On March 28 in Paris-Bercy the 23rd Martial Arts Festival took place. This annual event which gathers 18000 spectators and is organised by "Karate-Bushido" magazine, this year was combined with Kyokushin Karate mini tournament.
Eight European fighters, including three European Champions participated: Jean Luc Vedapodagom (France), Maxime Demeautis (France), Baptiste Delaunay (France), Mohamed Elkholfi (France), Boris Kaczowska (France), Petar Martinov (Bulgaria), Krzysztof Habraszka (Poland) and Alejandro Navarro (Spain). Shihan Jacques Legree was the co-organiser of this tournament.
Winner of the tournament was Alejandro Navarro - current Open Category European Champion.