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Many renowned karate students came to train at Ashihara's dojo because of his reputation as an extremely effective instructor. Ashihara called these techniques, "Sabaki." Although many of these techniques were prohibited in Kyokushin Knockdown karate tournament rules, he taught them to his students, including Ninomiya, so that they would be more effective, all-around karate fighters. He always stressed getting the maximum impact from a minimum amount of force. These techniques also involved parries and sweeps intended to use the opponent's momentum against him. His techniques involved using circular patterns to move outside of an opponent's attack and then to counterattack from a position of advantage. Two years after that he became an instructor, and two years after that he was allowed to open his own dojo in Ninomiya's home town of Yawatahama.ĭuring this time, Ashihara was developing his own approach to the Kyokushin curriculum he was teaching his students as well as adding additional movements and techniques that he had devised. Ashihara attained first degree black belt in Kyokushin in 1974. Kyokushin(kai) is a full contact, knockdown style of karate founded by Mas Oyama. Hideyuki Ashihara began training in Kyokushin karate at the honbu dojo in 1971 when he was 16 years old. One year later, in 1969, Ninomiya began training in Ashihara's Kyokushin dojo. It was there that he met the man who would become his teacher and mentor in karate- Hideyuki Ashihara. After turning 14, Ninomiya did extra Judo training at the local police station gym on weekends and holidays. He earned his first degree black belt by the end of eighth grade. In seventh grade, at age 12, Ninomiya began training in a Judo class taught by a teacher at his junior high school. To augment the family's income, his father also worked as a carpenter. His family owned and tended to several fruit orchards. Ninomiya was the youngest of 10 brothers and sisters. Joko Ninomiya was born on January 27, 1954, in (Former Hizuchi village, Nishiuwa district) Yawatahama, Shikoku, Japan.