Dears Friends Osu!

Attached is a small report on the first KWF seminar in São Paulo.
The purpose of this first meeting on the ground was the integration of new members of several Brazilian kyokushin organizations namely Shinkyokushin and IKF who recently joined KWF Brazil.
I took the opportunity to transmit our Syllabus but also to present our organization, history and objectives for the future.
The work unfolded with great dedication and interest.
Yours Kyokushin.
Osu!
Shihan Antonio Pereira

On 18 of November in "MIKA" sports complex in Yerevan unprecedented in its qualitative and quantitative competitions was held the Armenian Championship.

    The event was attended by the Adviser of the Mayor of Yerevan, Sport Coordinator Gor Vardanyan, members of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, representatives of various administrative districts of Yerevan, all the representatives and members of the Armenian Kyokushin Asssociacion, as well as representatives of the Artsakh Federation and other honorable guests.

 The opening ceremony was held by Sensei Spartak Gasparyan with an impressive performance, under the banner and flag of the Republic of Armenia.

The organizer, the participants, the President of the Armenian Federation Spartak Gasparyan and the Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan welcomed the greetings of the Mayor's Advisor and Sports Coordinator Gor Vardanyan.

The Armenian Championship was attended by hundreds of paricipants from all regions and naturally from Artsakh. The event began with a spectacular, impressive speeches, followed by the original tournament. 
The struggle for the cups was very hot and after about 12 hours of struggle, the winners were announced and they will represent Armenia in various international tournaments.

Congratulations to all the participants, wish you new achievements and special thanks to present guests, who with their active participation encouraged participants.
We are confident that the federation will have such great events, as it grows and grows year after year.

GALERY

During the 31st European Championship, on 12.10.2017, there were held two meetings: EKF Board Meeting and KWF Board Meetinf, and on 13.10.2017 - KWF General Meeting in the presence of 32 Country Representatives. The Chairman of the meeting was shihan Antonio Pinero and shihan Andre Drewniak was Secretary Genara. On behalf of the KWF Board Vive-President Antonio Pinero submitted an annual activity report for 2016 and a preliminary activity plan for 2018. An event report for 2016 was submitted by Secretary General Andre Drewniak. Reports and budget estimates were approved and new Country Representatives were appointed. All present CRs participated in the discussion.

On 15.10.2017, during the official opening ceremony of the Championship, Shihan Antonio Pinero and Shihan Andre Drewniak were honored with the rank of the 9th dan, and Shihans Hristo Traikov, Lars Hogquist, Leslaw Samitowski, and Noriyuki Tanaka were honored with the 7th dan.

On 13-14 October 2017 in the Ahlbeck Sports and Entertainment Hall (Germany), next to Swinoujscie (Poland), the 31st Kyokushin European Championships were held. 412 competitors from 24 countries fought in 37 weight categories and kata, divided by age groups: seniors, juniors, younger juniors and youngsters. After a short performance of the Polish Navy Orchestra, the opening ceremony of the Championships was made by the Mayor of Swinoujscie Janusz Zmurkiewicz, the Mayor of Ahlbeck Lars Petersen and the President of the European Kyokushin Federation shihan Antonio Pinero. Among honorary guests were Shihan Hristo Traikov (Bulgaria), shihan Leslaw Samitowski (USA), shihan Lars Hogquist (Norway), shihan Andre Drewniak (Poland), sensei Mauricio Alvarada (Costa Rica) and shihan Noriyuki Tanaka (Japan) Taiko, who opened the Championships by striking a Taiko drum.

President Antonio Pinero handed in artistic cups to the President of Swinoujscie, the Mayor of Ahlbeck, members of the KWF Board, shihan Wlodzimierz Roj, shihan Robert Wajgelt, sensei Andrzej Klujszo and others to appreciate their efforts to prepare and organize the European Championships and promote Kyokushin in Poland and Europe. In connection with 35 year celebration of Swinoujscie Kyokushin Center, its founder and animator of twelve international tournaments and three national championships sensei Paweł Sujka was awarded an artistic epergne by the President of PFK shihan Andre Drewniak and a samurai sword by the President of Regional Karate Federation sensei Andrzej Klujszo.

The Championships were held under the patronage of MSiT and the Embassy of Japan. The main judge was shihan Antonio Pinero. It is worth mentioning that the event was prepared exceptionally well (i.e. a morning training on the beach accompanied by a horse riding club and Taiko drum sounds, sports hall decorations combined with professional lighting systems, computerized event processing and fast printout of results, artistic cups and medals for participants, accommodation and full board at a new five-star Radisson Blu Hotel, conducting a KWF General Meeting during an evening cruise on Chateaubriand ship, providing coverage of the event by three TV and two radio stations, Sayonara and disco, fireworks, delivering a final report for Teleexpress news program and 30-minute coverage presented by the first national Polish TV channel TVP1.

Among many sponsors and city authorities supporting the event was the Platinum Sponsor Radisson Blu Hotel Swinoujscie and they should be distinguished. The direct organizer of the championships was the Swinoujska Akademia Kyokushin with its President Marek Antoniuk.

The 32nd European Kyokushin Championships will be held on 25-26 May 2018 in Bucharest, Romania, and the next Kyokushin KWF World Championships will take place on 2-3 November 2018 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

RESULTS

On 20-23 July 2917 at Krakow Academy of Physical Education there was held the 44th East European Summer Camp in which participated 316 fighters and coaches, including about 40 participants from Belarus, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kaliningrad, Russia and Ukraine. Training sessions were led by the President of EKF shihan Antonio Pinero and USA Country Representative shihan Leslaw Samitowski from Chicago. Simultaneously there was organized a session for the national team, which was conducted by PKF coaches shihan Andre Drewniak, sensei Maciej Sokolowski and shihan Robert Wajgelt and coach shihan Waclaw Antoniak was introducing WKF fighting regulations. On July 21 at the Conference Hall of the Hotel Justyna, the Annual Meeting of PKO was held, in which more than 40 Polish Branch Representatives took place. On July 22 examinations were conducted for Kyu and Dan and later in the evening a Sayonara party was organized.  Cabaret contest was won by shihan Piorkowski's team. The camp ended the next day with over-one-hour examination fights. All camp participants traditionally received diplomas of participation, poster calendars with a family photo and key rings. The organizer was the Polish Kyokushinkai Organization led by shihan Andre Drewniak.

GALLERY