Masutatsu Ōyama
Masutatsu Ōyama founded Kyokushin Karate and built an international full-contact organisation whose history later became closely intertwined with popular legend.
Masutatsu Oyama
Karate Baka Ichidai
Karate Baka Ichidai is an influential 1970s karate manga that fictionalized the life and legends of Masutatsu Oyama, mixing biography, reportage, spectacle, and martial-arts mythmaking.
Kyokushin Karate
Kyokushin is a full-contact karate tradition founded by Masutatsu Ōyama, known for knockdown competition, demanding conditioning, kata, and an international network of successor organisations.