About Sensei Souvik Mukherjee

Sensei Souvik Mukherjee started learning Tae-kwon-Do,under Sahbunim Kamlesh C. Sarker of United Taekwondo Association of  Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri District at the Age of 11 years at
B.Y.M.S.A Club , Bihar- More Bagdogra.In the year 2002 he,got an opportunity to participate in East Zone State Taekwondo Championship.In the Year 2003 he, Again Got the opportunity in Mahatma
Hansraj Trophy National Tournament at New-Delhi.At The Age of 16 He got an opportunity to A State Level Championship At Neamatpur Burdwan , in which he was awarded Silver Medal,It was his last champion ship in the field of Tae-kwon-do (Korean-Karate) in the year 2006.

After a period of One year ,Sensei Souvik left Tae-Kwon-Do after successfully completing the Red-Belt i.e, 2nd kyu in Taekwondo,Sensei Souvik Left Tae-Kwon-Do. He heard about a Dojo
of Shinkyokushinkaikan near his home town which was at Yakthung Security Services Training
Ground under Sensei Prasun Ghosh.Sensei Souvik Joined the dojo of Shinkyokushin Karate.
He was awarded Brown-Belt ,which was according to the order of Tae-Kwon -Do.Day by Day
as the time passed ,the honour &spirit of Shinkyokushin Karate(W.K.O) developed in Sensei Souvik'smind.And In the year 2008 Sensei has got an opportunity to appear for Shodan under Shihan Shivaji Ganguly. Sensei Souvik Successfully completed the training and awarded Probationary Shodan.

Sensei Souvik Mukherjee became the chief instructor of Shinkyokushinkai Karate Dojo And General Branch Secretary under Sensei Prasun Ghosh.At the beginning of the year 2009 ,Sensei
Prasun Ghosh left his dojo and stopped training due to some unavoidable circumstances.Sensei
Souvik did not stopped his self training of Shinkyokushin Karate,and completed his further training
under Shihan Shivaji Ganguly Directly by attending Shihan Shivaji Ganguly's Dojo.

Sensei Souvik Mukherjee 's Aim was to develop Real Kyokushin Karate at North-Bengal ,Siliguri ,and Darjeeling by becoming the Branch Chief & Chief Instructor.For That He Left Training under
Shihan Shivaji Ganguly.

In the year , 2010 he came to know of Real Kyokushin Karate Dojo's At West-Bengal ,which under Sensei Uttam Kumar Das, Country Chief of I.K.O MATSUSHIMA KYOKUSHIN KAI-KAN
Karate at Kolkata.Sensei Souvik Contacted to the Branch Authority,And Joined under Shihan Uttam Kumar Das.Sensei Souvik Mukherjee Completed his Black Belt International Registration by joining Shihan Uttam Kumar Das.And Hereby Promising that "All My Lives,Through The Discipline of Karate,I seek to fulfill the true meaning of Kyokushin Way"And Since Then, He
Became the Follower of Kyokushin Karate & Sosai Masutatsu Oyama .

About Kyokushin Karate

ABOUT KYOKUSHIN KAI-KAN

Kyokushin kaikan (極真会館) is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese karate master, Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達 Ōyama Masutatsu) who was born under the name Choi Young-Eui. 최영의. Kyokushinkai is Japanese for "the society of the

ultimate truth". Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training. Its full contact style has had international appeal (practitioners have over the last 40+ years

numbered more than 12 million).

ORIGIN 

The following is a brief overview of the early life of Masutatsu "Mas" Oyama.
The founder of International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan, Masutatsu Oyama, was born Choi Bae Dal in 1923 on July 27, during the Korea under Japanese rule.
As a young child, Oyama enjoyed fighting and watching others fight. His childhood was spent in Manchuria, China where he learned Kempo (Chuan'Fa/18 Hands Techniques) from a Chinese seasonal worker named Lee. Oyama refers to Lee as his first teacher.
In 1938, he emigrated to Japan and studied Okinawan Karate under Gichin Funakoshi, eventually gaining 2nd dan. Later, Oyama also trained under Yoshida Kotaro, a famous Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu/Yanagi-ryu Aiki-jujutsu master, from whom he received his menkyo kaiden – an older form of grade, a scroll signifying mastery. This scroll is still on display at the honbu (headquarters)

dojo in Tokyo.
Also, upon the advice of his mentor and a member of the National Diet, Matsuhei Mori, around this time the young master took his Japanese name, Masutatsu Oyama, the name he would use for the rest of his life. After World War II, Oyama began his training in Goju Ryu karate under a Japanese master in Japan, So Nei Chu, who ran a dojo in Tokyo with the famous goju teacher Gogen Yamaguchi. He would finally attain 8th Dan in Goju Ryu Karate. Another influence from the Goju school was Masahiko Kimura. Although fulfilling the role of assistant karate instructor at the dojo Oyama trained at, Kimura was primarily a famous champion of judo, who defeated Hélio Gracie of Brazilian Jiujitsu (aka. Jujitsu) fame. Kimura encouraged Oyama to take up judo so that he would have an understanding of the art's ground techniques. Kimura then introduced Oyama to the Sone Dojo in Nakano, Tokyo, where he trained regularly for four years, eventually gaining his 4th Dan in this discipline.

It was after this time that Oyama first retreated into the mountains for one of his well-known solitary training periods, the so-called yamagomori. He undertook two such retreats lasting a total of almost three years, in accordance with the ascetic traditions of many of the great warriors of Japan through the centuries. During these periods of isolated retreats spent in training, Oyama engaged in intense shugyo, or spiritual discipline.