Polish Summer Camp 2016

2016_Polish_camp – KopiThis year’s International Summer Camp Karate Shinkyokushinkay will be held in Kielce in the period 25 – 28 August. The organizers will Kielecki Kyokushin Karate Club and Branch Kszysztofa Borovets.The instructors will Shihan Juan Carlos Escalera of Spain and Sensei Roman Nestrenko from Russia. During the camp there will be examinations for kyu grades and up to 3 dan. The examination committee will consist of Polish BC. In addition, it will be held the European exam for 4 dan, who will carry out

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RM 2016 / Swedish National

RM2016Lørdag 28.Mai var det klart for RM – Riksmesterskapet i Kyokushin Karate. Kungälv var stedet, og det vil si to timer (tre fra Ringerike) fra Oslo med bil retning Göteborg. RM er for de beste i Sverige, og sammen med RM har man SKK Cup, som er for de mindre erfarne. Det var en høy standard på rammen rundt rurneringen, ettersom det var avholdt i Mimers Kulturhus Kungsälv. Nivået på de som kjemet sto i stil med lokalet, meget godt nivå. Med store deler av startfeltet med internasjonale meritter var det klart at dette skulle bli bra, og der var det også noen klare favoritter. De leverte under dagen, noen ganger litt for hardt..!

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Ilya Yakovlev – WFKO fight video

Yakolev_tilovIlya Yakovlev, elite fighter of Kazakhstan taking the Wold Fighting Kyokushin Champion belt fight against Arthur Tilov, Russia. These two fighters has fought before, and in a very even battle home fighter Tilov was named as the winner. 

Who would stand as the winner after five round of fighting?

IFK Based WFKO are trying to take Kyokushin fighting in to a professional setting, as we know from styles as boxing, Kick Boxing, MMA and more.  Single matches, 5 rounds fight, title belts and high media focus.

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Dutch Kyokushin Karate Championships 2016

nk2016The Netherlands has very strong full contact traditions. Not only Full Contact Karate, but also within Thai, kick boxing and more. We all remember the strong Kyokushin profiles came from the Netherlands: Michel Wedel, Peter Smith, Hans Mars, Erik Constancia, John Kleijn to name some..

May 21th, Full contact Karate Organizations united to organize Dutch Kyokushin Championship 2016,where several different organisations joined the tournament . The result of this was a very high level tournament, tough and hard fighting as we know dutch fighters from “back in the days..)

⇐ …Pictures taken by Chimofu.nl see full album HERE 

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21th BRANKO BOŠNJAK MEMORIAL

2012Branka_memorial-Kopi1The 21th edition of the legendary Branko Bosniak Memorial are set to the calendar, 22. October, 2016 Croatia. Many of the very best fighters we know has been fighting in this tournament..

Memorial tournament was founded in memory on Branko Bošnjak, Croatian solder and member of Mladost Samobor for many years, who lost his life in Homeland war as member of Special Unit Police PU Alfa Zagreb. Memorial is held in Samobor sice 1995. In organisation of Karate Club Mladost Samobor in co-organisation with Special unit police Alfa Zagreb veteran association.

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The 3rd All Japan Full-contact Karate – WINNERS

The 3rd All Japan Full-contact Karate Champions are ready:Yuki_Maeda – Kopi

Winner of each category:

  • Men Lightweight – Takahiro Hosokawa
  • Men Middleweight – Yuki Maeda
  • Men Light heavyweight – Sota Maeda
  • Men Heavyweight –  Kenbu Irki
  • Women lightweight – Yui Kikukawa
  • Women middleweight – Sayaka Kato
  • Women light heawyweight – Chisaki Araki
  • Women heavyweight – Misaki Sato

Yui Kikukawa – Kopi

British Open 2016

british_2016October the 1st – British Open will be held, at the K2 Leisure center, Crawley. The weight categories as we know them: men -70,-80 and +80kg women -60 and +60kg. The tournament attracts fighters from Europe and Russia. The tournament is traditional, and fighters as well a spectators will be ready for a long day at the arena.

This year is promoted as the “40th British Open”, as the first was held in 1976. But as many point out, the tournament was not held in 2005 or in 2007. 2005 the 3rd IFK World Cup replaced it, and in 2007, the arena declared unsafe. That`s mean the upcoming is the 39th..

whether it is so, it is ready for another edition of one of Europe’s oldest tournaments!

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