The French International Spring Camp 2010 took place in the East mountain of France.
More than 100 participants with 30 Sempai, Sensei and Shihan, came from various European IKO countries like Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, Finland, Poland, Netherland and France. Special guest this year with Roger Farache, an Israelian Krav Maga high ranked student.
The weather was great with snow training and waterfalls training. Rank test was leaded by Branch-Chief Bertrand Kron during the 3 days.

As usual Shihan Egberth Thomas, Eric Constancia and Bertrand Kron leaded the camp with the help of Sensei Jérôme de TImmerman and the former European Senior+ champion Sébastien Vanroyen.

Kihon, kumité, Bo kata, Ido Keiko, stamina, kata and a course concerning the 3 Tekki and Bassai with as usual the special and original Bunkai working with Bertrand Kron every year very appreciated.

The gallery will be available soon.

   On March 13, Belgrade Trophy took part in Belgrade (Serbia). The organiser of the event was Serbian Kyokushin Karate Organisation lead by sensei Zarko Petkovic.

Results:
Juniors,  Men, Women, Women Kata

    Norwegian Kyokushin Karate Organisation arranged the yearly technical seminar on the weekwnd 29, 30, 31 January in Oslo. Club leaders from 20 clubs attended the seminar. The main instructors were Shihan Antonio Pinero and Shihan Lars Hogquist. On Saturday's general meeting a President election took part. Shihan Lars Hogquist was re-elected for the next 2 years. The seminar was a success and a lot of positive feedback has been received.

  On February 13, Crimean Kyokushin Karate Youth Championships 2010 took part in the city of Djankoi, in Republic of Crimea. 168 participants took part in this tournament from following cities: Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Genichensk, Simferopol, Bakhchisarai, Kirovskoe, Sudak, Yalta, Alushta, Partenit, Krasnogvardejsk and Djankoi. National Federation together with the Ministry of sports of Ukraine, and branch-chiefs of IKO has organized the championships. The main referee and organizer of the event was sensei Lenur Osmanov.

We are sad to announce that our beloved colleague EKKO board-member, Shihan Christoph Fischer, died on January 17th in the hospital in Hamburg.

Christoph, who was only 46 years old, leaves behind a wife and a daughter. It was known that he was very proud of them. To us, he regularly showed photos of his family. As a husband and a father he will be missed very much.

As Country Representative for Germany Shihan Fischer built a strong German Kyokushin Organization with an increasing number of dojos. Some of his students became international champions. Last summer Christoph was promoted by the International Karate Organization to the high grade of 5t Dan with the honorary title of Shihan.

During the last five years Shihan Christoph Fischer was a well respected member of the board of EKKO. As a responsible treasurer and in a professional way, he took care for all financial matters. This meant days and nights of hard work, especially while at the European Karate tournaments. He seemed tireless and had lots of energy.

In the notary's office in Barcelona in December 2006, together with his colleagues board- members, Shihan Christoph was one of the co-founders in the official registration for the European Kyokushin Karate Organization.

We all will remember Shihan Christoph Fischer for his nice personality, his friendship and his loyalty to the organization that he served with dedication and hard work.

Our thoughts are with the family and the loved ones that he leaves behind.

Board of EKKO

Antonio Pinero 7th Dan, President , Spain
Andre Drewniak 7th Dan Secretary General , Poland
Ton van Rijn 6th Dan Vice President, Netherlands