The Toughest Karate Master In The World!

While there have been many amazing and truly talented karate instructors

, only Mas Oyama can honestly lay claim to being the toughest karate instructor. This is most interesting, because the roots of Karate ar ein China, it came into existence on Okinawa, and eventually made its way to Japan, which became the 'Land of Karate.' Mas Oyama, (b-Choi Yeong-eui), however, was not from any of those countries, he was a Korean.

Sensei Oyama was born into Japanese occupied Korea in the year 1923. He took his first martial arts instruction from a Chinese worker named Lee when he was 9 years old, he was told to plant a seed, and to practice jumping over it as it sprouted. It is said he could leap incredible distances because of this practice.

After World War II Mas made his home in Japan, where he was looked down upon for being Korean. In 1946 he enrolled in Waseda University and began lessons from the second son of Gichin Funakoshi. Because of his Korean status his training was very lonely, and many would claim his solitary lifestyle would keep him dedicated and free of distractions, and enable him to achieve a very pure and elevated level of Karate.

From Waseda University he went to Takushoku University, and from the son he went to the father, for at Takushoku he studied with the father of modern day karate, Gichin Funakoshi. After shotokan he moved to Goju Ryu, studying with Chojun Miyagi. He was eventually promoted to 8th dan in that system by Gogen Yamaguchi.

During this time Mas Oyama was known as a fierce fighter, and he specialized in fighting the US military police. He was in so many fights that his picture hung from the walls of every police station. Eventually, and probably because of his fighting, he was advised by a friend, Mr. Neichu So, to retreat to the mountains and live a life of seclusion and dedicate himself to a regimen of hard training.

Mas Oyama spent 14 months in hard training on the top of Mt. Minobu, then, later, another 18 months. He returned to Tokyo a fierce and unbeatable fighter. During this time he took to fighting bulls, shearing the horns off them with a chop, or killing them outright, with nothing but kicks and fists.

Eventually, Mas established the Kyokushinkai, which school became famous for its brutal and tough training methods. One of the hallmarks of this type of training is the 100 man freestyle, in which a fighter faces 100 opponents in the toughest type of full contact freestyle imaginable. The schools of this toughest Karate sensei are now spread throughout the world and inspired martial artists everywhere.

by: Al Case

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