This is Kyokushin.

Great atmosphere and valuable learning, the focus of the approximately 50 students attending the longest seminar in the history of summer camps in Portugal, 5 days. The 2019 Summer Seminar was held in Árvore, Vila do Conde between 6 and 11 August and organized by AKP (Kyokushinkai Portugal Association) with the technical guidance of shihan Antonio Pereira, KWF representative in Portugal and Brazil. Special guest of this summer camp shihan Grondin Pierre KWF representative on Réunion island.Attendees that honored this field, Luis Pinto de Viana de Castelo, Luis Silva, Jorge Ferreira, Mário Silva representative KWF Angola and Hugo Andrade de Matosinhos. To the Program in these 5 days of Kyokushin study: Syllabus; Kihon, Ido, Kata, Bunkai, Kumite, Goshinjutsu. The first 24 hours of the seminar were reserved for Brown Belts and Dans. The surprises of this seminar came from the very interesting work by Shihan Grondin Pierre on “Bio Energy”, Taichi and Chi Kong. The presence of Mestre Hugo Andrade was the opportunity to deepen Taekwondo's leg work. We ended with the Antonio Marafona (1st Dan Kyokushin) tibetan tongs and tongs show on Saturday night. Sunday morning served for the already traditional and famous water training on the beautiful beach of Mindelo. This was the seminar “Summer 2019”. Train 4 times a day, be awakened at 1.am to do 30 fights, mountain training, beach training and finish with a 6 hour black belt exam session.

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The spanish summercamp KWF was held from 25 to 28 of July in Benasque (Spain). The camp was directed by shihan Antonio Piñero, President of KWF and 160 students of Norway, Holland, Chile and Spain took part.  The camp covered the main aspects of kyokushin as kihon, kata, fighting and self defecne  The grading to black belts was held with about 45 candidates, who showed a good skills and ability.

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18 - 21 July 2019 at the facilities of the Academy of Physical Education in Krakow took place 46. East European Summer Camp Kyokushin with 290 participants from 8 countries including Russia, Turkey, Germany, Israel, Serbia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine. The main trainers were the President of KWF Antonio Pinero 9 dan and the National Representative of the United States, Lesław Samitowski, 7 dan from Chicago. The program was supervised by the Secretary of the KWF Andrzej Drewniak. The program of the day included a morning warm-up and 3 two-hour trainings. Trainings of the Polish nationa team group were conducted by trainers: Robert Wajgelt, Wacław Antoniak (WKF trainings) and Maciej Sokołowski. The medical insurance was provided by a Krzysztof Mawlichanów MD.

From 12 to 18 July, the All-Ukrainian Summer School for KYOKUSHIN KWF 2019 was held under the guidance of KWF Country representative in Ukraine, Sensei Dmitry Nikolaev (4 Dan). Sportsmen from Mykolaiv, Kherson, Cherkassy and Chernigov regions took part in the sporting event. The main goal of the summer school is to establish team work, restart and prepare for the new season. For the participants of the school an intensive training program was prepared, the athletes were divided into groups with different levels of training and complexity, for kihon trainings and kumite trainings. In addition to daily training sessions, athletes competed in the championships in the section "Kata" and by the rules of the struggle "Sumo". Champions and prize-winners were solemnly awarded with diplomas, cups and medals. Funny relay races, competitions, games in football and volleyball helped to make friends with the youngest participants of the school. They showed their strength, agility, and ingenuity. The culmination of the summer school was kyu and dan tests.