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