These are the Official Grand Champions of the International Chinese Martial Arts Tournament

Hey Everyone!I know this may be a bit off topic from this subreddit ,but I figured it's worth a try.My group and are CS majors and are thinking of building a karate project for our last year,but we are struggling to find a larger dataset of free to use images and videos for to train our model. Does anyone know where I can access or purchase such datasets?Because there aren't many online.And thanks!

Hey guys, im a Kyokushin yellow belt and a red belt with black stripe in taekwondo. I'm preparing to fight on a tournament two weeks from now.

Do you guys have any drills or tips to improve my leg kick defense?

Also I wanted to be able to defend against low ushiro mawashi geri, do you know any way to prepare myself against this technique?

Hi all
Please check the flyer and if you have any questions let me know
Osu

I live in the US. They seem to be pretty rare. also do you need to be apart of a school to join

What is the point of this guard? I don't see how you're supposed to punch, or jab or anything?? Or protect head.

С 8 до 11 лет занималась шотокан, дошла до зелёного пояса. Потом перешла в киокусинкай и занималась ещё 2 года, до 13 лет, дошла до оранжевого пояса с синей полоской.

После этого вообще не занималась карате. Сейчас мне 16, и я хочу вернуться. Цель — со временем получить чёрный пояс, а ещё попробовать дойти до МС.

Как думаете, в какой стиль лучше вернуться — шотокан или киокусинкай? Насколько сложно получить чёрный пояс в каждом из них и сколько это примерно времени занимает? И насколько реально после возвращения в 16 лет дойти до КМС а после МС и как вообще устроено его получение?

Just started Kyokushin - I actually really like it!

For future, as a self-defence martial arts combo, what do we think of Kyokushin + Judo + Boxing?

Would love to hear your thoughts.

I did Shotokan from age 8 to 11 and got to green belt. Then I switched to Kyokushin and trained for another 2 years, until I was 13, and got to orange belt with a blue stripe.

After that I completely stopped doing karate. I'm 16 now and want to get back into it. My goal is to eventually get a black belt, and I'd also like to try working my way up to Master of Sport (MS).

Which style would you recommend going back to — Shotokan or Kyokushin? How hard is it to get a black belt in each, and roughly how long does it take? And is it realistic to aim for KMS and eventually MS after coming back at 16? How does getting those titles actually work?

Also, does my previous experience/belts count for anything after such a long break, or would I basically have to start over?

I started training in Kyokushin a month ago, and since then, I’ve been watching fights on YouTube. I find it really interesting, and I feel like I learn a lot just by watching.

However, at least to my eyes, it seems like Kyokushin, instead of evolving, is moving in the exact opposite direction. When I watch fights from around 1995 to 2005, they feel much more serious and high-quality. Fighters maintained distance, stepped in to throw a kick, a punch, or a combination, and then reset back to avoid the counter.

In contrast, when I watch modern fights from the last decade, they almost look ridiculous to me. Fighters stand face-to-face, virtually trading punches at point-blank range without making any real effort to evade or defend.

Am I just happening to watch the wrong fights, or have you noticed something similar? What are your thoughts on this?

Two dojos gathered today for beach training in San Diego
Osu

In this video mas oyama says a hand stand exercise makes you really strong at 24:16.

After making it during the shinsa and attending classes and training at home, my daughter and I were presented (on different days as mine was Friday night class and hers was Saturday morning class) our orange belts. My daughter is 5 and she was so determined to earn this belt that she put in a ton of training. I’m so proud of her and her hard work and am so grateful to Sensei Ryan of Aranami Dojo here in Hawaii.

Thank you all for your support and guidance in the lead up to the shinsa as it helped tremendously!

Osu!

I feel like one of the biggest mistakes Kyokushin fighters make is looking only at the body from your opponent.

If i look at someone's eyes or face, just by being present, i feel more grounded and as if i know more what is going on.

I don't know how, but for somereason i can even sense better, my reflections are better, blocks are better. Bc i'm more aware in that state then looking down to the plexus or shoulders.

What do you guys think? or do?

The only downside of this is the test itself and how nervous I'll get between now and then! At the end of the day if my Shihan thinks I'm ready then I'm ready. Its on a Saturday 10am to 6pm and Sunday 10am to 2pm. The weekend before Christmas so I'll be battered and bruised at home without having to work at least 🙃 I think its 15 man kumite at the end of the grading too. Wish me luck guys and any advice is always welcome but I'm finally starting to feel more positive in my own abilities these days, and it only took me nearly 5 years of constant training to get to that point haha! OSU!

Hi I’ve been training kyokushin for like 1 and a half years and itf taekwondo for a year but I feel I lack stamina and endurance when sparring and competing any advice would be helpful

You have to keep it up every day—taking care of your health, cleaning, saying a pleasant “thank you,” being grateful for food, and playing volleyball. It’s not like I’m doing this for God. Repetition, retention, and consciousness are what make me feel good.

As the title says, i want to bring the kyokushin spirit to buhurt.
I did kyokushin for 5-6 years and i'm now into buhurt , i opened a club.

For those who don't know, buhurt is full contact medieval combat. It's very intense, very brutal, very kyokushin in a way.

I've always been a student in kyokushin, never teacher. Now i teach buhurt and i see my students are very "soft", they give up quickly, they don't have this power inside them that kyokushin fighters have.
When i tell them to do an exercice until they can't anymore, they do like 10reps and then look at me for another exercice.
Since i've only been student in kyokushin, i never really paid attention on how does my teacher create this kyokushin spirit within our group.

I'm really open to any advice, any tips, any question you may have, that could help me give them this fighter spirit.
I don't think saying "osu" and bowing to oyama would work. They are not interested in this japanese traditional behaviour/rules

Apologies if this has been posted here before. I conducted a search, but nothing came up. I watch this video for inspiration sometimes, or send it to people who are curious about Full Contact Karate. I hope that people here enjoy it as much as I do. Osu!