I think it is not easy to classify these karatekas into generations.
For example, according to an interview of Shihan Quinn, he first started kyokushin with Shihan Frank Everett, who was taught by Shihan Kato Shigeru. So in this theory he could be a 4th generation kyokushin karateka. But as he also spent a considerable period in Japan studying with Sosai Oyama so he is also a 2nd generation in kyokushin. And I think Filho and Kazumi can also be called 3rd generation because their instructors, Shihan Hiroshige and Isobe, have both been taught by Sosai. Anyway I think this difficulty in tracing a family tree is something good, as it shows people in kyokushin are all willing to share knowledge with each other, and not be bordered by hierarchy (just like what we are doing in this forum).
OSU!
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