IFK holds its World championship in early June, 4-5th. The war in Ukraine stops Russia as participants. This means that the Russian dominance that has been the trademark of IFK event don’t kick in this time. IFK with a good all round support from several organizations makes the World Championship happen in Valencia, Spain for the 2nd time in twenty years, the 2nd edition was also held in Valencia, 2002.
21 and 22nd of May, the top fighters in Japan fought for the tittles in the 7th edition of the All Japan Open – Japan Fullcontact Karate Organization. With some major tournaments coming up – many had their last check before going into the last preparations. Top fighters from many organizations made the level sky high..
4-5. Juni deltar NKO og andre norske i IFK VM, avholdt i Spania. Normalt sett er nivået i dette VM skyhøyt, men grunnet krigen i Ukraina – full boikott av alle Russiske utøvere, ender det opp med et VM – snudd på hodet. I lys av dette, så kan det faktisk vanke norske medaljer.
From 30. June to 3rd July, the Norwegian Shinkyokushin Summercamp will be held in Horten, Norway. Main instructors of the camp will be non other than Cristian Bolduț Sensei / Romania and Anikka Peterson Sensei / Sweden. Also attending guest of honor Dan Tiuca Sensei / Romania.
Banzai invites you to Camp Banzai 2022 with great profiles and atmosphere to lift your spirit and knowledge! The weekend 26th to 28th August, Gothenburg, Sweden – Banzai will welcome you with guest instructors from Lithuania and Hungary: Brigita Gustaitytė and Edit Abraham!
Så var det klart for Stora Höga Open, som avholdes i Sverige ikke langt fra Gøteborg. Dette er et bredde stevne som geografisk ligger meget gunstig til for region øst, og som har vært fast på kalenderen i flere år. I årets utgave var nivået jekket opp noen hakk – og NM tittler sto ikke så høyt i kurs som man skulle ønske. Bergen, Oslo Ringerike og Arendal tok turen, og stillte i full bredde!
The 7th All Japan Full Contact Karate will be held 21st and 22nd May. Year after year we are impressed by the level and the number of fighters at such a high level. With 5 categories in the men’s division, that gives us in total 274 fighters, 4 categories in the women’s division with 98 fighters in total. Again the land of Karate, Japan lead the way.
The impact of Monika Zielińska in the European Championship in 2021, Georgia really set focus on a extraordinary fighter. With a drive beyond what we have been seen before, and a devastating back-kick to top it all. Who else can overpower three World Champion in the one and same tournament? Taking the European Championship tittle i 2018 – moving up i the heaviest category with stiff competition more tittles and being the best fighter of the tournament as well.
A historic event will be held in Sweden, Gothenburg, in the beginning of April 2023. The European Karate Championship Shinkyokushinkai will for the first time be held in Sweden! As a Fullcontact Kyokushin nation, Sweden has always held a high standard in the total aspect of Kyokushin Karate. The host is selected, the menu is European Championship.
We have just witness a great European Championship in Poland, and now we will take a trip back to 2004 – a video that contains semi, and finals – unfortunately not women categories, but top fighters as Dimtar Popov Lasha Khachaporidze Jakoeb Groenhof Darius Gudauskas Daniel Torok and Donatas Imbras with more..
