This weekend the 8th French Open and the Austrian Open was held. Shinkyokushin Spain elite fighter Ferran Gandia not only competed in both tournaments, he reached the podium Saturday in French Open – 1st place. The day after he made it to the final in the Austrian Open and ended as the runner up! On top of this, he was awarded with the best fighter in French Open and the Spirit award in the Austrian Open!
See videos from his fights in French Open!
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Same weekend as the French Open, but on Sunday the 14th of June, Austrian Open was arranged. Top nations as Hungary, Poland and Georgia was at the line up, and this was also the same nations who entered the podium. Georgian fighters have been very active this spring, and from European Championship (EC) Shinkyokushin i Poland, to EC Royama in Germany and now at last Austrian Open. But one Spanish fighter did also enter the podium twice in two days! French Open 1st place – Austrian Open 2nd place..Ferran Gandia Shinkyokushin Spain
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8th French Open was held this weekend, and we will take a look at some quick results. The tournament had a great mix of fighters from different countries and organizations. The favorites did their job as expected, and looking at the top fighters we can see that the level of the tournament are very good. Lithuania and Sweden made once again a big impression. Also a thing to notice was that some of the well known fighters had changed weight class since last time the fought.
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This weekend a training seminar in Hungary was organized. With Valeri Dimitrov Sensei as instructor, one can be assured that this applies to top level in fighting. ↓Some of the best in Europe, from left: Horpácsik György Sensei, Valeri Dimitrov Sensei. Marius Ilas Sensei and Sensei József Stefanovic, Hungary.
Hungary for its part is also a nation with many very good fighters, and the seminar organized by Sensei József Stefanovic, tells that also Hungary stands for top level. If this not to impress you, was also Romania attended and with several of their best fighters, with among others Marius Ilas Sensei…!
Khasai Magomedov continues to impress everyone by recently winning the European Championship in lightweight, organized by Kyokushin-Kan- Royama. He is also one of the best Russian fighters in the lightweight category, and it brings him up on a high level. Performed well in 2014, 2nd place in the Russian Open Weight Championship and 3rd place in Mas Oyama memorial. This was a good following up from 2013, when he became the Russian lightweight champion for the first time, and runner up in the SHINKUOKUSHINKAI KARATE 30th All Tohoku Tournament.
Trough the last weeks several European Championship in Full Contact karate Kyokushin has been held. Organized by different organizations to crown their best European fighter.We will take a look at the finals of some of the EC`s that have been held.
The different organizations have different rules when it comes to which countries that can enter the EC. The main difference is, with or without Russia and Kazakhstan. And open to the whole world.
Videos from categories in six different organizations..!
Video from 10th all Kyushu Karate Championships, demonstration by Midori Kenji Shihan. Demonstration contains elements from kata mixed with tameshiwari. See one of the world’s top Kyokushin practitioners pulverize two large blocks of ice, with a razor sharp Jodan mawashi geri.
In a serious world, it should also be room for some jokes and fun. It can safely be said that that was the case in the video that follows ..!
Shinkyokushin “kicks ass2 – literally!
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