Kyokushinkai: The Society of the Ultimate Truth

This is what Kyokushinkai means: the society of the ultimate truth. It is one of the earliest forms of full- contact martial art that is closely related to karate. The founder of this martial art is Masutatsu Oyama and was originated in the country of Japan like many other martial art forms.

This practice of Kyokushinkai has a strong philosophy for its practitioners to pursue an improvement of themselves and their craft. Along with this primary philosophy of the Kyokushinkaikan practitioners, discipline is also required of them in order to be able to endure and push through with the rigorous training that follows the practice of the martial art. All over the world, fans of martial arts have had a strong inclination towards Kyokushinkai, which has had a strong worldwide following of over 12 million individuals.

Being one of the first full- contact martial arts ever to be founded, it has influenced several martial art disciplines, this being such a close relative of karate and judo. The similarity is on the emphasis of Kyokushinkai on combat based on real- life situations, physical strength and stamina and making use of available resources as the call of practicality in the training of the discipline.

Masutatsu Oyama, the founder of Kyokushinkai, trained vigorously and extensively with several masters of various martial arts crafts. He has even toured the United States upon completion of his training in order to show one of the world’s most powerful countries what he is able to do and what he is able to offer the world in terms of martial arts training. It was in 1957 when he gave the name of Kyokushinkai to the craft that he was training his students in. His training quickly gained a following, it being one of the toughest, extreme, powerful and still being practical disciplines to be learned.

There are three factors included in the training of Kyokushinkai. They are technique, forms and sparring. On technique and form, Kyokushinkai was borne out of two old karate disciplines, Shotokan is one of them, while the other is Goju-ryu. Even with these two influences, Kyokushinkai also makes use of other combat systems such as kickboxing, and one of kickboxing’s elements, boxing. The last factor, sparring, is part of the training in which all learners of the crafts must take part or participate in. Sparring is a mediated fight or a simulated exercise in which students are able to practice what they have learned in the dojo. A dojo is a venue wherein most martial arts training takes place. Sparring in the dojo allows the students to learn more techniques from other students, in order to prepare them for real life fights or situations. Since Kyokushinkai is a full- contact practice, this is a dose of reality wherein the fighters are not provided with any protective gear. Regardless of the fact that the fighters are not protected by fighting gear, the mediators of the sparring make sure through the Kyokushinkaikan rules that only strikes with the use of knees and kicks are allowed in the opponent’s head and face.

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