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Kancho Hatsuo Royam (8th Dan)
President: Kyokushin Kan International (KKI)
Shihan Hatsuo Royama was born in Saitama Prefecture on 31
March 1948. When he was a freshman in high school he started
training Oyama Karate (Kyokushin karate) at Honbu under Mas.
Oyama. He achieved his sho-dan when he was 19 years old. He
then won 1st place in the 5th All Japan Tournament and the
won 2nd place in the 1st World Open Karate Tournament in
Tokyo, Japan. Mas. Oyama had great respect for the late
Mao Zuotong because he had the ability inside himself to be
able to see the future and was a very strong idealist. Then
when Shihan Royama was young, Mas. Oyama gave him the
nickname 'Kyokushin Mao Zuotong' because Shihan Royama
thought and acted like Mao Zuotong.
Shihan Royama is famous for his fast, hard and direct
gedan geri (low kick) to his opponents legs and for breaking
baseball bats with his shins while the bat was not being
held by a person, this takes great speed, power and focus.
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