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Mas Oyama was the founder of Kyokushin-kai, a style of full contact karate. He started one of the most powerful and most widely respected martial forms. He was one of the most important figures of karate in Japan. He is very known due to his propensity to combat with bulls, bare-handed. In his lifetime, he battle 52 bulls, three of which were killed instantly with one strike, earning him the nickname of Godhand.His life is depicted in a movie called Fighter in the wind, it’s a very exciting movie, maybe I’ll upload it later. Essential Karate is a book that teaches the basics of karate, it’s perhaps the easiest source for a beginning martial artist to use to gain knowledge about this interesting artform.Enjoy!