(Masutatsu Oyama was the founder of the full contact style of Kyokushin Karate. He was also famous for extreme demonstrations of skill which included fighting live bulls. He trained his body to its extremes and earned the nickname “Godhand”. He was one of the toughest Martial artists of his day and possibly of all time. Oyama fought live bulls.) (By the end of his career Oyama had fought a total of 52 defeating each by either wrestling them to the ground, breaking off their horn with a knife hand strike or, in the case of tree of them, killing them with a punch. This earned him his nickname ‘Godhand’. Only once was he seriously injured: At one of these demonstrations in Mexico the bull gored him in the back and despite the major injury he was able to continue and win it by breaking off the bull's horn. He then spent 6 months in bed healing from the wound. Oyama was also fond of other demonstrations such as brick and stone breaking and sparring matches. He would take on challengers even of different styles and would fight in full contact matches that were often finished in mere seconds... Like with the bulls, some matches he finished with a single punch, if it hit you your ribs would break and if you blocked it your arm would break.) (He started the Oyama Dojo which he would later officially rename as Kyokushin Karate meaning ‘Ultimate Truth’. His teaching was harsh as was his fighting style. Many students would injure themselves through the rigorous training methods or get injured in the full contact sparring matches. To Mas Oyama, this was the truth of Karate, it would have to be practiced at full force or it would not be useful when that power is needed. Though this philosophy and the resulting injuries would keep many students away... it had others flocking to it. Mas Oyama was the author of over 80 books in Japanese.)