Closing in to a very special event in Georgia, with the Covid19 still as a strong factor. No doubt that the the pandemic have an impact at the tournament, but everything is set to go off as planned. The difference between how the nations have been able to prepare are huge. Some nation has not been allowed to train and do sparring, others close to normal. Anyway, we dive into the categories to take a look into the line up..
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.
A trip back to 2007, and the 9th World Open Championship. At the second day of the tournament, Dimitrov and Gudauskas face each other. Valeri Dimitrov with victories over Jimme Collin / Sweden, Zsolt Balogh / Hungary earlier this day, as Gudauskas recently had a notable win over reign World Champion Suzuki / Japan, and before that Aristotelis Melikiadis / Greece.
This weekend, the 6th version of the JFKO All Japan Championship has been held, the very best fighters in Japan fought to be crowned as the champion in their own weight category. We have tried to translate the results – who contains new names at the top!
Ettersom pandemien flater ut, og mulighetene ligger til rette for å avholde samlinger igjen, ble det lørdag 29. mai avholdt en mini samling i Arendal. Utøvere fra Egersund, Ringerike var ogå tilstedet, men det var Arendal som hovedsaklig stod for utøverene. Rask respons og planleggig på messenger var oppskriften på organiseringen.
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)
European Championship in Denmark, 1999. At this time the EC had only three categories in the men division – and these fights are from the heaviest category. We can also give you Allahverdi Rustamov (Azerbaijan) vs Niklas Ollvid (Sweden) The Swede made it to the top 16 later same year in the world championship.
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..
