23 and 24th of May, will the 2nd addition of the Japan Fullcontact Karate Organization JFKO been held. The first edition was a huge success, bringing together some of the best Fullcontact fighters of Japan. This years tournament will not stand back for last years tournament, the number of fighters and the record they have are at the highest level we can find.
We will take a look at some of the profiles of The 2nd JFKO All Japan Weight Category Tournament.
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There are several organizations who are working in the same way as JFKO, but not all of them are ready to make a sacrifice for what the want to gain. WKO Shinkyokushin are one of the biggest factor in JFKO, with Midori Kenji Shihan in central positions in both organizations.
WKO has chosen to sacrifice their traditional All Japan tournament – and replace it with JFKO tournament. This has been the opposite of what others have done. Others have come up with new World Championships, European Championships, etc. in addition to those that existed before. The result is that there have been very many tournaments on the same number of athletes. -and then you know that there are fewer athletes per event.
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And as a start :
- Lightweight 104 fighters
- Middleweight 86 fighters
- Heavyweight 52 fighters
- Super heavyweight 49 fighters
A little look – just top of the the cake,a random look at some of the fighters..
Atsushi Matsumoto – Uomoto-ryu
Runner up The 1st. JFKO All Japan Weight Category Tournament.
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Kouki Oishi Ashihara-kaikan
Winner of The 1st. JFKO All Japan Weight Category Tournament.
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Harutaka Okazaki –Syukutoku-Sugamohigh school
3rd place the 1st JFKO All Japan Weight Category
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Atsushi Kawase – Shinkyokushin
2nd place 30rd All japan Open weight
Technical award 44th All Japan Open karate Tourwament
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Hiroki Akimoto – K1, Kickboksing
- Former WBC Muay Thai Japan featherweight champion
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Middle weight
Yuki Maeda – Shinkyokushin (Videos)
- 1st place The 1st JFKO All Japan Weight Category
- 1st place 26th, 27th, 28th All Japan weight category
- 2nd place 5th World Cup 2013
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Syunsaku Kawase Shinkyokushinkai
- 2nd place The 1st JFKO All Japan Weight Category
- 1st place 30rd All Japan weight category
- 3rd place 25th and 26th All Japan weight category
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Jyunki Ochi – Shinkyokushinkai
- 3rd place The 1st JFKO All Japan Weight Category
- 3rd place 29th All Japan Weight category
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Yuto Fukuchi – BYAKURAN (Video good technical ending..)
- 1st place 29th All Japan weight Category (Shinkyokushin)
- 5th World Cup shinkyokushin
- 1st place Byakuren-Kaikan – WKO (World Kumite Organization) 2013 All Japan
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Heavy weight
Kazufumi Shimamoto – Shinkyokushin
- 1st place 27th and 28th All Japan Open weight category
- 3rd place 5th Word Cup 2013
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Kunihiro Suzuki – Shinkyokushin (videos)
- World champion 8th World Championship
- Winner of several All Japan Open
- 3rd Place 3rd World Cup
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Kazuhito Yamada – Shinkyokushin
- 1st place 40th All Japan Open
- 1st place The 1st JFKO All Japan Weight Category
- 2nd Mas Oyama memorial 2014
- Winner og All Japan Weight category several times
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Daiko Kato – Shinkyokushin
- 2nd place 5th World Cup 2013
- 3rd place 46th All Japan Open
- 2nd place 45th All Japan Open
- 3rd place 44th All Japan Open
- 2nd place The 1st JFKO All Japan Weight Category
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Kenta Mori – Shinkyokushin
- 1t place 27th All Japan Weight Category Tournament – 2010
- 1st place 20th All Japan Weight Category Tournament – 2003
- Last 32 in the 9th World Championship
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Super heavy weight
Tsutomu Murayama – Shinkyokushin
- 2nd place 10th World Championship
- 2nd place 42 All Japan Open
- 5th World Cup 2013
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Takatsugu Naito – Byakuren Kaikan (video)
- 1st place World Kumite org WT
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Kawachi Masaki – kongo Karate
- 1st place 3,4 and 5th All Japan Open
Kazuya Yamamoto – Shinkyokushin (video)
- 1st place of The 1st. JFKO All Japan Weight Category Tournament.
- 2nd place 7th KOKORO Cup
- 1st place 20th Shin All Kanto Tournament 2015