On November 27th in the Sports-Hall Torwar in Warsaw 4th European Open Category Championships under honorary patronage of the President of Poland were held. There ware 88 competitors from 19 countries. More than 5000 spectators came to see the Championships. The Polish Kyokushin Karate Organization was an organizer. The main judge was shihan Antonio Pinero (7 dan). The honourable guest of the championships was the member of International Committe IC IKO shihan Loek Hollander (8 dan).
The official opening of the 4th European Open Category Championships in the name of the President Aleksander Kwasniewski executed the chairman of Polands Olympian Committe Mr Stefan Paszczyk.
During the championships a One Match Fight between Poland and Japan was held.
The World's Strongest Man 2003, Mariusz Pudzianowski was a special quest of the championships and gave a demonstration of his unique skills and strenght.
The tournament draw, detailed results and photos were being updated LIVE from Warsaw, Poland.
KUMITE MEN DRAW: BLOCK A BLOCK B BLOCK C BLOCK D
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One Match Fight |
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Ewa Pawlikowska |
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Natsumi Iwai |
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Winner: Ewa Pawlikowska - Poland | |||||
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Piotr Moczydlowski age: 22 grade: 2 kyu height: 174 cm weight: 70 kg European Champion '04 Polish Champion '02 '03 German Champion '03 |
VS | Masafumi Tagahara age: 39 grade: 3 dan height: 162 cm weight: 69 kg World Champion '01 Best Technique Award 8WOKT '04 Japanese Champion '96 '00 |
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Winner: Masafumi Tagahara - Japan