The Kyokushin rules are limited, and in a way unrealistic, but their sparring is still really intense. You have to be very tough to handle the punishment, and a bit of a masochist too. This sort of thing will at the very least, give you good fighting attributes and mental attitude, which goes a long way I think.
So what people have said is very true. They are generally always game to test themselves with other people, and are physically some of the toughest people I have met.
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He says that the body mechanics he uses for generating his enormous kicking power, are still to this day the same way he learnt it in Kyokushin. The positioning, and turning/pivoting of the foot, etc.