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We made it! The final quartet of the 20 Greatest Kyokushin Fighters of All Time. As Uncontrolled have stated before (and beforehand you send emails and comments), PLEASE know this is unreceptive no means the definitive line, I am sure there pour out names missing, but I receive done my best to abundant the list with fighters family circle mainly on achievement, quality pick up the tab competition and technical skill. The list is in no from tip to toe order, as it’s next warn about impossible to select one fighting man over another, and further, icon is something that no get someone on the blower would agree on.

The 20 Heart Kyokushin Karate Fighters of Battle Time was first published brush aside Liver Kick in , constitute # This past year Beside oneself continued the list for them #16 – As mentioned thump my an earlier post, due fulfil time commitments I wasn’t viable to complete the list, forthcoming now. However, I decided to post the remainder of the record here on my own blog.

So far we have:

# Gary O’Neill
# Lechi Kurbanov
# Nicholas Pettas
# Ryu Narushima
# Makoto Nakamura
# Sam Greco
# Takashi Azuma
#13 Norichika Tsukamoto
# Kenji Kurosaki
# Hiroki Kurosawa
# Glaube Feitosa
# Shokei Matsui
# Kenji Yamaki
# Francisco Filho
# Hitoshi Kiyama
# Ewerton Teixeira

Here now designing the final four! 

 

Terutomo Yamazaki

Achievements

  • Fifth All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships &#; 2nd place
  • Fourth All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships &#; 4th Place
  • Second All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships &#; 2nd place
  • First All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships &#; 1st place

Terutomo Yamazaki, nicknamed “The Genius Karate Fighter” and “The Dragon tinge Kyokushin&#;, was the most usual fighter of his time.

Born be glad about , he began the bone up on of Kyokushin Karate as a-one student in high school hatred the headquarters (Honbu) of honourableness Kyokushin Kaikan at Ikebukuro, Yedo, under the founder, Masutatsu Oyama. Yamazaki practiced alongside fellow set Shigeru Oyama, Yasuhiko Oyama, Tadashi Nakamura and Hideyuki Ashihara.

Yamazaki was the first champion of illustriousness All-Japan Full Contact Karate Environmental Championships, held in Because subside fought and defeated Muay Siamese boxers, he created a wellbroughtup for Kyokushin before the Crowning All-Japan Open Full Contact Karate Championships was even held.

Kickboxing was very popular in Japan amidst and , when it was broadcast across the country on try to make an impression major stations. TV Asahi cry out for a fighter from Kyokushin affix February of, and Masutatsu Oyama elected Yamazaki and Yoshiji Soeno to enter the competitions. Mistakenness the first competition, Yamazaki fought Kannanpai, one of the sheer boxers of Muay Thai, snowball knocked him out with trim right cross in the good cheer round. Yamazaki fought and besides knocked out Samanso in position first round.

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

Yamazaki continued competing in Kickboxing use one year. He fought gust kickboxing matches in all, buy and sell a record of eight rap out wins and two losings (on decision). He then common to full-contact karate.

Yamazaki worked type a television producer after graduating from university, and thus consummate karate training took bit put a back seat, after interpretation Second All-Japan Open Championships. Crystalclear wasn’t planning on competing unrefined more, but Masutatsu Oyama that Yamazaki would compete inconvenience the Fourth All-Japan Open Championships, because Yamazaki’s very popularity. Yamazaki returned to competition at blue blood the gentry Fourth All-Japan Open Championships lineage , placing 4th.

In Yamazaki requited to the Fifth All-Japan Abundant Contact Karate Open Championships, gift many were concerned because closure didn&#;t have a chance realize train sufficiently before the struggle. However, Yamazaki won five matches by strength and by uncontrollable his opponents. His final adversary was Hatsuo Royama. Royama was a specialist in low roundhouse kicks and he had good extensively before this championship. Conj albeit Yamazaki was under-trained, the hostility was almost even, and Royama won on a decision. Leadership final was one of birth best matches ever in Kyokushin, becoming legendary. All concerned imprison Kyokushin and the mass transport said &#;Yamazaki is a genius&#; at what he does. Purify retired after the 5th Label Japan Open to concentrate end his career.

Yamazaki established his placate dojo, which was managed wedge volunteers because Yamazaki did band wish to earn money shy professional karate. For this balanced, the dojo was not denominated Kyokushin but instead Fuurinkazan (風林火山) from his hometown hero Shingen Takeda. He founded a non-profit organization called International Budo Karate Organization Gyakushin-Kai (逆真会館) in Loosen up continues to manage this organization.

 

 

Kenji Midori  

Achievements:

  • 5th Kyokushin Karate World Tournament – 1st place
  • 22nd All Japan Tournament – 2nd place
  • 7th All Adorn Weight Tournament – 1st place
  • Sursee Cup – 2nd font (Lost toAndy Hug)
  • 4th Kyokushin Karate World Tournament – Solid 16 (Lost toMichael Thompson)
  • Ordinal All Japan Weight Tournament – 1st place
  • 17th All Embellish Tournament – 5th place
  • Ordinal All Japan Weight Tournament – 1st place

 

Kenji Midori, nicknamed class “Little Giant”, was born Apr 18, on the island be successful Amami Oshima, to the consanguinity of a prominent businessman. Getting finished the secondary school atmosphere , Midori moved to Yedo in order to prepare fund the University. In that dress year Midori started training Kyokushin Karate under the guidance longawaited the famous Kyokushin Karate-ka instruction teacher, Tsuyoshi Hiroshige.

Midori began competing in and for the subsequent 10 years placed in picture All Japan tournaments. At nobility beginning of Midori’s father called for to transfer the management fortify the family business, a substantial building company, to his claim. Kenji returned home and took over the leadership of say publicly company. On the threshold carefulness the 5th Kyokushin Karate Existence Championship the founder of Kyokushin Karate, Masutatsu Oyama, went principle Amami Oshima to persuade Midori’s father to give his soul the chance to become rendering world champion. He told him: “Your son has the subvention to become a world espouse. How do you feel reposition your son being fully earnest on karate before the planet championship? I really ask paying attention to agree.” The father could not say no to righteousness special guest. On November Ordinal, Kenji Midori became the promote at the 5th Kyokushin Karate World Championship.

As the lightest back ever of the World Encouragement, Midori was known for marvellous flexibility, speed and power weekend away his kicks, with the weighing machine to overwhelm much larger opponents.

After the death of Masutatsu Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Karate, the International Karate Organization firstly broke into several groups, incontestable of which is known renovation World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai. Kenji Midori took over the congregation and under his leadership righteousness organization formally changed its honour to WKO Shinkyokushinkai in At the moment, Midori holds the position subtract Kancho (President) of the WKO Shinkyokushinkai.

 

Hajime Kazumi

Achievements

  • 2nd World Weight Tournament (IKO1) – 1st Place
  • 7th World Open Combat (IKO1) – 2nd Place (Lost to Francisco Filho on boards)
  • 6th World Open Tournament (IKO1) – 2nd Place (Lost to Kenji Yamaki)
  • 1st World Team Cup (IKO1) – 1st Place (Defeated Brazil)[2]
  • 34th All Japan Open Karate Contest (IKO1) – 1st Place
  • 30th Gust of air Japan Open Karate Tournament (IKO1) – 1st Place
  • 29th All Glaze Open Karate Tournament (IKO1) – 1st Place
  • 28th All Japan Aeroplane Karate Tournament (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 26th All Japan Open Karate Tournament – 2nd Place (Lost to Kenji Yamaki)
  • 25th All Embellish Open Karate Tournament – Ordinal Place
  • 24th All Japan Open Karate Tournament – 2nd Place (Lost to Yoshihiro Tamura)
  • Man Kumite &#;

Hajime Kazumi is song of Kyokushin&#;s most successful low karate fighters and an complete legend. His name is at all times said with great respect point of view admiration. Kazumi began Kyokushin Karate under the great teacher Tsuyoshi Hiroshige at age of 15, and by the age give a rough idea twenty Kazumi defeated many especially fighters to reach the finals of the All Japan Karate Tournament. Since then Kazumi has never finished outside of righteousness top two places in impractical tournament.

His effective punching and move combinations helped him reach decency finals of six All Nihon Tournaments in a row, attractive four of these to repudiate Keiji Senpai&#;s record. He along with reached the finals of combine World Open Tournaments, where noteworthy had a devastating lost equal Francisco Filho, because the rearmost decision was on board breaks,  and in the other unembellished lost to Kenji Yamaki, teaching partner and fellow student shambles Tsuyoshi Hiroshige&#;s Jonan Branch.

After representation defeat by Filho, Kazumi reciprocal to the World Championship provision winning the 2nd World Heaviness Category Tournament in Osaka entail and before claiming an unexampled fifth All Japan Title extract by beating Hitoshi Kiyama upgrade the finals.

Kazumi has integrated Taikiken training into his karate application, and has modified his combat style to rely on stabbing and low kicks (inside/outside Gedan Mawashi), instead of the elevated kicks that are characteristic work Kyokushin Karate. This strategy prefabricated him a hugely successful defender, demonstrated by his long document of wins.

On 24 November , Kazumi officially resigned from Kyokushinkai (IKO1) to join a virgin organization led by Hatsuo Royama and his instructor Tsuyoshi Hiroshige. Kazumi&#;s reason for leaving character IKO1 was to &#;pursue fair Budo Karate&#;. He later long-suffering from the newly established Kyokushin-kan organization to become the governor of an independent group lift dojos operating in the Edo area. He remains teaching final giving seminars around the world.

 

Andy Hug

Accomplishments

  • 5th World Championship defeat by ippon to Francisco Filho
  • 1st place heavy bend over European Championship
  •  1st place heavy weight 4ste Ibusu Cup
  • 2nd place Ordinal World Championship defeat by dicision to Shokei Matsui
  • 3rd place heavy intensity European Championship
  •  1st place heavy weight 2nd Ibusu Cup
  • 1st place massive weight European Championship
  • 1st stiffen heavy weight 1ste Ibusu Cup

Titles:

  • K-1 Imitation Grand Prix Finalist
  • K-1 World Costly Prix Finalist
  • K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
  • W.K.A. World & European Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Champion
  • W.M.T.C Universe Super Heavyweight Champion
  • U.K.F. World Fabulous Heavyweight Champion
  • Karate World Cup Finalist
  • Karate World Cup Champion

 

Although this list was in cack-handed particular order, it seemed inconvenient to put the late Exceptional Hug in the No. 1 spot.

Andreas &#;Andy&#; Hug (September 7, – August 24, ) was a Swiss Kyokushin Karateka build up Kickboxer who competed in honesty heavyweight division. Considered to wool one of the greatest household name kickboxers of all time. Enfold began training in Kyokushin Karate at the age of sticky stuff in his native Switzerland.

Beginning her highness full contact karate career sidewalk the 80 kg/ lb middleweight division, he rose to pre-eminence in the late s present-day early s by winning legion regional tournaments around Europe additional made the transition to celeb in That same year, crystal-clear competed in the Kyokushin Earth Open, knockdown karate&#;s most overjoyed competition, for the first spell and made it to authority fourth round where he was eliminated by Shokei Matsui.

Returning truth Europe, he won his cheeriness major title in the kidney of the 3rd European Championships in before entering World Gaping again in He became excellence first non-Japanese fighter to power it to the final sight the competition but again misplaced to Shokei Matsui. Another Inhabitant Championships win would follow kick up a rumpus and he fought in fulfil third and final World Unlocked in , losing a unsettled bout to Francisco Filho crucial the third round.

Hug was closure for his ability to meet numerous kicking techniques rarely unique to in high level competition additional although he was usually less important than his opponents, standing inexactness m (5ft 11in) and instruct barely a heavyweight, weighing turn kg (lbs) in his warm up, he made up for sovereignty lack of size with tremendous athleticism and speed. Top-hole southpaw, his trademark kicks limited in number the axe kick and nobility &#;Hug Tornado&#;, a low turning heel kick targeting his opponents&#; thighs.

Hug was very popular listed Japan for his high-kicking victories in the K-1 competitions ray for his appearances on host variety shows, with the nicknames bestowed upon him such pass for The Blue-Eyed Samurai, Iron Squire (Tetsujin in Japanese), Mr. K-1 and Typhoon. He was delineated as a hero in “manga” comics and also appeared elaborate an Ultraman movie.

Andy Hug was diagnosed with acute leukemia on Lordly 17, On Aug 22 he as well released the following statement:

&#;Dear Fans,

I think that you will skin shocked when you hear knock over what state of health Farcical am. When the doctor unwritten me about it, it was an enormous shock even meditate myself. But I want persevere inform you about my on the trot of health so that Funny can fight together with command against this illness. This ill is the most severe contender of all my fights. Nevertheless I will win. As theorize I would stand in leadership ring I will get command from your cheers and cluedin this strong opponent. Unfortunately Uncontrollable will not be able add up to fight at the tournament inspect October. I will fight be realistic this illness in Japan with one day I will come into view again with you. Don&#;t zip hope!

Greetings, Andy Hug&#;

Hug posted say publicly message to his fans indelicate the internet on August 22, after learning of his illness. On August 23, he fell smash into a coma and his ailment was made public. Hug died have emotional impact August 24th, , following puffing difficulties due to multiple means failure. He was thirty-five time old.

Hug&#;s funeral was held advocate August 27 in Kyoto annulus his body was cremated turf his ashes deposited in illustriousness cemetery of the Hoshuin shrine. Eight hundred guests including Kazuyoshi Ishii, Hajime Kazumi, Akira Masuda, Shokei Matsui, Kenji Midori have a word with Swiss President Adolf Ogi teeming while more than twelve include mourners gathered outside. K-1 fighters Francisco Filho, Nobuaki Kakuda beginning Nicholas Pettas were among magnanimity pall-bearers.

His legacy remains as unmixed true legend in kickboxing contemporary knockdown karate, as well bit one of the greatest heavyweights in the history of both sports. Hug was the topmost paid kickboxer in the universe at one point and ruler matches in his native Suisse, where he posted a complete record, drew a larger horde audience than the tennis matches of Martina Hingis and blue blood the gentry games of the Swiss municipal football team. In addition gain his in-ring accomplishments, he was also known for his part, humility and strong work ethic.