The upcoming 11th World Championship is only 2 month away, and with many fighters and profiles, we are going to take a look at some of them. First out we will start with a strong team,taken from the women division. Russia, profiles and videos to follow..
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Agata Winiarska (Kaliciak), Poland.
Among the best female fighters in the heavyweight category in Europe. Good all round fighting style with strong punching and punishing Mae geri`s,has been some of the skills that has brought the Polish fighter on the EC podium several times. 2.place EC in 2013,14 and 3rd place 2015. Open weight EC 3rd place 2014. 3rd in the EC 2016/18 and European Champion KWU 2016! World Champion IFK and KWU 2017 runner up in 2019! Captured the top spot EC Shin 2019, 2nd in 2021.
Salahat Hasanov ,Azerbaijan.
With strong punches, good pressure and stamina to back it up,incredible tough and will always give 100%. Moving up the weight classes as well moving in to the adult Championships, the result continues to come! At the EC podium 2013,3rd place, and repeats this in front of the home crowd in 2014. European Champion in 2016 – World champion 2017! Runner up EC 2018/2021. Top 16 in 12th World Championship 2019
“you can break my bones but you can’t break my spirit”
This is just a saying from a another context, but we thought that in this case it would fit in just fine…
←Nazar Nasirov, /Russia & Vladimir Artyushin, /Kazakhstan. Recently meet in the final of Swiss Open.
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.
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.
Kunihiro Suzuki Sensei, leaving the international fighting arena in 2013, in Lithuania after the 5th World cup. After Suzuki`s last fight, the whole arena gave him a standing ovation, and several with tears in their eyes. Suzuki has been one of the most important profiles and model for Budo karate WKO Shinkyokushin.
Being the true Budo warrior, he is up to a new challenge…..
←Kunihiro Suzuki Sensei – World Champion 2003
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Winning the middleweight, Marius Ilas, Romania added another Championship victory to his record. How was his journey from the first fight to the last? We will take a look at videos from his fights. His unique style of fighting has been a “hot potato” and the discussion are going back and forth about this, but there is no doubt – none have managed to slow him, or cause significant damage or defeat him this time. Not this time either! If you can not slow down your opponent, you can not cause any significant damage – then you will be defeated …
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Fighting in the middleweight division, Vytautas Cèpla has been of of the top three in Europe the last years. Runner up in the European Championships in 2013 and 2014, and he did also reach the podium in the Open weight EC (third place) in EC 2014. In the Mas Oyama memorial cup, he also manage to reach the final, and capture the 2nd place. Fighting out of Lithuania, one of the strongest nations, Cèpla has been the national champion several times and a national team member. Always pushes himself and growing each time.
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Gàbor Bùzàs, Hungary. (Victory Gym)
One of the real hard stayers in the Shinkyokushin game. Compact strong forward fighting style,explosive combinations and techniques put effective together. And will certainly bring the fight to you. Physical challenge for anyone he meets on the mat. Bùzàs has been fighting the elite of fighters for several at years, and has proven time after time his enormous strength and spirit.
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