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Originally Posted by Deaken

OSU,Shihan Andre Gilbert, Branch Chief for Eastern Canada IKO1, and Shihan Coulomb (now training in Florida, not sure if he's affiliate with any group any more) both represented Canada at that tournament.

I think Shihan Coulombe started his own group - something to do with Matayoshi Kobudo and Kyokushin. I met him at the US Kyokushin championships organised by Martin Petrovich in 1999.

The Strongest Karate series is also excellent. I have never really discussed Shihan's experience at the tournament with him in detail. I know that he and Shihan Coulomb both trained extensively in New York with Shihan’s Oyama and Nakamura in preparation for the tournament. I think that Shihan Coulomb went further than Shihan Gilbert, but this is based on my interpretation from the tapes above and it's really not clear so I don't know for a fact.

Shihan Gilbert features a bit more in the copy I have - they show some dojo scenes and training of combination technique with him.

In that tournament, Shihan Gilbert was matched against D.W. Smith of Rhodesia which he won. The next fight was against C. Ching of Malaysia and Ching went through to fight B. Fribert of Sweden who then won.

Shihan Coulombe was matched against C. Antonio of Switzerland which he won. His next fight was against Bruce Anthony of South Africa. In the movie, one sees Bruce Anthony connecting Shihan Coulombe with a stunning mawashi geri to win.

Based on the draw, they appeared to have done equally well.


[quote=Deaken;61551]Shihan wrote a book some time ago. It's only in French and I haven't looked at it in years but I am curious if he wrote about his experience at the WT in it. I will also be seeing him this coming weekend, so if I have an opportunity and if I remember I will ask him.QUOTE]

Just hd a quick look through it, does not seem as if there is much written about him itself.

Originally Posted by supergroup7

Osu I love learning about the past history of Kyokushin. I would like to know more about the very first World Tournament that happened in 1975 in Japan. Are there any threads on this forum concerning this? Would anyone know where I could find out about it on the internet? Did any of you wonderful posters actually attend this event? Would you know how many countries were able to participate? How many spectators there were? How did the event go? Are there any pictures? How did Sosai Oyama feel about his first tournament? Thank you in advance Osu

A souvenir photo book was produced after the tournament entitled " The Strongest Karate" - see the image below


It was published by Kodansha International and has 128 pages of great information. The information you ask above is possibly all encapsulated in the book.