Nordic Open 2023, Kyokushin Kumite is an International Kyokushin tournament for children, cadets, juniors, seniors and veterans.

Nordic Open is an International Kyokushin tournament. It is open to all Kyokushin groups and organisations which would like to participate and test their skills under the Nordic Open Tournament Regulations.

Stora Höga Open has change name to Nordic Open. The team behind the tournament have over ten years of history organizing this tournament. Stora Höga Kyokushin Karate, with Niklas Ballay Sensei (Referee ⇓)  and his team run things really smoothly organizing this event. Three tatamis with almost no break trough the day, starting with the youngest fighters, all the fights and also the prize ceremony – before it all are being repeated – but now in a higher age category.

With the match system as mention, this tournament, and tournaments like this, are very important and necessary as a tool to prepare juniors, and specially first timers to enter tournaments. It don’d have to have a fancy name or tittle if one manage to get the most important thing – the right feeling. The atmosphere are really great, that gives us a relaxed setting – even so that the day are quite intensive.

The tournament does also have adult categories, with semi-contact and traditional full-contact rules. Also here it is very well suited for novice and fighters with limited experience, but one can see from one time to another that more experienced fighters sometimes enters as well. With this setup, one can take the “whole Dojo” on a trip to the one and same tournament, and it could easy work as a kickoff as well, since it always are being held early in the year.