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24TH JAPAN WEIGHT CATEGORY CHAMPIONSHIPS OSAKA 2007
2007-06-10
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On June 9-10 The 24th All Japan Weight Category Championships were held in Furitsu Taikukan Hall in Osaka. Tournament which was organised by IKO Kyokushinkaikan gathered 280 competitors and couple thousands of spectators.
Main Judge was Kancho Shokei Matsui. Among the present were also: Shihan Yuzo Goda, Shihan Makoto Nakamura, Sensei Machida Kyosuke and Sensei Noro.
This championships was the last selection for the Japanese Team before this year's 9th World Open Karate Tournament, which will take place in Tokyo, on November 17-18. There were no foreign fighter participants, however two pretendents to the world champion title came to watch the event: Lechi Kurbanov (2005 World Super Heavyweight Vice Champion) and Artur Hovhanissian (2006 All Japan Vice Champion and 2005 Super Heavyweight European Champion).



THE 21ST EUROPEAN WEIGHT CATEGORY CHAMPIONSHIPS VOLOS 2007
2007-05-29

On 26 May 2007 in Volos (Greece) The 21 European Weight Category Championships took place.
109 competitors from 21 countries took part in the event, which was organised by Greek Kyokushin Karate Organisation.
Main judge was Shihan Antonio Pinero.


Gallery

Preparations
Opening ceremony
Eliminations

Finals
Awards
Sayonara



INTERNATIONAL KYOKUSHINKAI SPRING CAMP - FRANCE
2007-05-22
Beggining of May, Shihan Thomas and Constancia, Sensei Kron, de Timmerman and the World Champion Lucian Gogonel leaded an International Spring camp in the Vosges Mountain, East of France. More than one hundred of Kyokushinkai students trained in common courses and groups in Kumite, Bunkai, katas and Kihon during 4 days in a very good Kyokushinkai spirit, preparing the European Championship with the Dutch and FKOK French team.

ICHIGEKI BULGARIA 2007
2007-05-12
   On 5th May in Palace of Culture and Sport in Varna, Ichigeki Bulgaria 2007 took place. The event gathered 32 participants from Brazil, Bulgaria, Japan, Serbia and Russia. They fought under Kyokushin, Ichigeki and MMA rules. There was approximately 5000 spectators.
   Official guests were: IKO General Secretary Shihan Katsuhito Gorai, Kyokushin Karate World Champion and K1 Vice World Champion Shihan Francisco Filho and K-1 Champion Ray Sefo. Special guests were: IKO International Committee Member Shihan Loek Hollander, EKKO President Shihan Antonio Pinero and EKKO General Secretary Shihan Andre Drewniak.
   Alll above guests took part in the press conference before the fight.
   This tournament was dominated by Bulgarian participants.
   The event was organized by Bulgarian Kyokushin Karate Organisation lead by Sensei Hristo Traikov.

INTERNATIONAL KARATE FRIENDSHIP IN CHIBA 2007
2007-04-09
   On April 7-8 in Chiba, Japan the weekend of "International Karate Friendship" took place.
   The 6th Women's World Karate Championships, The 3rd International Youth Karate Championships, 2007 International Senior Karate Championships, 2007 International Kata Championships were organised by IKO Kyokushinkaikan.
    Kancho Shokei Matsui opened the event, which gathered almost 1200 competitors and couple thousands of spectators. Second day of the tournament started from the special demonstration of All Japan Champions Yoshiaki Uchida and Kentaro Tanaka, after which current World Champion Hitoshi Kiyama lead the warming-up Kihon session for all the competitors. IKO Special Advisor Shihan Yuzo Goda as well as Sensei Kyosuke Machida and Sensei Noro were also present at the event. International Department Director Shihan Katsuhito Gorai lead the judges seminar, were most of the european country representatives, including EKKO General Secretary Shihan Andre Drewniak took part.
   Two europeans became the world vice-champions: Zurine Eciolaza from Spain and Tamara Yurchenko from Ukraine. Michel Dos Santos from France was 2nd and five other senior fighters were 3rd: Jacek Synoradzki (Poland), Wlodzimierz Weselski (Poland) and Zbigniew Golinski (Poland), Bekim Neziri (Austria) and Miloslav Korzh (Ukraine). In Kata Gergana Kostova from Bulgaria was 3rd and Jan Gruba from Poland was 4th.

6th Women's World Karate Championships
RESULTS

GALLERY


Opening Ceremony


Special Demonstration


Kata


Seniors


Women


Closing Ceremony


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2007-03-07  POLISH NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING CAMP ZAKOPANE 2007
2007-02-19  22ND MARTIAL ARTS FESTIVAL PARIS BERCY 2007


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