3rd All Japan – LIVE!

3rd_all_japan_JFKOThis weekend the 3rd All Japan Open will be held. The JFKO All Japan Weight Category Tournament replaced the Shinkyokushin All Japan Weight tournament and welcomed other styles and organisation with the aim of gaining full contact Karate a place in the Olympics.

Several of the top fighters of Japan are in the line up, two times winner Kazuya Yamamoto (super heavy weight), Yuki Maeda – also double winner in the middleweight. With about 270 fighters (98 LW, 71 MW, 47 LH and 51 in the HW category) – we in for a long weekend at the arena! FOR LIVE CHANNEL..

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Nordic summer camps 2016

norden_flaggor_150x270Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway can all now offer summer camps! Some of them more worked inn than others, but all of them will give you what a summer camp should have. All of them camps do also have some well merited and known instructors, and it safe to say that the “Nordic region” helps each other in every possible way to spread knowledge and the joy of Kyokushin Karate!

We will take a look at this years camps, links and info to each camp, with instructors, time and place..

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European Championship 2016 Shinkyokushin – countdown -50!

2016_EC_haukisposter – women – lightWith over 300 entries, (adults and Juniors 1998-1999) the European Championship in Georgia will be almost as big as it was last year in Poland. -and that was a remarkably high number of contenders. This will also for many of the profiles be the first international tournament since the World Championship 2015. New weight categories do we also have, and that bring some new set ups among the fighters..

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European Championship 2016 Shinkyokushin – countdown -55!

2016_EC_haukisposter – women – Kopi (2)With over 300 entries, (adults and Juniors 1998-1999) the European Championship in Georgia will be almost as big as it was last year in Poland. -and that was a remarkably high number of contenders. This will also for many of the profiles be the first international tournament since the World Championship 2015. New weight categories do we also have, and that bring some new set ups among the fighters..

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European Championship 2016 Shinkyokushin – countdown -60!

2016_EC_haukisposter – women – KopiWith over 300 entries, (adults and Juniors 1998-1999) the European Championship in Georgia will be almost as big as it was last year in Poland. -and that was a remarkably high number of contenders. This will also for many of the profiles be the first international tournament since the World Championship 2015. New weight categories do we also have, and that bring some new set ups among the fighters..

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European Championship 2016 Shinkyokushin – countdown +65!

2016_EC_haukisposter – womenWith over 300 entries, (adults and Juniors 1998-1999) the European Championship in Georgia will be almost as big as it was last year in Poland. -and that was a remarkably high number of contenders. This will also for many of the profiles be the first international tournament since the World Championship 2015. New weight categories do we also have, and that bring some new set ups among the fighters..

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French Open 2016 – results

2016French_openFrench Open 2016 was once again a high level tournament. The polish fighters made a strong impression winning the women division with Martha Lubos, and also in the men category with 1st and 2nd place in the +85kg weight, Maciek Mazur (1st) Marek Wolny 2nd. This years tournament had to deal with the tense situation in Europe, which meant that several fighters could not get to the tournament.. Next year it will be the 10th French Open – and as a change it will only be offered elite categories, held in a single day.

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