In 1960, when Ashihara was 15 years old, he moved to Tokyo and started working at a petrol station.

He performed well, and it was decided that he would have the honour of travelling to Brazil to instruct and spread Kyokushinkai Karate, something he had dreamed of for years.

The police brought him into questioning, and the whole incident was reported to the Kyokushinkai Honbu Dojo.

After three months, he was called back to Tokyo and received a new chance to travel to Brazil.

He quickly founded one of the biggest Kyokushinkai clubs in Japan, and the activities were extended to two additional cities, Uwa and Uwajima.

Preparation, and the use of the four positions represented by the circular symbol of Ashihara Karate became the first point.

Clubs were also established in Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Shiga and other places.

He was still associated with the Kyokushinkai organisation, but instructors in neighbouring districts were complaining about his expansion of clubs.

To avoid conflict within Kyokushinkai, he choose to resign from actively practising Karate at an official meeting in Tokyo in March 1978.

[2] Kazuyoshi Ishii established the Seidokaikan karate style and later created the K-1 kickboxing competitions.

[3][4] Makoto Yoshida, who changed his name to Makoto Hirohara, was a successful tournament fighter (1987 Sabaki US Open Karate Challenge Heavyweight champion and again in 1988) and his student was the 1991 Middleweight Sabaki Challenge champion (Enshin karate).