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Welcome to the world of martial arts where, dwells the brave at heart and firm in spirit, where fears are vanquished in the blink of an eye, and the mind stays calm under the onslaught of tyranny.

We at Kyokushin, Bangalore (affiliated to Kyokushin-Kan International Honbu, Japan) will train you to see your worst fears straight in the eyes and fight them. We train you to push yourself beyond the boundaries of the limits, you see yourself trapped in, we teach you to fight your battles, at all levels.

Through karate you can train yourself towards lifelong physical and mental fitness. Karate can be started with any level of physical and mental fitness. Once started the sky is the limit for a karateka.

Anyone who wants physical fitness, mental toughness, pleasing personality and knowledge of excellent self-defense techniques is at the right place.

Beginners are always welcome here...

Any person starting out on martial arts is welcome to come and try out training in Kyokushin Karate with us. The only thing we ask is that you make a commitment to train thrice a week at the club and practice as much as possible at home.
Kyokushin is not for everyone and certainly isn't for the faint-hearted, but even a timid, slight person can succeed if they apply themselves fully. Willingness to persevere, learn and commitment to practice are far more important than natural ability or physical prowess. Discipline and etiquette prevail within the dojo (training hall). Karate begins and ends with courtesy.

Dispelling a few myths about the martial arts

There is nothing such as the 'ultimate martial art', 'most practical self-defence', etc...

If you've done a little research these are the types of claims you may have already come across. Any martial art is only as good as the person applying it. It is impossible to master every aspect of all fighting arts within a normal lifetime; in fact it is impossible to truly master any single martial art within this time span. All have different strengths and weaknesses, the most important thing is to find the art that suits you best and stick with it until you've reached a fairly proficient level before starting to diversify your training. Too much of an eclectic approach to training at too early a level will leave many people confused with mastery of nothing and only a most basic grasp of many different concepts. Once a base level has been established then cross-training (the taking of different types of martial arts training to broaden skills) is undeniably valuable, but the same criteria to finding other styles and clubs will apply, and try to find something that genuinely fills a gap in your skills, for example if you've chosen to do your main training in Muay Thai Boxing then learn a grappling art like Brazilian JiuJitsu or Judo. You don't need to become an expert but knowledge is power, but you have to be sure it is quality knowledge.

Martial arts alone will not improve school grades or provide discipline where there is none already

Read any gushing testimonial about how some little terror was turned into a budding Dalai Lama (that can now also dance like Justin Timberlake when they could barely walk prior to martial arts) and you'd be forgiven for thinking that there was some magical side to training that wouldn't be out of place in old Kung Fu films of the 1970s! Often parents inquire about training for their children citing that they want discipline for them. Discipline within the training hall is to compliment the training, promote safety and security, and to aid the learning process for all, as well as to forge a strong fighting spirit. If a child does not receive discipline at home then their compliance to it whilst training in martial arts will be superficial and will always be unwittingly undermined by the parent. It is not the job of the martial arts instructor to introduce an undisciplined person to discipline with a view to adjusting their personality for what their parents or teachers may perceive to be the 'better'. Training in martial arts may enhance somebody's life as part of a rounded overall approach that encompass many other positive aspects of life, but alone it's contribution is mostly overplayed. In addition to this many martial arts organisations appear to have begun to cross the boundary into the realms of life-coaching and psychology with apparently little or no professional qualifications for doing so.

Achieving a black belt is not the ultimate goal..

If your first question to a potential martial arts instructor is 'how long will it take me to get a black belt?' then our best advice to you would be to go out and buy yourself one.
The modern grading system is a very recent innovation within the martial arts. The colored belts and 'kyu' grades used by karate help to structure and track progress of learning and give the students something to strive for. In the early days of Kyokushin in Japan there were no colored belts, just white and black, and there was no expected grading time for the student, people graded when they were told to, and often waited up to six months for their result. Anyone that has achieved a black belt in a genuine Kyokushin organisation will tell you that it means a great deal to them, because the road is hard and long, and most of us never believed we would achieve it. However, black belt really is only the beginning, hence the term 'Shodan' as opposed to 'Ichidan', which is the term for a 1st Dan black belt, and Shodan roughly translates to 'beginner's grade'.
Ultimately, it is the person wearing the belt that counts, not the belt itself.

In order to learn how to fight, you need to fight..

Much is said these days about safety in training. Our politically correct, health and safety obsessed society seems to suggest that we can achieve great things with virtually no risk, and it is common for martial arts clubs to pitch safety as a selling point. Obviously, no sensible instructor wants their students to become injured and from an insurance point of view it is critical that the club is run with a responsibility for everyone's safety in mind. However, if a person has managed to progress to a high level without ever having been hurt or afraid then they will be woefully unprepared for the reality of real confrontation. Training towards sport based semi-contact competition is fine, purely as a sport, as is training purely with a view to improving fitness or losing weight, but if you're serious about wanting to defend yourself then you have to get real. All systems have flaws, but there is no greater shortcoming than students being totally protected from contact and pain throughout their training whilst being told that they are learning a practical method of self-defense. Your instructor will not be there to monitor the contact if you are unfortunate enough to be attacked