Andy Hug

Andy Hug was a Swiss karateka and kickboxer who competed as a heavyweight, born on 7 September 1964 and raised in Wohlen, Aargau, and who died on 24 August 2000. He began Kyokushin karate at ten, won the European Championships in 1985 and 1989 and was the first non-Japanese fighter to reach the final of the Kyokushin World Open in 1987. He moved to Seidokaikan in 1992, won its Karate World Cup that year and then switched to K-1 kickboxing, winning the K-1 Grand Prix in 1996 and reaching the final twice more. He was known for the axe kick and a low spinning heel kick called the Hug Tornado. This entry is written from the English Wikipedia article on Andy Hug.