Fifty consecutive full-contact fights, one after another. Nine times in our history.
A fresh opponent every two minutes, fifty times over, with no rest between fights. Most attempts do not finish.
Sosai Mas Oyama set the test as the measure of what a black belt should be able to endure. It is not a competition and there is no prize. You either finish or you do not.
In sixty years of Kyokushin in New Zealand, it has been completed nine times.
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Graeme Gavegan | 1993 |
| Mike Kenworthy | 2001 |
| Graeme Gavegan | 2001 |
| Chris Smith | 2008 |
| Alex Terris | 2009 |
| Sean O'Connell | 2016 |
| Kelvin McSkimming | 2021 |
| Russell Dilloway | 2023 |
| Pete Parsons | 2025 |
Graeme Gavegan has completed it twice, eight years apart.
Kyoshi Mike Kenworthy and Kyoshi Graeme Gavegan lead alongside Hanshi Doug Holloway. Shihan Kelvin McSkimming, Shihan Russell Dilloway and Renshi Sean O'Connell are our branch chiefs.
All six are on this board. The people running MOKNZ have done the hardest thing the style asks of anyone.