on a side note, Kyokushinkai is bad ass
andy hug, dolph lundgren, bas rutten and a bunch of those swede/dutch types take that shit
I see you know your shit
I posted earlier a pic from my kyokushin days ...my first "IDOL" was andy ...back then he lost the worlds to Matsui ...for some reason I liked his awkward style and tried to emulate him ...I met fihlo and Nicholas Pettas in '95 and hung out with them for a few days as their translator ..cool guys and awesome fighters ...
I fought at the junior nationals and a few tournaments until I was 18 ...excellent expirience for me .
ps : bas ruten is not kyokushin
andy hug, francisco fihlo, semmy schildt, nicholas pettas, glaube feitosa, teixeira, and the russian new guy are from kyokushinkai
here is pettas as I knew him ( youndger ) against feitosa in the worlds ch