Shidokan Karate World Cup 2005 HL (Youtube)

[Sonik]

Hahahah!! That photo is cool!! He sure looks yakuza to me. Never had seen a photo of him (Hisao Maki)

[machbaga]

Originally Posted by Sonik

I've heard those rumour about Sosai being envolved with the Yakuza but i've also heard that he's been envolved as well in many fights with yakuza gangsters. But it's just rumours so there's use to to put much thinking into the question.

the reason that Sosai being envolved with the Yakuza is three of his students Kurosaki Kenji, Maki Hisao and Soeno Yoshiji are yazkuza.

Furthermore, Kurosaki Kenji, Maki Hisao were the top instructors of the Oyama dojo and early kyokushinkaikan.

[Kurisu]

I've heard some stories about Sosai and the Yakuza. I don't have any hard evidence that there was direct involvement with the Yakuza however I do know for a fact that Sosai was held in high respect.

[Billy no mates]

A photo is hardly evidence,friends say i look like a serial killer which unless i am suffering from undiagnosed false memory syndrome is not the case.....

[sokaiya]

Please don't be so naive and again don't take what I said too seriously either. It's just a bit of humor on my part because that IS an actual picture of Shihan Maki and that is THE ACTUAL LOOK of a Yakuza. Whether he's playing off the fact that people think he's Yakuza or if he really is, I don't know because I'm not familiar with him but if there's people who know better and say he is, I won't argue against them.


I don't know if it's talked about much but the fact that high-ranking Yakuza in order to better themselves trained in dojo's. Many of the younger Yakuza these days train/hang-out at some MMA Gyms these days too. I'm pretty sure Kendo's Yakuza affiliation is pretty big due to the fact they want to remain close to their "Samurai Roots". A man of Sosai's stature is above and beyond a Yakuza and he's Karate baka before anything else.

[Billy no mates]

Naive?indeed i am and happy with it to....but how does one ascertain that the "people" know better?.....

[Bloke]

We seem to have gone way off topic here so lets get back to it. Are the guys in the red Gi tops from Shidokan?

[machbaga]

Originally Posted by Bloke

We seem to have gone way off topic here so lets get back to it. Are the guys in the red Gi tops from Shidokan?

yes, the kanji on the red or blue dogi is shidokan