Ferran Gandia – Four trophies in two days!

Ferran_GandiaThis 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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Khasai Magomedov, Russia

Khasai MagomedovKhasai 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.

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Finals of Europe – videos!

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.

em2015ich (2) – KopiThe 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..!

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2nd All Japan Weight Tournament JFKO – VIDEOS

The 2nd All Japan weight tournament, organized by Japan Full-contact Karate Organization  JFKO was held 23 & 24 May 2015. Some of the best fighters of Japan meet in this 2nd addition to decide who is the best. Several Full-contact styles / organizations attended and the number of fighters was significantly higher this year than last year – and last year there were also solid number of participation.2nd_All_Japan Continue reading

European Championship 2015 – Marius Ilas

IlasWinning 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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LIVE EC 2015 Seniors – today

The European Championships program – Seniors – 18.04.2015 Click poster for LIVE

  • EC201510.00–10.20 – Official opening ceremony
  • 10.30–12.45 – Eliminations
  • 13.00–13.30 – Presentation of quarter-finalists
  • Official part: speeches
  • 13.30–15.30 – Quarter-finals and karate demo shows
  • 15.30–17.10 – Semi-finals and karate demo shows
  • 17.10–18.30 – Finals and karate demonstration shows
  • 18.30–19.30 – Medal award ceremony