kyokushin karate gb

Kyokushin Karate was first seen in Great Britain in 1965. It was brought to this country by Sensei Bob Boulton. Sensei Boulton had studied in Japan at the Honbu (HQ) dojo of the legendary Masutatsu Oyama. On his return to this country he founded the first Kyokushin Dojo, the London Karate Kai in Kennington, South London. The fame of this Sensei and the Kyokushin style of Karate soon spread. He was later joined by Sensei Steve Arneil and it was not long before members of the dojo were competing and winning tournaments. Soon after this the British Kyokushinkai Karate was formed. Its first chairman was Bruce Donn. The B.K.K. continued to grow in size and within a few years there were over thirty dojos practising Kyokushin Karate