Kokoro Cup – once again the date are set for this highly professional tournament. as before this has been a real highlight closing the year. The mix of a very high level fighters together with the pro setting of the event itself.
And a new angle are added to this years event – junior categories. One day with the seniors next day will the next generation show their skill.
Bursting into the 11th World Championship final being only 16 years – Juri Minamihara becomes a Fullcontact karate star over the night. Being the runner up at this WT was only the start. Minamihara showed then several top results on the international stage – and of course top spots in All Japan Open, JFKO championships as well. Incredible spirit, and with 154 high 52-54 kg weight – one do also understand her technical aspect and her ability to protect and fight against much bigger opponents. World Champion in 2017 middleweight category, and champion in the 12th World Championship 2019
Continue readingLørdag og søndag 7-8 September ble det avholdt junioramling i regi av Horten karateklubb. Som vanlig var opplegget strøkent, og de 30 tall utøvere som var klar for helgen fyllte sine roller med knallbra innsats og tydelig utvikling i løpet av helgen. Ansvarlige instruktører passet også på å videreformidle inputs fra bl.a Kick-off i Sverige, og dermed fikk man en oppgradering på en kan forvente seg når man skal konkurrere.
The traditional Shinkyokushin Tournament, held in Croatia every year are ready for the 24th edition in 2019 – 5th October. Documents, guidelines and info..(note not official poster) Info, guidelines and more to find…
The 28th of September the ROMANIAN INTERNATIONAL CUP will be held, and notice: DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION TOMORROW 2ND September. Several nations are all ready in the line up, and for sure more will come in the last minutes – as always!
Lørdag 24. August arrangerte Egersund Karate kyokushinkai et åpent (for alle) fight seminar i Espelandhallen. Tema var som nevnt fight, og dette ble fordelt på tre økter utover dagen. Etter endt dag var det et 40 talls utøvere som hadde sett sitt snitt til å få med seg denne eventen, som ble en fin start på sessongen for mange!
Helgen 17-18 August deltok Horten Karateklubb, Arendal Karateklubb, Oslo Shin og Ringerike Karateklubb på Kickoff i Sverige. Her var man så heldig å bli bedt inn til det svenske landslagets kickoff – regi landslagstrener Sverige, Magnus Hanssen, sted Keiko, Göteborg. Med andre ord blir man koblet opp til et nivå som er kjent for å kunne håntere topp Europeisk nivå. Her ble det kjørt et tilpasset opplegg lørdag og søndag morgen. Siste økt for helgen, var regionsquad for seniors. Et samarbeid mellom 5 klubber i Göteborg omerådet ,ble avholdt på Göteborg Karate Kai, Shihan Howard Collins Dojo. På disse økter er tema kamp og litt fys trening ble det også plass til.
Continue readingWe continue to look at the previous World Champions – as an “warm up” to the upcoming 12th World Open Karate Championship this Autumn in Japan. A World Championship that will be the main event this year in the full contact Karate World. We pick up the champions, and time we will give you some videos from when these champions met each other in different tournaments..
We continue to look at the World Championships finals, and we are picking up the women division. With the European selections tournaments still going in replay in our heads, there are no doubt that the level in total has been lifted up significant higher. But looking at the previous finals – there are no doubt that the level has been high for many years – but what we believe, is that not only top 4 are good – but you must be really good to reach top 8! And reaching the top eight, it won’t be easy either. We’v said it before, it’s time to expand the women division into competitors from all nations, not only select from the regions. Video time…!
Former star-fighter and vice-world champion Muzaffer Bacak Sensei, we hold seminar in Turkey this September. The reason is worth noting: Muzaffer Bacak Sensei will take on the task of starting a new Branch / Dojo in Turkey. This on the recommendation of WKO’s President Midori. Official information from WKO Shinkyokushinkai website: Muzaffer Bacak 4th Dan, the finalist of the 7th World Open Karate Championship, will hold the 1st Shinkyokushin Camp in Bursa, Turkey on September 6-8, 2019. Documents, info and guidelines – and a video from previous seminars…
