Abdullah Mohammad Hossain

Abdullah Mohammad Hossain founded KO Fight Studio in Dhaka in 2012, extending a career in martial arts into running a school. Its classes included both karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, with different instructors responsible for the two disciplines. His institutional biography traces his interest to a cousin practicing with nunchaku. Born in Dhaka in 1977, he began Bando under Ilias Cobra at thirteen and moved into Kyokushin karate at sixteen. The same account names Peter Chong as his mentor when he received his karate black belt in 1996, and Jackie Chong, Patrick Teo and Inamullah Khan among his later teachers. Dhaka Tribune’s 2020 portrait places his first international appearance in Iran in 1995. His subsequent work included serving as chief instructor in Malaysia from 2012 to 2014. In 2017 he joined the World Karate Organization’s Shinkyokushinkai organization and became its Bangladesh branch chief. The organization’s branch directory lists him as fifth dan in Shinkyokushin karate. A 2016 Daily Star feature identified Sawasdee and Tanvir as KO’s BJJ teachers. Hossain taught karate: beginners practiced stationary basics, then movement, forms and conditioning. He stressed further demonstrations and practice support for those who needed longer to learn. His karate student Mazaharul Islam Salim also taught at KO by 2018, when he wanted to share learning brought back from Singapore. Another part of the school’s work addressed access to training. Hossain and Mashroof Hossain started Warrior Women Bangladesh in September 2017. In a 2022 Daily Star feature, he explained an eight-week Shinkyokushin course with sixteen two-hour classes for women unable to maintain regular training. He expected women to train on equal terms. Trainees Sadia Sultana and Shagufta Khan Emam described feeling more confident in their own accounts. By November 2020, Dhaka Tribune reported two KO branches, in Gulshan and Dhanmondi, with eight instructors. The school offered discounts and sponsored places to bring more women into its classes. These were practical ways of widening participation alongside the teaching itself. Later sessions brought that work outside the school’s regular student body. In an October 2025 account, WKO Bangladesh reported Hossain leading three hours of practical training for Philippines Embassy staff in Dhaka. Participants worked on defensive strikes and blocks, releasing grips and holds, and responding to situations through drills and role-play. Awareness was part of the session alongside physical techniques. The teaching community also met at a camp in Cox’s Bazar on 10–12 July 2026. WKO’s report placed the gathering under Hossain’s branch leadership and described eight sessions combining basics, movement, forms and sparring. Heavy rain changed where the group could work: training moved indoors for technical practice when the beach conditions deteriorated. Hossain closed the camp with an address on discipline.