Ashihara

[nwt]

Heres a little bit of information about ashihara one of my most favorite styles of karate:

Ashihara kaikan is a stand-up, full contact Japanese martial art that was founded by Hideyuki Ashihara December 5, 1944.The style is partly based on Hideyuki Ashihara's studies of Kyokushin Karate, but also includes many original techniques that he himself developed and taught. Often referred to as "fighting karate" by its practitioners, it is known for its emphasis on practical techniques and "hard contact" approach to training. The core curriculum of techniques is known as the Sabaki Method - to move to the side and attack from a safe angle. The traditional competition format is with Knockdown karate rules.Hideyuki Ashihara began studying Kyokushin Karate under Mas Oyama, Kyokushin's founder.

Hideyuki Ashihara had a drunken street altercation in which he reportedly beat-up several yakuza led to his being suspended from the organization by Mas Oyama himself. Oyama's strong reaction to the incident may because the yakuza that Ashihara beat-up were personal friends of Oyama. After two months the suspension was lifted, and he was sent to Nomura (on the island Shikoku) to teach. He later moved to Yawatahama where he opened a large Kyokushin Karate school.

By the mid-1970s he had begun to form his own style, more circular and less linear than Kyokushin, which would eventually be called Ashihara Karate. He moved to Matsuyama where he taught the system. One of his students, Joko Ninomiya, won the 1978 All-Japan tournament. Later, tensions with other Kyokushin instructors led to Ashihara being formally expelled from the Kyokushinkai in late 1978 to early 1979. In 1980 the Honbu Dojo for the new system was completed, and the New International Karate Organisation (NIKO) was founded to govern the system. Hence, the date of the true beginning of the system is often taken to be 1980. The basic principle of his new system was "sabaki", which means to move to the side, to angle, and reach the opponents blind spot. That way you get out of the line of his attack into a safe position without losing distance so you can easily hit him from his side or back. The linear style of Kyokushin often leads to that the winner is the strongest or maybe the fastest. Ashiharas vision with his new system was that it could be used by anyone regardless of size or physical abilities.

[MilkManX]

Osu!

Yes and I study Enshin Kaikan which was founded by Ashihara's Star pupil Joko Ninomiya.

It uses many of the same techniques and builds upon it.

The Sabaki movements are almost identical.


Osu!

[grasshopper]

Originally Posted by nwt

Heres a little bit of information about ashihara one of my most favorite styles of karate:

Ashihara kaikan is a stand-up, full contact Japanese martial art that was founded by Hideyuki Ashihara December 5, 1944.The style is partly based on Hideyuki Ashihara's studies of Kyokushin Karate, but also includes many original techniques that he himself developed and taught. Often referred to as "fighting karate" by its practitioners, it is known for its emphasis on practical techniques and "hard contact" approach to training. The core curriculum of techniques is known as the Sabaki Method - to move to the side and attack from a safe angle. The traditional competition format is with Knockdown karate rules.Hideyuki Ashihara began studying Kyokushin Karate under Mas Oyama, Kyokushin's founder.

Hideyuki Ashihara had a drunken street altercation in which he reportedly beat-up several yakuza led to his being suspended from the organization by Mas Oyama himself. Oyama's strong reaction to the incident may because the yakuza that Ashihara beat-up were personal friends of Oyama. After two months the suspension was lifted, and he was sent to Nomura (on the island Shikoku) to teach. He later moved to Yawatahama where he opened a large Kyokushin Karate school.

By the mid-1970s he had begun to form his own style, more circular and less linear than Kyokushin, which would eventually be called Ashihara Karate. He moved to Matsuyama where he taught the system. One of his students, Joko Ninomiya, won the 1978 All-Japan tournament. Later, tensions with other Kyokushin instructors led to Ashihara being formally expelled from the Kyokushinkai in late 1978 to early 1979. In 1980 the Honbu Dojo for the new system was completed, and the New International Karate Organisation (NIKO) was founded to govern the system. Hence, the date of the true beginning of the system is often taken to be 1980. The basic principle of his new system was "sabaki", which means to move to the side, to angle, and reach the opponents blind spot. That way you get out of the line of his attack into a safe position without losing distance so you can easily hit him from his side or back. The linear style of Kyokushin often leads to that the winner is the strongest or maybe the fastest. Ashiharas vision with his new system was that it could be used by anyone regardless of size or physical abilities.

thankyou or the information +rep

I have read up a little on the sabaki method, I find it very interesting I particulary like the pendulum, but its all worth learning. It sounds like a strong sytem, personally I like mas oyamas kyokoshin, but I had no idea the two styles were linked through this instructor.

In taijutsu we have tai sabaki, which means 9 directions, I believe it is not dissimilar to the sabaki method.

thankyou for reading