Women middleweight -55 kg – a category stacked with top fighters from all over the world. That include world champion IFK, and world champion KWU and top of that WKO world champion – no once but twice.

Women middleweight -55 kg – a category stacked with top fighters from all over the world. That include world champion IFK, and world champion KWU and top of that WKO world champion – no once but twice.
Men -65 kg – a category with highly ranked fighters and known to give us high-pace explosive fights. When you have a World Championship whit criteria that one have to qualify to enter – the level will of course be sharpened. Lightweight men are ready – are you?
Closing in to the greatest event this year, some info and documents to follow.. Sayonara, tickets to the championship (overview of the arena and where to seat-map) hotels and a tentative schedule.
About three months to The 7th World Karate Championship in Weight Categories in Poland, and we have some interesting factors due to the line up. Japan and Europe expand their team, KWU fighters coming in, and a return of champion is a fact..
Continue readingThis weekend the 6th Edition of the IFK World Championship will be held in Spain. Live STREAM are ready, we just have to count down the last hours and minutes..
Helgens IFK VM i Spania er over – for alle norske, og det ble gode gjennomkjøringer for alle i et noe blekt VM. VM var redusert i forkant, og ble redusert ytterligere ila helgen på utøvere, og det hjalp ikke at det ble rotet med trekninger og informasjon. Uansett, man var der for å fighte – og det fikk man!
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..
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!
Continue readingThe 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.