Austrian Open Kumite Championships 2017
Sunday, June 11th 2017 in Vienna, Austria!
Austrian Open Weight Category Championships 2017
Tournament information. The tournament offer Kumite for men, women, youth and cadets – and “old masters” as well. After taking a break in 2016, the Austrian Open are back! And this version of The Austrian Open it will Kumite championship, and whiteout Kata as we was used to. Weight categories are regulated to the “new” standard as well..
Documents and info..
For åttende gang var det klart for den årlige kampleiren som bir avholdt i Tromsø. Klubben i Nordens Paris er et knytepunkt i nord, aktivitetsmessig såvel som geografisk – og kanskje i den rekkefølgen. Klubben har lagt bak seg et 2016 som går inn som klubbens sterkeste på mange år – om ikke det sterkeste noensinne! 
The weekend 10th -12th February the seminar “Romanian Masterclass 2017” was held in Norway. Anca Wallmen Sensei and Harris Wallmen Sensei, Romanian elite instructors was invited to train, guide and inspire the NKO – Shin Norway. Some of the Norwegian Karatekas has been inspired from camps and seminars with these instructors, and the experience made an impression that this should be introduced to more Norwegians Karatekas.
For the 5th time Kiruna Kyokushi Karate – the most northern club in Sweden, organized their training camp with Shihan Virpi Alajarva 5 dan. The camp are getting more and more popular, and gathered about 80 practitioners this weekend, from 7 Dojo`s – Bollebygd (Göteborg), Luleå, Piteå, Söråker, Skellefteå, Tornio (Finland) And of course from Kiruna.
Polish Open growing! This weekend the Polish Open – Carpathia Cup 2017 will be held. At the time several nations are signed up as Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary, Pakistan, Sweden, Slovakia and Poland, of course, many organizations of Karate.
The tournament will start 53 weight classes for children, youth and adults to 8 mats simultaneously. Younger players have less than 7 years old and the oldest battle in the “Masters”.
Swedish Karate Kyokushinkai, known for long tradition and well known profiles. Sweden have manage to raise their total Karate Kyokushinkai level through long and hard work – the Kyokushin way. We could say a lot about this, but we will focus on this years EC Team, because we believe that it is one of the strongest in a very long time!
This weekend Jimmie Collin Sempai filled the fight seminar in Northern Sweden to the maximum. Luleå Kyokushinkai klubb was the organizer..
Det er ikke første gang Norge er med i Stora Höga Open i Sverige. Dette er i hovedsag en meget godt tilpasset turnering for den yngre garde, og som kjent så har Sverige en mer detaljert tilpassing i regelverket enn Norge når det kommer til vekt og alder. På toppen av dette har man nå også lagt på seniorklasser, og der var det også godt nivå – av de over 170 påmelde! Lørdag 4.Februar – Sverige
This Saturday the national championship of Lithuania was held, and ad the first country the tournament was held in “Olympic weight categories” 5 kg categories,No weight decisions, potential more dynamic fight time – on the other side, few fighters in each division, more weight cutting – but the Lithuanian Kyokushin Karate Federation – it`s all about quality, and they possesses top level where ever the fight.
Results…
This Saturday 4th February, the Lithuanian championship will be held. Being on of the strongest nations inn Europe, with fighters in World class it naturally attracts interest. This year the Lithuanian championship expand the amount of weight categories, and divide the categories in to 5 kg classes. This results 9 eight categories for men and 6 for women. A another factor is that victory will not be given in weight differences, only decisions on the mat.
There will be LIVE transmission from the event!