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Karateka in Brazil, first a Shotokan stylist, who turned to Kyokushin, studied with Mas Oyama in Japan, and brought Kyokushin instructors to Brazil.

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  Mas Oyama

  swordsKyokushin Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Meanwhile a Shotokan stylist named Tsuneyoshi Tanaka (not related to another Shotokan teacher named Yasutaka Tanaka) turned to Kyokushin Kai karate. At first he learned from books but later he went to Japan to study with Mas Oyama.”

  — Alcantara, Ubaldo; Rodrigues, Antonio. (2000-12). Karate in Brazil: An Overview. Journal of Combative Sportlink info

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