The way things are going..
Posted 05-31-2008 at 10:58 PM by supergroup7
The way things are going, I'm going to reach the rank of Black Belt on this forum before I even have the hopes of doing so in real life. I can't believe that I've already reached the rank of Green Belt. Wow.. just Wow! Even with my limited time on the computer, I have managed to post over 500 times on this forum. I do hope that they were worthwhile postings so that I can look back and smile with satisfaction.
I know that I'm happy with some of them, especially the thoughts that I had on the Dojo Kun. I liked those very much.
Lately, the history of our Art has intrigued me.. there is so much of Kyokushin history that is being slowly lost for many reasons. I would like to know more about Kyokushin, and more importantly, Kyokushin Karate in my country, Canada. Where was it introduced? Who helped it to develop? Did Sosai Oyama ever step foot on Canadian soil? When were women encouraged, or even allowed to train in Kyokushin?
I've been searching on the internet for anything that I can find, but there is something similar to a mist of confusion, and silence when looking for information on Martial Arts before the 70's. It is like Karate was quiet, and unknown.
I know that I'm happy with some of them, especially the thoughts that I had on the Dojo Kun. I liked those very much.
Lately, the history of our Art has intrigued me.. there is so much of Kyokushin history that is being slowly lost for many reasons. I would like to know more about Kyokushin, and more importantly, Kyokushin Karate in my country, Canada. Where was it introduced? Who helped it to develop? Did Sosai Oyama ever step foot on Canadian soil? When were women encouraged, or even allowed to train in Kyokushin?
I've been searching on the internet for anything that I can find, but there is something similar to a mist of confusion, and silence when looking for information on Martial Arts before the 70's. It is like Karate was quiet, and unknown.
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Yes info before the internet age is hard to find. For some reason alot of schools didnt start keepong accurate records until the 80's from what I can see.
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Posted 06-02-2008 at 12:19 AM by MilkManX
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you are quite right before the 80s kyokushin in canada was pretty unknown exept for a few lucky people. it really started in the 80's and from what i know women where always allowed in tranning exept that there was not many of them caus' of the hard trainning back then it was a million time harder then it is now.
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Posted 06-02-2008 at 02:35 PM by mary222
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I wonder who was the very first woman to train in Kyokushin. Did she train under Sosai Oyama? I've seen some women in the pictures of Sosai's books, I wonder if these ladies were his students?
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Posted 06-03-2008 at 01:36 PM by supergroup7
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i might be wrong but i dont think any women ever train under sosai directly.
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Posted 06-03-2008 at 02:42 PM by mary222
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Sosai actually made a trip into Canada from Chicago in 1953 and had made several trips subsequent to that ending with a trip to Vancouver in May 1989.
Kyokushin first open dojos in Canada in 1966, 1 in Montreal & 1 in Vancouver. |
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Posted 07-01-2008 at 08:49 PM by Emissary
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Thank you for that information Emissary. I knew that Sosai had done a tour of the United States in the 50's, and I had hoped that he had included Canada during those years. I have been searching the old newspapers, and magazines for any mention of his demonstrations, but so far I haven't been lucky.
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Posted 07-02-2008 at 02:14 PM by supergroup7
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