13 Facts About Lucien Carbin

Lucien Carbin was born on 7 September 1952 and is a Surinamese-Dutch former kickboxer, karateka and trainer.

Lucien Carbin was the first European Kyokushin karate champion, a world kickboxing champion and a European Savate and Muay Thai champion.

At the age of 18, Carbin joined the military where he took on unarmed combat training.

In 1976, Lucien Carbin was introduced to kickboxing by Jan Plas, a fellow student of Bluming and one of the teachers at the Bluming dojo.

Plas went to Japan and learned about kickboxing, and when he returned to the Netherlands, he founded the Mejiro Gym, while Lucien Carbin became one of his first students.

Lucien Carbin became a professional and had a very successful career, winning several world and European titles.

In 1978, Lucien Carbin competed in London at the first European Kyokushinkai Championship at Wembley Stadium.

Lucien Carbin won the tournament and received the prize from Mas Oyama.

In 1987, Lucien Carbin retired from fighting and continued as a trainer.

Lucien Carbin developed his own kickboxing style, which he named "Carbin All Style".

Lucien Carbin founded his own gym Fighting Factory Carbin in Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam, which is considered one of the best martial arts gyms in the Netherlands.

Lucien Carbin brought up multiple world champions, such as Tyrone Spong, Alistair Overeem, Gilbert Yvel, Ilonka Elmont, Sergio Wielzen and Andy Ristie.

Lucien Carbin trained Fedor Emelianenko for his fight against Mirko Cro Cop, who came to the Netherlands to prepare for the fight.