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Kyokushinkai Karate

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Kyokushinkai is a karate style originated by Sosai Masutatsu Oyama. "Kyoku" means "ultimate", "Shin" means "truth or reality" and "Kai" means "to meet, join or associate."

Today, Kyokushinkai is increasingly becoming popular around the world. As one of the most renowned masters of karate in the world, Sosai Oyama made Kyokushinkai Karate popular through his impressive and breath taking displays of strength such as killing bulls with his bare hands and defeating professional wrestlers in public matches.

Sosai Oyama was a student of Goju-Ryu Master So Neichu of Gogen Yamaguchi and of Funakoshi. Kyokushinkai Karate is the result of Sosai Oyama's integration of what he learned from these masters, his extensive knowledge of Korean arts of combat and a few Chinese fighting techniques and tactics.

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