Later, when one of Mr Chen's students came to invite him for tea, he was quite surprised to see tears rolling down Oyama's cheeks. Oyama asked to be left alone for a short while to contemplate this defeat. Mr Chen laughed & thanked Oyama for giving him such a great workout, inviting him to stay for a few days to learn more. It was all Oyama could do to evade them, using linear, sometimes awkward movements.Įventually, seeing no sign of fatigue in the old man, & having exhausted all his techniques, Oyama gave up, admitting that he could not beat Mr Chen. On the other hand, when Mr Chen counter-attacked, it was with a force that could not have come from a man his age. Mr Chen was able to neutralize all the Karate attacks he could deliver, using smooth circular, arc-like movement & techniques. The long duel that followed was like a classic battle between the snake & the crane. So Oyama accepted, thinking that he could finish off this old man soon enough. Seeing doubt in his eyes, Mr Chen said ,"Are you not here to find out what is Taiji? Here is your chance." His first impression of Mr Chen was quite bad.Īs it turned out, Mr Chen was a frail old man who looked more suitable for an old folks home rather than teaching the famous chinese martial art there.Īfter the usual pleasantries, Oyama asked to leave, thinking that this old man would never accept his challenge to Taiji.īut to his amazement, Mr Chen took the initiative & asked Oyama to spar with him. He knew in his heart that Chinese Martial Science is the source of all Karate, & he regarded this trip as a return to the source, his challenge to the fountain-head. Yet in his biography this invincible Karateka revealed that he could not beat one frail old man - an old man who practices "Taijiquan", the art of the Grand Ultimates.Īccording to his own narration, after he defeated the formidable Muaythai figher "Black Cobra" in Thailand, he travelled to Hong Kong to meet a certain Mr Chen, a man rumoured to be a great Taiji master.
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He is a man who easily sliced through bottle-necks, broke rocks with his knife hand, killled bulls with a single blow, defeated hundereds of martial art masters & professional fighters, boxers, wrestlers all over Japan & the whole world. The man is whom the martial arts world call the "God Hand" or the "God of Karate".
It is a little known fact that the legendary Founder of Kyokushin Karate, Sosai (Grandmaster) Oyama admitted to only one single defeat in his entire life as a Karateka. Mas Oyama, founder of Kyokushin Karate in action It doesnt matter if you win or loose, its all about learning and wanting to improve. You can only see the weak points in a martial arts style if you test it out against resisting practitioners with an open mind to improve and not afraid to change things. Someone who has a lot of good conditioning and regular sparring against resisting opponents and has that mental attitude of always going forward with a strong, smart,intelligent and focused mind is good in whatever style he or she will use.Īlso the particular martial art style should be constantly be reviewed on the weak points and should be changed to improve it in every way. Only difference is in the practitioners of that particular style. Therefore I put this story in my website.īut personally, I think that no martial art style is better or worse than another martial art style. Info les/prive following is a nice story for reading. Kyokoshin karate master Mas Oyama fights tai chi master INDOMASTER TAI CHI
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