Kyokushin Karate Knockouts

(the first match lasts a while but it all is worth is at 0:55; after that they go pretty quickly)

Kyokushin is full contact karate ad it's a damn tough sport. Basic rules are that anything is allowed with the exception of hand strikes to the face, and no sparring or protective gear is used during sparring sessions. Kyokushin is rooted in idea of self-improvement, discipline and grueling training which consists largely of technique, forms and sparring. A special tradition of Kyokushin is the 50 or 100 man kumite, a special test for advanced practitioners of the art. Think gang fight but a lot longer and much more difficult (though no knives, chains or tridents and no deaths). For such a test, the subject will attempt to fight 50 to 100 opponents (depending on the test) in rapid succession: standard is two-minute bouts separated by one-minute rest periods. The subject must "win" (i.e., not get knocked-out) in at least 50-percent of the bouts in order to be consisdered as passing the test. Sure puts a new perspective on the idea of endurance, doesn't it?