с пяткой впереди стоящей ноги. Одновременно напрягая ноги в этой стойке, энергия будет идти изнутри.

Запрещенная техника

В киокусинкай запрещены:

• прямые удары в колено;
• удары в шею;
• захваты;
• броски;
• удары в горло;
• удары головой;
• удары в пах;
• удары в лицо кулаком;
• добивание уже лежащего противника;
• толчки открытой ладонью;
• удары в спину сзади.

Разрешенные удары

Разрешенные удары руками:

• сэйкэн цуки — удар кулаком вперед;
• моротэ цуки — удар двумя руками вперед;
• кага цуки — удар кулаком сбоку;
• хидзи атэ — удар локтем;
• сита цуки — удар крюком снизу вперед по корпусу.

Разрешенные удары ногами:

• маэ гэри — прямой удар вперед;
• учи маваси кэагэ — маховый удар изнутри наружу;
• усиро гэри — прямой удар назад;
• хидза гэри — удар коленом;
• сото маваси кэагэ — маховый удар снаружи внутрь;
• ороси сото какато гэри — удар сверху вниз после кругового выноса снаружи;
• ороси ути какато гэри — удар сверху вниз после кругового выноса изнутри.

Система цветности поясов

Степень мастерства	Цвет пояса	Значение цвета
10 кю	белый или оранжевый пояс	чистота и незнание
9 кю	белый или оранжевый пояс с голубой полоской
8 кю	голубой пояс	цвет неба при восходе Солнца
7 кю	голубой пояс с желтой полоской
6 кю	желтый пояс	восход Солнца
5 кю	желтый пояс с зеленой полоской
4 кю	зеленый пояс	распустившийся цветок
3 кю	зеленый пояс с коричневой полоской
2 кю	коричневый пояс	зрелость
1 кю	коричневый пояс с золотой полоской
1-9 дан	черный пояс	мудрость
10 дан	красный пояс

Соревнования по киокусинкай

Каждая организация регулярно проводит различные соревнования. Их цель:

• воспитание поколения в духе киокушин;
• распространение стиля и техники Киокушин по всему миру.

Соревнования бывают:

• личные;
• командные;
• лично-командные.

Они проводятся отдельно среди мужчин и женщин.

Плюсы и минусы киокусинкай

Занятия карате киокусинкай положительно влияют на всестороннее развитие ребенка. Тренер делает упор на духовном, нравственном и физическом воспитании подопечных.

К основным плюсам занятий киокусинкай:

• развивают психологические качества — смелость, лидерство, дисциплинированность, уверенность, умение принимать решение;
• повышают физические качества — выносливость, гибкость, скорость, ловкость;
• укрепляют здоровье — повышаются защитные силы организма, снижается восприимчивость к вирусам и микробам, тренируется сердечно-сосудистая система;
• учат работе в команде и взаимоотношениям в коллективе.

К основным минусам занятий киокусинкай:

• высокая вероятность получить травму на соревнованиях и подготовки к ним;
• от спортсмена требуется большое терпение, психологическая устойчивость, умение переносить боль;
• платная основа. Родители должны быть готовы самостоятельно оплачивать экипировку, поездки на турниры.

Где тренироваться

Начинают бойцы тренироваться в школах карате, под руководством опытных мастеров. Они регулируют нагрузку, направляют и воспитывают учеников.

Со скольких лет

В Японии дети начинают выступать в турнирах с 5 лет, причем до 7 лет мальчики и девочки дерутся в одной категории. Занятия Киокусинкай карате в России рассчитаны на все уровни подготовленности и все возрасты. В секциях можно встретить группы для детей от 4 лет и людей старше 35 лет.

Согласно федеральному стандарту по виду спорта «киокусинкай» на начальный этап спортивной подготовки зачисляют на спортивную дисциплину «ката» детей с 8 лет, на «категория» — с 10 лет. Юные каратисты начинают выступать на турнирах с 12 лет.

Из федерального стандарта: Возраст лиц для зачисления и перевода на этапы спортивной подготовки по виду спорта «киокусинкай».

Этапы спортивной подготовки	Продолжительность этапов (в годах)	Возраст для зачисления и перевода в группы (лет)	Наполняемость групп (человек)
Для спортивных дисциплин: ката
Этап начальной подготовки	3	8	12
Тренировочный этап (этап спортивной специализации)	4	10	10
Этап совершенствования спортивного мастерства	не устанавливается	14	3
Этап высшего спортивного мастерства	не устанавливается	16	не устанавливается
Для спортивных дисциплин: категория
Этап начальной подготовки	1	10	12
Тренировочный этап (этап спортивной специализации)	4	11	10
Этап совершенствования спортивного мастерства	не устанавливается	14	3
Этап высшего спортивного мастерства	не устанавливается	16	не устанавливается

Роль тренера

В одиночку, по книгам и фильмам, онлайн-курсам можно только поверхностно познакомиться с азами киокусинкай. Главный проводником на пути изучения боевого искусства для начинающего каратиста становится сэнсэй (учитель). И чем опытнее будет проводник, тем эффективнее пройдет обучение. На что еще обратить внимание при выборе сэнсея? Лучший наставник для ученика — это сэнсей с большим жизненным опытом, который он бы мог передать своему подопечному.

Экипировка

Для тренировок Киокушинкай каратэ потребуются:

• доги (кимоно);
• штаны;
• пояс;
• протектор для паха;
• защита груди (для женщин);
• перчатки или защита для рук;
• защита голень-стопа;
• шлем;
• жилет (для детей до 12 лет);
• капа.

Kyokushin (極眞)

Mas Oyama (Choi Bae-Dal), the creator of Kyokushin
Focus	Striking
Hardness	Full-contact
Country of origin	Japan
Creator	Masutatsu Oyama (Choi Bae-Dal)
Famous practitioners	(see notable practitioners)
Ancestor arts	Gōjū-ryū,[1] Shotokan,[2] Bogutsuki Karate[3][4]
Descendant arts	Kudo, Ashihara, Enshin, Seidokaikan, Shidokan, Satojuku, Seidō juku, Dutch Kickboxing

Kyokushin
Hangul	극진
Hanja	極眞
Revised Romanization	Geukjin
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭkchin

Kyokushin (極真)^[a] is a style of karate originating in Japan. It is a style of stand-up fighting and is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training.^[5][6][7][8]

Kyokushin Kaikan is the martial arts organization founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu), officially the International Karate Organization. Previously, this institution was known as the Oyama Dojo. Since 1964, the style has continued to spread to more than 120 countries, becoming one of the largest martial arts organizations in the world, and in Japan itself.^{[9][additional citation(s) needed]}

History[edit]

Founding[edit]

Initially, Masutatsu Oyama had opened his first official dōjō — the Oyama Dojo — in 1953, in a small building behind Rikkyo University to teach Goju-ryu style of traditional Karate. Subsequently, Oyama’s Karate theory would deviate from Goju-ryu and would form into his own style. His instruction was distinguished by goals improving the strength in the actual battle by performing a kumite that directly hits the opponent’s body with a thrust or kick. This was unlike the other schools of Karate at the time.^[10] Over the next ten years, Oyama built his organization and demonstrated his karate around the world to spread it.

Around 1956, Oyama would rename his school the «Oyama Dojo». In early days of the dojo, Oyama would not take the duty of teaching newer students. Instead, Eiji Yasuda [ja] (a Shotokan teacher from Gakushuin University Karatedo Club), Masashi Ishibashi, Ichiro Minamimoto (both Goju-ryu practitioners from Karatedo Club of Nihon University) and others would teach the newcomers to Oyama’s dojo. Later, Kenji Kurosaki also became a teacher in the school.^[10][11]

On December 6, 1959, Hirofumi Okada [ja] was the first person to practice at the Oyama Dojo that was granted a black belt (first dan), and was listed as the first in the official yearly promotion register of the Kyokushin Kaikan.^[12]

In April 1964, Mas Oyama established the ‘International Karate Organization Kyokushin kaikan’ (commonly abbreviated to IKO or IKOK) under the umbrella of the Kyokushin Scholarship Foundation. Upon formation, Eisaku Sato acted as chairman and Matsuhei Mori as the vice chairman, with Oyama as the director (later president). Oyama directed the organization through a period of expansion.^[13] In June of the same year, the headquarters dojo (later the general headquarters) was completed in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo.

Oyama hand-picked instructors who displayed ability in marketing the style and gaining new members. Oyama would choose an instructor to open a new dojo. The instructor would move to that town and demonstrate his karate skills in public places. After that, word of mouth would spread through the local area until the dojo had a dedicated core of students. Kyokushin sought to expand its presence with contact with other martial arts disciples, interaction with other groups, matches, assimilation of martial arts technique.

Oyama also sent instructors to other countries such as the Netherlands (Kenji Kurosaki), Australia (Mamoru Kaneko and Shigeo Kato), the United States (Miyuki Miura, Tadashi Nakamura, Shigeru Oyama and Yasuhiko Oyama), Great Britain (Steve Arneil), Canada (Tatsuji Nakamura) and Brazil (Seiji Isobe) to spread Kyokushin in the same way. Many students, including Steve Arneil, Jon Bluming, and Howard Collins, traveled to Japan to train with Oyama directly. Kyokushin also sought to develop a close connection with VIPs and celebrities, focusing on a mass media strategy to increase fans and gain students.^[14]

In 1969, Oyama staged The First All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships and Terutomo Yamazaki became the first champion. All-Japan Championships have been held at every year. In 1975, The First World Full Contact Karate Open Championships were held in Tokyo.^[15]

At its peak, Oyama was alive in the 1990s, with branches set up in each prefecture, with more than 1,000 official branch dojos in 123 countries around the world, and a scale of 12 million members.^{[16][additional citation(s) needed]}

Splintering organizations[edit]

Even before Mas Oyama’s death in 1994, there have been several organizations that broke off from Oyama’s IKO. In 1980, the Dutch Kyokushin instructor Jon Bluming would exit the IKO organization to establish the BKK (Budo Kai Kan) in 1980. In 1991, Steve Arneil lead exodus of British Karate Kyokushinkai from IKO, to establish IFK — the International Federation of Karate.^{[17][18][19][20]}

The IKO crisis[edit]

In April 1994, Oyama died of lung cancer at the age of 70 without naming a successor, leaving Akiyoshi Matsui in charge of the IKO. This has brought much political and economic turmoil to the Kyokushin worldwide, leading to fragmentation of the organization at the national and international level.

After Mas Oyama’s death, the International Karate Organization (IKO) split into two groups, primarily due to personal conflicts over who should succeed Oyama as chairman. One group led by Shokei Matsui became known as IKO-1, and a second group led by Yukio Nishida^[21] and Sanpei became was known as IKO-2. The will was proven to be invalid in the family Court of Tokyo in 1995.

There were claims that near the end of his life, Oyama named Matsui (then ranked 5th dan, and clearly junior in rank to several senior instructors) to succeed him in leading the IKO. However this claim has been disputed with Oyama’s family and Matsui himself.^[22][23]

At present there are now several IKO organizations, such as IKO1 (Shokei Matsui), IKO2 Shinkyokushinkai (Kenji Midori), IKO3 (Y. Matsushima), IKO4 (T. Tezuka).^[24]

Techniques and training[edit]

Kyokushin Karate training consists of three main elements: technique, forms, and sparring. These are sometimes referred to as the three «K’s» after the Japanese words for them: kihon (basics), kata (formalized sequences of combat techniques), and kumite (sparring).

Kata[edit]

Kata is a form of ritualized self-training in which patterned or memorized movements are done in order to practice a form of combat maneuverings. According to a highly regarded Kyokushin text, «The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama»^[25] by Cameron Quinn, long time interpreter to Oyama, the kata of Kyokushin are classified into Northern and Southern Kata.

The northern kata stems from the Shuri-te tradition of karate, and are drawn from Shotokan karate which Oyama learned while training under Gichin Funakoshi.^[2] The southern kata stems from the Naha-te tradition of karate, and are mostly drawn from Goju-ryu karate, which Oyama learned while training under So Nei Chu and Gogen Yamaguchi.^[1] One exception may be the kata «Yantsu» which possibly originates with Motobu-ha Shito-ryu. There is also Ura Kata — Several kata are also done in «ura«, which essentially means all moves are done in mirrored form. The ura, or ‘reverse’ kata, were developed by Oyama as an aid to developing balance and skill in circular techniques against multiple opponents.

Northern Kata
Kata name	Description
Taikyoku sono ichi[26] Taikyoku Sono Ni Taikyoku Sono San	The Taikyoku kata were originally created by Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan karate.
Pinan Sono Ichi Pinan Sono Ni Pinan Sono San Pinan Sono Yon Pinan Sono Go	The 5 Pinan katas, known in some other styles as Heian, were originally created in 1904 by Ankō Itosu, a master of Shuri-te and Shorin ryu (a combination of the shuri-te and tomari-te traditions of karate). He was a teacher to Gichin Funakoshi. Pinan (pronounced /pin-ann/) literally translates as Peace and Harmony.
Kanku	Some organizations[who?] have removed the «Dai» from the name, calling it only «Kanku», as there is no «Sho» or other alternate Kanku variation practiced in kyokushin. The Kanku kata was originally known as Kusanku or Kushanku, and is believed to have either been taught by, or inspired by, a Chinese martialartist who was sent to Okinawa as an ambassador in the Ryukyu Kingdom during the 16th century. Kanku translates to «sky watching».
Sushiho	The Kata Sushiho is a greatly modified version of the old Okinawian kata that in Shotokan is known as Gojushiho, and in some other styles as Useishi. The name means «54 steps», referring to a symbolic number in Buddhism.
Bassai	A very old Okinawan kata of unknown origin, the name Bassai or Passai translates to «to storm a castle». It was originally removed from the kyokushin syllabus in the late 1950s, but was reintroduced into some kyokushin factions after Oyama’s death and the resulting fractioning of the organization.
Tekki	This kata is a very old Okinawan kata, also known as Tekki in Shotokan. It is generally classified as belonging to the Tomari-te traditions. The name Tekki translates to «iron horse» but the meaning of the name Naihanchi is «internal divided conflict». It was originally removed from the kyokushin syllabus in the late 1950s, but was reintroduced into some kyokushin factions after Oyama’s death and the resulting fractioning of the organization.
Sokugi Taikyoku sono ichi Sokugi Taikyoku sono ni Sokugi Taikyoku sono san	Unique to Kyokushin. These three kata were created by Masutatsu Oyama to further develop kicking skills and follow the same embu-sen (performance line) as the original Taikyoku kata. Sokugi literally means Kicking, while Taikyoku translates to Grand Ultimate View. They were not formally introduced into the Kyokushin syllabus until after the death of Oyama.

Southern Kata
Kata name	Description
Gekisai Dai Gekisai Sho	Gekisai was created by Chojun Miyagi, founder of Goju-ryu karate. The name Gekisai means «attack and smash». In some styles (including some Goju-ryu factions) it is sometimes known under the alternative name «Fukyu Kata».
Tensho	Tensho draws it origin from Goju-ryu where it was developed by Chojun Miyagi, who claimed credit for its creation. There are however some who claim that it is merely a variation of an old, and now lost, Chinese kata known as «rokkishu» mentioned in the Bubishi (an ancient text often called the «Bible of Karate»). It is based on the point and circle principles of Kempo. It was regarded as an internal yet advanced Kata by Oyama. The name means «rotating palms».
Sanchin	Sanchin is a very old kata with roots in China. The name translates to «three points» or «three battles». The version done in kyokushin is most closely related to the version Kanryo Higashionna (or Higaonna), teacher of Chojun Miyagi, taught (and not to the modified version taught by Chojun Miyagi himself).
Saifa (Saiha)	A kata with Chinese influences, its name translates to «smash and tear down». The kata may have been brought from China by Kanryo Higashionna or developed by Chojun Miyagi. Of Kanryo Higashionna’s top two students only Chojun Miyagi (the other being Juhatsu Kyoda) taught this kata, leading to debate over the origins.
Seienchin	Originally a Chinese kata, regarded as very old. It was also brought to Okinawa by Kanryo Higashionna. The name translates roughly to «grip and pull into battle».
Seipai	Originally a Chinese kata. It was also brought to Okinawa by Kanryo Higashionna. The name translates to the number 18, which is significant in Buddhism.
Yantsu	Yantsu is an old kata with unknown origin that is alternately classified as belonging to the Naha-te or Tomari-te karate tradition. Outside of kyokushin, it today is only practiced in Motobu-ha Shitō-ryū (that today is part of the Nihon Karate-do Kuniba-kai), where it in a slightly longer variant is called «Hansan» or «Ansan». The name Yantsu translates to «keep pure». How the kata was introduced into Kyokushin is unknown, although it is speculated that it was somehow imported from Motobu-ha Shito-ryu.
Tsuki no kata	This kata was created by Seigo Tada, founder of the Seigokan branch of Goju-ryu. In Seigokan goju-ryu the kata is known as Kihon Tsuki no kata and is one of two Katas created by the founder. How the kata was introduced into Kyokushin is largely unknown, but since Tadashi Nakamura is often claimed in error as the creator of the kata in Kyokushin, speculations are that he introduced it into Kyokushin after learning it from his Goju-ryu background.
Garyu	Unique to Kyokushin. Does not originate from traditional Okinawan karate, but was created by Oyama and named after his pen name, Garyu.[b]

Ura Kata
Kata name	Description
Taikyoku sono ichi ura
Taikyoku sono ni ura
Taikyoku sono san ura
Pinan sono ichi ura
Pinan sono ni ura
Pinan sono san ura
Pinan sono yon ura
Pinan sono go ura

Sparring (kumite)[edit]

Sparring, also called kumite, is used to train the application of the various techniques within a fighting situation. Sparring is usually an important part of training in most Kyokushin organizations, especially at the upper levels with experienced students.

In most Kyokushin organizations, hand and elbow strikes to the head or neck are prohibited. However, kicks to the head, knee strikes, punches to the upper body, and kicks to the inner and outer leg are permitted. In some Kyokushin organizations, especially outside of a tournament environment, gloves and shin protectors are worn. Children often wear headgear to lessen the impact of any kicks to the head. Speed and control are instrumental in sparring and in a training environment it is not the intention of either practitioner to injure his opponent as much as it is to successfully execute the proper strike. Tournament fighting under knockdown karate rules is significantly different as the objective is to down an opponent. Full-contact sparring in Kyokushin is considered the ultimate test of strength, endurance, techniques and spirit.^{[27][better source needed]}

Self-defense[edit]

Also known as Goshin Jitsu, the specific self-defense techniques of the style draw much of their techniques and tactics from Mas Oyama’s study of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu under Yoshida Kotaro. These techniques were never built into the formal grading system, and as karate itself grew increasingly sport-oriented, the self-defense training started to fall into obscurity. Today it is only practiced in a limited number of dojos. However, the proper Kyokushin Karate techniques are extremely effective when it comes to self-defense in any type of fight due to its full body contact fighting style^{[by whom?]}.

Grading[edit]

Colored belts have their origin in Judo, as does the training ‘gi’, or more correctly in Japanese, ‘dōgi’ or ‘Keikogi’. The example below uses the rank structure used by Kyokushin Karate’s West Los Angeles Branch although the order of belt colors does vary between Kyokushin groups. For example, 10th & 9th kyus in some groups wear orange belts, while in other groups they wear red belts instead.

Kyu ranks^[28]

Belt	Rank	Colour(s)
White belt	11th kyu	White
Orange Belt	10th kyu	Orange
Orange Belt	9th kyu	Orange/White tag
Blue Belt	8th kyu	Blue
Blue Belt	7th kyu	Blue/White tag
Yellow Belt	6th kyu	Yellow
Yellow Belt	5th kyu	Yellow/White tag
Green Belt	4th kyu	Green
Green belt	3rd kyu	Green/White tag
Brown Belt	2nd kyu	Brown
Brown Belt	1st kyu	Brown/White tag

Dan Ranks

Dan	Rank	Gold stripe(s)
Shodan (初段 or しょだん)	1st	One
Nidan (二段 or にだん)	2nd	Two
Sandan (三段 or さんだん)	3rd	Three
Yondan (四段 or よんだん)	4th	Four
Godan (五段 or ごだん)	5th	Five
Rokudan (六段 or ろくだん)	6th	Six
Shichidan (七段 or しちだん)	7th	Seven
Hachidan (八段 or はちだん)	8th	Eight
Kudan (九段 or きゅうだん)	9th	Nine
Judan (十段 or じゅうだん)	10th	Ten

Competition formats[edit]

Numerous tournaments are arranged by several Kyokushin organizations. Some of the most prestigious tournaments are:

• Kyokushin World Tournament Open
• Kyokushin World Cup in Weight Categories
• Kyokushin All Japan Openweight Tournament
• Kyokushin All Japan Open in Weight Categories
• Kyokushin European Openweight Championships
• Kyokushin European Championships in Weight Categories

Internationally[edit]

The style has international appeal with practitioners have over the last 40 years numbered more than 12 million.^{[29][additional citation(s) needed]}

United States[edit]

Bobby Lowe opened the first Kyokushin dojo outside of Japan in Hawaii in 1957.^[30][31] After Lowe, Oyama ordered Miyuki Miura, Tadashi Nakamura, Shigeru Oyama and Yasuhiko Oyama to establish Kyokushin Dojos in mainland United States.

United Kingdom[edit]

Kyokushin Karate was introduced to United Kingdom by Steve Arneil. Originally from Republic of South Africa, Arneil initially intended to establish his Kyokushin Dojo there, but was requested by Mas Oyama to go to the United Kingdom to help establish Kyokushin karate there. Subsequently, he and his wife traveled to London in 1965.^[17][32]

British Kyokushinkai Karate was founded in 1965 after the return of Steve Arneil and Bob Boulton from Japan, where they studied Kyokushinkai in the Tokyo Hombu. Thanks to the deep knowledge and efforts of Shihan Steve Arneil (now 10th dan), the British organization has achieved great success.

Canada[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced to Canada by Tats Nakamura in 1992 at Vancouver, British Columbia. There have been practitioners in Vancouver, BC, Canada since the late 70s/early 80s where it was referred to as Kyokushinkai and operated independently. Some known black belts are Tom Blaney, Andy Puusepp, and Shawn Ho.

Stu Corrigal (6th or 7th degree black belt) is the current representative in Canada for Kyokushin Karate.

Australia[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced Mamoru Kaneko and Shigeo Kato.

Netherlands[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced to Netherlands by Jon Bluming and Kenji Kurosaki. On January 2, 1962, Jon Bluming, on behalf of Masutatsu Oyama, creates the first European karate association, called the NKA (Netherlands Karate Association). Under his leadership, the new school quickly gained strength and popularity. In the late 1970s, Jon Blooming leaves the leadership of the organization to his students, and he himself creates a new organization, Kyokushin Budokai Karate.

Kyokushin is integral part of Dutch martial arts scene, as it laid foundation for «Dutch-style Kickboxing», advocated by entities like Mejiro Gym and Chakuriki Gym.

Germany[edit]

There are various associations at national level in Germany today, including the KKD (Kyokushinkai Karate Germany) and the DKO (German Kyokushin Organization) and the IKOK-D (International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan Germany). These are not automatically in the IKO1 on an international level, so the IKOK-D is in the IKO1 (Kyokushinkaikan Honbu) and the DKO in the WKO/IKO2 (Midori).

Switzerland[edit]

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Switzerland is significant for being the homeland of Andy Hug, regarded as one of the best Kyokushin fighters of all time.^{[33][34][35][36]}

Brazil[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced to Brazil by Seiji Isobe. Isobe had been operating a Kyokushin Dojo in Fukui, established on September 20, 1972 — when Mas Oyama offered Isobe the mission of promoting and setting up a dojo network in South America. That same year, Seiji Isobe permanently moved to Brazil and became the head of Kyokushin in South America.

IKO1 (headed by Shokei Matsui, in which Isobe represents Brazil at international level) and Seiwakai Karate (headed by Ademir da Costa) are the most prominent styles of Knockdown Karate in Brazil.

Poland[edit]

Andrzej Drewniak is credited for bringing Kyokushin to Poland. Fascinated by karate, he founded the first Polish Karate Kyokushin section at AZS in Krakow in 1972. In 1974 he became the Polish middleweight champion in kyokushin karate. In the same year he went to a training camp in the Netherlands, where he passed the 1st dan exam, becoming the first Polish holder of a black belt and the title of Kyokushin karate sensei. In 1979, he became a co-founder of the Polish Karate Association, of which he has been a long-term vice-president.
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Thanks to the support of Loek Hollander, the president of the European Karate Kyokushinkai Organization, he received an annual scholarship and an invitation to Japan, but only after six years, secretly from the political and sports authorities, he managed to go to Tokyo. At the end of his stay in Japan, he obtained the 4th dan, after 15 months of training under Sosai Masutatsu Ōyama, where he was the only Polish uchideshi.^[38]

Most Kyokushin karate clubs, regardless of their affiliation to world organizations, are also concentrated in the Kyokushin Commission of the Polish Karate Association (KK PZK / Komisji Kyokushin Polskiego Związku Karate) under which inter-organizational competitions of the rank of the Polish Championships and the Macro-region Championships are held.

The «World Oyama Karate»-style, founded by Shigeru Ōyama (10th dan) — has its largest concentration of practitioners in Poland, with largest number of clubs in the world. After Shigeru Ōyama retired from the leadership of the organization, hanshi Jan Dyduch (8th dan) from Krakow became the director of the organization (OYAMA International Karate Federation), who is also the leader of the Polish organization.^[39]

Hungary[edit]

In Hungary, István Adámy^[40][41] and Kálmán Furkó^[42][43][44] are credited for establishing Kyokushin in the country. In 1977, István Adámy received the 1st Dan Black in Kyokushin and was appointed branch leader of Hungary by IKO. Kálmán Furkó obtained his first dan degree in 1978 and became a shihan in Szolnok in 1984.

The development of domestic Kyokushin started in 1976. By the mid-1980s, there were nearly ten thousand practitioners of Kyokushin Karate in Hungary.
Since then, Kyokushin has been one of the most popular karate styles in Hungary. István Adámy and Kálmán Furkó worked together until the political problems in IKO, following death of Mas Oyama. Since then, they have been on separate paths, but working towards the same goal.

Hungary is particular for hosting the Ibutz Oyama Cup, which was held three times between 1983 and 1986 at the National Sports Arena in Budapest.^[45] The tournament was held in three different weight classes. Kyokushin founder Masutatsu Ōyama first visited Hungary in 1983 and was also involved in overseeing the next two tournaments.^[45][46]

Romania[edit]

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Russia[edit]

The founder of Kyokushinkai karate in the USSR is Alexander Ivanovich Tanyushkin [ru]. While in Poland on a business trip, Tanyushkin met Andrzej Drewniak in Krakow and began to practice karate with him. After some time, having learned about the existence of Kyokushinkai style karate, Tanyushkin and Drewnyak wrote a letter to Masutatsu Oyama and, on his instructions, began to cooperate with the President of the European Kyokushinkai Organization, Loek Hollander. Tanyushkin opened the first section of Kyokushinkai in the USSR in Moscow in 1973. By the end of the 1970s, a school had formed in the country with representatives in all major regions.^[47]

After the almost 10-year ban on karate was lifted in 1989, Tanyushkin established the Kyokushinkai Federation of the USSR. The creation of such a federation was a huge step forward for the development of martial arts in the USSR.

During the period of work of the national organization, Kyokushinkai karate entered the country’s sports classification system as an official sport (1990), and development reached the international level. In 1993, the Kyokushinkai Federation of Russia was one of the first to join the new International Karate Federation (IFK), headed by Hansi Steve Arneil (now 10th dan). On behalf of IFK, on the basis of the Russian national organization, the Eurasian Committee (EAC) was created, representing IFK in the territory of the former USSR. It was headed by S. Stepanov (now 5 dan Kyokushin-kan). The Committee existed until 1998, having held 6 international class «A» tournaments during this time.

After the death of Masutatsu Oyama in 1994 and the split of the Kyokushinkai, from the late 90s, other Kyokushin Federations began to develop in Russia, representing various international organizations. Now in Russia they are working:

• Federation of Kyokushin Karate of Russia (FKKR), representing the World Shinkyokushinkai Organization, WKO, led by Kenji Midori
• Russian National Federation of Kyokushinkai Karate (RNFKK), representing the International Kyokushinkai Organization, IKO, led Shokei Matsui^[48]
• Federation of Kyokushinkaikan of Russia (FKR), representing the International Kyokushinkai Organization, IKO, led by Shokei Matsui (until 2013 — Federation of Kyokushinkai Karate of Russia)^[49]
• Russian Kyokushinkai Federation (FKR), representing the International Kyokushinkai Federation, IFK, led by Steve Arneil^[50] л^[51]
• Federation of Kyokushinkan Karate of Russia (FKKR), representing the International Organization of Kyokushinkau, KI, led by Hatsuo Royama^[52]

These five Federations are united in the Kyokushin Association of Russia, accredited by the Ministry of Sports and headed by Yu. P. Trutnev (currently Vice Prime Minister of the Government of Russia, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far East).^[53]

Some of these organizations (in particular, the Kyokushin Federation of Russia, the Russian Kyokushinkaikan Karate Union, etc.) are members of the All-Style Karate Federation of Russia.^[54] In addition, some of these organizations (in particular, the Russian Kyokushin Association, the Russian Kyokushin Karate Federation, the Russian Kyokushin Karate-do Federation, the Russian Kyokushin Federation, the Russian Kyokushin Federation, etc.) are members of the Russian Union of Martial Arts.^[55]

Lithuania[edit]

Large majority of Kyokushin Clubs in Lithuania belong to Kenji Midori’s WKO Shin-Kyokushin (formerly IKO-2) organization.^{[56][need quotation to verify][additional citation(s) needed]} Currently, there are two IKO-1 clubs Samurajus in Marijampolė and IchiGeki Sports Club in Vilnius.

Bulgaria[edit]

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Bulgaria is well known in the KYOKUSHIN KARATE world since two Bulgarian karatekas had proven their quality in a numerous international, European and world championships.

Zahari Damyanov: 4 times European and absolute world champion.
Ivanka Popova: Absolute European champion.

Spain[edit]

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Singapore and SEA[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced to Singapore and of most of South East Asia by Shihan Peter Chong.^{[57][additional citation(s) needed]} Chong had established the first Kyokushin Dojo in Singapore in 1968, which was not registered with the Singapore Karate Association at the time.^[58]

Iran[edit]

Iranian Kyokushin fighters have been successful in top-level competition. In particular, Iran is highly successful in Kyokushin World Tournament Open hosted by IKO3 / Matsushima Group.^[59]

Kyokushin Organizations and derivative styles[edit]

Kyokushin Organizations[edit]

After Oyama’s death, several different Kyokushin organizations began to emerge in Japan and beyond.

International Karate Organization[edit]

Internationally, the name of the original organization is carried by multiple organizations:

• IKO Mas Oyama Kyokushinkaikan (IKO Sosai Kyokushinkaikan) — an organization run by the Oyama family who inherited it from the late Mas Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Kaikan.^[60][61] The current CEO is Kikuko Oyama (alias Kuristina Oyama) [ja], with chief instructors being Kancho Yoshikazu Suzuki and shihan Susumu Miyake (7th dan). The European coordinator was Shihan Neagoie Horatiu (5th Dan) from Romania.
• IKO Kyokushin-kaikan / Kyokushin Matsui Group (IKO-1) — the largest and most important Kyokushin karate organization in terms of bringing together the largest number of practitioners, clubs and countries in the world. Founder and current CEO is Kancho Shokei Matsui (8th dan).^[62] The chairman of the international committee is shihan Yuzo Goda [ja] (9th dan), members of the committee are also Seiji Isobe (8th dan) from Brazil, Kenny Uytenbogaardt (8th dan) from South Africa, and Katsuhito Gorai (7th dan) from USA.
• IKO Matsushima (IKO-3) — established in 1998, it is led by Yoshikazu Matsushima [ja].
• Kyokushin Karate Tezuka Group (IKO-4) — founded by Toru Tezuka, led by Yoshimichi Mori.
• All Japan Kyokushin Union / Kyokushin Rengōkai (IKO-5 Kyokushinkaikan) — a union of independent organizations, dojos, schools of individual shihan and sensei. Currently, the chairman of the organization is Yasuhiro Shichinohe [ja] (8th Dan) from Japan, with Shigeru Tabata (8th Dan) as his deputy.
• IKO Kyokushinkaikan Sakamoto Group — established by Shigenori Sakamoto [ja]. Currently, it does not belong to any organization, and is conducting its own activities in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Tochigi, Gunma, Fukui in Japan, and overseas in Vietnam, Iran, Pakistan, India, Chile, etc.^[63]
• IKO Kyokushinkaikan World So-Kyokushin (shortened to «So-Kyokushin») — led by Daigo Ohishi [ja]
• IKO World Kyokushin Kaikan — is a general incorporated association established in 2018 by the Kyokushin Kaikan in the Kyushu area. Led by Ryuko Take [ja]
• IKO World Zen-Kyokushin — led by Takuma Koketsu [ja]

Other major Japanese organizations[edit]

Other Japanese Kyokushin organizations that do not use the official name «IKO» and «Kyokushinkaikan».

• NPO World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai (aka «WKO», also formerly IKO2) — led by Kenji Midori.
• IBMA Kyokushin Kaikan Masuda Dojo — headed by Akira Masuda.
• KWU (Kyokushin World Union) ShinKyokushin — an organization founded on October 12, 2011. It was established to replace the Kyokushin-Kan Alliance founded by Hatsuo Royama. The original Kyokushin-kan was established by Hatsuo Royama following his displeasure with Shokei Matsui’s leadership of IKO1. With the help of Hiroto Okazaki and others, Royama established the Kyokushin-kan International Honbu in December 2002. The goal of the organization is to follow «Kyokushin’s original spirit which Oyama envisioned.»^{[64][additional citation(s) needed]}
• Kyokushin Budo Karate Organization Kyokushin Kenbukai — lead by Masahiro Kaneko.^[65]

Major organizations outside Japan[edit]

• IFK (International Federation of Karate) — Established by Steve Arneil and British Karate Kyokushinkai (BKK) in 1991, following an exodus from Oyama’s IKO.^{[17][18][19][20]}
• KWF (Kyokushin World Federation) — founded by Shihan Loek Hollander (10th dan) from the Netherlands, serving as the honorary president of KWF for years, who died on February 16, 2020. The current president of the organization is shihan Antonio Pinero (9th dan) from Spain, and the vice president is Hristo Traikov (7th dan) from Bulgaria.
• IBK (International Budokai Kan) — founded by former IKO member Jon Bluming. Originally BKK (Budo Kai Kan) from 1980, the name was changed to IBK in 1996. Advocates «Kyokushin Budokai», which focuses on self-defense, with emphasis on Judo-like throws.
• Internationale Budo Kai — headed by Gerard Gordeau (9th dan), in Poland as the Polish Federation Budokai Karate Institute (IBK) — headed by shihan Artur Więzowski (6th dan) from Ciechanowiec.
• IKAK (International Karate Alliance KyokushinRyu), founded by Peter Chong.
• IKU (International Kyokushin Union), founded by former IKO member David Farzinzad.
• IKA (International Kyokushinkai Association), founded by former IKO member Carlos Costa.
• IKKF (International Kyokushinkai Karate Federation), founded by former IKO member Teyub Azizov.
• WKB (World Kyokushin Budokai), an organization that complies with IBK rules, is led by Pedro Roiz.
• IBKO (International Budo Karate Organization), an organization founded on November 21, 2011, led by Tomokichi Anzai.

Derivative styles[edit]

Kyokushin has had an influence on many other styles:

• Ashihara Karate — founded by Hideyuki Ashihara.^[66] Places emphasis on self-defense and Tai Sabaki.^[67]
• Enshin Karate — competitive variant of Ashihara Karate, founded by Jōkō Ninomiya.^[68]
• Seidokaikan — traditional full contact karate derived from Kyokushin by Kazuyoshi Ishii.^[69][70] Seidokaikan organized the first professional full contact karate tournament named the Karate World Cup. The Karate World Cup had special extension rounds; if the judge’s decision was deadlocked after an extension round, the rules then allowed face strikes with fighters donning boxing gloves (kickboxing). The founder would later establish the Professional Kickboxing promotion K-1.^[71][72][73]
• Seidō juku — founded by Tadashi Nakamura, the main dojo is located in New York, USA.^[74][75]
• Satojuku — established by Katsuaki Sato in 1977.^[76] It is a similar style to Kyokushin, but emphasizes precise knockdown techniques over techniques designed to injure or «knock-out» one’s opponent. Describing his art in 1987, Satō wrote, «Odo means the way champions must behave. It is based on humane feelings and courtesy, on being honorable, on being devoid of selfishness or bias. It is the antithesis of any martial art that relies only on force to conquer an opponent.»^[77]
• Shidōkan — founded by Yoshiji Soeno.^{[78][79][80][81]}
• Seiwakai — founded by Ademir da Costa, this style style is mainly based in Brazil.^[82][83] Seiwakai is characterized as an aggressive style, with a fighting strategy aimed at achieving victory by knockout.^[84]
• World Oyama — established by Shigeru Oyama in the United States.^[85] The entity is currently headed by his younger brother, Yasuhiko Oyama, who operates out of Birmingham, Alabama.^[86] Has a significant presence in Poland, where the organization is headed by Hanshi Jan Dyduch (8th Dan).^[39]
• Sei Budokai — headed by Hanshi Leonardo Voinescu (8th dan Sei Budokai, 4th dan Judo) from Romania. The honorary president is hanshi Dave Jonkers (9th dan Sei Budokai, 9th dan Ashihara Karate, 5th dan Judo) from the Netherlands, and the honorary technical director is shihan Semmy Schilt (6th dan Ashihara Karate, 6th dan Sei Budokai) from Netherlands.

Kokondo is derived from Kyokushin, albeit without a strong focus on competition with the emphasis rather on realistic goshin-jutsu (self-defense).^{[citation needed]} Some styles originating in Kyokushin (Jushindo, Kūdō, Zendokai) have changed to mixed martial arts rules.^{[citation needed]}

Influence[edit]

Kyokushin has influenced other styles, especially the knockdown karate competition format.^{[citation needed]} Karate styles that originated in Kyokushin, such as Ashihara Karate, Budokaido, Godokai, Enshin Karate, Seidō juku, Musokai, Shidōkan, World Oyama and Seidokaikan, are also knockdown styles and use slight variations of the competition rules.^{[citation needed]}

Many top kickboxers such as Andy Hug, Francisco Filho and Masahiro Yamamoto- have started in knockdown karate. The influence of Kyokushin can be seen in the K-1 kickboxing tournament that originated out of the Seidokaikan karate organization,^[72] which is an offshoot from Kyokushin.^[69][70]

Kyokushin is the basis of glove karate, a knockdown karate format wearing boxing gloves and allowing punches to the head. Glove karate rules are used in Kyokushin Karate Iran.^[87][88]

In popular culture[edit]

Kyokushin Karate has featured in following videogames:

• The move sets of Ryu and Ken from Capcom’s Street Fighter franchise are based on Kyokushin.^[c] Both character are based notable Kyokushin practitioners from late 60s/early 70s, with Ryu based on Yoshiji Soeno and Ken on Terutomo Yamazaki. The characters are influenced on the real-life counterparts’ depictions in manga Karate Baka Ichidai.^[89]
• In Namco’s Tekken series, Jin Kazama uses Kyokushin Karate as his fighting style, starting from Tekken 4 and subsequent titles.^[d][90][91]
• Shotaro Kadonashi and his disciples from Namco’s Urban Reign use the art of Kyokushinkai.^{[citation needed]}
• Hitomi from the Dead or Alive (franchise) series uses karate where many moves have roots originating from Kyokushin.^{[citation needed]}
• Matsuo Shozan’s Hokushinkan Karate School and his disciples’ fighting style in PS2 games Garouden Breakblow (2005) and Garouden Breakblow Fist or Twist (2007) are heavily based on Kyokushinkaikan and its founder Oyama Masutatsu ‘Sosai’.
• Jean Kujo, from the Virtua Fighter series, practices varied forms of full-contact karate, including Kyokushin Karate.^{[citation needed]}
• Solara from Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is said to practice Kyokushin.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[92][93][94] Besides Takuma, characters Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Yuri Sakazaki and Marco Rodriguez/Khushnood Butt use this style.^{[citation needed]}
• Torao Onigawara in the arcade game The Fallen Angels (video game) is a master of Kyokushin Karate.^{[citation needed]}
• Ichigeki: Hagane no Hito is a 3D fighting game for the PlayStation that focuses on the International Karate Organization (also known as IKO 1). The game even features real life Kyokushin athletes of the 90’s including Francisco Filho, Kazumi Hajime, Nicholas Pettas and even live video segments of IKO head Shokei Matsui.^{[citation needed]}
• Karate Master Knock Down Blow a recent game from Crian Soft that is heavily based on Kyokushin Karate.^{[citation needed]}

A trilogy of films starring Sonny Chiba and directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi were produced in Japan between 1975 and 1977: Champion of Death, Karate Bearfighter and Karate for Life. Chiba plays Master Oyama, who also appears in two of the films.^[95]

The James Bond movie You Only Live Twice, starring Sean Connery, was filmed largely in Japan and featured a karate demonstration by a number of well-known Kyokushin students, including Shigeo Kato (who introduced Kyokushin to Australia and was the original teacher of Shokei Matsui) and Akio Fujihira.^{[96][97][additional citation(s) needed]}

Kyokushin was featured on Fight Quest on Discovery Channel as the Japanese Martial Arts Style.^[98]

In the Korean manhwa The God of High School, Han Daewi is known for having practiced Kyokushin, and Mas Oyama appears as Oyama Sugihara’s Borrowed Power.

Notable practitioners[edit]

Literature[edit]

• Masutatsu Oyama. What Is Karate? HarperCollins (1966) ISBN 0-87040-147-5
• Masutatsu Oyama. Vital Karate. Japan Publications Trading company. Tokyo, San Francisco. 1967–1974. ISBN 0-87040-143-2
• Masutatsu Oyama. This Is Karate. Japan Publications. (1973) ISBN 0-87040-254-4
• Masutatsu Oyama. Advanced Karate. Japan Publications (2000) ISBN 0-87040-001-0
• B. Lowe. Mas Oyama’s Karate. ISBN 0-668-01140-8

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

See also[edit]

• Comparison of karate styles

Kyokushin (極眞)

Mas Oyama (Choi Bae-Dal), the creator of Kyokushin
Focus	Striking
Hardness	Full-contact
Country of origin	Japan
Creator	Masutatsu Oyama (Choi Bae-Dal)
Famous practitioners	(see notable practitioners)
Ancestor arts	Gōjū-ryū,[1] Shotokan,[2] Bogutsuki Karate[3][4]
Descendant arts	Kudo, Ashihara, Enshin, Seidokaikan, Shidokan, Satojuku, Seidō juku, Dutch Kickboxing

Kyokushin
Hangul	극진
Hanja	極眞
Revised Romanization	Geukjin
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭkchin

Kyokushin (極真)^[a] is a style of karate originating in Japan. It is a style of stand-up fighting and is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training.^[5][6][7][8]

Kyokushin Kaikan is the martial arts organization founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu), officially the International Karate Organization. Previously, this institution was known as the Oyama Dojo. Since 1964, the style has continued to spread to more than 120 countries, becoming one of the largest martial arts organizations in the world, and in Japan itself.^{[9][additional citation(s) needed]}

History[edit]

Founding[edit]

Initially, Masutatsu Oyama had opened his first official dōjō — the Oyama Dojo — in 1953, in a small building behind Rikkyo University to teach Goju-ryu style of traditional Karate. Subsequently, Oyama’s Karate theory would deviate from Goju-ryu and would form into his own style. His instruction was distinguished by goals improving the strength in the actual battle by performing a kumite that directly hits the opponent’s body with a thrust or kick. This was unlike the other schools of Karate at the time.^[10] Over the next ten years, Oyama built his organization and demonstrated his karate around the world to spread it.

Around 1956, Oyama would rename his school the «Oyama Dojo». In early days of the dojo, Oyama would not take the duty of teaching newer students. Instead, Eiji Yasuda [ja] (a Shotokan teacher from Gakushuin University Karatedo Club), Masashi Ishibashi, Ichiro Minamimoto (both Goju-ryu practitioners from Karatedo Club of Nihon University) and others would teach the newcomers to Oyama’s dojo. Later, Kenji Kurosaki also became a teacher in the school.^[10][11]

On December 6, 1959, Hirofumi Okada [ja] was the first person to practice at the Oyama Dojo that was granted a black belt (first dan), and was listed as the first in the official yearly promotion register of the Kyokushin Kaikan.^[12]

In April 1964, Mas Oyama established the ‘International Karate Organization Kyokushin kaikan’ (commonly abbreviated to IKO or IKOK) under the umbrella of the Kyokushin Scholarship Foundation. Upon formation, Eisaku Sato acted as chairman and Matsuhei Mori as the vice chairman, with Oyama as the director (later president). Oyama directed the organization through a period of expansion.^[13] In June of the same year, the headquarters dojo (later the general headquarters) was completed in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo.

Oyama hand-picked instructors who displayed ability in marketing the style and gaining new members. Oyama would choose an instructor to open a new dojo. The instructor would move to that town and demonstrate his karate skills in public places. After that, word of mouth would spread through the local area until the dojo had a dedicated core of students. Kyokushin sought to expand its presence with contact with other martial arts disciples, interaction with other groups, matches, assimilation of martial arts technique.

Oyama also sent instructors to other countries such as the Netherlands (Kenji Kurosaki), Australia (Mamoru Kaneko and Shigeo Kato), the United States (Miyuki Miura, Tadashi Nakamura, Shigeru Oyama and Yasuhiko Oyama), Great Britain (Steve Arneil), Canada (Tatsuji Nakamura) and Brazil (Seiji Isobe) to spread Kyokushin in the same way. Many students, including Steve Arneil, Jon Bluming, and Howard Collins, traveled to Japan to train with Oyama directly. Kyokushin also sought to develop a close connection with VIPs and celebrities, focusing on a mass media strategy to increase fans and gain students.^[14]

In 1969, Oyama staged The First All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships and Terutomo Yamazaki became the first champion. All-Japan Championships have been held at every year. In 1975, The First World Full Contact Karate Open Championships were held in Tokyo.^[15]

At its peak, Oyama was alive in the 1990s, with branches set up in each prefecture, with more than 1,000 official branch dojos in 123 countries around the world, and a scale of 12 million members.^{[16][additional citation(s) needed]}

Splintering organizations[edit]

Even before Mas Oyama’s death in 1994, there have been several organizations that broke off from Oyama’s IKO. In 1980, the Dutch Kyokushin instructor Jon Bluming would exit the IKO organization to establish the BKK (Budo Kai Kan) in 1980. In 1991, Steve Arneil lead exodus of British Karate Kyokushinkai from IKO, to establish IFK — the International Federation of Karate.^{[17][18][19][20]}

The IKO crisis[edit]

In April 1994, Oyama died of lung cancer at the age of 70 without naming a successor, leaving Akiyoshi Matsui in charge of the IKO. This has brought much political and economic turmoil to the Kyokushin worldwide, leading to fragmentation of the organization at the national and international level.

After Mas Oyama’s death, the International Karate Organization (IKO) split into two groups, primarily due to personal conflicts over who should succeed Oyama as chairman. One group led by Shokei Matsui became known as IKO-1, and a second group led by Yukio Nishida^[21] and Sanpei became was known as IKO-2. The will was proven to be invalid in the family Court of Tokyo in 1995.

There were claims that near the end of his life, Oyama named Matsui (then ranked 5th dan, and clearly junior in rank to several senior instructors) to succeed him in leading the IKO. However this claim has been disputed with Oyama’s family and Matsui himself.^[22][23]

At present there are now several IKO organizations, such as IKO1 (Shokei Matsui), IKO2 Shinkyokushinkai (Kenji Midori), IKO3 (Y. Matsushima), IKO4 (T. Tezuka).^[24]

Techniques and training[edit]

Kyokushin Karate training consists of three main elements: technique, forms, and sparring. These are sometimes referred to as the three «K’s» after the Japanese words for them: kihon (basics), kata (formalized sequences of combat techniques), and kumite (sparring).

Kata[edit]

Kata is a form of ritualized self-training in which patterned or memorized movements are done in order to practice a form of combat maneuverings. According to a highly regarded Kyokushin text, «The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama»^[25] by Cameron Quinn, long time interpreter to Oyama, the kata of Kyokushin are classified into Northern and Southern Kata.

The northern kata stems from the Shuri-te tradition of karate, and are drawn from Shotokan karate which Oyama learned while training under Gichin Funakoshi.^[2] The southern kata stems from the Naha-te tradition of karate, and are mostly drawn from Goju-ryu karate, which Oyama learned while training under So Nei Chu and Gogen Yamaguchi.^[1] One exception may be the kata «Yantsu» which possibly originates with Motobu-ha Shito-ryu. There is also Ura Kata — Several kata are also done in «ura«, which essentially means all moves are done in mirrored form. The ura, or ‘reverse’ kata, were developed by Oyama as an aid to developing balance and skill in circular techniques against multiple opponents.

Northern Kata
Kata name	Description
Taikyoku sono ichi[26] Taikyoku Sono Ni Taikyoku Sono San	The Taikyoku kata were originally created by Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan karate.
Pinan Sono Ichi Pinan Sono Ni Pinan Sono San Pinan Sono Yon Pinan Sono Go	The 5 Pinan katas, known in some other styles as Heian, were originally created in 1904 by Ankō Itosu, a master of Shuri-te and Shorin ryu (a combination of the shuri-te and tomari-te traditions of karate). He was a teacher to Gichin Funakoshi. Pinan (pronounced /pin-ann/) literally translates as Peace and Harmony.
Kanku	Some organizations[who?] have removed the «Dai» from the name, calling it only «Kanku», as there is no «Sho» or other alternate Kanku variation practiced in kyokushin. The Kanku kata was originally known as Kusanku or Kushanku, and is believed to have either been taught by, or inspired by, a Chinese martialartist who was sent to Okinawa as an ambassador in the Ryukyu Kingdom during the 16th century. Kanku translates to «sky watching».
Sushiho	The Kata Sushiho is a greatly modified version of the old Okinawian kata that in Shotokan is known as Gojushiho, and in some other styles as Useishi. The name means «54 steps», referring to a symbolic number in Buddhism.
Bassai	A very old Okinawan kata of unknown origin, the name Bassai or Passai translates to «to storm a castle». It was originally removed from the kyokushin syllabus in the late 1950s, but was reintroduced into some kyokushin factions after Oyama’s death and the resulting fractioning of the organization.
Tekki	This kata is a very old Okinawan kata, also known as Tekki in Shotokan. It is generally classified as belonging to the Tomari-te traditions. The name Tekki translates to «iron horse» but the meaning of the name Naihanchi is «internal divided conflict». It was originally removed from the kyokushin syllabus in the late 1950s, but was reintroduced into some kyokushin factions after Oyama’s death and the resulting fractioning of the organization.
Sokugi Taikyoku sono ichi Sokugi Taikyoku sono ni Sokugi Taikyoku sono san	Unique to Kyokushin. These three kata were created by Masutatsu Oyama to further develop kicking skills and follow the same embu-sen (performance line) as the original Taikyoku kata. Sokugi literally means Kicking, while Taikyoku translates to Grand Ultimate View. They were not formally introduced into the Kyokushin syllabus until after the death of Oyama.

Southern Kata
Kata name	Description
Gekisai Dai Gekisai Sho	Gekisai was created by Chojun Miyagi, founder of Goju-ryu karate. The name Gekisai means «attack and smash». In some styles (including some Goju-ryu factions) it is sometimes known under the alternative name «Fukyu Kata».
Tensho	Tensho draws it origin from Goju-ryu where it was developed by Chojun Miyagi, who claimed credit for its creation. There are however some who claim that it is merely a variation of an old, and now lost, Chinese kata known as «rokkishu» mentioned in the Bubishi (an ancient text often called the «Bible of Karate»). It is based on the point and circle principles of Kempo. It was regarded as an internal yet advanced Kata by Oyama. The name means «rotating palms».
Sanchin	Sanchin is a very old kata with roots in China. The name translates to «three points» or «three battles». The version done in kyokushin is most closely related to the version Kanryo Higashionna (or Higaonna), teacher of Chojun Miyagi, taught (and not to the modified version taught by Chojun Miyagi himself).
Saifa (Saiha)	A kata with Chinese influences, its name translates to «smash and tear down». The kata may have been brought from China by Kanryo Higashionna or developed by Chojun Miyagi. Of Kanryo Higashionna’s top two students only Chojun Miyagi (the other being Juhatsu Kyoda) taught this kata, leading to debate over the origins.
Seienchin	Originally a Chinese kata, regarded as very old. It was also brought to Okinawa by Kanryo Higashionna. The name translates roughly to «grip and pull into battle».
Seipai	Originally a Chinese kata. It was also brought to Okinawa by Kanryo Higashionna. The name translates to the number 18, which is significant in Buddhism.
Yantsu	Yantsu is an old kata with unknown origin that is alternately classified as belonging to the Naha-te or Tomari-te karate tradition. Outside of kyokushin, it today is only practiced in Motobu-ha Shitō-ryū (that today is part of the Nihon Karate-do Kuniba-kai), where it in a slightly longer variant is called «Hansan» or «Ansan». The name Yantsu translates to «keep pure». How the kata was introduced into Kyokushin is unknown, although it is speculated that it was somehow imported from Motobu-ha Shito-ryu.
Tsuki no kata	This kata was created by Seigo Tada, founder of the Seigokan branch of Goju-ryu. In Seigokan goju-ryu the kata is known as Kihon Tsuki no kata and is one of two Katas created by the founder. How the kata was introduced into Kyokushin is largely unknown, but since Tadashi Nakamura is often claimed in error as the creator of the kata in Kyokushin, speculations are that he introduced it into Kyokushin after learning it from his Goju-ryu background.
Garyu	Unique to Kyokushin. Does not originate from traditional Okinawan karate, but was created by Oyama and named after his pen name, Garyu.[b]

Ura Kata
Kata name	Description
Taikyoku sono ichi ura
Taikyoku sono ni ura
Taikyoku sono san ura
Pinan sono ichi ura
Pinan sono ni ura
Pinan sono san ura
Pinan sono yon ura
Pinan sono go ura

Sparring (kumite)[edit]

Sparring, also called kumite, is used to train the application of the various techniques within a fighting situation. Sparring is usually an important part of training in most Kyokushin organizations, especially at the upper levels with experienced students.

In most Kyokushin organizations, hand and elbow strikes to the head or neck are prohibited. However, kicks to the head, knee strikes, punches to the upper body, and kicks to the inner and outer leg are permitted. In some Kyokushin organizations, especially outside of a tournament environment, gloves and shin protectors are worn. Children often wear headgear to lessen the impact of any kicks to the head. Speed and control are instrumental in sparring and in a training environment it is not the intention of either practitioner to injure his opponent as much as it is to successfully execute the proper strike. Tournament fighting under knockdown karate rules is significantly different as the objective is to down an opponent. Full-contact sparring in Kyokushin is considered the ultimate test of strength, endurance, techniques and spirit.^{[27][better source needed]}

Self-defense[edit]

Also known as Goshin Jitsu, the specific self-defense techniques of the style draw much of their techniques and tactics from Mas Oyama’s study of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu under Yoshida Kotaro. These techniques were never built into the formal grading system, and as karate itself grew increasingly sport-oriented, the self-defense training started to fall into obscurity. Today it is only practiced in a limited number of dojos. However, the proper Kyokushin Karate techniques are extremely effective when it comes to self-defense in any type of fight due to its full body contact fighting style^{[by whom?]}.

Grading[edit]

Colored belts have their origin in Judo, as does the training ‘gi’, or more correctly in Japanese, ‘dōgi’ or ‘Keikogi’. The example below uses the rank structure used by Kyokushin Karate’s West Los Angeles Branch although the order of belt colors does vary between Kyokushin groups. For example, 10th & 9th kyus in some groups wear orange belts, while in other groups they wear red belts instead.

Kyu ranks^[28]

Belt	Rank	Colour(s)
White belt	11th kyu	White
Orange Belt	10th kyu	Orange
Orange Belt	9th kyu	Orange/White tag
Blue Belt	8th kyu	Blue
Blue Belt	7th kyu	Blue/White tag
Yellow Belt	6th kyu	Yellow
Yellow Belt	5th kyu	Yellow/White tag
Green Belt	4th kyu	Green
Green belt	3rd kyu	Green/White tag
Brown Belt	2nd kyu	Brown
Brown Belt	1st kyu	Brown/White tag

Dan Ranks

Dan	Rank	Gold stripe(s)
Shodan (初段 or しょだん)	1st	One
Nidan (二段 or にだん)	2nd	Two
Sandan (三段 or さんだん)	3rd	Three
Yondan (四段 or よんだん)	4th	Four
Godan (五段 or ごだん)	5th	Five
Rokudan (六段 or ろくだん)	6th	Six
Shichidan (七段 or しちだん)	7th	Seven
Hachidan (八段 or はちだん)	8th	Eight
Kudan (九段 or きゅうだん)	9th	Nine
Judan (十段 or じゅうだん)	10th	Ten

Competition formats[edit]

Numerous tournaments are arranged by several Kyokushin organizations. Some of the most prestigious tournaments are:

• Kyokushin World Tournament Open
• Kyokushin World Cup in Weight Categories
• Kyokushin All Japan Openweight Tournament
• Kyokushin All Japan Open in Weight Categories
• Kyokushin European Openweight Championships
• Kyokushin European Championships in Weight Categories

Internationally[edit]

The style has international appeal with practitioners have over the last 40 years numbered more than 12 million.^{[29][additional citation(s) needed]}

United States[edit]

Bobby Lowe opened the first Kyokushin dojo outside of Japan in Hawaii in 1957.^[30][31] After Lowe, Oyama ordered Miyuki Miura, Tadashi Nakamura, Shigeru Oyama and Yasuhiko Oyama to establish Kyokushin Dojos in mainland United States.

United Kingdom[edit]

Kyokushin Karate was introduced to United Kingdom by Steve Arneil. Originally from Republic of South Africa, Arneil initially intended to establish his Kyokushin Dojo there, but was requested by Mas Oyama to go to the United Kingdom to help establish Kyokushin karate there. Subsequently, he and his wife traveled to London in 1965.^[17][32]

British Kyokushinkai Karate was founded in 1965 after the return of Steve Arneil and Bob Boulton from Japan, where they studied Kyokushinkai in the Tokyo Hombu. Thanks to the deep knowledge and efforts of Shihan Steve Arneil (now 10th dan), the British organization has achieved great success.

Canada[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced to Canada by Tats Nakamura in 1992 at Vancouver, British Columbia. There have been practitioners in Vancouver, BC, Canada since the late 70s/early 80s where it was referred to as Kyokushinkai and operated independently. Some known black belts are Tom Blaney, Andy Puusepp, and Shawn Ho.

Stu Corrigal (6th or 7th degree black belt) is the current representative in Canada for Kyokushin Karate.

Australia[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced Mamoru Kaneko and Shigeo Kato.

Netherlands[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced to Netherlands by Jon Bluming and Kenji Kurosaki. On January 2, 1962, Jon Bluming, on behalf of Masutatsu Oyama, creates the first European karate association, called the NKA (Netherlands Karate Association). Under his leadership, the new school quickly gained strength and popularity. In the late 1970s, Jon Blooming leaves the leadership of the organization to his students, and he himself creates a new organization, Kyokushin Budokai Karate.

Kyokushin is integral part of Dutch martial arts scene, as it laid foundation for «Dutch-style Kickboxing», advocated by entities like Mejiro Gym and Chakuriki Gym.

Germany[edit]

There are various associations at national level in Germany today, including the KKD (Kyokushinkai Karate Germany) and the DKO (German Kyokushin Organization) and the IKOK-D (International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan Germany). These are not automatically in the IKO1 on an international level, so the IKOK-D is in the IKO1 (Kyokushinkaikan Honbu) and the DKO in the WKO/IKO2 (Midori).

Switzerland[edit]

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Switzerland is significant for being the homeland of Andy Hug, regarded as one of the best Kyokushin fighters of all time.^{[33][34][35][36]}

Brazil[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced to Brazil by Seiji Isobe. Isobe had been operating a Kyokushin Dojo in Fukui, established on September 20, 1972 — when Mas Oyama offered Isobe the mission of promoting and setting up a dojo network in South America. That same year, Seiji Isobe permanently moved to Brazil and became the head of Kyokushin in South America.

IKO1 (headed by Shokei Matsui, in which Isobe represents Brazil at international level) and Seiwakai Karate (headed by Ademir da Costa) are the most prominent styles of Knockdown Karate in Brazil.

Poland[edit]

Andrzej Drewniak is credited for bringing Kyokushin to Poland. Fascinated by karate, he founded the first Polish Karate Kyokushin section at AZS in Krakow in 1972. In 1974 he became the Polish middleweight champion in kyokushin karate. In the same year he went to a training camp in the Netherlands, where he passed the 1st dan exam, becoming the first Polish holder of a black belt and the title of Kyokushin karate sensei. In 1979, he became a co-founder of the Polish Karate Association, of which he has been a long-term vice-president.
^[37]

Thanks to the support of Loek Hollander, the president of the European Karate Kyokushinkai Organization, he received an annual scholarship and an invitation to Japan, but only after six years, secretly from the political and sports authorities, he managed to go to Tokyo. At the end of his stay in Japan, he obtained the 4th dan, after 15 months of training under Sosai Masutatsu Ōyama, where he was the only Polish uchideshi.^[38]

Most Kyokushin karate clubs, regardless of their affiliation to world organizations, are also concentrated in the Kyokushin Commission of the Polish Karate Association (KK PZK / Komisji Kyokushin Polskiego Związku Karate) under which inter-organizational competitions of the rank of the Polish Championships and the Macro-region Championships are held.

The «World Oyama Karate»-style, founded by Shigeru Ōyama (10th dan) — has its largest concentration of practitioners in Poland, with largest number of clubs in the world. After Shigeru Ōyama retired from the leadership of the organization, hanshi Jan Dyduch (8th dan) from Krakow became the director of the organization (OYAMA International Karate Federation), who is also the leader of the Polish organization.^[39]

Hungary[edit]

In Hungary, István Adámy^[40][41] and Kálmán Furkó^[42][43][44] are credited for establishing Kyokushin in the country. In 1977, István Adámy received the 1st Dan Black in Kyokushin and was appointed branch leader of Hungary by IKO. Kálmán Furkó obtained his first dan degree in 1978 and became a shihan in Szolnok in 1984.

The development of domestic Kyokushin started in 1976. By the mid-1980s, there were nearly ten thousand practitioners of Kyokushin Karate in Hungary.
Since then, Kyokushin has been one of the most popular karate styles in Hungary. István Adámy and Kálmán Furkó worked together until the political problems in IKO, following death of Mas Oyama. Since then, they have been on separate paths, but working towards the same goal.

Hungary is particular for hosting the Ibutz Oyama Cup, which was held three times between 1983 and 1986 at the National Sports Arena in Budapest.^[45] The tournament was held in three different weight classes. Kyokushin founder Masutatsu Ōyama first visited Hungary in 1983 and was also involved in overseeing the next two tournaments.^[45][46]

Romania[edit]

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Russia[edit]

The founder of Kyokushinkai karate in the USSR is Alexander Ivanovich Tanyushkin [ru]. While in Poland on a business trip, Tanyushkin met Andrzej Drewniak in Krakow and began to practice karate with him. After some time, having learned about the existence of Kyokushinkai style karate, Tanyushkin and Drewnyak wrote a letter to Masutatsu Oyama and, on his instructions, began to cooperate with the President of the European Kyokushinkai Organization, Loek Hollander. Tanyushkin opened the first section of Kyokushinkai in the USSR in Moscow in 1973. By the end of the 1970s, a school had formed in the country with representatives in all major regions.^[47]

After the almost 10-year ban on karate was lifted in 1989, Tanyushkin established the Kyokushinkai Federation of the USSR. The creation of such a federation was a huge step forward for the development of martial arts in the USSR.

During the period of work of the national organization, Kyokushinkai karate entered the country’s sports classification system as an official sport (1990), and development reached the international level. In 1993, the Kyokushinkai Federation of Russia was one of the first to join the new International Karate Federation (IFK), headed by Hansi Steve Arneil (now 10th dan). On behalf of IFK, on the basis of the Russian national organization, the Eurasian Committee (EAC) was created, representing IFK in the territory of the former USSR. It was headed by S. Stepanov (now 5 dan Kyokushin-kan). The Committee existed until 1998, having held 6 international class «A» tournaments during this time.

After the death of Masutatsu Oyama in 1994 and the split of the Kyokushinkai, from the late 90s, other Kyokushin Federations began to develop in Russia, representing various international organizations. Now in Russia they are working:

• Federation of Kyokushin Karate of Russia (FKKR), representing the World Shinkyokushinkai Organization, WKO, led by Kenji Midori
• Russian National Federation of Kyokushinkai Karate (RNFKK), representing the International Kyokushinkai Organization, IKO, led Shokei Matsui^[48]
• Federation of Kyokushinkaikan of Russia (FKR), representing the International Kyokushinkai Organization, IKO, led by Shokei Matsui (until 2013 — Federation of Kyokushinkai Karate of Russia)^[49]
• Russian Kyokushinkai Federation (FKR), representing the International Kyokushinkai Federation, IFK, led by Steve Arneil^[50] л^[51]
• Federation of Kyokushinkan Karate of Russia (FKKR), representing the International Organization of Kyokushinkau, KI, led by Hatsuo Royama^[52]

These five Federations are united in the Kyokushin Association of Russia, accredited by the Ministry of Sports and headed by Yu. P. Trutnev (currently Vice Prime Minister of the Government of Russia, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far East).^[53]

Some of these organizations (in particular, the Kyokushin Federation of Russia, the Russian Kyokushinkaikan Karate Union, etc.) are members of the All-Style Karate Federation of Russia.^[54] In addition, some of these organizations (in particular, the Russian Kyokushin Association, the Russian Kyokushin Karate Federation, the Russian Kyokushin Karate-do Federation, the Russian Kyokushin Federation, the Russian Kyokushin Federation, etc.) are members of the Russian Union of Martial Arts.^[55]

Lithuania[edit]

Large majority of Kyokushin Clubs in Lithuania belong to Kenji Midori’s WKO Shin-Kyokushin (formerly IKO-2) organization.^{[56][need quotation to verify][additional citation(s) needed]} Currently, there are two IKO-1 clubs Samurajus in Marijampolė and IchiGeki Sports Club in Vilnius.

Bulgaria[edit]

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Bulgaria is well known in the KYOKUSHIN KARATE world since two Bulgarian karatekas had proven their quality in a numerous international, European and world championships.

Zahari Damyanov: 4 times European and absolute world champion.
Ivanka Popova: Absolute European champion.

Spain[edit]

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Singapore and SEA[edit]

Kyokushin was introduced to Singapore and of most of South East Asia by Shihan Peter Chong.^{[57][additional citation(s) needed]} Chong had established the first Kyokushin Dojo in Singapore in 1968, which was not registered with the Singapore Karate Association at the time.^[58]

Iran[edit]

Iranian Kyokushin fighters have been successful in top-level competition. In particular, Iran is highly successful in Kyokushin World Tournament Open hosted by IKO3 / Matsushima Group.^[59]

Kyokushin Organizations and derivative styles[edit]

Kyokushin Organizations[edit]

After Oyama’s death, several different Kyokushin organizations began to emerge in Japan and beyond.

International Karate Organization[edit]

Internationally, the name of the original organization is carried by multiple organizations:

• IKO Mas Oyama Kyokushinkaikan (IKO Sosai Kyokushinkaikan) — an organization run by the Oyama family who inherited it from the late Mas Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Kaikan.^[60][61] The current CEO is Kikuko Oyama (alias Kuristina Oyama) [ja], with chief instructors being Kancho Yoshikazu Suzuki and shihan Susumu Miyake (7th dan). The European coordinator was Shihan Neagoie Horatiu (5th Dan) from Romania.
• IKO Kyokushin-kaikan / Kyokushin Matsui Group (IKO-1) — the largest and most important Kyokushin karate organization in terms of bringing together the largest number of practitioners, clubs and countries in the world. Founder and current CEO is Kancho Shokei Matsui (8th dan).^[62] The chairman of the international committee is shihan Yuzo Goda [ja] (9th dan), members of the committee are also Seiji Isobe (8th dan) from Brazil, Kenny Uytenbogaardt (8th dan) from South Africa, and Katsuhito Gorai (7th dan) from USA.
• IKO Matsushima (IKO-3) — established in 1998, it is led by Yoshikazu Matsushima [ja].
• Kyokushin Karate Tezuka Group (IKO-4) — founded by Toru Tezuka, led by Yoshimichi Mori.
• All Japan Kyokushin Union / Kyokushin Rengōkai (IKO-5 Kyokushinkaikan) — a union of independent organizations, dojos, schools of individual shihan and sensei. Currently, the chairman of the organization is Yasuhiro Shichinohe [ja] (8th Dan) from Japan, with Shigeru Tabata (8th Dan) as his deputy.
• IKO Kyokushinkaikan Sakamoto Group — established by Shigenori Sakamoto [ja]. Currently, it does not belong to any organization, and is conducting its own activities in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Tochigi, Gunma, Fukui in Japan, and overseas in Vietnam, Iran, Pakistan, India, Chile, etc.^[63]
• IKO Kyokushinkaikan World So-Kyokushin (shortened to «So-Kyokushin») — led by Daigo Ohishi [ja]
• IKO World Kyokushin Kaikan — is a general incorporated association established in 2018 by the Kyokushin Kaikan in the Kyushu area. Led by Ryuko Take [ja]
• IKO World Zen-Kyokushin — led by Takuma Koketsu [ja]

Other major Japanese organizations[edit]

Other Japanese Kyokushin organizations that do not use the official name «IKO» and «Kyokushinkaikan».

• NPO World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai (aka «WKO», also formerly IKO2) — led by Kenji Midori.
• IBMA Kyokushin Kaikan Masuda Dojo — headed by Akira Masuda.
• KWU (Kyokushin World Union) ShinKyokushin — an organization founded on October 12, 2011. It was established to replace the Kyokushin-Kan Alliance founded by Hatsuo Royama. The original Kyokushin-kan was established by Hatsuo Royama following his displeasure with Shokei Matsui’s leadership of IKO1. With the help of Hiroto Okazaki and others, Royama established the Kyokushin-kan International Honbu in December 2002. The goal of the organization is to follow «Kyokushin’s original spirit which Oyama envisioned.»^{[64][additional citation(s) needed]}
• Kyokushin Budo Karate Organization Kyokushin Kenbukai — lead by Masahiro Kaneko.^[65]

Major organizations outside Japan[edit]

• IFK (International Federation of Karate) — Established by Steve Arneil and British Karate Kyokushinkai (BKK) in 1991, following an exodus from Oyama’s IKO.^{[17][18][19][20]}
• KWF (Kyokushin World Federation) — founded by Shihan Loek Hollander (10th dan) from the Netherlands, serving as the honorary president of KWF for years, who died on February 16, 2020. The current president of the organization is shihan Antonio Pinero (9th dan) from Spain, and the vice president is Hristo Traikov (7th dan) from Bulgaria.
• IBK (International Budokai Kan) — founded by former IKO member Jon Bluming. Originally BKK (Budo Kai Kan) from 1980, the name was changed to IBK in 1996. Advocates «Kyokushin Budokai», which focuses on self-defense, with emphasis on Judo-like throws.
• Internationale Budo Kai — headed by Gerard Gordeau (9th dan), in Poland as the Polish Federation Budokai Karate Institute (IBK) — headed by shihan Artur Więzowski (6th dan) from Ciechanowiec.
• IKAK (International Karate Alliance KyokushinRyu), founded by Peter Chong.
• IKU (International Kyokushin Union), founded by former IKO member David Farzinzad.
• IKA (International Kyokushinkai Association), founded by former IKO member Carlos Costa.
• IKKF (International Kyokushinkai Karate Federation), founded by former IKO member Teyub Azizov.
• WKB (World Kyokushin Budokai), an organization that complies with IBK rules, is led by Pedro Roiz.
• IBKO (International Budo Karate Organization), an organization founded on November 21, 2011, led by Tomokichi Anzai.

Derivative styles[edit]

Kyokushin has had an influence on many other styles:

• Ashihara Karate — founded by Hideyuki Ashihara.^[66] Places emphasis on self-defense and Tai Sabaki.^[67]
• Enshin Karate — competitive variant of Ashihara Karate, founded by Jōkō Ninomiya.^[68]
• Seidokaikan — traditional full contact karate derived from Kyokushin by Kazuyoshi Ishii.^[69][70] Seidokaikan organized the first professional full contact karate tournament named the Karate World Cup. The Karate World Cup had special extension rounds; if the judge’s decision was deadlocked after an extension round, the rules then allowed face strikes with fighters donning boxing gloves (kickboxing). The founder would later establish the Professional Kickboxing promotion K-1.^[71][72][73]
• Seidō juku — founded by Tadashi Nakamura, the main dojo is located in New York, USA.^[74][75]
• Satojuku — established by Katsuaki Sato in 1977.^[76] It is a similar style to Kyokushin, but emphasizes precise knockdown techniques over techniques designed to injure or «knock-out» one’s opponent. Describing his art in 1987, Satō wrote, «Odo means the way champions must behave. It is based on humane feelings and courtesy, on being honorable, on being devoid of selfishness or bias. It is the antithesis of any martial art that relies only on force to conquer an opponent.»^[77]
• Shidōkan — founded by Yoshiji Soeno.^{[78][79][80][81]}
• Seiwakai — founded by Ademir da Costa, this style style is mainly based in Brazil.^[82][83] Seiwakai is characterized as an aggressive style, with a fighting strategy aimed at achieving victory by knockout.^[84]
• World Oyama — established by Shigeru Oyama in the United States.^[85] The entity is currently headed by his younger brother, Yasuhiko Oyama, who operates out of Birmingham, Alabama.^[86] Has a significant presence in Poland, where the organization is headed by Hanshi Jan Dyduch (8th Dan).^[39]
• Sei Budokai — headed by Hanshi Leonardo Voinescu (8th dan Sei Budokai, 4th dan Judo) from Romania. The honorary president is hanshi Dave Jonkers (9th dan Sei Budokai, 9th dan Ashihara Karate, 5th dan Judo) from the Netherlands, and the honorary technical director is shihan Semmy Schilt (6th dan Ashihara Karate, 6th dan Sei Budokai) from Netherlands.

Kokondo is derived from Kyokushin, albeit without a strong focus on competition with the emphasis rather on realistic goshin-jutsu (self-defense).^{[citation needed]} Some styles originating in Kyokushin (Jushindo, Kūdō, Zendokai) have changed to mixed martial arts rules.^{[citation needed]}

Influence[edit]

Kyokushin has influenced other styles, especially the knockdown karate competition format.^{[citation needed]} Karate styles that originated in Kyokushin, such as Ashihara Karate, Budokaido, Godokai, Enshin Karate, Seidō juku, Musokai, Shidōkan, World Oyama and Seidokaikan, are also knockdown styles and use slight variations of the competition rules.^{[citation needed]}

Many top kickboxers such as Andy Hug, Francisco Filho and Masahiro Yamamoto- have started in knockdown karate. The influence of Kyokushin can be seen in the K-1 kickboxing tournament that originated out of the Seidokaikan karate organization,^[72] which is an offshoot from Kyokushin.^[69][70]

Kyokushin is the basis of glove karate, a knockdown karate format wearing boxing gloves and allowing punches to the head. Glove karate rules are used in Kyokushin Karate Iran.^[87][88]

In popular culture[edit]

Kyokushin Karate has featured in following videogames:

• The move sets of Ryu and Ken from Capcom’s Street Fighter franchise are based on Kyokushin.^[c] Both character are based notable Kyokushin practitioners from late 60s/early 70s, with Ryu based on Yoshiji Soeno and Ken on Terutomo Yamazaki. The characters are influenced on the real-life counterparts’ depictions in manga Karate Baka Ichidai.^[89]
• In Namco’s Tekken series, Jin Kazama uses Kyokushin Karate as his fighting style, starting from Tekken 4 and subsequent titles.^[d][90][91]
• Shotaro Kadonashi and his disciples from Namco’s Urban Reign use the art of Kyokushinkai.^{[citation needed]}
• Hitomi from the Dead or Alive (franchise) series uses karate where many moves have roots originating from Kyokushin.^{[citation needed]}
• Matsuo Shozan’s Hokushinkan Karate School and his disciples’ fighting style in PS2 games Garouden Breakblow (2005) and Garouden Breakblow Fist or Twist (2007) are heavily based on Kyokushinkaikan and its founder Oyama Masutatsu ‘Sosai’.
• Jean Kujo, from the Virtua Fighter series, practices varied forms of full-contact karate, including Kyokushin Karate.^{[citation needed]}
• Solara from Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is said to practice Kyokushin.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[92][93][94] Besides Takuma, characters Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Yuri Sakazaki and Marco Rodriguez/Khushnood Butt use this style.^{[citation needed]}
• Torao Onigawara in the arcade game The Fallen Angels (video game) is a master of Kyokushin Karate.^{[citation needed]}
• Ichigeki: Hagane no Hito is a 3D fighting game for the PlayStation that focuses on the International Karate Organization (also known as IKO 1). The game even features real life Kyokushin athletes of the 90’s including Francisco Filho, Kazumi Hajime, Nicholas Pettas and even live video segments of IKO head Shokei Matsui.^{[citation needed]}
• Karate Master Knock Down Blow a recent game from Crian Soft that is heavily based on Kyokushin Karate.^{[citation needed]}

A trilogy of films starring Sonny Chiba and directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi were produced in Japan between 1975 and 1977: Champion of Death, Karate Bearfighter and Karate for Life. Chiba plays Master Oyama, who also appears in two of the films.^[95]

The James Bond movie You Only Live Twice, starring Sean Connery, was filmed largely in Japan and featured a karate demonstration by a number of well-known Kyokushin students, including Shigeo Kato (who introduced Kyokushin to Australia and was the original teacher of Shokei Matsui) and Akio Fujihira.^{[96][97][additional citation(s) needed]}

Kyokushin was featured on Fight Quest on Discovery Channel as the Japanese Martial Arts Style.^[98]

In the Korean manhwa The God of High School, Han Daewi is known for having practiced Kyokushin, and Mas Oyama appears as Oyama Sugihara’s Borrowed Power.

Notable practitioners[edit]

Literature[edit]

• Masutatsu Oyama. What Is Karate? HarperCollins (1966) ISBN 0-87040-147-5
• Masutatsu Oyama. Vital Karate. Japan Publications Trading company. Tokyo, San Francisco. 1967–1974. ISBN 0-87040-143-2
• Masutatsu Oyama. This Is Karate. Japan Publications. (1973) ISBN 0-87040-254-4
• Masutatsu Oyama. Advanced Karate. Japan Publications (2000) ISBN 0-87040-001-0
• B. Lowe. Mas Oyama’s Karate. ISBN 0-668-01140-8

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

See also[edit]

• Comparison of karate styles