History UsefulNotes / Karate

* '''UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}: See its page for more.

* '''Kyokushin Budokai''': another Kyokushin offshoot, this time founded by Dutch pioneer Jon Bluming. Also known as '''All-Round Fighting''' to avoid confusion with another organisation that uses the same name, it is a full contact bare knuckle karate style that also allows grappling, groundfighting, and submissions due to Bluming's training in Judo, but also allows palm strikes to the head and face unlike Kyokushin, which is kind of HilariousInHindsight as he later became involved in the [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation shoot style wrestling movement]] that also featured this as part of their ruleset by sheer coincidence.

* '''F.S.A. Kenshinkan''': a school founded by another former Shorinji Kempo practitioner in Takeyuki Hayama. The FSA is an acronym for Full-Contact Submission Arts, as such the style is more of a MMA-oriented karate style. In addition to hosting competitions that include Kyokushin rules, Glove karate rules, Bōgutsuki/Koshiki karate rules (refered to as "Chaos Safety Rules"), and a MMA with gi ruleset refered to as "Musashi", it also once had a unique ruleset called "Absolute rules" which allowed bare knuckle punching to the face, standing submissions, throws, headbutts, even groin shots and strikes to the eyes while only wearing face masks that protect the eyes. It is also best known being the style associated with the defunct Chaos Mad Max promotion, whose rules were basically the Japanese answer to Lethwei.

* '''Rishin-Juku''': a school founded by Yoshiharu Murai, a competitive full contact karateka and street fighter. It is known as the style associated with the PRO-KARATEDO Federation, features a ruleset called "Master rules" that is sort of a successor to the "Absolute rules" of F.S.A. Kenshinkan above, as it that allows everything except the strikes to the eyes, but also allows groundfighting, essentially making it the Japanese answer to old school vale tudo, though soccer kicks, open hand and palm strikes, biting, grabbing the hair and strikes to the back of the head are banned. It also has another similar ruleset called "PRO-KARATEDO rules" that uses MMA gloves.

[[folder:Karate Styles]]

* '''Taido''': as stated above, it's another karate style that later turned into its own martial art. Convinced that the limitations of karate were due to its linear mode of training, Shukumine introduced spinning and twisting movements, gymnastic maneuvers, speedy and effective footwork, and changing body angles for both attack and defense in order to create a martial art that he believed would equip his students to function at a high level in society. When fighting Taidokas are supposed to be the constant movement, in order to maintain distance and gain a feasible offensive positions, which at times can look very similar to UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} of all things. Competition bouts are semi-contact, with the head not being a legal target to strike at and there are no weight classes because a taidoka must be able to fight against all and any kinds of opponents.

* '''F.S.A. Kenshinkan''': another full contact karate style founded by another former Shorinji Kempo practitioner in Takeyuki Hayama. The FSA is an acronym for Full-Contact Submission Arts, as such the style is more of a MMA-oriented karate style. In addition to hosting competitions that include Kyokushin rules, Glove karate rules, Bōgutsuki/Koshiki karate rules (refered to as "Chaos Safety Rules"), and a MMA with gi ruleset refered to as "Musashi", it also once had a unique ruleset called "Absolute rules" which allowed bare knuckle punching to the face, standing submissions, throws, headbutts, even groin shots and strikes to the eyes while only wearing face masks that protect the eyes. It is also best known being the style associated with the defunct Chaos Mad Max promotion, whose rules were basically the Japanese answer to Lethwei.

* '''F.S.A. Kenshinkan''': another full contact karate style founded by another former Shorinji Kempo practitioner in Takeyuki Hayama. The FSA is an acronym for Full-Contact Submission Arts, as such the style is more of a MMA-oriented karate style. In addition to hosting competitions that include Kyokushin rules, Glove karate rules, Bōgutsuki/Koshiki karate rules (refered to as "Chaos Safety Rules"), and a MMA with gi ruleset refered to as "Musashi", it also once had a unique ruleset called "Absolute rules" which allowed bare knuckle punching to the face, standing submissions, throws, headbutts, even groin shots and strikes to the eyes while only wearing face masks that protect the eyes. It is also best known for the defunct Chaos Mad Max promotion, whose rules were basically the Japanese answer to Lethwei.

* '''Daido-juku''': founded by another Kyokushin karateka seeking freedom, Takashi Azuma, this school transitioned from a style of karate to its own martial art, referred to as kudo (previously had several names - Kakuto, Hokutoki and Daido-Juku, among others). Known by its futuristic-looking protective helmets, it can be described as the Japanese answer to [[UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} combat sambo]], allowing for submissions, ground and pound, elbows and even headbutts.

* '''F.S.A. Kenshinkan''': another full contact karate style founded by another former Shorinji Kempo practitioner in Takeyuki Hayama. The FSA is an acronym for Full-Contact Submission Arts, as such the style is more of a MMA-oriented karate style. In addition to hosting competitions that include Kyokushin rules, Glove karate rules, Bōgutsuki/Koshiki karate rules (refered to as "Chaos Safety Rules"), and a MMA with gi ruleset refered to as "Musashi", it also had a unique ruleset called "Chaos Karate" which allowed bare knuckle punching to the face, throws and standing joint techniques, while wearing face masks that only protect the eyes. It is also best known for the defunct Chaos Mad Max promotion, whose rules were basically the Japanese answer to Lethwei, as it also allowed headbutts without helmets.

* '''F.S.A. Kenshinkan''': another full contact karate style founded by another former Shorinji Kempo practitioner in Takeyuki Hayama. The FSA is an acronym for Full-Contact Submission Arts, as such the style is more of a MMA-oriented karate style. In addition to hosting competitions that include Kyokushin rules, Glove karate rules, Bōgutsuki/Koshiki karate rules (refered to as "Chaos Safety Rules"), and a MMA with gi ruleset refered to as "Musashi", it also has a unique ruleset called "Chaos Karate" which allows face attacks with hands and standing joint techniques, sort of like karate's answer to Shootboxing, while wearing mma gloves and face masks that only protect the eyes. It is also best known for the defunct Chaos Mad Max promotion, whose rules were basically the Japanese answer to Lethwei, as it allowed bare knuckle punching to the face and headbutts without helmets.

* '''F.S.A. Kenshinkan''': another full contact karate style founded by another former Shorinji Kempo practitioner in Takeyuki Hayama. The FSA is an acronym for Full-Contact Submission Arts, as such the style is more of a MMA-oriented karate style. In addition to hosting competitions that include Kyokushin rules, Glove karate rules, Bōgutsuki/Koshiki karate rules (refered to as "Chaos Safety Rules"), and a MMA with gi ruleset refered to as "Musashi", it also has a unique ruleset called "Chaos Karate" which allows face attacks with hands and standing joint techniques, sort of like karate's answer to Shootboxing, while wearing protective equipment. It is also best known for the defunct Chaos Mad Max promotion, whose rules were basically the Japanese answer to Lethwei, as it allowed bare knuckle punching to the face and headbutts without helmets.

* '''Wajūtsu Keishukai''': another offshoot of Daido-juku founded by Yoshinori Nishi. Originally named '''Karate Kakutojutsu Keishukai''' as he still represented Daido-juku at the time, it was Nishi's loss to Rickson Gracie at the Vale Tudo Japan 1994 event where he decided to expand his style with techniques from kickboxing, BJJ and even shoot wrestling. It eventually transitioned to teaching modern MMA and expanded into a multi-gym network and is probably the largest chain of MMA gyms in Japan today.

* '''Byakuren Kaikan''': a full contact karate style founded by Shorinji Kempo practitioner Masayasu Sugihara. While Sugihara did train in judo and a traditional style of karate in his youth, he eventually became a bodyguard and close student of the founder of Shorinji Kenpo; Dōshin Sō. However, Sugihara was eager to test his skills in real competition, but since his master forbid his followers to take part in full contact competitions, he entered the All Japan Karate Championships organized by Seidokaikan in 1983 using the name Byakuren Kaikan as a pseudonym for his school. He ended up in third place, but the truth was soon to be discovered and to avoid further trouble with his school, he decided in 1984 to break away establish his own style and used his previously made up name for it. While the style's competitions are based on Kyokushin's rules, in training the style also teaches throws, pins, and submission techniques and kata is said to be more limited compared to other styles.

* '''Byakuren Kaikan''': a full contact karate style founded by Shorinji Kempo practitioner Masayasu Sugihara. While Sugihara did train in judo and a traditional style of karate in his youth, he eventually became a bodyguard and close student of the founder of Shorinji Kenpo; Dōshin Sō. However, Sugihara was eager to test his skills in real competition, but since his master forbid his followers to take part in contact competitions, he entered the All Japan Karate Championships organized by Seidokaikan in 1983 using the name Byakuren Kaikan as pseudonym for his school. He ended up in third place, but the truth was soon to be discovered and to avoid further trouble with his school, he decided in 1984 to break away establish his own style and used his previously made up name for it. While the style's competitions are based on Kyokushin's rules, in training the style also teaches throws, pins, and submission techniques and kata is said to be more limited compared to other styles.

* '''Byakuren Kaikan''': a full contact karate style founded by Shorinji Kempo practitioner Masayasu Sugihara. While Sugihara did train in judo and a traditional style of karate in his youth, he eventually became a bodyguard and close student of the founder of Shorinji Kenpo; Dōshin Sō. However, Sugihara was eager to test his skills in real competition, but since his master forbid his followers to take part in contact competitions, he entered All Japan Karate Championships organized by Seidokaikan in 1983 using the name Byakuren Kaikan as pseudonym for his school. He ended up in third place, but the truth was soon to be discovered and to avoid further trouble with his school, he decided in 1984 to break away establish his own style and used his previously made up name for it. While the style's competitions are based on Kyokushin's rules, in training the style also teaches throws, pins, and submission techniques and kata is said to be more limited compared to other styles.

* '''Seidokaikan''': one of the most famous offshoots of Kyokushin, though technically its more of a direct offshoot of Ashihara since its founder Kazuyoshi Ishii had left with Ashihara at the same time. Established in 1981 and focusing on the sport aspect of full contact karate that Ashihara didn’t appeal to, it made a name for itself by sending their fighters to other martial art tournaments, particular his former art of Kyokushin while also holding tournaments that invited fighters from other organizations to compete under their full contact rules. 1988, at their 7th All-Japan Knockdown Open tournament, new rules were used for the first time allowing face strikes wearing boxing gloves for extension rounds, basically making them compete in kickboxing, which eventually led to the creation of the K-1 organization in 1993 to provide a platform exclusively for kickboxing. Afterwards it returned to traditional full contact karate roots once K-1 took off in popularity.

* '''Shidokan''': as mentioned above, this is a popular school of competition karate founded by Kyokushin karateka Yoshiji Soeno, who branched off wanting more open rules. It emphasizes the sport aspect of the contest, hosting matches in a ring and using gloves. Uniquely unlike Kyokushin, it allows three seconds of stand-up grappling for clinching, throws or takedowns and also allows ten seconds of ground-based grappling for submissions attempts, making competitions a form of bare knuckle MMA. It has somewhat of a reputation to be the type of karate preferred by {{Yakuza}}, although those ties actually trace back to Kyokushin itself.

* '''Seidokaikan''': one of the most famous offshoots of Kyokushin, though technically its more of a direct offshoot of Ashihara since its founder Kazuyoshi Ishii had left with Ashihara at the same time. Established in 1981 and focusing on the sport aspect of full contact karate that Ashihara didn’t appeal to, it made a name for itself by sending their fighters to other martial art tournaments, particular his former art of Kyokushin while also holding tournaments that invited fighters from other organizations to compete under their full contact rules. 1988, at their 7th All-Japan Knockdown Open tournament, new rules were used for the first time allowing face strikes wearing boxing gloves for extension rounds, basically making them compete in kickboxing, which eventually led to the creation of the K-1 organization in 1993 to provide a platform exclusively for kickboxing. Afterwards it returned to traditional full contact karate roots once K-1 took off In popularity.

* '''Shidokan''': as mentioned above, this is a popular school of competition karate founded by Kyokushin karateka Yoshiji Soeno, who branched off wanting more open rules. It emphasizes the sport aspect of the contest, hosting matches in a ring and using gloves. Uniquely unlike Kyokushin, it allows three seconds of stand-up grappling for clinching, throws or takedowns and also allows ten seconds of ground-based grappling submissions attempts, making competitions a form of bare knuckle MMA. It has somewhat of a reputation to be the type of karate preferred by {{Yakuza}}, although those ties actually trace back to Kyokushin itself.

* '''Shidokan''': as mentioned above, this is a popular school of competition karate founded by Kyokushin karateka Yoshiji Soeno, who branched off wanting more open rules. It emphasizes the sport aspect of the contest, hosting matches in a ring and using gloves. It has somewhat of a reputation to be the type of karate preferred by {{Yakuza}}, although those ties actually trace back to Kyokushin itself.

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* ''Film/IpManFilmSeries'': The main antagonists of ''Film/IpMan'' and ''Film/IpMan4'' are karateka.