In connection with this he also formally founded the 'International Karate Organization Kyokushin kaikan' (commonly abbreviated to IKO or IKOK) to organise the many schools that were by then teaching the kyokushin style.
In diesem Zusammenhang gründete er auch die International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan (IKO oder IKOK abgekürzt), um die vielen Schulen, die zu diesem Zeitpunkt seinen Stil lehrten, zu organisieren.