Andreas Hug was born in Sursee, Switzerland in 1964. His father, Arthur, was a foreign legionnaire, who died in Thailand without ever seeing his son. Hug rarely saw his mother Madelaine Hug-Baumann, and grew up, with his brother Charly and sister Fabienne, with his grandparents in Wohlen. At age six, he started playing soccer and was also selected to the Swiss National Under-16 team. At eleven years old, he started practising karate at Wohlen Karate school under Werner Schenker.
Category Archives: Videos
Kenji Midori Shihan – a video portrait!
Kenji Midori Shihan. The president of World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai. Always work hard and show the way for all how to achieve their goals through this way of life. Here is a video portrait with Shihan Midori in several contexts.
From : Budo World Channel
The video starts at 3:00
Norichika Tsukamoto – Master class Shinkyokushin video
Watch Tsukamoto Sensei as he spreading his knowledge in a seminar Poland…
Greek summer camp 2013 – video
The 16th Greek summer cam with Shihan Cyril Andrews ( and FB ) as the main instructor. Top instructors from Greece was also at the camp and made a summer camp to remember. See video of the camp..
Levan Tsintsadze, Georgia
Levan Tsintzadze, Georgia.
When this fighter enters the mat, everyone knows that it will be a action packed fight coming up. With his aggressive fighting style and well known liver kicks, this is a fighter who always bring the fight,and use every moment to finish the fight quickly. Also proven to be strong enough to fight bigger fighters, being a middleweight him self,and fighting at top level in the World Cup 2013. Picture < – WKO Shinkyokushinkai
18th BRANKO BOSNJAK MEMORIAL
Saturday, October 12, 2013 will the 18th Branko Bosnjak Memorial be held in Croatia. This tournament do have something special to offer, besides that it is a memorial tournament. This tournament is known for its particularly good hospitality and a follow-up of athletes and their teams. The level of the tournament is also worth noting, for it is always very tough athletes participating. More info and video…
Mazur Maciej , Poland
Maciej Mazur , Poland.
Demonstrated his toughness and ability to withstand punishment, and extremely strong in his condition early in his career. Good defense and counter. Top 8 in the 11th World Championship and Vice Champion in the 12th Word Championship in 2019 – also vice champion in the 7th World Championship i Weight categories in 2022 Multiply European champion and podium holder. Besides that, 49th All Japan Open 5th place 2017, and a strong 5th place in 1st WFKO International Tournament and secure the 2nd place i the EC Open Weight 2018.
Gàbor Ròzsa , Hungary
Gàbor Ròzsa. Hungary.A technical athlete beyond the ordinary. Stands for technical purity in his stylish fighting, which has given him five European championships. Winner of the All Kyokushin World Tournament in 2009 / IFKK.
Technical, explosive and ability to finish matches with quick knock out. These criteria has given him many technics Awards and titles.completely superior when he won Oyama Cup in Hungary in 2014, and stopped almost all his fights before the time
Valeri Dimitrov Shihan – Videos all time EC
It is twenty years since Valeri Dimitrov entered the European Championship in Spain – his first European Championship. Since that time he has been the “one and only” We tried to gather some of the EC finals trough the twenty years, not every final can be find – but e did a decent try. The EC finals are from weight category championship.
European Championship Kata videos
Kata is an important part of Kyokushin Karate. The tournaments are usually the most combat-oriented, but we’ll take a look at the strong performance of the Kata part under the EC in Switzerland.