Kurodaiya was founded in 1990. The founder of Kurodaiya is Krishna Gopal.

Because he was involved in real battles, he perceive that the traditional styles in practice didn't work. He could not optimal defend himself against today's attacks. Because the opponents often were much bigger and stronger than him, and the attacks were faster than in training, he needed a system whereby he could controle the opponent without excessive force, movement and contact . He dicided toe change everything and adapt to now a days situations.  As the techniques were much more effective a good physical condition is not necessary. 

In Kurodaiya system we dont use blocks. We dont block with the arms, hands or legs.  Not in the selfdefense and not in the competition. We fight without blocks, because blocks hurts.

Kurodaiya literally means black diamond. A diamond in their original state is black. Kurodaiya is a very logical and practical style, focused on real practical fights. (we don't use Dummies). In this way we seeks for the  most effective way to monitor an opponent by a minimum of effort. By develloping technics in a way which use the right muscles for the proper motion , there is a very effective style created, with its own philosophy. The Kurodaiya style assumes that you always have a stronger opponent who is faster and many attacks in a row will do. So there is no unnecessary movements, no unnecessary contact and no unnecessary force used. Because in practice you have 1 fraction of a second to respond to an attack with a defense or a counter attack.

Kurodaiya focuses on self-defence, but the techniques are also very useful for all close-combat competitions such as: MMA, Freefight, Jiu-jitsu, Free style, Semi contact, Full contact, Thai Boxing, Kick Boxing etc. It is also possible to provide only competitions to train. At such training is focused on sparring, control techniques and grondtechnieken.

Within the Kurodaiya system you will learn to defend yourself against multiple attackers armed as well as unarmed. That is why we also teach defenses against any possible weapons includes dealing with a stick, a knife, that you may encounter on the street. To get the best possible defence against all this we use the Kurodaiya filosofie.
The Kurodaiya style has a very wide range of techniques. The system is logical, practical and effective and useful for you to defend. It's quick to learn and easy to be carried out by anyone.

The Kurodaiya style is very complete. You learn figthing/defending from standing position till a complete groundfight. 

The Kurodaiya style also use the system of belt grading as in Judo or Karate.