The first day gave us as usually many impressions, and we all know that the second day will be even more exciting. Favorites does as expected, and to the second day everything goes as “planed”, with more or less the expected names in the line up. The level has been significant wide in many of the fights, and together with some “no show” – the day one could be quite different from one fighter to another. Some has pointed out that the British Open 2016 had a higher level in total…well if you reach the top 8 today, you will for sure be a fighter we all want to learn from!
Quick results for the 5th World Championship IFK
IFK Russia dominate as always, Russia IFK Women takes es a step back. anticlimax in the final when fighters refuse to fight each other in the men division. men`s division. Agata Winiarska ( POLAND) only non Russian winner in the best final of the day!
⇐ Agata Winiarska ( POLAND)- Spirit award and World Champion IFK World Championship 2017.
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TOP 4 winners in RED
Women / Adults / Lightweight: Under 60 Kg
- Anna Efremova (IFK RUSSIA) vs Ekaterina Arapova (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS)
- Madena Bozianu (WKB ROMANIA) vs Artemova Rimma (IFK RUS)
FINAL: Anna Efremova (IFK RUSSIA) vs Artemova Rimma (IFK RUS)
Winner: FINAL: Anna Efremova (IFK RUSSIA)
Women / Adults / Heavyweight: Over 60 Kg
- Agata Winiarska (WKO POLAND) vs Alexandra Pecinka (KYOKUSHIN KAN AUT)
- Anzhelika Sabaeva (IFK RUSSIA) vs Olga Ivanova’s (WKO RUSSIA)
FINAL: Agata Winiarska (WKO POLAND) vs Olga Ivanova’s (WKO RUSSIA)
Winner: Agata Winiarska (WKO POLAND) Best spirit
Men / Adults / Lightweight: Under 70 Kg
- Sergey Chmunevich (IFK RUSSIA) vs Komanov Ivan (KYOKUSHIN KAN BUL)
- Redondo Daniel (RENGOKAI ESP) vs Marsel Mansurov (IFK RUSSIA)
FINAL: Sergey Chmunevich (IFK RUSSIA) vs Marsel Mansurov (IFK RUSSIA)
Winner: Marsel Mansurov (IFK RUSSIA)
Men / Adults / Middleweight: Under 80 Kg
- Solovev Artem (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS) vs Mohammad Asadi amin (IFK IRAN)
- Artem Nazaretian (IFK RUSSIA) vs Georgi Doychev (KYOKUSHIN KAN BUL)
FINAL: Solovev Artem (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS) vs Artem Nazaretian (IFK RUSSIA)
Winner: Artem Nazaretian (IFK RUSSIA)
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Men / Adults / Heavyweight: Under 90 Kg
- Emanuel Lebo (KYOKUSHIN KAN AUT) vs Jonas Rosin (RENGOKAI SWE)
- Igor Riadnov (IFK RUSSIA) vs Kantemir Beslaneev (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUSSIA)
FINAL: Jonas Rosin (RENGOKAI SWE) vs Igor Riadnov (IFK RUSSIA)
Winner: Igor Riadnov (IFK RUSSIA)
Men / Adults / Super Heavyweight over 90kg
- Vasily Samadurov (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS) vs Aleksandr Karshigeev (IFK RUS)
- Dmitrii Solovyev (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUSSIA) vs Vitalii Ishakhneli (IFK RUSSIA)
FINAL:Vasily Samadurov (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS) vs Vitalii Ishakhneli (IFK RUSSIA)
Winner: Vitalii Ishakhneli (IFK RUSSIA) Best Technic
Special Award:
Nadia Petrova, Bulgaria
Hardworking-newer-sleeping-Kyokushin-promoter of the World!
We think this is a mix of “best Technic and Spirit Award! 🙂
The award was given for all the work that has been done, promoting The 5th IFK World Championship 2017 in Romania.
The 5th IFK World Championship 2017
We must be honest to admit that the first day started disappointing. Too many “no show” characterized the tournament. Sometimes non of the two fighters even showed up, and the numbers of names and countries seems to be a part away from what listed. This is very hard for the organizer, just think about the draw. We have seen this before as well, and taken from a fighters view – warming up ready to fight – no fight. This was also a topic during the 1st KWU WC in 2013, then the middleweight category lost close to 50% of their fighters from the official line up/draw. We lost count during the first day, and some of the categories was harder “hit” than others. We should not point out the the injured or sick fighter to blame, and nor the organizers. This is two of the parts that are hurt inside when fights do not happen.
One thing for sure, start to erase fighters from the World Championship list that not are showing up. If you are not fighting – you should not be on the list either. For the organizer,use the number of fighters Which is actually present. We know that it looks better on the statistics, but keep the facts. NOTE that this is not only a case in this matter, this is a challenge we see from small tournaments to this top level.
The promoting was good, and the updates on the tournament. This is how it should be, because we live in that time.. the streaming – at last! One camera – one tatami, three cameras – three tatamis!! Of course, sometimes the stream will come and go, but that can we not control. Maybe judges and referees could be a little more updated? A main ref should know how many kg weight difference it is to point out the winner. Also judging a fighter with genten ni (and no scoring points) as the winner. Last thing, maybe it should be a tough that everything being said in the mic between ref`s and judges can be heard, and we got a feeling that not every world was meant for the whole world.
British Open 2016 blow the roof in the name of an “open” tournament. And many has pointed out that this edition had a higher level than this World Championship. It is really hard to say,, but why should we speculate on that? We have to realize that there will never be “a perfect tournament” , and one thing: would the fighters train less, or get lazy in the preparations? Never!
We can look back at a good world championship, and we look forward to see it grow!
Best 8
Winners in RED
Men / Adults / Lightweight: Under 70 Kg
- Sergey Chmunevich (IFK RUSSIA) vs Seyed Yousef Hosseini (IFK IRAN)
- Arushanyan Artur (KWF ARMENIA) vs Komanov Ivan (KYOKUSHIN KAN BUL)
- Redondo Daniel (RENGOKAI ESP) vs Vladimir Olekhov (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS)
- Jamal Aboubakri (IFK IRAN) vs Marsel Mansurov (IFK RUSSIA)
Men / Adults / Middleweight: Under 80 Kg
- Stanislav Mezhevtsov (IFK RUSSIA) vs Mohammad Asadi amin (IFK IRAN)
- Dawid Ozga (IFK GREAT BRITAIN) vs Solovev Artem (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS)
- Kelvin Tienstra (IFK NED) vs Georgi Doychev (KYOKUSHIN KAN BUL)
- Nikita Bubiakov (KWF RUSSIA) vs Artem Nazaretian (IFK RUSSIA)
Men / Adults / Heavyweight: Under 90 Kg
- Emanuel Lebo (KYOKUSHIN KAN AUT) vs Hovhannes Sargsyan (IFK ARMENIA)
- Jonas Rosin (RENGOKAI SWE) vs Stepankov Stanislav (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS)
- Miyahara Jo (KWF JAPAN) vs Kantemir Beslaneev (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUSSIA)
- Jean-Paul Jakquot (WKO FRANCE) vs Igor Riadnov (IFK RUSSIA)
Men / Adults / Super Heavyweight: Over 90 Kg
- Vasily Samadurov (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS) vs Morozevich Denis (WKO RUS)
- Georgiev Hristo (KYOKUSHIN KAN BUL) vs Aleksandr Karshigeev (IFK RUS)
- Dmitrii Solovyev (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUSSIA) vs Roel Noordman (IFK NED)
- Yuriy Kirakosyan (KWF RUSSIA) vs Vitalii Ishakhneli (IFK RUSSIA)
Women / Adults / Lightweight: Under 60 Kg
- Anna Efremova (IFK RUSSIA) vs Alona Veresniak (WKO UKRAINE)
- Ekaterina Arapova (KYOKUSHIN KAN RUS) vs Alina Polishchuk (WKO RUS)
- Artemova Rimma (IFK RUS) vs Teona Gasdeliani Liparteliani (RENGOKAI SPAIN)
- Madena Bozianu (WKB ROMANIA) vs Emma Markwell (IFK GREAT BRITAIN)
Women / Adults / Heavyweight: Over 60 Kg
- Mariya Panova (IFK RUSSIA) vs Agata Winiarska (WKO POLAND)
- Alexandra Pecinka (KYOKUSHIN KAN AUSTRIA) vs Chelsea Kerklaan (IFK NED)
- Anzhelika Sabaeva (IFK RUSSIA) vs Anna Bojda (WKO POLAND)
- Aneta Meskauskiene (IFK IRELAND) vs Olga Ivanova’s (WKO RUSSIA)