short biography of mas oyama the Kyokushinkai karate founder

Sabtu, 12 Januari 2013

short biography of mas oyama the Kyokushinkai karate founder

Oyama was a martial art artist. He was born on July 27, 1923 in Gimje, South Korea. His child name was Choi Young –Eui. He moved to Manchuria when he was a kid. He learned martial art when he was nine years old.. He studied with Lee. Lee was a Korean worker at farm. He was the Oyama’s teacher in martial art. In March 1938, Oyama moved to Japan. He pursued his brother who registered in Yamanashi Aviation School. It is Aviation school of Imperial Japanese Army.

Choi Young –Eui liked to find Japanese name. He named himself Oyama Masutatsu. Oyama wanted to serve as the kamikaze pilot but he failed because his origin. He wrote a letter with his blood as a symbol of sacrifice that he was ready to serve. Finally, he was accepted as a kamikaze pilot but at the time he wanted to serve, his plane did not work.

Oyama departed from Aviation school in 1945. He went to Eiwa Karate Research Center in Suginami. He was not needed because he was a Korean. Then he found a place in Tokyo. He met his future wife. He enrolled Waseda University. He studied sports science. He joined Shotokan dojo. He learned Shotokan karate in the school. Shotokan was established by Gichin Funakoshi. Oyama learned Goju-ryu karate for some years with So Nei Chu. Gogen Yamaguchi the leader of Goju-ryu awarded So Nei Chu 8th Dan.

Oyama founded his Karate school in 1953. The school was Oyama Dojo in Tokyo. His training system known as Kyokushin. Kyokushin is practical, hard, and powerful style. Kyokushin itself means the search for the ultimate truth. Kyokushin became popular and magnetized more students to learn. In 1964, Oyama moved to bigger building. He founded International Karate Organization Kyokushin kaikan ( IKO or IKOK). This organization aimed to manage karate dojos that teach Kyokushin style. Oyama sent three of his students to fight with Muay Thai students in Thailand. 2 won the fights. His students who demonstrated Kyoushin style were Kenji Kurosaki, Tadashi Nakamura, and Noboru Osawa.

Oyama was a good marketer. He could promote Kyokushin style all over the world. He sent his trainers to US, England, Australia, Brazil, and Holland. He held the all Japan full Contact Karate Open Championship annually and world Full Contact Karate Open Championship once in four years.

Oyama also learned Judo from a Judoka legend Masahiko Kimura. He learned Judo in the Sone Dojo in Nakano, Tokyo. Oyama received 4th Dan in Judo. He learned Judo because he wanted to understand the ground fighting techniques.

Oyama’s most popular demonstration was fighting bulls. He fought 52 bulls. Three bulls died by his one punch. He got a name “ Godhand”. However, many martial arts masters criticized his demonstration due to the bulls were tied with ropes. Oyama was a good writer too. He wrote 80 books. What is karate? Was one of his bestseller books.

Oyama died on April 26, 1994. He suffered from lung cancer. He died at the age of seventy. He founded Tokyo-Based International Karate Organization Kyokushinkai. There were 120 countries and 10 million members all over the world.