| Fight Quest on the Discovery Channel Features Kyokushin |
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Fight Quest on the Discovery Channel at 10PM Friday, January 11th featuring the Kyokushin Dojo in Tokyo, Japan. Should be interesting and will hopefully help raise awareness for all full contact style karate like World Kanreikai Karate which, is a descendant of Kyokushin and World Oyama Karate). |
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Brazilian Ju Jitsu
Literally meaning the "art of softness" or "way of yielding" is a collective name for Japanese martial art styles including unarmed and armed techniques. |
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Soshu Shigeru Oyama said to me after my first full contact
competition, “beginner fights like baby; all grabbing. He can’t help it.” How
right he was. A baby's first movements are primitive reflexes that can also be recognized as foundational movements that support good fighting postures and skills. Some of these reflexes and their karate counterparts are: |
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