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Dolph Lundgren – He took up Kyokushin karate at the age of 10. [94] He captained the Swedish Kyokushin karate team, and was a formidable challenger at the 1979 World Open Tournament (arranged by the Kyokushin Karate Organization) when he was only a green belt. He was the Swedish champion in Kyokushin in 1979, 1980 and 1981. [95]
Kyokushin (極真) [a] is a style of karate originating in Japan.It is a full-contact style of stand-up fighting and is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training.
The development of Gōjū-ryū goes back to Higaonna Kanryō, (1853–1916), a native of Naha, Okinawa.Higaonna began studying Shuri-te as a child. He was first exposed to martial arts in 1867 when he began training in Luohan or "Arhat boxing" under Arakaki Seishō, a fluent Chinese speaker and translator for the court of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Motobu-ryū has the characteristics of koryū (old style) karate, the martial art known as tī or tōdī, which predates the birth of modern karate, and emphasizes kumite rather than kata. Motobu Udundī ( 本部御殿手 ) , also sometimes called Motobu-ryū, is the martial art of the Motobu family, a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family.
Kumite is an essential part of karate training, and free sparring is often experienced as exciting, because both opponents have to react and adapt to each other very quickly. In tournaments kumite often takes place inside of a 'ringed' area similar to that of a boxing ring.
One major format of full-contact sport karate is known as knockdown karate or sometimes Japanese full contact karate. This style of sport fighting was developed and pioneered in the late 1960s by the Kyokushin karate organization in Japan, founded by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu). In fighting the competitors ...
After about six years of training, Chinen received promotion to black belt status. [5] In 1959, [9] Chinen left Okinawa to teach karate in Tokyo, where he joined his friend Morio Higaonna, who had opened a dojo there, [7] known as "Yoyogi Dojo". [10] Chinen has credited Higaonna with teaching him the technical aspects of Gōjū-ryū karate. [1]
Taidō [a] is a Japanese martial art created in 1965 by Seiken Shukumine (1925–2001). [1] [2] [3] Taidō has its roots in traditional Okinawan karate.Feeling that the martial arts, particularly karate, were not adapting to meet the needs of a changing world, Shukumine first developed a style of karate called Genseiryū around 1950.