Denmark will soon be the host of this years European Championship Shinkyokushin. Last time Denmark stood as the organizer of the European Championship would be in 2005, and at that time they manage to take 4 medals in the men`s category and 3 in the women`s category! The Danish team will be a good mix of routine and young blood – will the manage to repeat the strong results from last time?!
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Scottish Open 2017 – “Big guns & vikings”
Scottish Open was held Saturday 25th February, and the results are well known by now. The tournament have been getting a popular hype, and February are well timed for fighters and Dojos that want to get a early start in the new year. More or less has the tournament been quite predictable, thinking of which countries attending, and the outcome of that. A little twist this year would be the Norwegian massive support, and a little adjustment regarding the rules.
Hungarian Kyokushin Karate Championship
Hungary do have very skilled fighters, some of them the best in Europe. Results from the Hungarian national tournament are ready, and maybe there will be some surprises to see..
Top fighters as Gábor Rózsa, Richárd Lizák and Zsófia Szabó attended to name a few.
Pictures by Tamás Fekete
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Scottish Open ref Norge / herrer
Scottish Open på herresiden var noe mange så frem til. Ikke bare var det mange norske, men også flere medalje kandidater og favoritter på startstreken. Det var dog litt mindre profiler og meritter på utøvere generelt sett – derfor var flere av de norske tippet i toppen. Godt tippet kan man etter endt turnering si..!
Scottish Open 2017 – Norge
Årets Scottish Open 2017 hadde med et rekord stort antall av Norske utøvere, og det alene var vel så bra. Det ble flere ting å glede seg over, siden Norge ble å finne på resultatlistene i også. Scottish Open er et stevne som ligger på et moderat nivå, og det er sånn sett godt stevne for norske utøvere å vokse i.
Scottish Open 2017 – full draw!
This weekend the Scottish Open 2017 was held. You will find results and full draw here. Report is on the way..!
Ireland, England, Wales, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway and Scotland attended at this years tournament.
Norway made a huge impact at this years results, in a tournament that sadly had several drop outs that many was looking forward to see. This year we could say that it was fewer well known profiles than before. But that said, some new faces made their statement clear!
Strong Swedish EC Team ready!
Swedish Karate Kyokushinkai, known for long tradition and well known profiles. Sweden have manage to raise their total Karate Kyokushinkai level through long and hard work – the Kyokushin way. We could say a lot about this, but we will focus on this years EC Team, because we believe that it is one of the strongest in a very long time!
NKO i Stora Höga Open, Sverige
Det er ikke første gang Norge er med i Stora Höga Open i Sverige. Dette er i hovedsag en meget godt tilpasset turnering for den yngre garde, og som kjent så har Sverige en mer detaljert tilpassing i regelverket enn Norge når det kommer til vekt og alder. På toppen av dette har man nå også lagt på seniorklasser, og der var det også godt nivå – av de over 170 påmelde! Lørdag 4.Februar – Sverige
Lithuanian National results
This Saturday the national championship of Lithuania was held, and ad the first country the tournament was held in “Olympic weight categories” 5 kg categories,No weight decisions, potential more dynamic fight time – on the other side, few fighters in each division, more weight cutting – but the Lithuanian Kyokushin Karate Federation – it`s all about quality, and they possesses top level where ever the fight.
Results…
Lithuanian Championship 2017
This Saturday 4th February, the Lithuanian championship will be held. Being on of the strongest nations inn Europe, with fighters in World class it naturally attracts interest. This year the Lithuanian championship expand the amount of weight categories, and divide the categories in to 5 kg classes. This results 9 eight categories for men and 6 for women. A another factor is that victory will not be given in weight differences, only decisions on the mat.
There will be LIVE transmission from the event!