Kyokushin Kenbukai Europe

Masaki Mackey Fujii Sensei, from Full Contact Karate Magazine, May 2018.

"Fujii Masaki won the All Japan Kyokushinkan Championship title for four consecutive years, ending in 2016. In 2015, he also won the 89 kg category at the All Japan Weight Class Championship, which was held under full contact rules with strikes to the face permitted. Despite his constant commitment to competing at the highest levels of national competition, Fujii continued to set new goals for himself, maintaining a vigilant and mindful attitude during every training session. In recent years, he has also begun to dedicate himself to teaching young Kyokushinkan practitioners. He says that only recently has he begun to truly understand the deeper meaning of this role, thinking:
"Maybe this is the true meaning of what I'm doing."

See you in Italy, June 12/13/14 2026

Masahiro Kaneko Kaicho and Hirokazu Koga Fuku Kaicho seminar in Russia:

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ДОБРОЕ УТРО, «КРАСНЫЙ ТИГР»! 🔥 ДОБРОЕ УТРО, ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ КЕНБУКАЙ! 🔥 Старт дан. Международные учебно-тренировочные сборы — В РАБОТЕ. Первая зарядка уже позади. Но это была не просто зарядка. Это было пробуждение духа, тела и воли. По-новому. Интересно. С японскими мастерами, которые живут карате. Вы спросите: а где ещё в России аттестации на пояса начинаются с такого заряда? Где ещё будущих черных поясов готовят лично президент международной организации Kaneko Masahiro, вице-президент Koga Hirokazu и легендарный Fujii Yusuke? Ответ очевиден. Только здесь. Только у Прохорова. Только в Федерации Кенбукай каратэ России и школе «Красный Тигр». И помните: это только зарядка. Это только начало дня. Впереди — часы тренировок, работа над техникой, жёсткий отбор и мощный финиш. Кто готов стать сильнее — тот с нами. Следите за новостями. Будет ещё интереснее.

We wish the best to Masahiro Kaneko Kaicho and Hirokazu Koga, Fuku Kaicho of Kyokushin Kenbukai, for their seminar in Russia.

From 🇵🇱
Matplsast Cup
16/05/2026

Differences between Yi Quan, I Ken, and Tai Ki Ken

1) Yi Quan (意拳) – The original Chinese system – Created by Wang Xiangzhai.

– Based on zhanzhuang, shi li, mocabu, fali, tuishou, and sanshou.

– An internal, scientific approach, without codified forms.

– Objective: to develop intention, structure, internal strength, and natural reactivity.

—2) I Ken / I Chuan / I Quan

– Just another name for Yi Quan

– This is the Japanese transliteration of Yi Quan. – It is not a different style: it refers to the same system as Wang Xiangzhai.

– In Japan, however, a peculiar situation developed, because I Ken was taught by Chinese masters to Japanese practitioners already immersed in budo.

—🇯🇵 The two Japanese streams of I Ken

A) Yi Quan taught by Master Sun Li (known in Japan as Son Ri), who transmitted Yi Quan very faithfully to the Chinese original.

– However, his teaching method in Japan was strongly influenced by Kyokushin Karate.

– Result:

– more "martial" and linear class structure, – emphasis on posture, rooting, and fali,

– adaptation to the Japanese dojo mentality,

– greater focus on combat compared to the more "healthy" Chinese schools.

It is the "purer" stream, but with a Kyokushin-style influence in its teaching.

– B) I Ken taught by Son Ri within schools that already practiced Tai Ki Ken

– Some Japanese dojos that already practiced Tai Ki Ken invited Son Ri to integrate Yi Quan.

– In these contexts, I Ken was fused with the Tai Ki Ken methodology.

– Result:

– The emergence of original exercises, not found in either Chinese Yi Quan or classical Tai Ki Ken,

– Greater dynamism,

– Work on movement, circular strikes, and sensitivity,

– A hybrid system, highly practical and combat-oriented.

This current is the most "creative" and represents a Japanese synthesis of Yi Quan and Tai Ki Ken.

–3) Tai Ki Ken (大気拳) – The Japanese adaptation – Created by Kenichi Sawai, after studying with Yao Zongxun (a direct student of Wang Xiangzhai).

– Sawai did not receive the entire internal curriculum of Yi Quan, so he supplemented it with: – Japanese budo concepts,

– Work on the tanden,

– Principles of judo, kendo, and karate.

– Result:

– A very combat-oriented style, – Circular movements, mobile guard, explosive strikes,

– Unique exercises (such as dynamic tanren and signature steps).

Osu
Andrea Stoppa Shihan

I like to give a profound meaning to the training camps I organize, which go beyond the simple transmission of technique.
This year's motto is the one created by the founder of judo, Master Jigoro Kano: Seiryoku Zen'yo, or maximum effectiveness.
Knowing Masaki Sensei's technical abilities and personality, I'm sure he will be able to embrace this motto and convey it to all participants.

Kumite Seminar Kyokushin Kenbukai
Poland 2026

Seminarium kumite 2026 COS Wałcz
Kyokushin Kenbukai - rozpoczęte

Ukraine 🇺🇦

With two important training courses approaching in Italy and Poland, which will focus on all-round fighting, or Shinken Shobu, here is a nice video in which the late Hiroshige Kaicho explains the back fall, a simple and fundamental movement, often overlooked in the learning phase of karate, unavailable for safely tackling Shinken Shobu, which involves throwing techniques.

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