The martial arts of Karate founded on the Japanese Samurai tradition and strength which we were able to practice as a combat sport based on certain rules and regulations of competition. However, it is in Full Contact Karate that we are able to see the true and real Budo spirit. It is for the reason that Sosai Oyama identified Kyokushin as “Budo Karate”. Power, Spirit of fighting as well as kindnes...s, respect and sacrifice are all embedded in Bushido. The foremost purpose of “Kyokushin Karate-Fernando Dojo” is to impart Kyokushin Karate skills in a hundred percent level to society. Just as much as a Karate-ka should develop his cleverness and strength, he should also develop his potential in the area of discipline. It was for this reason that Sosai Oyama expressed: “be stern on your self, but be soft (kind) on others”. We should fight with our ownselves for the purpose of overcoming our own weakness. While there is a quality which goes beyond the frame work of Tournament Karate embedded in Budo, one would understand that point of being an individual possessing supreme human qualities and some one who loves society through training in real Karate-Do.
