Hideyuki Ashihara

Hideyuki Ashihara (Japanese芦 原 英 幸Hideyuki Ashihara; born December 5, 1944 Hiroshima, † 1995) was a Japanese karateka.

Curriculum vitae

Since 1961 he was a student in the style of Kyokushin and was taught by Jon Bluming, Ōyama Masutatsu and Shigeru Ōyama. After separation from the International Karate Organization ( IKO ) in 1980 Ashihara developed his own method of teaching with the Ashihara kaikan and was the initiator and first president of the New International Karate Organization ( NIKO ). His students have included David C. Cook, Katsuyoshi Ishii, Takao Nakayama ( Japanese vice-champion of the Japan Karate Kyokushinkai - JKK 1977) and the Australian Karate pioneer ( Kyokushin ) Ivan Zavetchanos.

Ashihara Ryu

The style is characterized by a systematic approach of the free struggle. Both the competition (full contact) as well as the self-defense in the foreground. This is because one has taken over movement forms from the Jiu Jitsu. The Ashihara Ryu has its own katas. The style is most prevalent in Japan and in the USA. Until his death, the main line ran under Hideyuki Ashihara.

Ashihara Ryu in Germany

Marcel Vanderschaeghe and Jürgen Höller began as the first German in style with this class and this led in 1994 officially in Germany. David C. Cook (9th Dan ) and Dave Jonker led then the Ashihara International Karate Organization ( AIKO ) internationally and nationally it was represented by Vanderschaeghe.

Bibliography

• Fighting Karate by Hideyuki Ashihara