Kyokushin Karate is a hard style of karate, characterized by its realistic full-contact style of fighting, it's emphasis on graceful power in technique and it's use of "tameshiwari" in the development of spirit and character.
It was created in the early 1960’s by the founder Sosai Masutatsu (Mas) Oyama after his 30 year in depth study of various Martial Arts e.g. Chinese & Korean Kempo, Shotokan Karate, Judo, Goju Ryu Karate, Western Boxing etc.
Saturday, 17 April 2010 | Shihan Peter Chong
A buffet dinner, SOKK NITE – THE LIVING LEGEND, was held last Saturday, 17 April, 2010 at the Brewerkz Indoor Stadium Restaurant especially to honour the President & Chief Instructor, Shihan Peter Chong, PBM, 8th Dan, Asia's highest ranking Karate exponent (outside Japan), who has received the prestigious International Martial Arts Living Legend Award conferred by The International Martial Arts Academy on 14 November 2009 at Pittsburg, USA
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