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Environmental Awareness. Do your best and you do what is necessary to serve the world. Gandhi said, “What you do may seem unimportant, but it is very important that you do it.” Today, our planet is threatened on every level. Environmentally, socially, politically, economically. Whatever your take on it, the most important thing is that you contribute on a personal level. Play your part; that’s all that is necessary and all that we can do. A little bit at a time. A step at a time. If karate is a way of life, it is by nature holistic. That means we need to be conscious of every aspect of life. For me, 2010 is my year of environmental responsibility. I am starting small, on a personal level. You can read more about that here. And when you get a chance please take a look at this video as it is very important more of us understand the impact on the environment plastic bags have. Also check my latest blog here for a fantastic solution. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x846w7_recycling-plastic-bags-vs-reusable_techBlog/Entries/2010/1/16_The_Problem_and_One_Excellent_Solution.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1
 7th Mas Oyama Memorial Tournament — Tokyo — July 31 and August 1st, 2010 All members are welcome to attend this event in Japan. The week in Tokyo is always memorable with the opportunity to train at Mas Oyama’s original Honbu Dojo, still the headquarters of the IKO Kyokushinkaikan. The schedule of events is as follows: Further information and applications can be downloaded from the Honbu web site here. 押忍http://www.kyokushin-ikososai.com/Info/NewsEvents.aspxshapeimage_4_link_0


July 30 (Friday)

Arrive in Japan and train at Honbu. 


July 31 (Saturday)

1000 - 1400 Referee Seminar and Rules meeting

1900 - 2100 Branch Chief reception dinner


August 1 (Sunday) — Tournament

0930 - 1000 Tournament reception and registration

1030 Tournament Opening Ceremony

1700 Tournament close


August 2 (Monday)

1400 Branch Chief Meeting


August 3 (Tuesday)

Mt Mitsumine Training Seminar

1030 - Depart Honbu for Mt Mitsumine

1330 - Arrive at Mitsumine Shrine.

1400 - Lunch

1700 - Training

2000 - Dinner


August 4 (Wednesday)

0600 - Morning Training

0800 - Breakfast

1000 - Training

1200 - Lunch

1300 - Waterfall Training

1630 - Return to Ikebukuro

2000 - Sayonara Party

The desire to travel and train in Japan, the home of Kyokushin Karate, is in the hearts of all true Kyokushin devotees.


Every year, Honbu hosts the Mas Oyama Memorial Cup, attracting over 200 competitors from Japan and around the world. This fabulous event brings students and instructors to the Mecca of Kyokushin, Sosai’s original Honbu Dojo, and the traditional home of Mas Oyama’s training camps, Mt Mitsumine.


This year, you will have the opportunity to:


  1. ✓Compete in the annual tournament,

  2. ✓Train at the IKO Honbu, Sosai’s own dojo where the master and all the great students of Kyokushin sweated and forged their resolute Kyokushin spirit,

  3. ✓Attend the special, two day training camp at Mt Mitsumine, one of the most important training sites in Kyokushin history.

  4. ✓Meet representatives from around the world and forge new friendships in the beautiful spirit of worldwide brotherhood and universal friendship that Kyokushin is renowned for.

  5. ✓Guided bicycle tour of Kamakura with Shihan Cameron Quinn. Kamajura is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.


Mother’s Light The beloved wife and lifelong companion of Sosai, Mrs Chiyako Oyama, passed away gently on June 6, 2006. Her daughter Kuristina was at her side daily throughout her protracted illness. This poignant essay, written in English by Kuristina, is a beautiful testament to both a daughter’s love and Mrs Oyama’s fighting spirit and gentle nature. So often, it seems, we, as students and members of Kyokushin Karate, heartlessly overlooked the fact that Sosai was a husband and a father, not just a master of karate whose organizational bounty was there for the taking. Whilst his family suffered their loss, the supposedly loyal students fought over everything. Through it all, Mrs Oyama never lost her dignity; nor her love for and faith in Sosai’s students. And despite some incredible lies and downright vicious rumour-mongering designed to discourage students from having anything to do with members of Sosai’s family, Kuristina Oyama also remained positive and open to all her father’s students. This essay is one of the most beautiful comments on Sosai and Mrs Oyama you will ever read. CFQ Click here to read “Mother’s Light” by Kuristina Oyama. Light.htmlshapeimage_8_link_0

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7th Mas Oyama Memorial Tournament and Training Camp, Tokyo July 31 to August 4, 2010

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