A very strong All Japan Open was held 14-15 October, Tokyo, Japan. The best fighters from the land of the rising sun met on the tatemi to battle for the tittle. The tournament did also have several “outside entries” with some of the best fighters from Poland attended. Yuji Shimamoto. Kenbu Iriki, Daiki Kato, Kazuya Yamamoto, to name some of the fighters..!
See videos from the official WKO Shinkyokushinkai Youtube Channel – we give you a little sneak previous of things to come!
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Saturday 14th October the 22nd BRANKO BOŠNJAK MEMORIAL was held, and as always did the tournament live to its expectations. After at day with many great fights, the results was ready and it is fair to say that it was a results spread out over many nations. Hungary made a very strong impression, being the nation with most wins. A another nation did also made a strong impression – France. Winning two categories and also taking best fighting spirit award women by Camille Haddouche.
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..
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.
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..!
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 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
Men Middleweight
Men Lightweight
Men Heavyweight
Women Heavyweight
Men Middleweight
Women Lightweight
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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