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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Morning training
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Training with Shihan Hollander
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Training with Shihan Drewniak
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Training with Sensei Asenov
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Training with Shihan Wakiuchi
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Training with Sensei Raczev
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Training with Shihan Claronino
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Sparring
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Bularian Television M-Sat made a special report from this camp, including the interview with the organisers. Articles reporting the camp were published in the national newspapers. Organiser of the camp, was Bulgarian Kyokushin Karate Organisation led by Shihan Hristo Traikov.