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Terutomo Yamazaki

Terutomo Yamazaki
山崎 照朝
Born (1947-07-31) July 31, 1947 (age 77)
Yamato, Yamanashi, Japan
Other namesThe Dragon of Kyokushin
The Genius Karate Fighter
NationalityJapan Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
DivisionLightweight
Welterweight
StyleKyokushin Karate, Muay Thai, Kickboxing
StanceOrthodox
TeamKyokushin Gym
Rank  7th dan black belt in Gyakushin-Kai
Years active1969–1970
Kickboxing record
Total10
Wins8
By knockout8
Losses2
By knockout0
Draws0
No contests0
Other information
OccupationGrandmaster　of Gyakushin-Kai
Notable studentsShokei Matsui, Katsuaki Satō, Miyuki Miura, Seiji Isobe, Howard Collins, Toshikazu Satō, Takashi Azuma, Makoto Nakamura
Websitehttps://archive.today/20040615005232/http://www15.ocn.ne.jp/~j-karate/ GYAKUSHIN-KAI (in Japanese)
Last updated on: March 20, 2010

Terutomo Yamazaki (山崎 照朝, Yamazaki Terutomo, born July 31, 1947) is a Japanese karateka from the Kyokushin Kaikan (極真会館) and professional lightweight kickboxer. He is the founder of Gyakushin-Kai (逆真会館) and a Director of Karate in Japan. He presides over the International Budo Karate Organization Gyakushin-Kai from the headquarters of the organization (honbu) in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan. His title as head of the Gyakushin-Kai organization is “Kancho” (Grandmaster - 7th Dan).

Yamazaki is a first champion of the All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships in 1969, and has promoted Kyokushin famous through his accomplishments. Because he fought and defeated Muay Thai boxers, he created a reputation for Kyokushin before the First All-Japan Open Full Contact Karate Championships was held.[1][2][3][4]

Yamazaki is highly skilled at and an authority on fighting and breaking. When he fought someone, it was usual that he knocked them out without receiving any injuries himself.[5] He is nicknamed “The Genius Karate Fighter” or “The Dragon of Kyokushin", and when he was an active fighter, he was the most popular figure of the time.[1][5][6][7] He has shown off his mixed karate and Muai Thai style of fighting at both full contact karate open championships and kickboxing, and has been noted internationally as a prominent fighter in karate's history, appearing in Black Belt Magazine in the United States.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ a b Nakamura, Katabutsukun (1999). Kyokushin gaiden: kyokushin karate mō hitotsu no tatakai (極真外伝 - ～極真空手もう一つの闘い～). Tōkyō: Piipurusha (ぴいぷる社). ISBN 4-89374-137-3.
  2. ^ Fullcontact KARATE (フルコンタクトKARATE), page3-6, page8-11, pp. 14−28, pp. 30–31, fukushodo (福昌堂), October, 1995.
  3. ^ Fullcontact KARATE, pp. 23–24, pp. 35−36, pp. 40−41, fukushodo, December 1997.
  4. ^ Takagi, Kaoru (1990). Wagashi Ōyama Masutatsu: Sennihyakumannin e no michi (わが師大山倍達). Tokuma Shoten. ISBN 4-19-464420-4.
  5. ^ a b Gekkan Hiden　(月刊秘伝), pp. 4–5, pp. 54–59 BAB Japan, October, 2007.
  6. ^ Katsuaki, Satō (1987). Ōdō no karate. (王道の空手). Kodansha. pp. 133, 176–187, 205, 209, 220, 252, 265, 281, 283–285. ISBN 4-06-203551-0.
  7. ^ Gongkakutōgi, pp. 44–47, pp. 52–55, Nippon Sports Publishing co., Ltd, March, 1996.
  8. ^ Kakuto K Magazine (格闘Kマガジン), pp. 50–51, Piipurusha, June, 2002.
  9. ^ Fullcontact KARATE, p. 6, pp. 8–15, fukushodo, February, 1994.
  10. ^ Gekkann Power Karate (月刊パワー空手), pp. 12–15, Power Karate Shuppannsha (パワー空手出版社), November, 1984.

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