53rd All Japan Open results

Kembu Iriki pulls trough a very tough All Japan Open – Iriki been top three six times, in the last seven All Japan Open’s. Includes winning the 48th & 52nd edition – as he now does in the 53rd edition. Chihiro Kubota defend her tittle from the 52nd, and a raising star comes into the final in Suzuki Mihiro. Two major victories was pulled of this weekend, 1. To face the challenge, organizing a tournament with the covid-19 and AND to manage to gather so many different fighters from different schools.

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NKO overalt – alltid!

Lørdag 20. November, var NKO på farten, og det i stor stil. Flere klubber deltok på Lørenskog – Cup, både med utøvere, apparat og dommere. NKO’s verdier synliggjøres virkelig denne helgen, med full aktivitet på flere steder på alle nivåer! Lørenskog fikk besøk av Bergen, Arendal, Modum, Egersund, Ringerike og Horten. Samtidig var det høybelte gradering på Ringerike med, Horten, Arendal, Finnsnes, Oslo og Ringerike.

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NKO i Okawa Cup Sverige 2021

En liten delegasjoen fra NKO, Ringerike så sitt snitt til å kombinere harry-tur og Karate, og resultatet ble deltagelse i Okawa Cup, Kungälv. Det var 130 påmeldte utøvere, og det ble konkurrert i Kata og Fight, lørdag til kata og søndagen var det fight.

Okawa Cup i Sverige 2021, Sverige er vår kyokushin-storebror – alltid noe å lære!
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Kyokushin Open – Norway 2022

Norway, Bergen town will organize Kyokushin Open 2022, 19th February. Together with other “Open tournaments” this plays a important matter when it comes to build up Full-contact Karate. The Kyokushin Open – Norway are always good organized, information, schedule all very well taken care of. You are warmly welcomed!

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European Championship U-categories – stacking up!

In two weeks, the European Championship for cadets, Juniors and U-21 takes off in Romania. With close to 450 competitors this European Championship raises up beyond expectations! This also gives us a clear answer in the case of organizing U-categories in a own EC tournament – no doubt about it, the numbers are too high if one mix seniors and U-categories together at the same tournament. This is the future!

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Road to the World Championship

One year from now, 23. September 2022 The 7th World Karate Championship in weight Categories will be held in Poland. The road to Poland, and the 7th World Championship has began. Some are all ready qualified, the rest will come. The European region will select the rest of the fighters who will represent the region of Europe. 4-5 of December 2021 in Kėdainiai (Kaunas), Lithuania, in “Kėdainių Arena”.

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European Championship U-categories

The European Karate Championship Shinkyokushin for U-categories will be held in Romania, Oradea 13 & 14 November (Which in practice means 11-15) Kumite and Kata are on the menu, divided in age categories from U-21 (Youth) , U-18 (Juniors) and U-16 (Cadets) Lately we have seen that the top fighters in U-21 contain such high level, that they are capable to reach the podium in the EC seniors. This will also be the first edition with U-categories “alone” separated from adults.

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