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	Masutatsu Oyama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oyama enrolled at Takushoku University in Tokyo and was accepted as a student at the dojo (training hall) of Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of shotokan.
		Oyama died on April 26, 1994, at the age of 71, of lung cancer.
		Sosai Masutatsu Oyama - Founder of Kyokushin Karate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Masutatsu_Oyama (608 words)

	Mas Oyama, founder of kyokushin karate
		Oyama was also an avid reader and was deeply affected and moved after reading the biography of Otto von Bismark (1815-1898) the Prussian Chancellor (1871-1890) of the German empire.
		Oyama went on to say that of the many things he learned from Funakoshi, kata (formal exercises) was the most important.
		It was a mismatch from the get-go for the bulls, not for Oyama.
	www.fightingmaster.com /masters/oyama (2038 words)

	Oyama, a Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Oyama claims that an understanding of the control and timing of your breathing, combined with an understanding of focus and speed, are the keys to performing karate techniques in the best possible manner.
		Oyama, who was in his late twenties and had studied under the greatest teachers of the day (including Giko Funakoshi, son of Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of shotokan karate), had recently spent almost two years in total isolation at a secluded mountain site called Kiyozurni.
		Oyama's honor is so great that, even though he was capable of killing a bull with a single punch, he allowed a group of boys to beat him into a coma because of an oath he made to two people who hated him.
	www.diegobeltran.com /htms/oyama/oyamalegend.htm (2337 words)

	Oyama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oyama, British Columbia, a small town located in the municipality of Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada, with an estimated population of 1644.
		Field-Marshal and Prince Oyama, commander of the Japanese forces in the Battle of Mukden.
		Oyama Industries - a bicycle manufacturer, specialising in folding bicycles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oyama (118 words)

	Sosai Masutatsu Oyama - Sosai's History
		Masutatsu (Mas) Oyama was born Yong I-Choi on the 27th of July, 1923, in a village not far from Gunsan in Southern Korea.
		Oyama thought that this would be an appropriate place to commence the rigours of training he had planned for himself.
		The Oyama Dojo members took their kumite seriously, seeing it primarily as a fighting art, so they expected to hit and to be hit.
	www.masutatsuoyama.com /masoyama.htm (2128 words)

	\| Nova Scotia Kyokushin Karate
		Masutatsu Oyama was born in July 27, 1923 in Qa-Ryong-Ri Yong-chi-Myo'n Chul Na Do, near the town Kinje not far from Gunsan in the south-west of Korea.
		The students of Sosai Masutatsu Oyama took their Kumite seriously, because this was a full contact style, so they expected to hit and to be hit.
		Sadly, Sosai Masutatsu Oyama died of lung cancer (as a non-smoker), at the age of 70 in April 1994, leaving a confuse organization which split into three mayor groups.
	www.nskyokushin.com /masoyama.htm (3742 words)

	Mas Oyama's Life and History
		Despite his victory, Oyama feels empty inside due to the fact he had to leave his solitary training and decides to dedicate the rest of his life to karate and again returns to the wilderness for training.
		In 1954 Mas Oyama started his first dojo on a small pice of grasland in Tokyo but June 1956 should be considered as the official start of the Oyama karate school, opening his dojo behind the Rikkyo University at about 500m of the actual honbu dojo.
		Oyama Dojo members took their kumite very serious very much aware that they were practising a fighting sport so they had to expect to be hit and to be able to hit.
	www.willingtonkarateclub.org /style/masoyamahistory1.html (1993 words)

	Masutatsu Oyama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Oyama began studying kenpo karate at age 9 from a man who was working on the farm.
		Oyama enrolled at Takushoku University in Tokyo and was accepted as a student at the dojo (training hall) of Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of shotokan.
		Oyama died on April 26, 1994, at the; age of 71, of lung cancer.
	www.zdnet.co.za /wiki/Masutatsu_Oyama (783 words)

	Sosai Mas Oyama
		Sosai (President) Masutatsu Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Karate, was born in southern Korea in 1923.
		Mas Oyama's training progressed so rapidly that by the age of 17, he was a Nidan (2nd Dan), and by the age of 20, he was a Yondan (4th Dan) in Shotokan.
		Mas Oyama's fighting technique was based on the Samurai warriors' principle of "Ichi geki hissatsu", or "One strike, certain death".
	www.uskyokushin.com /sosai.htm (1196 words)

	Florida Kyokushin Karate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Master So, another Korean (from Oyama's own province) living in Japan, was one of the highest authorities on the karate style of Goju Ryu in Japan at the time.
		Oyama thought that this would be an appropriate place to commence the rigors of training he had planned for himself.
		Sadly, Sosai Mas Oyama died, of lung cancer (as a non-smoker), at the age of 70 in April 1994, leaving the then 5th dan Akiyoshi Matsui in charge of the organization.
	www.floridakyokushinkarate.com /oyama.htm (1555 words)

	Gdański Klub FULL CONTACT KARATE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Masutatsu’s whole life was connected with full-contact fighting skills.
		Oyama became the strongest martial artist in Japan On his return to civilization in 1947, he took part in Karate championships in Japan and won all fights by knock-out.
		Masutatsu Oyama died on 26.04.1994 at the age of 71.
	republika.pl /karategdansk/masutatsu-en.html (356 words)

	Mas Oyama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Masutatsu Oyama was born in Wa-Ryong-Ri Yong-chi-Myo'n Chul Na Do Korea in 1923, and completed middle school in Seoul.
		Oyama had mastered the Eighteen Techniques of Chinese kempo while he was still in his homeland.
		Oyama was one of the "old masters" of karate and his contributions to the martial arts shall remain legendary.
	www.phoenixkarate.com /guide/oyama.html (511 words)

	SOURCES of FIGHTING STYLE OYAMA MASUTATSU
		It is natural, that Oyama blocked and beat in the answer, but not as the crow flies, and circular movements, and moving on an arch around of the opponent.
		Having taken a hand of the opponent, Oyama merged with his movement, twisted him, applied painful receptions on joints Certainly to finish all these receptions it was impossible, and Oyama always stopped reception at the certain stage of his development.
		Oyama took the opponent a forward hand or both hands, moving on a circle, left sideways from him " in a dead zone " in such position, whence it was possible to strike a hand or to use any other reception.
	www.superkarate.ru /e_k_style.htm (951 words)

	Biography
		Masutatsu Oyama was born 'Young-Li' in South Korea but took on the Japanese name when he moved to Japan.
		Oyama joined the Butokukai which was the academy for the Imperial Japanese Military, spending 2 years (Until the end of World War II) training in guerrilla warfare, espionage and hand to hand combat.
		Masutatsu Oyama died of lung cancer (Oyama was a non smoker) in April 1994.
	homepages.tesco.net /karl.webb/Bio_Oyama_Masutatsu.htm (341 words)

	2006 Karate World Cup - History
		In 1938 Masutatsu Oyama travelled to Japan with the desire to enter an aviation school and become a fighter pilot, but due to many reasons he was unable to enter the aviation school and was forced to abandon his dream to be a pilot and subsequently was forced to find work.
		Kayama told Oyama that he was unable to continue to support him in his quest and Oyama's original plan of remaining in solitude for three years was brought to an end.
		Masutatsu Oyama amazed the world in 1975 by putting on the open first full contact championships, which had fighters from Kung Fu, Thai boxing and other karate styles.
	www.2006karateworldcup.com.au /history.html (1752 words)

	Australian Kyokushin - The Biography of Mas Oyama
		It was during one of his visits to the United States that Mas Oyama met Jacques Sandulescu, a big (190 cm and 190 kg of muscle) Romanian who had been taken prisoner by the Red Army at the age of 16, and sent to the coal mines as a slave labourer for two years.
		Sadly, Sosai Mas Oyama died, of lung cancer (though nominally a non-smoker, it's rumoured that he did enjoy cigars - can anyone confirm/deny this?), at the age of 70 in April 1994, leaving the then 5th dan Akiyoshi Matsui in charge of the organisation.
		Many others, such as Shigeru Oyama in the U.S., have taken it further by developing their own style based on Kyokushin.
	www.australiankyokushin.com /oyama.shtml (1884 words)

	E-Budo.com - Mas Oyama for real?
		Masutatsu Oyama Sosai, wrote one of the best selling books "What Is Karate?", which was in the English language, back in 1957.
		Whatever his background, Oyama was a giant of his time, and his students as well as his competitions earned a place of respect in the MA world.
		Yes Oyama was a pretty good karateka, yes he was pretty tough, yes he was Korean (something many Japanese don’t even know), however, many of the stories about this man are exaggerated or are fictitious.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/printthread.php?t=29644 (3437 words)

	Hawaii Karate Seinenkai Salutes Mas Oyama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mas Oyama was born on July 27, 1923, in South Korea.
		Oyama first visited Hawaii in 1952 on his way to the mainland to popularize the art of Karate.
		Oyama was the author of several books and was featured in numerous videos about his form of Karate.
	seinenkai.com /salute-oyama.html (240 words)

	Kyokushin Karate Scotland: Masutatsu Oyama
		The founder of our system, Masutatsu Oyama, 10th Dan, has been described by some as being a "legend in his own time".
		He was born in Korea in 1923 and began his martial arts training by studying Kenpo at the age of nine.
		On the day of the match he weighed 180 lbs and it is reported that the bull weighed 990 lbs with horns four inches in diameter.
	www.kyokushin-scotland.co.uk /About_Kyokushin/Oyama.aspx (536 words)

	Mas Oyama
		Masutatsu Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Karate, was born Yong-I Choi, on July 27,1923 in
		Oyama’s intent was not to be cruel, he simply wished to demonstrate to the world, his powerful Karate.
		The International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan, administered by the Oyama Family, is dedicated to the preservation of the integrity of the Kyokushin system and the philosophies of the late Grandmaster, Mas Oyama.
	www.greenmountaindojo.com /page8.html (541 words)

	Gary, Viccars, Victorian, Kyokushin, Karate, Oyama, Australia
		Sosai Masutatsu Oyama 10th Dan, was born in 1923.
		Oyama made his first of many visits to North America where he held numerous demonstrations and participated in many fights against boxers and wrestlers.
		This is why it is the responsibility of all those who have chosen to follow Sosai, to train hard and forge and indomitable spirit so that the tradition of strength in Kyokushin Karate may be recognised by all for many years.
	www.kokorowebdesign.com.au /viccars/masoyama.htm (657 words)

	Welcome to Seishin Canada Montreal
		The founder of Kyokushin, Masutatsu Oyama, was born Yong I-Choi on 27 July 1923 in southern Korea.
		Masutatsu, or simply, Mas, Oyama was the name he would primarily use for the rest of his life.
		Nevertheless, it is generally believed that Oyama engaged in some type of intense, full-time martial arts training during this period and also traveled to the U.S. to engage in exhibition bouts with professional wrestlers.
	seishincanada.com /seishin/masoyama.htm (1090 words)

	Complete Martial Arts.com - Mas Oyama
		When he was 23 years old, Mas Oyama met Eiji Yoshikawa, the author of the novel Musashi, which was based on the life and exploits of Japan's most famous Samurai.
		That same year, Oyama went to Mt. Minobu in the Chiba Prefecture, where Musashi had developed his Nito-Ryu style of sword fighting.
		It was during one of his visits to the United States that Mas Oyama met Jacques Sandulescu, a big (190 cm and 190 kg of muscle) Romanian who had been taken prisoner by the Red Army at the age of 16, and sent to the coal mines as a slave laborer for two years.
	www.completemartialarts.com /whoswho/halloffame/masoyama.htm (1832 words)

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		The successor of Masutatsu Oyama as Chief of Kyokushin Kaikan and the International League of Karate shall be Shoukei Matsui.
		However, Sosai Masutatsu Oyama, who was becoming weak in physical strength and energy, was surrounded by the witnesses to the will far a very long time, They also refused the entry and inclusion of the family who were waiting near by.
		Falsifying the intentions of Sosai Masutatsu Oyama by entering students in professional ring tournaments and presenting a falsified united front are all bending the true essence of Kyokushin Karate and crushing the teachings of Sosai.
	members.shaw.ca /iheiter/will.html (7142 words)

	Sidney-Kai Kyokushinkai Karate website of Sensei Remi da Silva Oliveira
		Sosai Masutatsu Oyama was born on July 27th, 1923, in a village in Southern Korea.
		It was at this time that Mas Oyama entered the Japanese Imperial Army and began studying judo in the hope of mastering its holding and grappling techniques.
		Kayama told Mas Oyama that due to unforeseen circumstances he could no longer sponsor Mas Oyama's retreat in the mountains and thus Mas Oyama's original plan of remaining in solitude for three years was brought to an end.
	www.cvdnet.com /sidneykai/mas.htm (1530 words)

	VITAL KARATE~Masutatsu Oyama~1967 Japan Pub Trading JPT
		Masutatsu Oyama, Karate master, makes available to everyone the essence of his thirty years of Karate study and training.
		Mr Oyama, whose psychology is based on Zen Buddhism and Shinto, has developed a Karate that is serene in movement, refined and stable in form.
		Oyama Karate begins and ends with points and circles, in which lie the miraculous strength and the life of the system.
	www.notinoz.com /aw2k/Sports5.html (362 words)

	KYOKUSHINKAI-Milan Dojo-MAS OYAMA.htm
		Au Japon, puis à travers le monde, Masutatsu Oyama a su faire connaître le kyokushin avec de nombreux ouvrages.
		Maître Oyama est devenu de son vivant une véritable légende.
		Masutatsu Oyama was born in July 12, 1923 in Qa-Ryong-Ri Yong-chi-Myo'n Chul Na Do South Korea.
	f.k.c.k.free.fr /MAS-OYAMA.htm (2762 words)

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