KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

[Jox]

As he returned to his home dojo in Stockholm, Dolph was just given his 4th Dan by his long-time mentor of 45+ years, Brian Fitkin.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_sUiL4hznE/

[Jox]

Never-seen video (filmed in 16mm?) from a fight at the 1979 Kyokushinkai British Open (aka European Championships).



Notice the win with a hiza geri (knee kick) which was one of Lundgren's "specialty" and is not authorised in karate competitions other than Kyokushin...

[shooby]

Video uploaded this morning

[Jox]

Exhibition with Brian Fitkin at the 5th World Open Kyokushin Karate Tournament in 1991

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CLYk2c_gGd1/

sokyokushinuk
1981 The GB/Euro Open final fight between Shihan Mac Robertson and Sensei Dolph Lundgren in Crystal Palace. After a brutal fight where Shihan Mac suffered a broken sternum Sensei Dolph took the win. An Epic battle from 2 legends.

[Jox]

Dolph wrote a foreword for the book THE BUDO KARATE OF MAS OYAMA by Cameron Quinn (2021 new edition) that you can read here:
https://budokarate.com/dolphs-foreword-page

https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2ZbRXC81G

[Jox]

A better quality footage from that clip of the 1979 World Kyokushin Tournament that we've een before in lower resolution:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPGhK9Ipptg/

[Jox]

A never-seen "vintage" fight from the Team Kumite Final of the Swedish championships, 1980


(Looks like it's a point fighting competition, not Kyokushin)

[shooby]

THe real "Swede Johanson", not like in Heartbreak Ridge

[Jox]

Brian Fitkin re-printed an updated edition of his "KYOKUSHIN KATA" book initially published in 2003, in which Dolph Lundgren performs two advanced katas (see image right below).
https://stockholmskarate.com/klubbshopen/





(Hans) Lundgren was already featured in Fitkin's 1982 "THE FUNDAMENTALS OF KYOKUSHIN KARATE".


EDIT:

[Jox]

Page from book or magazine on Mas Oyama after the 1979 world tournament:
https://martialartslog.com/2019/02/09/魂の武器/

[Jox]

Japanese martial arts magazine, March 1996
(probably an interview from his demonstration at the 1995 World Kyokushinkai Karate tournament)

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Interview with Brian Fitkin
https://www.kampsportnews.se/brian-fitk ... -students/

Karate veteran Brian Fitkin offers a summary of his career and championship successes. He delves into the struggling time in Japan that left its mark and talks about what drives him to continue teaching at the age of seventy-six.

[Jox]

Footage from the 1999 World Tournament exhibition

[Jox]

Bill Wallace, Dolph, Grand Master Jun Chong, and Phillip Rhee (BEST OF THE BEST) circa 1987-1988
https://www.instagram.com/p/Co6CiGRJGcK/