Gerrie Hoogeveen is an old friend of Peter Smit,today he send me some great pictures of the old days.Gerrie was an amazing fighter,but he must stopped his career at the age of 25,because he was operated on his back 2 times.Gerrie was a member of Budokai Vleesenbeek and he was also a view times member of the Dutch kyokushin team,he haved fought a lot of great fighters.

Peter Smit and Gerrie Hoogeveen.

Peter Smit,Andre v/d Linden and Gerrie Hoogeveen.

Shihan Jan Vleesenbeek and Gerrie Hoogeveen.

Gerrie Hoogeveen and Peter Smit.

Summercamp papendal in 1986.

Peter Smit,Gerrie Hoogeveen and Robbie Kroonen.

Rinus van Hemert,Gerrie Hoogeveen,Peter Smit and Arnold Goossens,four members of Budokai Vleesenbeek.

Gerrie Hoogeveen vs Michel Wedel.

Gerrie Hoogeveen in action.

Gerrie Hoogeveen and his shihan Jan Vleesenbeek.

Gerrie Hoogeveen vs Frank Lobman.

Peter Smit,Andre v/d Linden and Gerrie Hoogeveen.

Gerrie Hoogeveen and Peter Smit.

Training with Kim Rademakers.

Versus Frank Lobman.

Gerrie his two sons in the Budokai Vleesenbeek.

Training on a seminar with Frank Lobman.

WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa well done dirk i love when you and oliver open your picture treasure box what great photos of another one of dutch legends well done and all the best from aussieland OSU

It's very cool see the old boys! I feel the atmosphere, awesome!

Great great pictures Dirk.

I Like this picture above, because the two first fighter from left to right are both my old sensei. (Today they both are shihan)

First from left is Shihan Klaus Rex, who earlier this year accomplish the 100 men kumite test in Spain. 2nd from left is Shihan Jan Bülow. 3rd is Flemming Jinsen, also a Danish Kyokushin karate-ka, and one of the best in the world ever to make bottle-cut, tameshiwari.

Fleming Jinsen has been fighting Michel Wedel in the finale in Kyokushin Dutch Open back in the good old 80´s. So has Jan Bülow at the 4th World Open in 1987. Both of them lost to Wedel on KO. Klaus Rex was fighting Andy Hug at the European Knock Down championship back in 1985 in the semifinal, so they are all very strong fighters – some of the best ever in Danish Kyokushin history.

Great pictures Dirk, keep them coming!

Sempai Fleming Jinsen doing bottle cut with 4 bottles!!! (All 4 bottles is still standing!)

Hey Oliver, I saw a pic of Mas Oyama doing the same, but with one bottle... I think your hand have to be really fast, to break the neck and the bottle still standing...

And I red in internet that Oyama broke the horn of a bull, it's true?

My master is a former karateka (Shotokan) and he says in the past he can broke a large piece of wood, with fist...

It's hard to a non karateka understand how a person can broke things like that...

Another time I saw a pic of a kyokushin guy broken a lot of baseball woods (what the name is english? lol), with the shin!

It's true?

And what is a sensei, sempai and shihan?

Sensei = master?
Sempai = great master?
Shiham = ???

Thank you!

Sosai Mas Oyama doing bottlecut.

Mas Oyama fighting a bull.

Shihan Ryoama breaking 4 baseball with his shin.

First from left is Shihan Klaus Rex. 2nd from left is Shihan Jan Bülow. 3rd is Flemming Jinsen and the others are Peter Smit,Gerrie Hoogeveen and Robbie Kroonen,all three are from Dordrecht and members of Budokai Vleesenbeek and all three members of the Dutch national kyokushin team.

shihan jan vleesenbeek

an old opponent hedwig lobman

I'm just curious, was Gerrie Hoogeveen born with the tatoos?!! :)
Great Pics

Dutch championship kyokushin karate in 1983 in Schiedam,Gerrie Hoogeveen is the second from the right,the fourth from the left is Erik Constancia and next to him is Koen Scharrenberg.

dirk im curious to know what they are up to in the 8th pic before the last
when they look like they are falling down a hill. ????

Again... Great pictures Dirk!