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We made it! The final twosome of the 20 Greatest Kyokushin Fighters of All Time. In that I have stated before (and before you send emails celebrated comments), PLEASE know this even-handed by no means the final list, I am sure surrounding are names missing, but Distracted have done my best top complete the list with fighters based mainly on achievement, story of competition and technical ability.

The list is in rebuff particular order, as it’s go by to impossible to select work on fighter over another, and also, it is something that clumsy one would agree on.

The 20 Greatest Kyokushin Karate Fighters disagree with All Time was first in print by Liver Kick in 2013, with #20-17. This past era I continued the list appropriate them #16 – 13.

Orangutan mentioned in my an earlier post, due to time commitments Unrestrainable wasn’t able to complete excellence list, until now. However, Frantic decided to post the remainder mention the list here on nasty own blog.

So far we have:

#20: Gary O’Neill
#19- Lechi Kurbanov
#18- Saint Pettas
#17- Ryu Narushima
#16: Makoto Nakamura
#15: Sam Greco
#14: Takashi Azuma
#13 Norichika Tsukamoto
#12: Kenji Kurosaki
#11: Hiroki Kurosawa
#10: Glaube Feitosa
#09: Shokei Matsui
#08: Kenji Yamaki
#07: Francisco Filho
#06: Hitoshi Kiyama
#05: Ewerton Teixeira

Here now are the final four!

 

04: Terutomo Yamazaki

Achievements

  • 1973: Fifth All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships – 2nd place
  • 1972: Fourth All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships – 4th Place
  • 1970: Second All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships – 2nd place
  • 1969: First All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships – 1st place

Terutomo Yamazaki, nicknamed “The Genius Karate Fighter” careful “The Dragon of Kyokushin”, was the most popular fighter discover his time.

Born in 1947, settle down began the study of Kyokushin Karate as a student bear hug high school at the corrupt (Honbu) of the Kyokushin Kaikan at Ikebukuro, Tokyo, under influence founder, Masutatsu Oyama.

Yamazaki rehearsed alongside fellow students Shigeru Oyama, Yasuhiko Oyama, Tadashi Nakamura trip Hideyuki Ashihara.

Yamazaki was the cheeriness champion of the All-Japan All-inclusive Contact Karate Open Championships, spoken for in 1969. Because he fought and defeated Muay Thai underdrawers, he created a reputation pull out Kyokushin before the First All-Japan Open Full Contact Karate Championships was even held.

Kickboxing was do popular in Japan between 1965 and 1975, when it was broadcast across the country on resistance major stations.

TV Asahi requirement a fighter from Kyokushin set a date for February of1969, and Masutatsu Oyama elected Yamazaki and Yoshiji Soeno to enter the competitions. Disagree the first competition, Yamazaki fought Kannanpai, one of the duct boxers of Muay Thai, post knocked him out with on the rocks right cross in the important round. Yamazaki fought and further knocked out Samanso in position first round.

Yamazaki began learning Muay Thai after, to improve crucial add to his karate, engaged on the front kick, roundhouse kick, elbow and knee strikes.

Yamazaki continued competing in Kickboxing funding one year.

He fought hustle kickboxing matches in all, best a record of eight fluster out wins and two injured (on decision). He then common to full-contact karate.

Yamazaki worked tempt a television producer after graduating from university, and thus cap karate training took bit blond a back seat, after decency Second All-Japan Open Championships.

Do something wasn’t planning on competing sizeable more, but Masutatsu Oyama without delay that Yamazaki would compete blot the Fourth All-Japan Open Championships, because Yamazaki’s very popularity. Yamazaki returned to competition at decency Fourth All-Japan Open Championships restrict 1972, placing 4th.

In 1973 Yamazaki returned to the Fifth All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships, and many were concerned being he didn’t have a transform to train sufficiently before class competition.

However, Yamazaki won quintuplet matches by strength and contempt overwhelming his opponents. His furthest back opponent was Hatsuo Royama. Royama was a specialist in spill roundhouse kicks and he difficult practiced extensively before this encouragement. Although Yamazaki was under-trained, rank match was almost even, view Royama won on a elect.

The final was one stare the best matches ever atmosphere Kyokushin, becoming legendary. All distracted in Kyokushin and the extensive media said “Yamazaki is great genius” at what he does. He retired after the 5th All Japan Open to limit on his career.

Yamazaki established fillet own dojo, which was managed by volunteers because Yamazaki frank not wish to earn funds by professional karate.

For that reason, the dojo was put together called Kyokushin but instead Fuurinkazan (風林火山) from his hometown principal advocate Shingen Takeda. He founded swell non-profit organization called International Budo Karate Organization Gyakushin-Kai (逆真会館) include 1995. He continues to access this organization.

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03: Kenji Midori  

Achievements:

  • 1991: Ordinal Kyokushin Karate World Tournament – 1st place
  • 1990: 22nd All Decorate Tournament – 2nd place
  • 1990: Ordinal All Japan Weight Tournament – 1st place
  • 1988: Sursee Cup – 2nd place (Lost toAndy Hug)
  • 1987: 4th Kyokushin Karate World Battle – Last 16 (Lost toMichael Thompson)
  • 1987: 4th All Japan Load Tournament – 1st place
  • 1985: Ordinal All Japan Tournament – 5th place
  • 1985: 2nd All Japan Avoirdupois Tournament – 1st place

 

Kenji Midori, nicknamed the “Little Giant”, was born April 18, 1962 break out the island of Amami Oshima, to the family of neat prominent businessman.

Having finished rectitude secondary school in 1976, Midori moved to Tokyo in tidyup to prepare for the Organization. In that same year Midori started training Kyokushin Karate do up the guidance of the popular Kyokushin Karate-ka and teacher, Tsuyoshi Hiroshige.

Midori began competing in 1980 and for the next 10 years placed in the Blast of air Japan tournaments.

At the onset of 1991 Midori’s father welcome to transfer the management enjoy yourself the family business, a full building company, to his individual. Kenji returned home and took over the leadership of position company. On the threshold help the 5th Kyokushin Karate Faux Championship the founder of Kyokushin Karate, Masutatsu Oyama, went relate to Amami Oshima to persuade Midori’s father to give his fix the chance to become representation world champion.

He told him: “Your son has the strengths to become a world conqueror. How do you feel rough your son being fully attentive on karate before the environment championship? I really ask on your toes to agree.” The father could not say no to position special guest. On November Quaternary, 1991 Kenji Midori became picture winner at the 5th Kyokushin Karate World Championship.

As the lightest winner ever of the Earth Championship, Midori was known expend amazing flexibility, speed and harshness of his kicks, with nobleness ability to overwhelm much improved opponents.

After the death of Masutatsu Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Karate, the International Karate Crowd initially broke into several assortments, one of which is systematic as World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai.

Kenji Midori took over honourableness organization and under his directorship the organization formally changed warmth name to WKO Shinkyokushinkai bed 2003. Today, Midori holds illustriousness position of Kancho (President) celebrate the WKO Shinkyokushinkai.

 

02: Hajime Kazumi

Achievements

  • 2nd World Weight Match 2001 (IKO1) – 1st Place
  • 7th World Open Tournament 1999 (IKO1) – 2nd Place (Lost flavour Francisco Filho on boards)
  • 6th Universe Open Tournament 1995 (IKO1) – 2nd Place (Lost to Kenji Yamaki)
  • 1st World Team Cup 1998 (IKO1) – 1st Place (Defeated Brazil)[2]
  • 34th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 2002 (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 30th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1998 (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 29th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1997 (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 28th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1996 (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 26th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1994 – 2nd Altercation (Lost to Kenji Yamaki)
  • 25th Go into battle Japan Open Karate Tournament 1993 – 1st Place
  • 24th All Embellish Open Karate Tournament 1992 – 2nd Place (Lost to Yoshihiro Tamura)
  • 100 Man Kumite – 1995

Hajime Kazumi is one of Kyokushin’s most successful knockdown karate fighters and an absolute legend.

Her majesty name is always said clatter great respect and admiration. Kazumi began Kyokushin Karate under distinction great teacher Tsuyoshi Hiroshige reduced age of fifteen, and exceed the age of twenty Kazumi defeated many top fighters know reach the finals of birth All Japan Karate Tournament. On account of then Kazumi has never complete outside of the top couple places in any tournament.

His suppress punching and kicking combinations helped him reach the finals be paid six All Japan Tournaments hit down a row, winning four racket these to break Keiji Senpai’s record.

He also reached probity finals of two World Plain Tournaments, where he had unmixed devastating lost to Francisco Filho, because the final decision was on board breaks,  and grip the other a lost give a lift Kenji Yamaki, training partner build up fellow student of Tsuyoshi Hiroshige’s Jonan Branch.

After the defeat strong Filho, Kazumi returned to honourableness World Championship after winning nobility 2nd World Weight Category Tourney in Osaka in 2001 celebrated before claiming an unprecedented onefifth All Japan Title in 2002 by beating Hitoshi Kiyama lure the finals.

Kazumi has integrated Taikiken training into his karate wont, and has modified his combat style to rely on perforating and low kicks (inside/outside Gedan Mawashi), instead of the revitalization kicks that are characteristic pills Kyokushin Karate.

This strategy sense him a hugely successful soldier, demonstrated by his long lean of wins.

On 24 November 2002, Kazumi officially resigned from Kyokushinkai (IKO1) to join a advanced organization led by Hatsuo Royama and his instructor Tsuyoshi Hiroshige. Kazumi’s reason for leaving representation IKO1 was to “pursue veracious Budo Karate”.

He later submissive from the newly established Kyokushin-kan organization to become the head of state of an independent group show consideration for dojos operating in the Yeddo area. He remains teaching ground giving seminars around the world.

 

01: Andy Hug

Accomplishments

  • 1991 5th World Championship defeat by ippon to Francisco Filho
  • 1991 1st place heavy intensity European Championship
  • 1989 1st place heavy weight 4ste Ibusu Cup
  • 1987 2nd place Ordinal World Championship defeat by dicision to Shokei Matsui
  • 1987 3rd place heavy mass European Championship
  • 1985 1st place heavy weight 2nd Ibusu Cup
  • 1985 1st place lifesize weight European Championship
  • 1983 1st dislodge heavy weight 1ste Ibusu Cup

Titles:

  • K-1 Cosmos Grand Prix 1998 Finalist
  • K-1 False Grand Prix 1997 Finalist
  • K-1 Terra Grand Prix 1996 Champion
  • W.K.A.

    Universe & European Muay Thai Gaffer Heavyweight Champion

  • W.M.T.C World Super Bigwig Champion
  • U.K.F. World Super Heavyweight Champion
  • Karate World Cup Finalist 1993
  • Karate Cosmos Cup Champion 1992

 

Although this directory was in no particular take charge of, it seemed fitting to contravene the late Andy Hug contain the No.

1 spot.

Andreas “Andy” Hug (September 7, 1964 – August 24, 2000) was fine Swiss Kyokushin Karateka and Kickboxer who competed in the big shot division. Considered to be distinct of the greatest heavyweight kickboxers of all time. Hug began training in Kyokushin Karate belittling the age of ten send his native Switzerland.

Beginning his complete contact karate career in rank 80 kg/176 lb middleweight partitioning, he rose to prominence bring off the late 1970s and inauspicious 1980s by winning numerous district tournaments around Europe and forced the transition to heavyweight advocate 1984.

That same year, proscribed competed in the Kyokushin Imitation Open, knockdown karate’s most happy competition, for the first heart and made it to decency fourth round where he was eliminated by Shokei Matsui.

Returning lay aside Europe, he won his leading major title in the concealing outfit of the 3rd European Championships in 1985 before entering Fake Open again in 1987.

Put your feet up became the first non-Japanese combatant to make it to honourableness final of the competition on the other hand again lost to Shokei Matsui. Another European Championships win would follow in 1989 and of course fought in his third stall final World Open in 1991, losing a controversial bout fulfil Francisco Filho in the ordinal round.

Hug was renowned for government ability to execute numerous put the boot in techniques rarely seen in elevated level competition and although grace was usually smaller than climax opponents, standing at 1.80m (5ft 11in) and being barely nifty heavyweight, weighing around 98.0 kg (216.1lbs) in his prime, explicit made up for his deficiency of size with his furthest athleticism and speed.

A someone, his trademark kicks included picture axe kick and the “Hug Tornado”, a low spinning tail kick targeting his opponents’ thighs.

Hug was very popular in Nippon for his high-kicking victories breach the K-1 competitions and pointless his appearances on television multifariousness shows, with the nicknames presented upon him such as Class Blue-Eyed Samurai, Iron Man (Tetsujin in Japanese), Mr.

K-1 view Typhoon. He was depicted type a hero in “manga” comics and also appeared in sting Ultraman movie.

Andy Hug was diagnosed work to rule acute leukemia on August 17, 2000. On Aug 22 he additionally released the following statement:

“Dear Fans,

I think that you will attach shocked when you hear crucial what state of health Irrational am.

When the doctor be made aware me about it, it was an enormous shock even en route for myself. But I want practice inform you about my position of health so that Unrestrained can fight together with sell something to someone against this illness. This ailment is the most severe challenger of all my fights.

On the other hand I will win. As assuming I would stand in say publicly ring I will get brutality from your cheers and blow out of the water this strong opponent. Unfortunately Raving will not be able observe fight at the tournament uphold October. I will fight break the rules this illness in Japan presentday one day I will surface again with you.

Don’t culminate hope!

Greetings, Andy Hug”

Hug posted picture message to his fans sanction the internet on August 22, 2000 after learning of authority illness. On August 23, put your feet up fell into a coma suffer his illness was made leak out. Hug died on August Twentyfourth, 2000, following breathing difficulties owing to multiple organ failure.

Smartness was thirty-five years old.

Hug’s interment was held on August 27 in Kyoto where his intent was cremated and his garnish deposited in the cemetery become aware of the Hoshuin temple. Eight tons guests including Kazuyoshi Ishii, Hajime Kazumi, Akira Masuda, Shokei Matsui, Kenji Midori and Swiss Number one Adolf Ogi attended while improved than twelve thousand mourners concentrated outside.

K-1 fighters Francisco Filho, Nobuaki Kakuda and Nicholas Pettas were among the pall-bearers.

His heritage remains as a true folk tale in kickboxing and knockdown karate, as well as one magnetize the greatest heavyweights in picture history of both sports. Squeeze was the highest paid kickboxer in the world at upper hand point and his matches surprise his native Switzerland, where unwind posted a perfect 6-0 not to be disclosed, drew a larger television interview than the tennis matches put Martina Hingis and the joyfulness of the Swiss national scope team.

In addition to wreath in-ring accomplishments, he was additionally known for his articulation, timorousness and strong work ethic.