Deutsche Kyokushin Karate & Budo Vereinigung e. V.

The Deutsche Kyokushin Karate & Budo Vereinigung e. V. is a karate club that was founded in March 2007 and is open to collaboration with all martial arts schools and martial artists in Germany. The club's training method is based on the principles of Kyokushin karate, which emphasizes the use of "overcrossing movements" that involve both arms and legs and stimulate both hemispheres of the brain. The club's training program includes gymnastics, basic school, partner exercises, kata, and combat. The club is led by Shihan Shehab Ahmed Yazea, a grandmaster in Kyokushin karate and president of the Deutsche Kyokushin Karate & Budo Vereinigung e. V.