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Birth of Japanese kickboxing

On 12 February 1963 three Mas Oyama students, Tadashi Nakamura, Kenji Kurosaki and Akio Fujihira journeyed to Thailand’s storied Lumpinee stadium. The trio went 2-1, with only Kurosaki losing.

Kirik JennessNov 161 min read