On November 1-2, in Tokyo Gymnasium hall the The 40th All Japan Kyokushin Karate Championships Tokyo 2008. Official opening was done by Sensei Kyosuke Machida.
   Honorary guests were Shihan Loek Hollander from Holland, Shihan Peter Chong from Singapore, Shihan Seiji Isobe from Brazil. Other special guests were: Shihan Yuzo Goda and Shihan Makoto Nakamura from Japan, Shihan Stuart Corrigal from Canada, Shihan Antonio Pinero from Spain and Shihan Andrzej Drewniak from Poland.
   Organiser of the championships was International Karate Organisation Kyokushinkaikan, led by Kancho Shokei Matsui.

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   The 6th North American & International Kyokushin Karate Black Belt Conference was held on October 10 to 12, at the world famous Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada.
   Main instructors of the camp were: Shihan Seiji Isobe and Shihan Francisco Filho from Brazil. Unfortunately Shihan Bobby Lowe from Hawaii could not attend the camp, due to his health problems.
      Participants from all over the world, included few Sensei from Europe too.

   From October 8 to 12, The 3rd European Team Training Camp was held in Varna, Bulgaria. Aproximately 100 fighters, Country Representatives and coaches of 22 National Teams from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech R., Denmark, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Tunisia,  gathered to train together.
   Three training sessions a day were held, both outdoors and indoors, led by Shihan Loek Hollander, Shihan Andre Drewniak, Shihan Joe Claronino, Shihan Tsutomu Wakiuchi, Shihan Hristo Traikov. A meeting of European Country Representatives and National Team coaches took during the camp. 
   The goal of this camp was to higher up the level of European fighters, with special focus on the boxing techiniques. Sensei Asen Asenov and Sensei Nikolai Rachev - two karateka from Bulgaria, specializing in boxing were invited to lead the classes.

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   On October 4, in the Sports Hall in Muzla (near Sturovo) The International Slovakian Championships Muzla 2008 took place. 150 competitors from the folloving countries: Austria, Czech Republik, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia took part in the event.
   Organiser was Slovakian Kyokushin Karate Organisation, led by Sensei Norbert Racz.

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   On October 14 to 19, the Ukrainian Kyokushin Karate Camp, took place in Kiev. 235 karateka from all over the country, as well as karateka from Russia, Kaliningrad region, Armenia, USA and Japan, gathered to train together for five days. Trainings were lead by Shihan Katsuhito Gorai (IKO International Department Director), Shihan-dai Ryu Narushima and Sensei Artur Hovhannisian - Honbu Dojo instructors.
   Camp was organised by Shihan Stanislav Blizniuk , who has been the president of Ukrainian Kyokushin Karate Organisation for the last 20 years. UKKO will be the organiser of European Weight Category Championships 2009, that will take place in Kiev on May 23.

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