Ali Hayder, Sweden – a passionate fighter to fight any opponent, any time, any where. It sounds like a cliche, but if you have sen him fight you know all about it. Hayder spices up his fighting naturally, all rooted in a high-frequency fighter at the top technical level
Battling for the top possessions for many years as Valeri Dimitrov and Maciej Mazur have done, the have also fought repeatedly. Do you know how many times the fought? Photo by the eminentPiotr Sztencel see more: Pi.Sztencel
Nikolaj Lunn Jensen, reached the final at the very first World Championship in Kata, held in Japan 2023. Being the only one who could split the dominance of the home-team.
Nika Jakobović, Croatia. Representing Croatia in several European Championships and in the 7th World Championship in weight categories. Doing so by qualifying trough the very tough European region. Runner up in the EC 2021/ 2022. Aggressive tough fighter, with great kicking skills – makes it exciting every time Jakobović enters the tatami.
You all know Do Mawashi Kaiten Geri, you have seen icons like Valeri Dimitrov and Norichika Tsukamoto effectively use it in fights. But have you hears about Toshiaki Iizumi? “Mr.flying heel kick/Rolling Thunder”
A year with unbelievable many World, European and Japan open’s – with more. We are only scratching the surface, and bring up some videos from different championships.. Photo: Okiem Sportowca
2023 – this was the year of the many World Championships, in all shapes, levels and categories. Further on the regular major tournaments was held, as European Championships, All Japan Opens and others. Quite many competitors fought in several EC and World Championships trough the year.. Photo: Okiem Sportowca
Cristian Boldut have trough many years been a dedicated Karateka – and we mean dedicated. We take a look at Fight and Kata videos, and of course we dug up some old classics..
Sam Gilbert, Australia is a well known name for many of us – with all respect: maybe not the younger generation – but for us being around for a while. Having his birthday today, we thought a recap of some of his events could be right!
Davit Mskhaladze, Georgia – is a very interesting fighter. Runner up in the EC weight and EC Open Weight category – before being twenty years are not normal standard! 3rd in the World Championship -75kg as well. The skills and the dedication are clearly there – but an extreme activity tops this again, with participation in numerous tournaments. Photo: Okiem Sportowca
