In the World of Fullcontact Karate we have so many good fighters, that we cant hold track of everybody! We dive into the 14th All Japan Open JKJO held recently. In the final of the heaviest category: former IKO1 profile Yuta Takahashi (Takahashi Dojo) vs Daisuke Tada (Byakuren-Kaikan)
Riri Ishihara recently won the World Championship – lead by her father Tadashi Ishihara. By winning the World Championship, Riri copied her father from 1997, where he won the very first World Championship in weight categories.
We saw many good fights in the 7th World Championship last weekend. One of the absolute favorite fights for our sake was Dimitrov vs Artyushin. When you are slightly above average interested in this, you quickly remember whether similar fights have taken place – and yes, they met in The 4th World Championship as well. Want to compare the matches?
+85㎏ Men heavy-weight The heaviest category is a very solid category and it contains 32 fighters. That mean no 1st round walk, and 5 fights to secure the tittle. This category contains some of the strongest fighters across the world – and the status to win is sky-high!
Back on track after Covid and lock downs – Camp Banzai known how to push the right buttons to make people smile and enjoy the truth of Karate. This years version had two main instructors: Brigita Gustaitytė, Lithuania and Edit Abraham, Hungary. Banzai karate Kai, the organizer and creator of the camp – did once again pull of a event reaching deeper that the the physical aspect.
NKO var på plass når den 5. utgaven av Camp Banzai ble avholdt – 26-28 August, og som alltid, et hjertevarmt arrangement med høy standart til lav pris – krydret med internajonale profiler
Women + 60 kg category – seventeen fighters from eleven nation. The heaviest category in the women division have three world champions among the fighters in the line up, and now we will get another one! This category, in this championship with this line up, will give the value of this world tittle sky-high.
－85㎏ MEN LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT. Twenty-nine fighters in this category, a category filled with some of the best in the world. Speaking about “World” in the category several World Champions are in the line-up, the reign champion and champions as fresh as they come.
Women light-heavyweight -60 kg – a category that have maybe the sharpest spear of European fighters. With a handful of absolute top fighters in the category, one could say that this category will Europe challenge the world.
Men Middleweight -75 kg category with many profiles from different regions. Japan, Europe and Central Asia have some very highly merited fighters in this category. In this category one must be ready for top fight in the first round already. This is an example when one have a championship with only qualified fighter in the line up – the fuse are lit..
