The History of Kyokushin PART 3 | ART OF ONE DOJO

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[@selavi44]

Kyokushin changed my life at the age 11. Now I'm almost 60.... it's still with me.

[@Codac6]

Congrats!!! Keep on the good work!!!

[@axelblaze9927]

I started learning kyokushin for fighting some bodybuilder bullies in college and I hope it helps me too to change my life. OSU

[@slax4884]

Which version did you learn

[@solid_fire9388]

Osu !

[@jersenguard]

Kyokushin may have changed your life but, The Lord Jesus Christ will save it. Mas Oyama died an early death at seventy and never came back. The Lord Jesus Christ died but can back to life in three days and will never die because he is the son of God. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against persons without bodies-the evil rulers of the unseen world, those mighty satanic beings and great evil princes of darkness who rule this world; and against huge numbers of wicked spirits in the spirit world. Ephesians 6:12

[@luiz.ribeirinho]

Osu, Mr. Dan! How you're doing? I'm a 1st Dan Black Belt of Kyokushin Karate since December 2017. I graduated here in Brazil (my birthplace), which hosts, as far as I am aware of, the toughest Black Belt exam all over the world. I had the honor of being examined by our World Champion, Shihan Francisco Filho, among our most reverred local Shihans. I came across your series of three videos about Kyokushin Karate right after watching "Fighter in the wind", and I must say this is the most graceful, precise and comprehensive documentary about Kyokushin Karate I've ever seen on KZbin. Thank you so much for dedicating your time and effort on producing it! And as yourself, I also regret seeing our organization subdivided into so many countless branches, instead of keeping people united under Master Oyama's legacy. Unfornately, politics are present even where it is least expected. My best wishes for you from Brazil! Looking forward to watch your next videos. :)

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

I am so glad Filho Shihan stepped away from IKO. IKO is shrinking in size every year and changing so much that it’s softening.

[@MegaRhoy]

I have been doing Kyokushin karate for 3 weeks now and I love it! The video was well put together and provided a lot of history

[@kauriwilson4876]

Saaame

[@chrisgould101]

Respect, I'm going back tomorrow! It's only been about 20 years I truly look forward to the mental spiritual and physical challenges. after losing my family this year I have strengthened a lot. This is going to be where in break through. All the best in your journey

[@frankcastle8363]

Kyokushin In video games... as mentioned in the video Jin Kazama from Tekken trains in Kyokushin. Ryo Sakazaki from King of Fighters along with his father Takuma and Robert Garcia train in Kyokugen Karate which is in fact Kyokushin. Jean Kujo from Virtua Fighter is a Kyokushin fighter and so is Hayate in his Ein alter ego in Dead or Alive.

[@burningknuckle26]

jin kazama has the most realistic looking kyokushin hands down

[@romanakolzin2472]

Hitomi in Dead or alive fighting game series uses ashihara kaikan, just like ein who s mentioned. It s very realistic looking in the game. And She practice pin an sono yun kata from kyokushin. in trailer, and opening scene of game.

[@tochukwuanumnu3886]

I wish i began as a Kyokushin Karate Athlete instead of Shotokan because i am a strong guy with strong bones and i know kyokushin is the best for me because of my toughness rather than shotokan which is all about soft touches to score your points. Kudos to Kyokushin Karate and much love from Nigeria. Osu

[@furtherdefinitions1]

You left out Seido Karate founded by Tadashi Nakamura, who founded his school in NYC in 1976 before the other offshoots you mentioned. Then there was World Oyama Karate founded by Shigeru Oyama, Mas Oyama's first real student. He was also a Korean living in Japan, and in fact it was his family Mas Oyama stayed with when he first arrived in Japan and so he adopted Oyama as his Japanese name from his family. I studied under both in NYC. In fact, it was when he was still teaching Kyokushin that I saw Mas Oyama in person when he visited the school in the 80's, but I only saw him from a distance.

[@esodn762]

I really prefer when students go on to create their own variations of Kyokushin (Enshin, Kudo, Ashihara, etc...) without arguing who deserves to be the leader of Kyokushin and the successor of Sosai Mas Oyama

[@elchalo66]

I started in kyokushin in 1987 in Brooklyn (branch) NY. Them something happened that it got separated and established the name USA Oyama from where I got my first degree black belt in 1990. Thanks for the video it is good.

[@IrishKyokushin]

Must have been under Shigeru Oyama. He broke off in the 80s to form World Oyama Karate.

[@elchalo66]

@@IrishKyokushin yes.

[@tokenstandpoint93]

I'm currently in NYC training in World Oyama Karate. Osu!

[@TheShrike616]

Politics ruin martial arts. Kenpo also faced this when Ed Parker died. Ego facing ego. There is a sadness to this. Some truly great Kenpo masters are left out of most conversations because of politics. Skip Hancock comes to mind.BTW: brilliant series of vids. I would like to request a similar series on kali/eskrima... Not unknown to many Kenpoists thanks to Dan Inosanto :)

[@dakentaijutsu2010]

I said this before, and I will say it once more, you really outdone yourself when doing the history and origin of Kyokushin Karate (the art I studied for 3 yrs and continuing) and actually you are right in street fighter, Ryu and Ken's fighting style (Ansatsuken) is based on real Kyokushin, in fact there is one fruitful fact about Ryu, he is actually based on real Karate-ka (and Mas Oyama's student) Yoshiji Soeno! Also one of the characters that you showed from Tekken was Jin Kazama which his style is based on Kyokushin, the kata he was practicing was Yantsu! BTW Kyokushin-Kan is one of the branches I train in. OSU!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Ah! Even cooler still I didn't know that!

[@IrishKyokushin]

The Sakazaki family of Art of Fighting/ King of Fightes (Takuma, Ryo abd Yuri) Kyokugen Karate is also based on Kyokushin.

[@setokaiba200x]

awesome, i never knew that either!

[@moegsienismail3389]

Osu at 65 and running 11 classes a week and getting stronger Osu I love Kyukhushin

[@1313sp]

One of the Greatest of All Time MMA fighter for the UFC, Georges St. Pierre has background in Kyokushin (3rd dan black belt).

[@NicholasDunnAutistic]

I'm 33, just started taking kyokushin a couple months ago. Never did any kind of sports or martial arts in my life (asthma was big factor in that). But I'm sticking with it. Always wanted to learn some martial arts. It's hard, but there is many benefits to this.

[@PABeaulieu]

Osu! from the humble Kyokushin white belt I am, from the Gaspé, Québec, Canada. Your three videos series is very interesting.

[@joshmock9717]

mass respect for oyima his art is beautiful

[@michaeldasalyaget7828]

I can't believe the amount of information you pack into these videos, and couldn't begin to imagine the amount of research you have to put into making these videos. But I greatly appreciate all the hard work you do for us. Chalk up another great video to end another great video set.

[@ronnysudiono315]

I'm a Kyokushin karateka and for a long time I've found it is very pittyful that Kyokushin now is different than in the 70"s when I began. Your movie changed my point of view: now I can see not only the bad things about it. Thank you! We can say that the many divisions and derivations of Kyokushin allow almost everybody to evolve to develop his/her own martial art. Evolution is one of the most important things in Martial Arts. Sosai Oyama's life itself was soaked by evolution: from his own training to the time that he went to Thailand with his students to test his karate against Muay Thai, and learned from the defeats. These things are the best points of Kyokushin. To be open, to be realistic, to work hard, to constantly test and learn with/against others. Shihan Steve Arneil from UK pointed out in a vlog (the Martial Way) that Oyama encouraged everyone to develop his/her own karate. We can say that is the paradox of having styles or schools in Karate or other Martial Arts. Saying that there is no Kyokushin karate there, but in fact your karate or my karate, so to speak. OSU!

[@duanemiller4083]

Kyokushin won 2 of the 3 fights in competition against the Muay Thai

[@ryanchothia8830]

Thank you for giving praise whe

[@DMtheDM93]

Jimmy Smith former ufc and bellator analyst and former mma fighter is one of the fight quest fighters

[@TheGlobalNetworkOfficial]

Osu!! 7th kyu from sweden here. Great video :)

[@xKa11]

Im almost a 9th kyu... (Don't judge me!!)

[@joshmock9717]

his manual helped me in my experience

[@k9m42]

Always believed this was the strongest of Karate styles...

[@chadkirk150]

I dosen't matter how hard my Black Belt promotion was back in 2001, it dosen't compare what students have to endure to earn a black belt in Kyokushin. Much earned respect.

[@Tanabataanne]

I’m a Kyokushin pupil (4th kyu) and it has been amazing, not just a bunch of badass people, but a family to have fun with, you were right the last video OSU it’s all for us 😊🙇‍♀️

[@burningknuckle26]

oyama is such a badass

[@senseicharlie8161]

Very Nice Job on the whole series. I thought there was one omission is that of Shoshu Shigeru Oyama as a founder of his own offshoot "World Oyama karate" He is a fascinating martial artist and worth investigating. OSU!

[@redninja1291]

Kyokushin is a very strong powerful style of Karate 🥋 plus Koykushin is the style of karate that focuses on striking.

[@blahmeblahmeblahme]

Osu!!! Well done, well told. I am a 4th Kyu based in Brisbane training under Sensei Dominic Hopkins.

[@MoonlightExecution]

Even with the split, it does seem the different factions still compete with each other, so at least there's that

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Speech less Sensei, i dont know how to even praise. Keep being a badass Sensei, OSU.

[@braynechylde4982]

Well done series !!! Over the years Street Fighter characters Ryu and Ken have been associated with Goju Ryu, Kyokushin, and Shotokan Karate predominantly with Ryu being heavily inspired by Mas Oyama however their official Canonical style is called Ansatsuken Karate. A fictional Karate style so as not to offend or mislead about any particular type of Karate.

[@ivanacosta7398]

Agreed. They definitely didn’t want to offend any style because they wanted to create an all around Karate fighter. Ryu was based on Mas Oyama (story wise) but his style is hybrid now over time. His stance alone is not pure Kyokushin as many think. He’d be standing like Sagat if it was. He uses Shotokan, Kyokushin, Goju, Judo, (maybe TKD), and Kickboxing. Ryu and Ken’s style was originally called Shotokan (which it really wasn’t THAT different from as many say, especially full contact Shotokan). But Anasatsuken fits more. I actually practice Shotokan and cross train with Kyokushin. All of their attacks are found in both styles, just utilized differently. Judo throws are used in both but more used in Shotokan and Gedan Mawashi Geri is in both but more used in Kyokushin for example. So they created a fictional style to portray an art that could be all around. Distanced and up close and personal. Basically a Japanese MMA. Very fitting for someone who lives to fight all styles. It also clearly shows as all the “Shotos” have their own stances and styles that its a diverse art. Many even consider Lyoto Machida the real life Ryu with his looks, style, and ambitions going into the UFC and revolutionizing the effectiveness of Karate in MMA. If Ansatsuken was real, I think many of us would be down to learn it! In my honest opinion though, Jin Kazama represents Kyokushin the best and newcomer Lidia Sobieska represents Shotokan the best.

[@scotthays3101]

Once again, great job! It's a shame that the Kyokushin system fragmented the way it did but a lot of great systems came from it. I train in World Oyama Karate with Saiko Shihan Yasuhiko Oyama and have been blessed to have evolved from Kyokushin into my current system.

[@bloodbrothez]

Osu! thank you for your videos on Kyokushin! My sensei and I have been with Kyokushin all our lives and with everything that has happen with the politics, we decides to go with shinkyokushin. Its by far the best decision made by our shian.

[@trevinodude]

This three part series on the history of Kyokushin was fascinating. I’m not a martial artist, but I’ve always loved martial arts movies and fighting games, so after learning that the karate style used by Daniel and Miyagi is an adaptation of Goju-Ryu and Jin Kazama from Tekken’s motion capture was done by a practitioner of Kyokushin, it made me interested in learning about the history of the many sub styles of karate. Learning that Kyokushin takes concepts from both Goju-Ryu and Shotokan Karate is quite fascinating as well. I guess what I’m trying to say that it is really cool to learn about the real life history of arts I have enjoyed seeing in media.

[@joopsnoop]

I met Sensei Fogarasi at a seminar in Canada and he is a very good ambassador of Kyokushin with a really good spirit and attitude. Osu!

[@dswynne]

In the end, it doesn't matter who is in charge of a school or 0rganization of a style of martial art; it matters more if that style can be taught to others successfully. Sounds like Mas Oyama was successful in that regard...

[@thesalesdojo]

The first American Kyokushin Karate Dojo was opened By Don Buck. Later founder of the American Kyokushin Karate Organization (akko.us)

[@michaelpassley7671]

I have enjoyed these videos. The information is great. I learned a lot about Kyokushin Karate. I like that martial arts.

[@TARUNKUMAR-xu4qf]

Thanks once again

[@johnjamesseery]

THANK YOU Mr Dan .OSU.

[@eliqk3qt2rg5v]

Great video! All three kyokushin videos were great! :) and tbh as a guy who grew up watching fighting/martial arts shows and movies and anime and playing fighting and martial arts related video games like mortal kombat and street fighter, Ryu and Ken's fighting style(ansatsuken) being based on kyokushin, Ryu being based off a real life kyokushin fighter and Mas Oyama's student Yoshiji Soeno and the style of Jin Kazama(the tekken character you showed) being kyokushin are some of the several reasons I want to learn kyokushin. I also I have done research on Ashihara Karate and Enshin karate before and have interest in training in those styles too :).

[@frankwel07]

Thank you ART OF ONE DOJO for yet another in depth research into kyokushin karate. You have strengthened my resolve in staying true to the teaching of Sosai Mas Oyama and in teaching it to future generations as well. The information shared resonates with my (modest) findings from my own personal research. Thank you for these 3 series. I will include them as a study reference for my future students. Osu! 4th Kyu, Uganda.

[@sallhame]

Very well presented history of Kyokushinkai. Thank you for putting this together. Martin 2.Dan Kyokushin Osu

[@flip1sba]

In our tournaments, those wearing headgears and other forms of protection are usually those who are below 18 years old and to some extent, senior fighters say above 36 years old.

[@efrainsantana2617]

This is my art for the past 46 years i started in 1977 at the age 13. Under my master jose Angel Martines in PR. 🇵🇷

[@asp1072]

Still kyokushinkai has the hardest and roughest conditioning ever

[@snubcapri8691]

kancho matsushima and Grandmaster Matsui beefed after Mas Oyama died..and many spin off schools were born

[@oversipelio983]

great work, i really have to start training Kyokushin

[@powersteering4651]

Osu, thank you for the beautiful series about Kyokushinkai. Osu, sensei André Terink (4th Dan, the Netherlands)

[@sonnygallo5662]

Kyokushin Kai kempo jutsu and ALL REAL kenpo/Kempo is geared towards Street fighting and SD unlike other systems. JJ is great and must be added to your kempo to complete it but you don't want to be on the ground in a real fight where knives will SURELY be introduced. Oss and respect 🐅🐉 🙏🏾🙏 💪🏾

[@dragonlordskater5028]

The split has affected Kyokushin for sure. In my city, which is not in Japan, there are dojo's of at least 3 organisations - IKO, WKO, and a national karate federation. I have moved, and there are no IKO dojos nearby, so my 5 years of study and achievements (I suppose) wouldn't matter in other schools' dojos

[@guitarianrockin4378]

Osu!! 1st Dan from South Africa here. Great video man!

[@breakday13]

The best representation of Kyokushin in any video game is the character Kyo in the ART OF FIGHTING series.

[@hattorihaso2579]

Please cover brazilian jiu jitsu and or luta livre. Or catch wrestling

[@modkfmartialarts8663]

Also I think an episode on the history of northern Shaolin or wing chun kung fu would be interesting

[@tonyduffy6509]

Great videos. I started martial arts when I was a kid and continued in many styles over the years Held Black belt rank in Shotokan and Kenpo But was never really satisfied.I started Kyokushin at 47 and graded to Shodan earlier this year at 52. Can honestly say it was the hardest thing I have ever done. Hopefully I will be here until I retire(if I ever do) I feel like I have finally found my spiritual home.I would highly recommend Kyokushin to anyone either male or female looking for a challenge!!Great channel keep up the good work . Osu!!!!!!!!

[@joshmock9717]

I really like your views on this issue

[@OIFJESSE]

Great video thank you for sharing.

[@mariuszgaszczak5134]

Yes it whas very good Fighter of Karate

[@erickert1136]

Pretty safe to say, that if my Grandmaster "Kaicho" Tadashi Nakamura, had not resigned from Kyokushin in 1976 & started his own style, SEIDO Karate based in NYC, he wudve been handpicked as his successor. Oyama sent Kaicho to the US to develop and run Kyokushin. When Kaicho decided to start his own style in '76, he had grown Kyokushin to be represented in almost every key city/region in this great land of ours. Kaicho wz also main instructor @ the first real Oyamo dogo, as well as, instructing @ the Camp Yuma US Army Base nearby. Kaicho was also part of the historic 3 man team sent by Oyama to Thailand in response to the Muy Thai challenge that their style best in the world. The call went out across entire martial art world, however, Kyokushin only school that responded & sent fighters. They won 2 out of the 3 fights agreed upon and they returned to Japan as national hero's. Kaicho won Hus bout which wz first, they lost 2nd battle but big win in deciding match enabled them to declare Kyokushin is best in all of the land. Surprised SEIDO not mentioned because pretty sure that no other style has reach & footprint across the globe as SEIDO does. I'll do some homework & if I can finds dets on the 3 u noted, I will revise comments. Great stuff. OSU Sensei Eric K. NYC

[@jeffsanders6793]

Outstanding. One of the most enjoyable videos I have seen on KZbin in a while. Same for the first two videos in this series. Thank you for your excellent, and fair-minded work.

[@thespectresov]

Thanks for making this series it was very comprehensive and i enjoyed watching it. Ive been training kyokushin for 5yrs and i wanted to add a few things. Sosai was also proficient in tae kwon do. This can be seen in the fact that we use kicking techniques not found in traditional karate. Such as axe, crescent and spinning hook kicks. In the video you mentioned that Sosai created ura katas he also created kicking katas. 4 of them to be exact. They follow the taikyoku movement pattern with kicks instead of punches. Also Sosai achieved a black belt in daito ryu aiki jujutsu. Which can be seen in some the self defense techniques he teaches in some of his original books such as this is karate. The student that he sent to hawaii, bobby lowe, was famous for teaching these techniques. The roundhouse kick that we use in Kyokushin is not a traditional karate roundhouse either. The chamber is brought up and cuts down on the leg making contact with the shin and using a full pivot to drive the kick in. As opposed to karate and tae kwon do roundhouses that tap with the top of the foot. This was taken from muay thai after Sosai had a few fighters go to thailand to defend karate against thai boxing challengers in the 60s. Sosai kept the chamber of the karate roundhouse and took the shin idea from muay thai In closing i want to share something that ive learned through training Kyokushin. More significant than the styles that Sosai trained to develop the different physical techniques of Kyokushin are the mentalities of Karate and Judo that he combined. Karate is meant to be sharp and fast where as Judo is known for being tough and strong. By combining these mentalities Sosai created a tough Karate which is something that ive never seen discussed.

[@williamw1332]

Nice video again Dan 👍 always enjoy your presentations and content. Look forward to seeing the upcoming weeks episodes! 😊

[@Trve_Uncle_Shoto]

Awesome work

[@komarithsoth422]

OSS Thanks for alls!

[@samuelbenitez2137]

of which i am a member since 2000

[@ejohnson1767]

I studied in KyokushinKai for about five years as a kid. A car wreck messed up my lower back pretty bad and took me out of any athletic activity for a while. My dojo was in the religious association of different karate styles. As far as I can remember they didn't have any international affiliations and I don't think it was anything other than most of the instructors being baptist preachers.

[@fernando2yk]

yes! i enjoyed the 3 parts. Very educational and unbiased. Keep the good work with your channel. OSU.

[@davidgervreau4976]

Amazing videos! Greetings from France! Osu!

[@حمزةحمزة-م4ف4ض]

Cool sir 👍

[@lusitanus6504]

Do a vídeo about Sanda please.

[@wanttosayadrem2551]

Very interesting video and narration - bravo for the Author! :) I practiced karate and I can tell you that even "warming up" was so hardcore that for many ppl it would be difficult to stand, but warming up was only beginning of real training :) In kyokushin there's no joke, it's style invented for real fight (no pathetic points) and being very effective

[@AlofD]

I loved this series! I think you should do these on more styles of karate and other martial arts. I personally practise shotokan, but love watching documentaries on other martial arts styles!!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Thank you! Yes we're planning on doing more arts, but these documentaries take a lot of time and our production resources. We produce videos by trade but we want to focus on more of these. Unfortunately we're only able to do them every few months, unless the channel grows large enough that we can route more resources to this project. Help us spread our Patreon link and build up support and we can do more of these a lot more often. Thank you so much for your kind words and for being a part of our channel :)

[@Ronin-101]

Great video my friend

[@abdallaahmed3113]

Nice

[@robertcain3556]

I would love to see you put a video together about Kajukenbo!!

[@random-videos]

Very good work!

[@lowesmartialartsacademy3904]

This is my best account to respond. You mentioned in one of your videos where you mentioned The BKF as one of the practicing systems of Kenpo. You said that you would like to speak with some members to collaborate an episode. I may be able to help you with that! Bishop Donnie Williams is like my uncle. He and my Father are very close. My dad is Donnie Williams first black belt. I am a member of the BKF and still talk with members of the BKF periodically. I am in contact with many of the Older members Sam Pace, K.C Jones, My dad, Donnie Williams, Jeffery Samilton, Robert Temple to name a few. I have been training as a member of the BKF since I was 4 yrs old. Let me know if you are still interested in hearing from them. I would not mind helping you get in contact with them. I really enjoy the episodes. Thanks

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I can elaborate more if you want to send me a private message via Facebook or email attached to this KZbin account. I've currently put exploration of the BKF on hold because I immediately hit some nasty politics right after doing the episode where I mentioned them. It seems out of several founders, one in particular is claiming the rights over the others and I'm finding a lot of discrepancies in people's accounts. Before I can consider exploring this further I need to sit down and map out a game plan, because it seems I stepped in something and I'm not sure I want to keep treading forward.

[@SempaiMarc]

Unfortunately division in Kyokushin is so bad, that some branches will not train with or acknowledge other branches. I know one member who talked about how much they enjoyed training with another individual. But when second individual left their style of kyokushin, the first stopped associating with him. Even I have had people cut ties with me because I left a group in kyokushin. And the leader even served as justice of peace in when I married my wife. It's a shame the core of kyokushin and the brotherhood has been lost to some.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Division and politics really do become a poison, and people get more focused on the "gang" mentality rather than diversity in the arts. Kenpo is very much along these same lines and it's really sad that people choose to draw these lines. The ironic thing is...you talk about people who won't associate with another Kyokushin individual because they are in a different organization, yet they have NO problem training in and associating with another art altogether. It's just silly ego nonsense.

[@Soldier-of-God.]

At my Kyokushin Karate dojo, my master does not forbid association with members of other Kyokushin Karate Organisations. In other words I can be friends with whomever I want, train with them privately in terms of our friendships, outside of our own respective dojos and organisations. However I do not go and train at their dojo, or vice versa they come and train at our dojo. Simply put we respect our instructors and our own organisations. Should an individual wish to come to our dojo and start training with us, completely, due to them having relocated from another state, country, or as a result of the proximity to their work. They are welcome to do so and their individual rank, coloured belt, etc is still recognised by our dojo. If what they have learned is not enough, to match the same level of what those our dojo know at their rank. We do not demote them, but rather bring them up at the required standard, in terms of their knowledge and skills. Other than that we acknowledge and respect, as well as welcome anyone who chooses to transfer to our dojo. We of course do not allow people to train at our dojo, who then choose to train at various dojos, just out of their own individual pleasure and leisure, of wanting to do so. In other words we expect loyalty to our dojo, as it would not be nice to train under different masters or teachers, at several dojos, at the same time. Just my opinion as one should be respectful, appreciative and grateful, of the time and effort, that a master puts into teaching and increasing, that individual's knowledge and personal development, as a martial artist.

[@SempaiMarc]

@@Soldier-of-God. Glad to hear such open-minded attitude. It's a shame that "martial artists" can be so closed minded. Martial arts is about respect.

[@SempaiMarc]

@@ArtofOneDojo Exactly sometimes a gang mentality is presented. Martial artists should be respectful of each other and styles. As long as they're legitimate.

[@Soldier-of-God.]

@@SempaiMarc you are correct, unfortunately for too many individuals, politics and their ego gets in the way of respect, benevolence, humility and courtesy.

[@wickedenchanter]

Excellent series. Informative and interesting. Thank you

[@wadokaratepromotionsociety1450]

Excellent Do one on Wado Karate please

[@hiranom20]

I think the karate style used in Baki the grappler is also inspired by kyokushin. 🥋

[@dakentaijutsu2010]

It is, in fact Doppo Orochi is based on Mas Oyama!

[@mikeyork3093]

Much respect to you Sensei for your hard work on sourcing this info, I've join a Shidokan dojo a few months ago. If you can please can you do a video on it as my understanding is that it is also an offshoot of Kyokushin karate

[@jasonlowe4440]

You mentioned in one of your videos where you mentioned The BKF as one of the practicing systems of Kenpo. You said that you would like to speak with some members to collaborate an episode. I may be able to help you with that! Bishop Donnie Williams is like my uncle. He and my Father are very close. My dad is Donnie Williams first black belt. I am a member of the BKF and still talk with members of the BKF periodically. I am in contact with many of the Older members Sam Pace, K.C Jones, My dad, Donnie Williams, Jeffery Samilton, Robert Temple to name a few. I have been training as a member of the BKF since I was 4 yrs old. Let me know if you are still interested in hearing from them. I would not mind helping you get in contact with them. I really enjoy the episodes. Thanks

[@winterstony6712]

AMAZING PRESENTATION!!!!...👍👍👍👍👍 all across the board!.Ous!

[@luvlife2786]

Once again great video with a lot of information. As you mentioned in your video, when a master dies or retires EGO steps in. I have seen where ego and money are a driving force to take over an organization. As lower ranks don't see the fight for power, the upper ranks do.

[@alecdragonborn7169]

Thank you for the excellent history lesson. These videos have been awesome. Keep up the great work.

[@robertogarcia1374]

Awesome video series. I really enjoy your channel. Thank you.

[@Fenris802]

I'm surprised he didn't mention Tadashi Nakamura and Seido karate. Nakamura was one of Mas Oyamas top students and instructors, bringing Kyokushin karate to North America and being the head of American Kyokushin karate before leaving and founding Seido.

[@Irlandets]

Nice vids! You forgot to mention famous Mejiro gym, and Dutch kickboxing! Tokyo's Mejiro gym run by Kenji Kurosaki, friend and student of Mas Oyama, Japanese or original kickboxing in the 60's - 70's were filled with Kyokushin karateka's; Fathers of Dutch kickboxing, like Thom Harrink of Chakuriki gym and Jan Plas of Dutch Mejiro gym are ex-Kyokushin practitioners as well as Lucien Carbin, Johan Vos and Cor Hemmers. They still use some elements of Kyokushin, like body sparring, terminology, dojo etiquette, and of course "Osu!" or sometimes pronounced like "Ush!". I used to train and compete in Kickboxing, it used to be called Oriental rules, nowadays known as K-1 and Dutch Kickboxing in mid 90's - early 2K's. As I retired from competitions, I took some training in Kyokushin dojo, it was interesting experience, and great challenge. P. S. Also I've heard from some of Japanese friends, that Oyama's Karate had close bounds to Japanese pro wrestling and MMA, Pancrase organization and Akira Maeda used stand up rules with open hand palm strikes like in old Oyama's dojo. Georges St. Pierre and Bas Rutten practiced in this style of karate, Sean Connery took some lessons while filming one of the James Bond movies, don't remember the name of it, there was also some group of karateka in Ninja camp, they made an exhibition and breaking hard objects. Also Mas Oyama and Masahiko Kimora were good friends and studied under the same coach. It is pretty interesting to dig up in the history of Martial arts. All in all, influence of Masutatsu Oyama and Kyokushin is huge in the world of contact Martial arts. Hope you understood me, English is not my first language.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Thank you! There was a lot more I would have liked to include in this video, but the series was getting long and the idea was just to show how the art broke off into a lot of different directions. I do plan to go back and highlight more of the individual arts :)

[@a.j.m.3808]

well presented videos and excelent information gatering... two thumbs up

[@frankiegodinez8864]

There has been some Kyokushin Karateka known to have switched from IKO 1 to IKO 2 in order to be able to ascend in Dan. Usually from 3rd to 4th

[@songoku9348]

Osu! I was sparring with my sensei today. I am proud of myself because he did feel my punches and I also received some from him. I know I don’t practice Kyokushin, but Shotokan is similar and just as powerful.

[@carlobella1850]

Son Goku not near as powerful!

[@carlobella1850]

Son Goku oyama said funakoshi only taught him manners and how to do kata. They brought 20 guys to a goju school and all got their asses kicked badly! That’s when he switched over... he said the Shotokan guys could not fight very well. Not my words his! There have been some good fighters come out in modern days. However, The training doesn’t even compare!

[@songoku9348]

CARLO BELLASSAI Well not in my dojo, we don’t mess around. When we hit, we really hit. My sensei was taught Shotokan in the 70’s but he was taught the art as if it were Kyokushin. I.e full contact, body conditioning, injuries everything. No pads either.

[@adamspice9076]

@@carlobella1850 thats because they only train katas and no sparring. at my kyokushin dojo we have also once a week sparring but we ware mostly focused on katas thats where bad. katas are not very usefull...compare a kyokushin karateka with a thaiboxer...thaiboxers and combat sambo or mma fighter are very dangerous. why because they dont focus on katas they train real shit. like kudo fighters..also very dangerous..

[@carlobella1850]

Son Goku lol! No he didn’t!! I lived in Japan... I have seen more shotokan than any other style! 😂

[@alyonabilous922]

Great video, thank you! Greetings from Vietnam 😁

[@glenmcinnes4824]

I'd like to see a series on forgotten legends like Edward William Barton-Wright (England, Bartitsu) who invented the term Mixed Martial Arts back in the 19th century, Rex Applegate (USA, Military Combatives) don't let a lung condition keep you from being the Presidents Bodyguard, Bill Underwood (Canada, Combato & Defendo) the Movie about his life was called "Don't Mess with Bill" he stopped teaching his first martial art because it was too dangerous for peacetime.

[@scotthays3101]

Definitely!

[@beastkingthe1st771]

It'd be nice to see a similar series done on silat as there's a lot even as a practioner that I'd like to know but is scarce even on KZbin

[@mrj3845]

Please cover all karate styles including Shotokan!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

That's a LOT of arts to cover LOL, but yes we are working on them. Help support us on Patreon and pass it around so we can do these more often. They take a LOT of work so we can only do them once in a while currently. Thank you for watching!

[@jo3.g4]

Please cover the history of tai Chi . I want to know how it went from a grappling art to Chinese yoga

[@jasonwarford6328]

I would like to see you do a video like this of kosen judo

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Judo is actually in the next consideration on the radar. These videos take a LOT of work, and I don't make them full time (but would love to) which is why we can only do them every couple of months. I would love to do more of them, and Judo could be a 2-3 part series potentially too. Help us spread the Patreon link around and get support and we can devote more time and resources to do them more often. Thank you!

[@jackreacher4488]

I love your videos, very thorough. Any chance you will post videos of techniques done at your dojo, some instructional videos? I would love to see those.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words :) As far as instructional videos, I do plan to give an occasional tip and technique discussion here and there, however as far as actual instructional videos and Kenpo techniques, probably not for the main channel but we are talking about it potentially being bonus content or Patreon exclusive. We're still exploring that.