Focus | Hybrid |
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Hardness | Full-contact |
Country of origin | Japan |
Creator | Sugihara Masayasu |
Famous practitioners | Takehiro Minami, Takatugu Naito, Shoto Yamaguchi, Masato Fukuchi, Yuto Fukuchi, Chisato Yamaguchi, Yuyu Kitajima, Reza Goodary, Pouya Salehi Chakousari, Akbar Abbasi, Asghar Jabari, Mehrdad Ramezani, Judd Reid |
Parenthood | Shorinji Kempo |
The Byakuren Kaikan (Japanese: 白蓮会館 - literally translated: "White Lotus Association") or Byakuren Karate is a full contact karate style founded in 1984 by Sugihara Masayasu (Japanese: 杉原 正康).[1]
The Byakuren Kaikan is a member of the Japan Fullcontact Karate Organization (JFKO)[2][3][4]
The Byakuren Kaikan is registered in Japan as a nonprofit organization (NPO).[5][6]