MOKNZ is dedicated to training in the ways of traditional, full-contact Kyokushin Karate.
We are led by **Hanshi Doug Holloway (8th dan)**, who opened the first Kyokushin Karate dojo in New Zealand in 1965 after returning from Japan as a student of Sosai Mas Oyama.
Hanshi Doug is supported by our Executive Committee:
and our Branch Chiefs:
Kyokushin (極真会) means "The Ultimate Truth" and is often called the strongest karate. It was created by Masutatsu "Mas" Oyama, a Korean-born master of several Japanese martial arts.
The style is known for powerful strikes, intensive training, and techniques suited to practical fighting and realistic self-defence. Our training builds speed, power, flexibility and mental fortitude. It is taught here by people who learned it from the source.
We have dojo throughout New Zealand and Japan, run by world-renowned martial artists and decorated fighters.
We welcome people from all walks of life, instructors and students alike. Our dojo are safe places to learn, grow and develop a strong spirit.