French Open 2026 – The 13th Edition FSKO. Saturday, February 28, 2026: Elite Men and Women, Veteran Men and Women.Sunday, March 1, 2026: Novice Men and Women, Elite Kata Men and Women.

The 13th edition FSKO can offer a weekend with possibilities for experienced fighters as well as if one does not have the experience – yet. To educate and make a safe entry as possible for beginners will always be a huge factor when it comes to recruit more participants in the total picture.

This tournament, organised by Sensei Sébastien Vanroyen, Branch-Chief WKO and Country Representative FSKO. (And yes, this picture i brand new..) Information, sign up and guidelines:  Official information FSKO Website

Deadline for registration: February 15, 2026 : sebkyoku@gmail.com

Saturday, February 28, 2026: Elite Men and Women, Veteran Men and Women. Sunday, March 1, 2026: Novice Men and Women, Elite Kata Men and Women. 

Location of a tournament will as usual play a role. This time we do not thing about the venue in the first place, but country. In a busy time, not everyone can travel far away to compete in Full Contact Tournaments.

The Eastern Europe with their impressive level and with enormous numbers of practitioners, do naturally also have great organizing capacity. So, we think that a good variation is to have some tournaments like French Open – locate in the West-Europe. That said – with fighters from the Eastern Europe joining in of course!

French Open have trough the years introduced us to some of the strong fighters from France. This is also a factor when you organize, to give your own fighters a possibility to fight at home soil, in front of the home crowd. ⇓ Camille Haddouche / France vs Cecilia  Wallin / Sweden. Camille Haddouche becomes a well known fighter later on.

Who will be the champion of the 13th French Open? Time will show, meanwhile train hard – but smart! We close this article with another fighter from France, Romain Gentile (Aka) vs Jan Van Beek / Holland – enjoy the sound of impact.