Creator of the karate style, Kyokushinkai. Oyama was
renouned for his great strength and his devastating strikes, such that he became known as "the Godhand". He took on many challengers, many of whom he defeated
with a single punch. But most unusually of all, he demonstrated his karate by fighting bulls, sometimes killing them instantly, sometimes chopping off horns
with his knife-hand strike.
Oyama was born in Korea but studied shotokan karate under Gichin Funakoshi. He later
studied Goju Ryu karate under Gogen Yamaguchi.
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