Your enemy is not God
When fear rises, remember he fears too.

It all started in 1997 with a book. A young Prithish Mukherjee unwrapped a copy of Sosai Mas Oyama's Vital Karate — a gift from a relative — and something inside him shifted. Back then, finding authentic karate classes near me in Kolkata wasn't easy, but that one book lit a fire that couldn't be put out.

He taught himself the basics from those pages, then found a real teacher. Under the guidance of the late Sensei Ratan Chakraborty, one of Kolkata's most respected Kyokushin instructors, he trained hard for nearly a decade. Then life happened — the loss of his father in 2008 forced him to step away from the dojo and focus on his family.

But the mat has a way of calling you back. In 2014, he reconnected with an old training partner, laced up again, and never looked back. He deepened his practice under Kyokushin

Kan and in 2017 turned his lifelong passion into purpose — founding Oyama Fitness Dojo, today known as the best karate academy in Kolkata.

Since then, Sensei Prithish Mukherjee has hosted international camps, state tournaments, and seminars — not chasing titles, but building something real. A place where Kyokushin Karate isn't just taught, it's lived.