Thanks, Hammer but that school is a 55 minutes drive from where I live. But that's the closest school I've seen so far. JR I've always loved the history and technique of Kyokushin, especially the full contact sparring. I've tried searching for it's offshoots but I've found even less results. Most of the schools in my area are those Nick Cerio american kenpo schools. Almost zero full contact karate styles here.