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*Mas
Oyama's Three Hundred Man Kumite
Oyama chose the
strongest students in his dojo, who were to fight him one
at a time until they'd all had a turn, and then they'd start
from the beginning again, until the three hundred rounds were
up. He defeated them all, never wavering in his resolve, despite
the fact that he himself suffered severe physical injury in the
process.
Each student
had to face him about four times over the three days, though
some never made it past the first day due to Oyama's
powerful blows. Legend even has it that Oyama was willing to
go for a fourth day, but no one else was willing or able to
do the same! This it is said, took place not long after he
had completed his mountain training.
*The
One Hundred Man
Kumite
Mas Oyama started
to institute the 100-man kumite as a grading requirement.
He soon found however, that not everyone had the spirit to do
it, though the physical skill could "easily" be taught. The
indomitable will, courage, and determination just wasn't to be
found in everyone. Thus it became voluntary.
At first, the
fights could be completed over two days if so desired by the
person doing it, but after 1967, Mas Oyama decided that they
should all be fought on the same day. In addition to the basic
requirement of 100 fights, other requirements are that the
competitor must clearly win at least 50% of the fights, and if
knocked down, should not stay down for longer than 5 seconds.
In the BKK kumite
tests can be attempted at our annual summer camps.
One Hundred
Fights
The list below
gives the names of these incredible men, and it is notable that
most of them are still very active in karate, having achieved a
high rank. Some are even heads of their own styles which, of
course, are heavily derivative of Kyokushin. Initially, people
had the choice do it over two days, with 50 fights per day, but
later it became compulsory to do it all in one day.
*Steve Arneil
(21st, May 1965) Completed in one day!
*Tadashi
Nakamura (1965)
*Shigeru Oyama
(1966)
*Loek Hollander
(1967)
*John Jarvis
(1967)
*Howard Collins
(1972) Completed in compulsory one day.
*Miyuki Miura
(Friday the 13th, April 1972)
*Akiyoshi
Matsui (1986)
*Ademir de
Costa (1987)
*Keiji Sanpei
(1990)
*Akira Masuda
(1991)
*Kenji Yamaki
(1995)
*Francisco
Filho (Feb Brazil and March Japan,1995) Only person
to date to complete 100-man kumite twice.
*Hajime Kazumi
(1999)
*Klaus
Rex (2002)
*Naomi Ali
née Woods (2004) This is the first woman to ever perform
both the 50 and the 100-man kumite.
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Fifty Fights
The following have
completed the 50 man kumite:
*Gary Bufton,
Great Britain (March,1976)
*Bernard
Creaton, Great Britain (1977)
*David Cook,
Great Britain (1977)
*Jeff Whybrow,
Great Britain (1978)
*Cyril Andrews,
Great Britain (1978)
*Jim Phillips,
Australia (Feb, 1986)
*Luke Grgurevic,
Australia (Feb, 1986)
*Tony Bowden,
Australia (Feb, 1986)
*Gary Viccars,
Australia (Feb, 1986)
*Tom Levar,
Australia (Mar, 1990)
*Sapan K.
Chakraborty, India ( Sep. 1992 India and Dec. 1994
Great Britian)
*Michael
Thompson, Great Britain (1992)
*Trevor Marriot,
Great Britain (1993)
*Peter Angerer,
Germany (20th Sep. 1997)
*Raoul Strikker,
Belgium (13th Dec. 1997)
*Sjaak van de
Velde Netherlands (24th Oct. 1998)
*Jim Sklavos,
Australia (12th Jun. 1999)
*Pedro Beltran,
Spain (17th Jun. 2001)
*Robert
Lauretti, Australia
*Naomi
Ali née Woods, Australia
*Kenny Jarvis,
Great Britain (7th May. 2006)
If you think you can do it,
go to a summer camp, and a Karateka can choose to do any number
of fights e.g. 10, 20, 30 , 40, 50 etc.... and he or she will
get a certificate for this achievement. This recognises that,
while not everyone maybe able to meet the ultimate Kyokushin
benchmark of 100 fights, personal bench-marks are just as
important an attainment. After all, even ten knockdown fights in
swift succession can come to as much as half an hour of solid
fighting if you use the three minute limit used in tournaments
as a guide.
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