International Karate Friendship in 2009
The 4th World Weight Category Karate Championships
Chiba, 23 August 2009

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Makuhari Messe Hall tournament banners International Karate
Friendship in 2009
Opening drum - Taiko Kyokushin flag
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Kancho Shokei Matsui
Opening speech
International Committee Shihan Hollander
and Sensei Fischer
Shihan Take, Shihan Kawabata
Shihan Drewniak and Shihan Ipatov
Ewerton Teixeira
World Champion
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Pablo Estensoro vs
Lucian Gogonel
winner: Estensoro - Spain Tameshiwari Anderson Silva Kentaro Tanaka
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Piotr Moczydlowski Krzysztof Habraszka Pablo Estensoro Alejandro Navarro South African Sensei
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Ryuji Isobe vs Xolani Mayozi winner: Isobe - Brazil Tomohiko Matsuoka
vs Dzamshed Ulfatov
winner: Matsuoka - Japan Tomohiko Matsuoka
jodan-mawashi-geri
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Piotr Moczydlowski
vs Mohsen Ahmadvand
Yuzo Suzuki vs
Julio Del Valle
Stoian Nicolae
vs Shohei Yamamoto
winner: Yamamoto - USA Romanian supporters
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Shihan Constancia
and Shihan Corrigal
Chechen supporters Khuseyn Elikhanov
vs Zenjuro Mori
Andrews Nakahara
vs Barja Kumar Rai
winner: Nakahara - Brazil
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Alejandro Navarro
vs Tatsuya Murata
Alejandro Navarro
seiken-shita-tsuki
winner: Navarro - Spain Spanish supporters Goderzi Kapanadze
vs Pablo Estensoro
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Ewerton Teixeira
World Champion
Kentaro Tanaka
vs Diogo Silva
Diogo Silva
ushiro-geri
Zahari Damyanov
ushiro-mawashi-geri
Makoto Akaishi
vs Andrei Stepin
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winner: Akaishi - Japan Krzysztof Habraszka
vs Makoto Taniguchi
All Japan Champion
vs European Champion
winner: Habraszka - Poland Alejandro Navarro
European Champion

photos: Andrzej Zacharski