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Andy Hug (born (September 7, 1964 – died August 24, 2000) was a professional Swiss Kyokushin
Kyokushin

is a style of stand-up fighting, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by who was born under the name Choi Yong-I . Kyokushinkai is Japanese language for "the society of the ultimate truth." Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training....
 karateka
Full contact karate

Full contact karate is a term used to differentiate between schools of karate that Sparring full contact and allow knockout as winning criterion, and those that use light/semi contact point sparring where a knockout is regarded as a foul....
 and kickboxer from Wohlen, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. Hug was the K-1 World Grand Prix 1996
K-1 World Grand Prix 1996

The K-1 World Grand Prix 1996 was a kickboxing tournament held by the K-1 organization in two parts, on March 10, 1996 and May 06, 1996. It was won by Andy Hug....
 champion and runner up in 1997
K-1 World Grand Prix 1997

The K-1 World Grand Prix 1997 was a kickboxing tournament held by the K-1 organization in two parts, on September 07, 1997 and November 09, 1997....
 and 1998
K-1 World Grand Prix 1998

K-1 World Grand Prix EliminationsThe Opening round of the tournament was held on September 27, 1998....
.

apan he was given the name "Blue-Eyed Samurai", even though he had brown eyes. He was the only K-1 fighter ever to be rewarded an honorary samurai title by K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii
Kazuyoshi Ishii

is a Japanese master of Seidokan Karate and the founder of the K-1 fighting circuit, a martial-arts event combining Muay Thai, Karate, San Da, Taekwondo, Kenpo, Boxing and Kickboxing, etc....
.

Andy was also recognized for his axe kick and the spinning low heel kick, targeting the opponents thigh, was another trademark kick of his.






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Andy Hug (born (September 7, 1964 – died August 24, 2000) was a professional Swiss Kyokushin
Kyokushin

is a style of stand-up fighting, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by who was born under the name Choi Yong-I . Kyokushinkai is Japanese language for "the society of the ultimate truth." Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training....
 karateka
Full contact karate

Full contact karate is a term used to differentiate between schools of karate that Sparring full contact and allow knockout as winning criterion, and those that use light/semi contact point sparring where a knockout is regarded as a foul....
 and kickboxer from Wohlen, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. Hug was the K-1 World Grand Prix 1996
K-1 World Grand Prix 1996

The K-1 World Grand Prix 1996 was a kickboxing tournament held by the K-1 organization in two parts, on March 10, 1996 and May 06, 1996. It was won by Andy Hug....
 champion and runner up in 1997
K-1 World Grand Prix 1997

The K-1 World Grand Prix 1997 was a kickboxing tournament held by the K-1 organization in two parts, on September 07, 1997 and November 09, 1997....
 and 1998
K-1 World Grand Prix 1998

K-1 World Grand Prix EliminationsThe Opening round of the tournament was held on September 27, 1998....
.

Biography and career

In Japan he was given the name "Blue-Eyed Samurai", even though he had brown eyes. He was the only K-1 fighter ever to be rewarded an honorary samurai title by K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii
Kazuyoshi Ishii

is a Japanese master of Seidokan Karate and the founder of the K-1 fighting circuit, a martial-arts event combining Muay Thai, Karate, San Da, Taekwondo, Kenpo, Boxing and Kickboxing, etc....
.

Andy was also recognized for his axe kick and the spinning low heel kick, targeting the opponents thigh, was another trademark kick of his. In Japan, it was known as "the Hug Tornado" since it was rumored that no other fighter could perform it with the same perfection as Hug.

Andy defeated Mirko "Cro-Cop" Filipovic
Mirko Filipovic

Mirko Filipovic , often billed as Mirko Cro Cop, is a Croatian police turned kickboxing and mixed martial arts . He is also a former member of Croatian Parliament....
 at K-1 Fight Night, on June 3, 2000, in Zurich, Switzerland. His last fight was against Nobu Hayashi on July 7, 2000. Andy Hug died in August 24, 2000 as a result of leukemia
Leukemia

Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood Cell , usually white blood cells ....
 a few weeks short of his 36th birthday. A shrine commemorating Hug was placed in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
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Kickboxing record
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See also

  • List of male kickboxers
    List of male kickboxers

    This is a list of notable male professional kickboxing. Included are all the professional competitors of stand-up, striking-oriented martial arts such as lethwei, kickboxing, muay thai, savate, san shou, Pradal Serey and shoot boxing....
  • List of K-1 events
    List of K-1 Events

    This article contains a list of all the official K-1 World GP events, regional preliminaries as well as other kickboxing events fought under the K-1 Rules 8 man tournament format....
  • Full contact Karate
    Full contact karate

    Full contact karate is a term used to differentiate between schools of karate that Sparring full contact and allow knockout as winning criterion, and those that use light/semi contact point sparring where a knockout is regarded as a foul....
  • Seidokaikan
    Seidokaikan

    is a style of Full contact karate karate, founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii in 1980....
  • List of kickboxing organizations
    List of kickboxing organizations

    This article contains an alphabetical list of all the professional and amateur kickboxing Associations, Organizations, Councils & Federations. Included are all stand-up, striking-oriented martial arts such as Lethwei, Muay Thai, Pradal Serey, Sanshou, Savate and Shoot boxing....


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