World Oyama Karate is a classic, full-contact Japanese style of Karate.
In 1965, Mas Oyama, Director of the International Kyokushin Organization, sent his chief instructor, Shigeru Oyama, from Tokyo international headquarters to New York to spread Kyokushin Karate world wide. Then in 1972, Mas Oyama sent another of his Kyokushin chief instructors from Tokyo, Yasuhiko Oyama (brother of Shigeru Oyama), to Birmingham, AL to continue the growth of the Kyokushin style.
After many years of experience in the US, they founded World Oyama Karate Organization In 1985. Today, over150 official World Oyama Karate dojos are established in 19 countries.
With an uncompromising dedication to teaching excellence and a well-founded reputation for coaching some of the finest international full-contact Karate champions, World Oyama Karate has today become a phenomenal success in the world of Martial Arts.
Shihan Nagayasu Sakataka is a World Oyama Karate 5th degree black belt. He spent 5 years at the New York City Dojo (the headquarters) as an "Uchi-deshi" to Soshu Shigeru Oyama. There he studied and trained under Soshu's direct supervision and soon thereafter, he began teaching classes.
In September of 1998, Shihan Sakataka moved to New Jersey and opened the Cliffside Park Dojo so he could spread World Oyama Karate to a brand new audience.
Over the past 10 years, Shihan Sakataka's reputation has drawn a wide variety of students from all over Bergen, Hudson and Essex Counties in New Jersey. Men, Women and Children from every background come together at the Dojo to challenge themselves both physically and mentally.