Johnny 'Gyro' Potter is an American martial arts instructor, and former competitive karate fighter.
This is especially true since many gloved karate fighters seamlessly go on from their amateur gloved karate career to professional kickboxing careers.
Tom Bloom is an American martial arts instructor, author, and former competitive karate fighter.
Nelson Luiz Bittencourt Sardenberg (born August 1, 1970 in Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian karate fighter.
Enver Idrizi is a former Albanian karate fighter.
Arash Sharifi is an Iranian karate fighter.
In this series, Tadashi Sawamu (Brazilian translation), was an arrogant karate fighter who was defeated by a kickboxer, leaving Sawamu in a mild coma.
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.
Danil Domdjoni (born 8 September 1985) is a Croatian karate fighter.
During his teenage years he was a competitive karate fighter and karate instructor.