Evolution of Kyokushin

[y2_sub]

Finghting black kings .. I missed the title , lol ..

That reminds me of an article I have read before where Sosai defeated his opponent ith a look

http://www.kyokushinmail.com/koya/stories/story1.htm

[y2_sub]

One other great article about Sosai's look

http://donbas.com/prologue.html

[Goju_boi]

well I haven't heard of fighting black kings untill now.I was referring to fighter in the wind,the life story of mas oyama.

[Superfoot]

well I haven't heard of fighting black kings untill now.I was referring to fighter in the wind,the life story of mas oyama.

Oh right. That's very good too, but I'm not sure if it's true to life. There are many things you don't see in the film that occurred in Sosai's life and vice versa, you see many things in the film that Sosai Oyama may have never done or encountered. But I don't wanna spoil it for you. On it's own, it's a great film, funny at times too. But remember just to watch it with a pinch of salt, I wouldn't say it was an accurate biographical representation.

[Goju_boi]

Well I don't think I will watch it with a pinch of salt because that's the amount of salt I'm supposed to have a day due to some health issue.Anyways I would expect something like that from a movie because it is for entertainment purposes.The only thing though is that I don't know if it's available here in america,so my friend said he will download it and show me.

[Meguro]

Fighting Black Kings, despite its 70's blaxploitation title, features Kyokushin luminaries who go on to found their own karate organizations. Among those represented in the film and not yet mentioned in this thread are Tadashi Nakamura, Shigeru Oyama and William Oliver. Tadashi Nakamura and Shigeru Oyama were running the US Kyokushin operation in those days. Can you imagine training in a dojo with those two intructors? Either one of them could have taken the reins of Kyokushin after Sosai's passing, if they had not left to find their own way. William Oliver, who followed Nakamura to Seido, eventually left Seido. Sadly, he passed away recently in his own dojo.

[y2_sub]

Sadly, he passed away recently in his own dojo.

How did that happned

[Meguro]

Shihan William Oliver died unexpectedly of a medical condition-not sure exactly. His death was a big shock to the NY Karate scene. Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura, of Seido, was particluarly saddened by the death of Oliver.

[y2_sub]

Too bad , it's a big loss to the karate world .

[ivette_green]

I thought Steve Arneil was training in Surrey, I'm sure he's quite a distance from you though. Makiwaraman said something about training with him in Guildford, Surrey though.