Legendary All Japan Open was held this weekend, and the best fighters of Japan was fighting for the top spots. But there was also several “outside” entries, and most notable was top fighters of Europe and Poland: Maciej Mazur, Marek Wolny and more..
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“DREAM CUP” WORLD IN HUNGARY 2017 – results
For the 2nd time Dream Cup World was organized. October 05-08 in Budapest “DREAM CUP”WORLD – 2017 – OPEN KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN HUNGARY event lasting several days program, the main component of the 06-07. October, Budapest “Körcsarnok” Sports Hall organized competition, 3 world region continents which more than 430 entries from 60 national and international teams taking part.
CAUCASUS CUP 2017 – Hard tournament with great traditions!
Last weekend CAUCASUS CUP 2017 was organized in Georgia, Tbilisi. This may be not the most promoted and known tournament fro everyone, but the level of the tournament must be said are very tough taking in consideration the countries that attends. This year Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Greece was signed up, and that gives us an idea about the level..
Andrei Zinchenko, Lasha Ozbetelashvili, Levan Verulidze, Eltac Humbatov,Valeh Cafarov,Ararat Hovsepyan to name some names..!
22. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – Line Up!
In one week the will the legendary 22. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka take place in Croatia. A very strong international line up with fighters from 12 countries. A good mix of fighters from the European region, and many up and coming young fighters that will strengthen their record.
Nations represented in this years tournament: Denmark, Sweden,Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Lithuania, France, Greece, Austria, Afghanistan and Croatia as the host.
British Open 2017 -predictably as unpredictable
British Open 2017 are history and the result are well known. Naturally this years tournament was a bit more modest than last year’s edition – that we feel is right considering that last year was the 40 years celebration tournament. As announced did nations such as Lithuania, Hungary and Poland their impact on the podium, and Russia as the tradition is. The tournament have its own way when it comes to rules, decisions, breaking and the use of Hikiwake. This makes the tournament just as predictably as unpredictable. The ref are based on feedback from practitioners and teams that were present, and the live stream.
British Open 2017 – quick results
British Open 2017 quick results
Men Middleweight
- Vytautas Cepla (WKO Lithuania)
- Gabor Rozsa (WKO Hungary)
- Zsolt Zsiga (IBK Hungary) & Claibourne Henry (IFK USA)
Men Lightweight
- Daniel Redondo (Rengokai, Spain)
- Anton Adushkevich (IFK Russia)
- Vilius Lipnickas (WKO Lithuania) & Alexandr Tomilov (IFK Russia)
Men Heavyweight
- Aleksandr Karshigeev (IFK Novy Urengoy Russia) Fastest KO
- Jean-Paul Jacquot (WKO France)
- Edgard Secinski (WKO Lithuania) & Roel Noordman (IFK Netherlands)
Women Heavyweight
- Chelsea Kerklaan (IFK Netherlands)
- Gabija Gudeliauskaite (WKO Lithuania)
- Agata Winiarska (WKO Poland) & Aneta Meskauskiene (IFK Ireland)
Men Middleweight
- Vytautas Cepla (Saules Zenklas, WKO Lithuania)
- Gabor Rozsa (WKO Hungary) Spirit Award
- Zsolt Zsiga (IBK Hungary) & Claibourne Henry (IFK USA)
Women Lightweight
- Emma Markwell (UK IFK) Best British fighter
- Anna Efremova IFK Russia)
- Hayley Beth Rowlands (BKK UK) & Teona Gazdeliani (Rengokai, Spain)
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Top 4 – British Open predictions
Yesterday the seeding was complete for this years British Open, and out from that we like – as always – to speculate on the results. This is a heartless thing to do sometime, because one feel that many of the fighters just are being ignored. But we also know that the favorites get the most attention. Entering the Tatemi really say something about you, in or loose,it is a lot harder than one can imagine. Prediction coming up – prove us wrong, that would be something to write about!
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British Open 2017 – DRAW
British Open draw i ready..
British Open 2017 – The Lithuanians are coming!
September 9th was the deadline for entries in the British Open 2017, and almost 100 fighters are ready for this years edition. One could early see that the entries was changing the usually picture regarding to which organization and countries that was coming. The list of profiled fighters is a little more modest than last year, but there is no doubt about that several high class fighters are ready.
British Open 2017, 23rd September.