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Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 03 May 2020, 20:24
by 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. 8)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_sUiL4hznE/

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Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 03 Jun 2020, 12:17
by 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...

Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 03 Jun 2020, 18:22
by shooby
Video uploaded this morning

Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 07 Oct 2020, 14:25
by Jox
Exhibition with Brian Fitkin at the 5th World Open Kyokushin Karate Tournament in 1991


Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 17 Feb 2021, 12:36
by Jox
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.

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Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 02 Apr 2021, 18:40
by 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

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Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 21 May 2021, 00:51
by 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/

Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 10 Aug 2021, 13:48
by 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)

Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 10 Aug 2021, 15:29
by shooby
THe real "Swede Johanson", not like in Heartbreak Ridge :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 27 Oct 2021, 15:59
by 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/

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


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Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 04 Mar 2022, 18:42
by Jox
Page from book or magazine on Mas Oyama after the 1979 world tournament:
https://martialartslog.com/2019/02/09/魂の武器/

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Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 24 Aug 2022, 19:05
by Jox
Japanese martial arts magazine, March 1996
(probably an interview from his demonstration at the 1995 World Kyokushinkai Karate tournament)

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Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 12 Dec 2022, 17:38
by Jox
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.

Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 12 Feb 2023, 22:45
by Jox
Footage from the 1999 World Tournament exhibition


Re: KARATE (Kyokushinkai)

PostPosted: 21 Feb 2023, 11:11
by Jox
Bill Wallace, Dolph, Grand Master Jun Chong, and Phillip Rhee (BEST OF THE BEST) circa 1987-1988
https://www.instagram.com/p/Co6CiGRJGcK/