Kyokushin Members

[Meguro]

Hey Kyospirit! Since you got your shodan from Matsui, why don't you get affiliated with the IKO 1 in the US?

[kyospirit]

I was with IKO1 since the begining , just recently i departed and i'm with IFK Hanshi Arneil , Shihan Monaco in USA.

[y2_sub]

Hey Meguro .. I was wondering , were are you from ???

[Meguro]

Hey y2_sub. Currently living and training in Japan. IKO 1.

[kyospirit]

in Japan huh , nice...

[y2_sub]

in Japan huh , nice...

Lol , yeah ..Way to go Meguro

[kyospirit]

... then again , i don't know man ... this days its kinda weird with those japanese shihans...

... one of the reasons why i left IKO1

Meguro I hope your dojo is good and your senseis are real.

[Meguro]

I didn't come here (Japan) especially for karate, but since I'm here I might as well train. I'm glad I have the opportunity.

Like other big organizations, Kyokushin, broke up into smaller manageable pieces. I guess it's hard to keep all those alpha-male types in the same organization.

I've also been lucky with the instructors I've had over the years. Some big names I trained under include Saiko Shihan Shigeru Oyama, Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura, Sensei Hajime Kazumi. I never studied with these instructors for more than a year, in the case of Kazumi a few days, but it was very cool being in the presence of such excellent karateka. Notice that these guys are no longer with Kyokushin. In the cases of Oyama and Nakamura, they've been gone for a long, long time.

I'm very happy to be training where I am now. The instructors and students are excellent and friendly.

[kyospirit]

awesome

... who's your sensei now ?

[A. Orstrom]

Osu.

I live in Copenhagen, Denmark; am 22 years old and have been training Kyokushinkai karate for 6 months. I am currently 9th kyu. Before this I trained Aikido where I hold the 7th kyu.

Oh I almost forgot - IKO 2

Nice to meet you