On February 24-26, in Barcelona, Board Meeting of the Kyokushin World Federation (KWF)  took place with the participation of the President Shihan Loek Hollander, Vice-president Shihan Antonio Pinero, Vice-president Shihan Hristo Traykov, General Secretary Shihan Andre Drewniak, Treasurer Shihan Lars Hogquist and member of the Board Shihan Bertrand Kron.
  During the meeting most important issues, concerning the responsibility of Board Members, for the purpose of KWF perspective development plan. The board officially accepted new KWF representatives in the following countries: Japan, Estonia, Brazil, Italy, Iran, Belgium, Trinidad and Argentina.
  The upcoming 26th Open Kyokushin Karate European Championships  in Zaragoza will be an outpost of the 1st Open Kyokushin Karate World Championships planned in Paris in 2013.

   KWF Representative in Japan Shihan Noriyuki Tanaka organised the annual Kyokushin Grandprix in Chiba, on January 29, 2012. Almost 700 participants from various Kyokushin groups took part in the tournament. Friendly atmosphere, co-operation between many different branches and dojos and high level of fights, made it a very sucessful event. Next year Kyokushin Grandprix is planned for January 2013.
  Shihan Tanaka (5 dan) who started Kyokushin 35 years ago, has been a long time Branch Chief of Chiba and recently joined the World Kyokushin Federation and has already confirmed participation of his team in the upcoming European Championships Zaragossa, 11-12 May 2012.

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The weekend of January 27-29 the Norwegian Kyokushin Karate Organization arranged the yearly General Meeting and also a training camp for all club leaders in Norway. Organiser of the camp was Shihan Lars Hogquist.

The camp was arranged outside Oslo and with great success. The General Meeting was held in a very positive manner.
   The first training started on Friday. As usual at this yearly training camp Shihan Antonio Pinero from Spain conducted the training. The camp covered all the KWF syllabus. All the techniques where composed into small to long combinations. 
  The feedback from the participants was very positive. 

Shihan Antonio did a fantastic job and everybody was amazed about the variety in his calm and friendly teaching. The camp collected 51 karateka from all over the country.

We will meet again next year at the same time and enjoy another karate seminar with Shihan Antonio.

Within the Kyokushin Development Programme for Eastern Europe, on 4-6 January 2012 Kyokushin KWF held a seminar run by shihan Andrzej Drewniak and sensei Robert Wajgelt, with participation of approx. 70 instructors, contestants and schoolchildren. Contestants from Ukraine and Georgia also participated in the seminar. The core subject of the seminar was standardisation of the techniques and kata, and fight combinations and self-defence techniques were presented. Additionally, a meeting with the instructors was held, during which the international development perspectives of Kyokushin KWF were discussed, with a focus on Russia, Estonia and Finland. Local partners accepted an invitation to participate in the Central-European Summer Camp in Krakow and  international tournaments in Świnoujście and Sieradz.

The seminar was organised by the Saint Petersburg Kyokushin Federation run by sensei Alexander Nesterov 3 dan.

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On 3 January 2012, shihan Andrzej Drewniak and sensei Robert Wajgelt conducted a training in Kaliningrad (Russia). The training was held in the Martial Arts Hall of the newly built Kaliningrad Sports Centre which can seat 4000 audience.  Also, an organisational meeting with instructors from the local centres as well as Moldova and Uzbekistan was held, during which the partners discussed ways to enhance the cooperation with the Kyokushin KWF. Also, they determined training schedules and participation in joint tournaments in Russia and Europe. Local partners accepted an invitation to participate in the Central-European Summer Camp in Krakow and  international tournaments in Świnoujście and Sieradz.

The seminar was organised by the Kaliningrad Kyokushin Federation run by sensei Sergei Soldatov 4 dan.

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