On April 22-23 in Katowice, The 33rd Polish Weight Category Championships took place with participation of 138 competitors from 51 clubs. Main judge was shihan Andre Drewniak.

On April 8-9 The 2nd International Youth Karate Championships took place in Chiba, Japan.

Tournament Draws

Official Results

Photo gallery

    Norwegian Kyokushin Karate Organisation arranged the yearly technical seminar on 3-5 February in Oslo. Club leaders from 20 clubs attended the seminar. The main instructors were Shihan Antonio Pinero and Shihan Lars Hogquist.
The program consisted of the following:
1. Basic techniques on Friday.
2. Bassai dai  on Saturday including several katas with different applications.
3. Sunday was dedicated to basic fighting techniques.

The seminar was a success and a lot of positive feedback has been received.

On November 5 in Frankfurt am Main, German Weight Category Championships took place with participation of 61 fighters from Germany, Austria and other countries. Main judge was sensei Christoph Fisher.

Organiser of the championships was Kyokushinkai local school of Frankfurt led by sensei Slawomir Urbanczyk.