• in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training. Kyokushin Kaikan is the martial arts organization founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese...
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    Organization Kyokushin-kaikan. Kazuyoshi Ishii – founder of Seidokaikan karate, as well as the K-1 fighting circuit. Began training in Kyokushin karate under...
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  • Ashihara kaikan (芦原 会館) is a modern full contact street karate developed from Kyokushin karate by Hideyuki Ashihara with influences from various martial...
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    Vladimir Putin (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia, serving since...
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    Shokei Matsui (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Japan. He is the master of Kyokushin karate and current Kancho (Director) of the International Karate Organization Kyokushin-kaikan, faction of the International...
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    Sean Connery (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Hopp in 1999. He was awarded an honorary rank of Shodan (1st dan) in Kyokushin karate. Connery relocated to the Bahamas in the 1990s; he owned a mansion...
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    Dolph Lundgren (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    young age. This would lead him to hold the rank of 4th dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and become European champion in 1980 and 1981. In 1982, while studying...
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    Kai Asakura (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan)
    Kai Asakura (朝倉 海, Asakura Kai, born 31 October 1993) is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate...
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    Kyokushin home dojo and world headquarters. In connection with this, he also formally founded the 'International Karate Organization Kyokushin kaikan'...
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    Georges St-Pierre (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan)
    hockey, skated and participated in several sports. He began learning Kyokushin Karate at age seven to defend himself against a school bully. St-Pierre...
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    Hiroyuki Sanada (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    an action movie star, he studied Shorinji Kempo and later took up Kyokushin kaikan karate. He began playing baseball at age 8 as a catcher. Sanada was...
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  • Ewerton Teixeira (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan)
    1982) is a Brazilian professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and Kyokushin Kaikan karateka. Teixeira obtained his first K-1 title in 2008 at K-1 World...
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    Michael Jai White (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Taekwondo, Kobudō, Tang Soo Do, Wushu, Jujutsu, Kyokushin and Boxing, with a specific focus in Kyokushin Karate (although his style incorporates aspects...
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  • Kenji Kurosaki (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    April 1964, Oyama Dojo was named the Kyokushin Scholarship Foundation and was renovated into the Kyokushin Kaikan of the International Karatedo Federation...
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    Jérôme Le Banner (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan)
    up Muay Thai at the age of 18. Le Banner holds a black belt in the Kyokushin Kaikan karate and in judo. At the age of 18, he debuted in his first full...
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    Michael Rooker (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Margot. They married in 1979 and have two daughters. He practices the Kyokushin style of karate. "Michael Rooker". TV Guide. Archived from the original...
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  • Enshin kaikan (円心会館) is a style of "full contact karate", or knockdown karate, founded in 1988 with dojo and students in various countries around the world...
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  • Terry Bogard (category Fictional kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Terry Bogard (Japanese: テリー・ボガード, Hepburn: Terī Bogādo) is a fictional character created by SNK as the protagonist of their Fatal Fury series. Introduced...
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    Akira Masuda (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Akira Masuda (増田 章, Masuda Akira) (born May 22, 1962) is a Japanese Kyokushin kaikan karateka. In March 1991 he completed the 100 man kumite supervised...
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  • Andy Hug (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Hug was a keen footballer in his youth but gave up the sport to pursue Kyokushin karate which he began practicing at ten years old. Beginning his full...
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  • US International Karate Organization Kyokushin-kaikan - shortened IKO - one of sports organizations for Kyokushin Karate Iko Carreira (1933–2000), the...
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    Alexander Volkov (fighter) (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan)
    Russia Team Strela Team Rank Black belt in Tsu Shin Gen Brown belt in Kyokushin Karate Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Years active 2009–present Mixed...
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    in Karate, he first joined the Shotokan school, but soon switched to Kyokushin, which was more to his liking. During his time in Tokyo he lived with...
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  • Daniel Bernhardt (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Cho (the two also starred together in Bloodsport II). He also studied Kyokushin karate under South Korean master Mas Oyama. Bernhardt was born in Ittigen...
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    Bas Rutten (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan)
    committed, eventually earning a 2nd degree black belt. He then began learning Kyokushin karate and earned a 2nd-degree black belt. Bas Rutten started competing...
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    Mariusz Pudzianowski (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan)
    became interested in sports. Since the age of 11, he has been training the Kyokushin style of karate. His current grade is 4th kyu green belt. He began strength...
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  • Nikita Krylov (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan)
    family from Krasnyi Luch in Ukraine. He originally began training in Kyokushin karate at the age of ten, as his father had been a successful competitor...
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  • Kenji Midori (category Kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    Shinkyokushinkai. Midori was a student of Mas Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin kaikan. He lost in the 4th World Tournament to British Michael Thompson. After...
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  • Ryu (Street Fighter) (category Fictional kyokushin kaikan practitioners)
    (Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You) In-universe information Fighting style Kyokushin, Shotokan, Kempo, Taekwondo, Judo Origin Japan Nationality Japanese...
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  • Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva (born November 28, 1967) is a Brazilian kyokushin kaikan full contact karate practitioner and former professional kickboxer and...
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