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On January 14-15, 2023, in the Sports Hall of the MDK "Dom Harcerza" in Krakow (Poland), at ul. Reymonta 18, the National Kyokushin Seminar was held as part of the New Year's Kagami Biraki with the participation of 120 karatekas from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. The special guest and the main teacher of the seminar was the World Champion in kumite and kata shihan Javier Lezcano (6th dan). The program of the seminar included three two-hour trainings focused on improving kihon, ido geiko, kata, as well as fighting techniques and tactics. The program also included a lecture by the KWF…

10th Armenian Kyokushin Championship for children - 27.11.22 with participation of 550 competitors. Gallery: Previous Next

35th European Kyokushin Karate Championship, took place at the ALMADA Hall in Lisbon, Portugal on 4-5 November 2022 with the participation of 241 competitors from 17 countries. The main judge was the President of the European Kyokushin Federation Antonio Pinero (9th dan) from Spain. An organizer was shihan Antonio Pereira (6th dan) KWF CR in Portugal.RESULTS Gallery: Previous Next Video: https://vimeo.com/769973234/81d191bdfe?fbclid=IwAR2W9tqsxOY-yfNAlX_7vFQ7jIqjTxT-SWBcGbhSDfw_Eib8BgPftDZaw2g

 On September 24-25, 2022 in the city of Zhanaozen, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the II Asian Championship in Kyokushinkai Karate was held. September 24, the first day of the Asian Championship in 24 weight categories. In age groups 10-11 years old. 12-13 years old. 14-15 years old.  September 25, on the second day of the competition, Gubernator of the Mangistau region Nurlan Nogaev took part in the opening ceremony. Also in the ceremony and the main guest was the general secretary of KWF Andrzej Drewniak, 9 dan.  On the second day of the Asian Kyokushinkai Karate Championship, awards were raffled…

About 250 players representing seven Arab countries participated in the tournament: Egypt - Tunisia - Syria - Palestine - Iraq - Kuwait, Lebanon. Results : 1- place Lebanon 2- place Iraq 3- place Palestine 4- place Syria 5- place Kuwait 6- place Tunisia 7- place Egypt All participating delegations praised the good and accurate organization and high discipline in this Arab championship, which left a good impact on the hearts of all the players, administrators and coaches who participated in it. The tournament was followed by a large crowd, especially since most of its matches were characterized by competition, strong…

"40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST KYOKUSHIN KARATE SEMINAR IN ROMANIA" took place at the Multipurpose Hall in Giurgiu at September 11th. Former and current Kyokushin Karate practitioners from Giurgiu, parents, supporters and anyone who followed this phenomenon in the municipality of Giurgiu participated. The guests of honor were the promoters of kyokushin in Romania, among others the KWF country representative in Romania: shihan Ilie Ionescu (5.dan). pict. FOTOARCANU Gallery: Previous Next

Gallery from championships: Previous Next On August 27, 2022, the 1st Brazilian KWF kyokushin championship was held in Tatui - São Paulo, in the city sports pavilion. It should be noted that this is the 1st KWF championship in Brazil. Fulfilling the decision of the KWF-Brasil table in which this 1st Brazilian championship would be one only for KWF members, it was up to the Kyokushin KWF Paulista Federation to organize the Championship, with the support of Ronin Academy and sensei Daniel Martino as President of the São Paulo federation. and organizer of the Championship. With some sponsorship from local…

 June 16th - 26th 2022 at Knox Indiana, about 50 students (ages 5 to 50 years old) from Kyokushin Karate School KANKU of Chicago participated in an intensive karate camp under supervision of Shihan Leslaw Samitowski (7 Dan). Main coach sensei Bruno Drab along with his wife sensei Magda lead the 10 day boot camp Karate training with rigorous yet fun activities. Each morning first training started 7:00 am sharp followed by two more classes at noon and evening. Training consisted of running, conditioning, strengthening, fighting skills, kumite as well kihon and kata with bunkai. QiGong and Yoga was also in cooperated…

The Spanish summer camp in Benasque came to an end. Led by Shihan Antonio Pinero, more than 200 karateka’s from Spain, the Netherlands, Israel, and Costa Rica completed a challenging training program. Each training ended with half an hour sparring. Everyone did at least 150 fights these three days. This renewed balance between kihon, kata and kumite show once more that kumite is the connecting factor in Kyokushin.On Saturday, 42 karateka's have successfully done exams for a higher degree. Not to be left unmentioned is the great performance of Sensei Vadim Matveev from Israel. He did a great job in…

On July 21 - 24, 2022, the 49th Eastern European Kyokushin Summer Camp was held at the facilities of the Academy of Physical Education in Krakow with the participation of nearly 200 participants from 5 countries, including Germany, Moldova, Japan, Israel and the Czech Republic. The main coach was the President of KWF Antonio Pinero 9 dan and 3 trainings were led by World Championship medalists sensei Michał Werner and Kamil Mastaj. The program was supervised by the general secretary of KWF Andrzej Drewniak. The program of the day included a morning warm-up and 3 two-hour workouts. The medical support…