Intense Karate Sparring in Japan

In 2018 I trained for the Point & KO ALL Japan Championship. To get ready for the tournament, I went to the incredible Satojuko dojo in Tokyo and trained for 1,5 months as an uchi deshi under Grand Master Katsuaki Sato, the first World Champion in Kyokushin Karate.
This video shows when I did my best (interesting clips), not where the others were at their best. It also shows some glimpse of the intensity of the sparring sessions. It was pretty much like this every training session.
I ended up in the top 8 in the tournament and got the permission to do my black belt test shortly after.
Hope you enjoy it!