{"id":2128,"date":"2014-01-05T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T17:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2022-02-23T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T14:57:04","slug":"mas-oyama-trained-james-bond-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/mas-oyama-trained-james-bond-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"Mas Oyama Trained James Bond&#8230;Seriously!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mas Oyama, founder of Kyokushin &#8220;Ultimate Truth&#8221; Karate, trained James Bond star Sean Connery.&nbsp; Not only did Mas Oyama train Sean Connery, Sean Connery was granted the rank of Black Belt (honorary Shodan)&#8230;&nbsp; Anyone familiar with the militaristic training requirements set by Mas Oyama understands what a momentous accomplishment it was to train with Mas Oyama, so much so that even the Honorary title is impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n<script>\r\n document.write('<hr style=\"width=75%; border-top: 2px solid #000; margin: auto;'>');\r\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe it Connery know and trained with Mas Oyama..well here is some proof:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/honorary-black-belt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/honorary-black-belt-300x242.png\" alt=\"Mas Oyama presenting Sean Connery with Honorary Black Belt Certificate in August 1966.\" class=\"wp-image-2130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/honorary-black-belt-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/honorary-black-belt.png 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mas Oyama presenting Sean Connery with Honorary Black Belt Certificate in August 1966.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The gentleman in the second photo next to Sean Connery is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chingchic.com\/donn-draeger-martial-arts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donn Draeger<\/a> trainer, accomplished Martial Artist and choreographer for the Bond Movies.&nbsp; standing Mas Oyama and James Bond how cool is that \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MasOyama-and-SeanConnery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MasOyama-and-SeanConnery.jpg\" alt=\"MasOyama-and-SeanConnery\" class=\"wp-image-2129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MasOyama-and-SeanConnery.jpg 374w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MasOyama-and-SeanConnery-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MasOyama-and-SeanConnery-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mas Oyama with Sean Connery<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<script>\r\n document.write('<hr style=\"width=75%; border-top: 2px solid #000; 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