CAUCASUS CUP 2017 – Hard tournament with great traditions!

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Last weekend CAUCASUS CUP 2017 was organized in Georgia, Tbilisi. This may be not the most promoted and known tournament fro everyone, but the level of the tournament must be said are very tough taking in consideration the countries that attends. This year Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Greece was signed up, and that gives us an idea about the level..

Andrei Zinchenko, Lasha Ozbetelashvili,  Levan Verulidze, Eltac Humbatov,Valeh Cafarov,Ararat Hovsepyan to name some names..!

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22. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – Line Up!

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In one week the will the legendary 22. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka take place in Croatia. A very strong international line up with fighters from 12 countries. A good mix  of fighters from the European region, and many up and coming young fighters that will strengthen their record.

Nations represented in this years tournament: Denmark, Sweden,Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Lithuania, France, Greece, Austria, Afghanistan and Croatia as the host.

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Autumn camp in Northern Sweden

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The weekend 29/9 – 1/10 2017 autumn camp in Skellefteå, Sweden. The organizer was Guldstadens Kyokushin Karate, and the camp attracted participants from whole Sweden and also several Dojo`s from Norway. What or who could attract among seventy participant up in the North of Sweden? – Romanian masterclass!

⇐ Picture from Thomas Burman (link) (picture loaded are up cut to fit the page) Visit form more picture from the camp.

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Camp Finnsnes 2017 – program!

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13-15 Oktober er det klart for den årlige høstleiren på Finnsnes. Leiren byr på et variert karate program,og programmet er delt inn i barnegregupper og voksne.

For tilreisende som kommer med båt blir det arragert henting. Overnatting I Dojo kan skje i tillegg til byens hoteller.

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British Open 2017 -predictably as unpredictable

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British Open 2017 are history and the result are well known. Naturally this years tournament was a bit more modest than last year’s edition – that we feel is right considering that last year was the 40 years celebration tournament. As announced did nations such as Lithuania, Hungary and Poland their impact on the podium, and Russia as the tradition is. The tournament have its own way when it comes to rules, decisions, breaking and the use of Hikiwake. This makes the tournament just as predictably as unpredictable. The ref are based on feedback from practitioners and teams that were present, and the live stream.

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Kumiko Sunakawa seminar 2018!

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6th and 7th January 2018, Poland, TBST (Tomasz Basiak Shinkyokushin Team) will organize a seminar with no other than Kumiko Sunakawa Shihan 5th Dan, Japan. Sunakawa very well known all over the world for her excellent skills,but maybe even more known for her capability to pass on Shinkyokushin Karate to everyone who wants.

Highly respected for her karate skills, a technician and a fighter at the top level in Shinkyokushin Karate world. Now Dojo operator for Ochanomizu  Dojo, and well known to hold lessons in Karate camps worldwide.

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British Open 2017 – quick results

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British Open 2017 quick results

Men Middleweight

  1. Vytautas Cepla (WKO Lithuania)
  2. ​Gabor Rozsa  (WKO Hungary)
  3. Zsolt Zsiga (IBK Hungary) & Claibourne Henry (IFK USA)

 

Men Lightweight

  1. Daniel Redondo (Rengokai, Spain)
  2. Anton Adushkevich (IFK Russia)
  3. Vilius Lipnickas (WKO Lithuania) & Alexandr Tomilov (IFK Russia)

Men Heavyweight

  1. Aleksandr Karshigeev (IFK Novy Urengoy Russia) Fastest KO
  2. Jean-Paul Jacquot (WKO France)
  3. Edgard Secinski (WKO Lithuania) & ​Roel Noordman (IFK Netherlands)

Women Heavyweight

  1. Chelsea Kerklaan (IFK Netherlands)
  2. Gabija Gudeliauskaite (WKO Lithuania)
  3. Agata Winiarska (WKO Poland) & Aneta Meskauskiene (IFK Ireland)

Men Middleweight

  1. Vytautas Cepla (Saules Zenklas, WKO Lithuania)
  2. ​Gabor Rozsa  (WKO Hungary) Spirit Award
  3. Zsolt Zsiga (IBK Hungary) & Claibourne Henry (IFK USA)

Women Lightweight

  1. Emma Markwell (UK IFK) Best British fighter
  2. Anna Efremova  IFK Russia)
  3. Hayley Beth Rowlands (BKK UK) & Teona Gazdeliani (Rengokai, Spain)

Top 4 – British Open predictions

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Yesterday the seeding was complete for this years British Open, and out from that we like – as always – to speculate on the results. This is a heartless thing to do sometime, because one feel that many of the fighters just are being ignored. But we also know that the favorites get the most attention. Entering the Tatemi really say something about you, in or loose,it is a lot harder than one can imagine. Prediction coming up – prove us wrong, that would be something to write about!

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