The Mushin Chronicles - The Journey of a Kyokushin Karateka

"The Mushin Chronicles - The Journey of a Kyokushin Karateka" has been an idea I created that has been stuck in my head ever since before my initial move to Japan sometime in mid-2012. In this channel I will discuss various topics surrounding full-contact, knockdown Karate, health & fitness, as well as my experiences training in both Canada and Japan. The creation of this channel is purely to show you, and the rest of world, what Kyokushin Karate is about, so that Sosai Masutatsu Oyama’s dream, the Kyokushin dream, becomes more of a reality in the lives of practitioners and admirers all around, so it's my hope that I'm able to inspire. ~Fabian OSU!

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🎉Year-End Party #忘年会 🎉 Another year ended making this my 5th year training at the #MimuraDojo in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, Japan. Good times with awesome company! Looking forward to what 2019 has in store for us — OSU! . . . . . ⭐️SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE⭐️ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #TheInternationalKarateOrganization #TheUltimateTruth #Ichigeki #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKarate #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #BlackinJapan #JapanLife #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #KyokushinFamily #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnPu3wlnkV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l7f2d6qtwxq6

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⭐Sunday Afternoon Practice⭐ Putting work with the boys — OSU! . . . . . ⭐SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE⭐ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #IKO1 #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKan #KyokushinKarate #KyokushinTraining #KarateTraining #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #mimuradojo #BlackinJapan #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #JapanLife #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq4b_ibl0OR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i9h15m4lj5ex

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⛩Grand Sumo Tournament 2018⛩ <<<SWIPE LEFT FOR MORE<<< ➡️FOLLOW ME @mushin1111 & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS ↗️ An opportunity of a lifetime to be able to spectate one of Japan’s most traditional sports along side great friends at the Fukuoka International Center. Osu❗️ (at 福岡国際センター) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqCv-RdlWOx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jm693q16tgzv

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🔥Sunday Outdoor Training🔥 Working on various exercises with training partner @ilya.popov.39 to start off our Sunday - OSU❗️ (at Kokura) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpMkAeTFNYw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f4p2pl6iwycv

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Flashback-Friday @ Hiroshima/Miyajima⛩ Miyajima's Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima. (at Itsukushima Shrine) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpHjI_2lBYa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12xmbjnew1vu7

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👊🏾🔥Outdoor Training🔥 Back at it with training partner - OSU❗️ ➡️FOLLOW ME @mushin1111 & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS↗️ 👊🏾🔥OSU❗️ . . . . . ✨SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE✨ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #ISAMI #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKarate #KyokushinTraining #Outdoor #OutdoorTraining #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #LifeinJapan #JapanLife #BlackinJapan #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1MoGSjLG1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kz56rkcrhl7h

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✨Andy Hug Forever✨ An inspiration to a great many, including myself... A former friend of the Shihan I currently train under, Mimura Masafumi of the #MimuraDojo Fukuoka East branch Honbu... the legend of Andy Hug continues to live on in the hearts of many. Rest in Paradise — Osu! . . . . . #AndyHug #IKO1 #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #seidokaikan #seidokai #seidokaikankarate #KyokushinKarate #KyokushinTraining #KarateTraining #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣👣👣

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Back Home in Toronto 🇨🇦 No rest... plus that jet lag is keeping me up... went straight to a park for an outdoor workout — OSU! ➡️FOLLOW ME @Mushin1111 & TURN ON POST NOTIFICATIONS ↗️ . . . . . ✨SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE✨ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #Bodybuilding #Training #Exercise #Fitness #Weights #Workout #Muscle #Muscles #Lifting #Strength #Power #Instafit #Health #Healthy #Gym #Motivation #Fit #FitnessMotivation #Fitspo #Cardio #FitFam #FitLife #FitForLife #GymLife #GymTime #NoPainNoGain #Sweat #Canada #TorontoLife (at Toronto, Ontario)

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🔥Point-Blank🔥 Back to my favorite gym here in Fukuoka. OSU❗️ ➡️➡️➡️FOLLOW ME @Mushin1111 & TURN ON POST NOTIFICATIONS ↗️↗️↗️ . . . . . ✨SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE✨ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #Bodybuilding #Training #Exercise #Fitness #Weights #Workout #Muscle #Muscles #Lifting #Strength #Power #Instafit #Health #Healthy #Gym #Motivation #Fit #FitnessMotivation #Fitspo #Cardio #FitFam #FitLife #FitForLife #GymLife #GymTime #NoPainNoGain #Sweat #BlackinJapan #JapanLife (at Fukuoka Prefecture)

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👊🏾🔥Beach Shadowbox🏝 Nothing beats doing what you love in nature — OSU❗️ ➡️FOLLOW ME @mushin1111 & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS↗️ 👊🏾🔥OSU❗️ . . . . . ✨SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE✨ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #Shadowbox #MiyajihamaBeach #Fukutsu #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKarate #KyokushinTraining #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #Karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #LifeinJapan #JapanLife #BlackinJapan #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at 宮地浜海水浴場)

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👊🏾🔥Miyajihama Beach Boys🏝 Very rare/random encounter today at the beach—a new friend from Poland, out of nowhere, spotted me shadow boxing and had approached asking me if I do Kyokushin, in which I replied, “Yes, I do! Osu!” ...and to my surprise, he replied, “So do I. Osu!”🤣🤣🤣 >>> Same belt rank, and he had trained for approximately the same amount of years as I. I was so surprised, to say the leased lol <<< • ➡️➡️➡️The chance of meeting people of foreign decent who live in Kyushu and train in Kyokushin Karate is an extreme rarity to me when one takes into consideration that there just aren’t many of us foreigners around in these parts of Japan. Especially those who train in the same system as I. • Cheers for new friendship! Osu❗️ • ➡️FOLLOW ME @mushin1111 & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS↗️ 👊🏾🔥OSU❗️ . . . . . ✨SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE✨ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #BeachBoys #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKarate #KyokushinTraining #Outdoor #OutdoorTraining #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #LifeinJapan #JapanLife #BlackinJapan #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at 宮地浜海水浴場)

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👊🏾🔥Outdoor Sparring🔥 Super light sparring outdoor － Osu❗️ ➡️FOLLOW ME @mushin1111 & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS↗️ 👊🏾🔥OSU❗️ . . . . . ✨SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE✨ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #ISAMI #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKarate #KyokushinTraining #Outdoor #OutdoorTraining #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #LifeinJapan #JapanLife #BlackinJapan #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan)

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🌟Flashback Friday w/ Peter Aerts🌟 Exactly 5 years ago TODAY in Kokura, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, Japan w/ @peteraertsofficial 😂 😆 😝 🤣 <<<SWIPE LEFT FOR MORE<<< ➡️FOLLOW ME @mushin1111 & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS↗️ 👊🏾🔥OSU❗️ . . . . . ✨SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE✨ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #PeterAerts #Flashback #flashbackfriday #flashbackfridays #TB #K1 #Kickbox #kickboxer #kickboxing #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #One #Love #OneLove #NeverGiveUp #OSU #Black #Like4Like #PhotooftheDay #PicoftheDay #JapanLife #LifeInJapan #BlackinJapan #Fukuoka #Japan #Follow #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan)

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👊🏾🔥Outdoor Training🔥 W/ fellow company man/new training partner of Kudo background — Osu❗️... <<<SWIPE LEFT FOR MORE<<< ➡️FOLLOW ME @mushin1111 & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS↗️ 👊🏾🔥OSU❗️ . . . . . ✨SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE✨ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #ISAMI #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKarate #KyokushinTraining #Outdoor #OutdoorTraining #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #LifeinJapan #JapanLife #BlackinJapan #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan)

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⭐FUKUOKA NIGHTS⭐ Night out in Fukuoka City — latest purchase from the #Fukuoka branch #ISAMI shop plus more — Osu! . . . . . ⭐SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE⭐ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKarate #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #Karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #BlackinJapan #BlackJapan #JapanLife #LifeinJapan #LifeinFukuoka #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣👣👣 (at Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan)

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Work . . . . . #Locs #Dreads #Dreadlocs #ThePreditor #Prison #Slavery #Slaving #SlaveryAintOver #ALT #ALTinJapan #Work #WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWork SchoolLife #Teacher #Sensei #EigoNoSensei #BreakTime #LifeinJapan #JapanLife #BlackinJapan #BlackJapan #Japan #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣 (at Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan)

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⛩Miyajidake Shrine⛩ . . . . . ➡️SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & SHARE⬅️ Facebook @ The Mushin Chronicles Twitter @ MushinTweets Tumblr @ Mushin1.tumblr.com YouTube @ /MushinTV YouTube @ /TheMushinChronicles #TheMushinChronicles • #inyourfacekicks #Ichigeki #IKO1 #TheUltimateTruth #Kyokushin #Kyokushinkai #Kyokushinkaikan #KyokushinKarate #KyokushinTraining #FullContact #FullContactKarate #Knockdown #KnockdownKarate #NeverGiveUp #OSU #BudoKarate #Budo #Karate #karateka #MartialArtist #MartialArts #LifeinJapan #JapanLife #BlackinJapan #Fighter #Fight #Love #OneLove #FollowMe 👣 (at Miyajidake Shrine)