A Tournament To Become The Champion Of The Strongest Karate Style, Kyokushin Karate!
最強！世界一の闘い～第１回総極真世界空手道選手権大会～
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Description
This is a documentary featuring young karate practitioners who compete in the So-Kyokushin World Championship.
Program Content:
Kyokushin Karate is known as the strongest style of karate.
Its founder, the late Mr. Masutatsu Oyama who was called “The Godhand”, spread karate throughout the world.
Presently, more than five hundred World So-Kyokushin dojos(training places) both inside and outside of Japan are members of the International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan. These karate practitioners constantly try to improve their skills through hard work and dedication.
The first So-Kyokushin World Karate Championship was held in Shizuoka City, Japan on October 22nd and 23rd of 2016.
This documentary features up-and-coming young karateka(practitioners of karate) who aim to become champion during this tournament in which some of the best karate practitioners participate. Their training rituals and daily lives are also revealed throughout the program.
It introduces their dreams as well as their karate matches as it shows the importance of “developing mental toughness”, which is the essence of Kyokushin Karate.
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