(Harry Rogers) that maybe Oyama created the turmoil on purpose, because he didn’t want

Kyokushin to survive without him! It is however reasonably certain that all Kyokushin

groups, regardless of their ultimate allegiance, will still maintain the standards set by

Mas Oyama.Maybe a Kyokushin diaspora will be a good thing, since in all good families, some

of the children eventually do leave home and start their own families. Some of the splinter

groups may remain faithful to the Kyokushin principles, such as Hanshi Steve Arneil in Great

Britain did in 1991. Many others, such as Shigeru Oyama in the U.S., have taken it further

by developing their own style based on Kyokushin.Today, the IKO, headed by Kancho Shokei

Matsui, is the largest karate organization in the world with over twelve million members in

135 countries