First fight of the second day in the 10th World Karate Championship. (4th round) Valeri Dimitrov /Bulgaria vs Nazar Nasirov / Russia. All knew the capacity of Dimitrov, and one could assume the favorite mark glowing on Dimitrov’s back, but rumors of the young Russian fighter, and his high level had begun to reach all supporters of full contact Karate.
Saturday 12th June, the 48th Polish National Weight Category Championship was held. 100 competitors was registered, representing just above 50 Dojo’s (51) With European and World champions in the line up – it’s safe to say that the level was at the very best. Results to follow..
Almost 200 fighters from different organizations will battle for the top position in Russia. Seniors and “All – masters” will compete in weight categories.
May 8th the Polish national EC qualifying championship was held, and the main goal for the senior fighters was to qualify to the upcoming European Championship in Georgia in June. More or less – the favorites made their goal, but some really hard and even fights made it exciting to watch. Also some profiles had moved from their regular category – and that will also always be interesting to follow. Results and link to stream (if you missed it)
A week ago, the Hungarian national was held (25/4) and the top Hungarian elite faced each other to decide the best fighters and Kata practitioners of the nation. In other world some of the best European fighters meet – for not to say best in the word – since two times world champion Szepesi Csenge did her comeback on the tatami..
About 6 weeks, the 6th edition of the JFKO All Japan Open will be held, and in so matter a very important edition so to speak. Japan have manage to organize several championship trough the covid-19 pandemic – as the 52nd All Japan Open. This championship will bring us fighters that will face the rest of the World in World Championship in the future – this makes it even more interesting! Champions and strong Full-contact profiles joining the JFKO/WFKO continues to increase.
A look back at the 3rd World Cup from 2005, held in June 18th & 19th, Osaka, Japan, 2005. Unfortunately, the video only contains fights from the men’s matches. As usual w want to give you a little more than only the video – so we dived into the archive and found the DRAWS for the tournament also. The results are of course well known – and discussed by fans i many years, but to see the level of the fighters from this tournament – that’s interesting!
LIVE TODAY! One of the top nations in Europe will decide who will represent the nation in the main tournaments coming up, such as European Championship in Georgia this June 2021. Profiled top fighters will meet on the tatami, divided into five categories for women and men each. Kata is also on the program.
Once again the EC are up on the schedule, and as all know, the EC are a qualifying tournament to the World Championship in 2022. Deadline for booking (hotel,travel) registration, must of course be in good time in relation to the event itself – one have to see this as a big challenge. Some countries – as we speak, can not even come their Dojo’s to train, due to the Covid-19 restrictions set by the authorities.We are filled with enthusiasm – but also many questions.
So, the fight-card and the fights are ready for this years Kokoro Cup. Some very good match up’s to top the event where Poland’s top names takes on other top fighters – from Europe. We will take a look at the match up of this years event!
