IFK Swiss Kyokushinkai 19th Budo Training Day

On Saturday, May 21, 2022, Shihan Eddy Gabathuler, 7th Dan, organized the 19th day of Budo training, which was held in the gym in Felsberg.

The training was structured as follows: 09:30 to 11:30 kihon and test combinations in groups, 12:30 to 14:30 katas in groups, and 16:30 to 17:00 fight training and fights in three groups. These were divided into over and under 16-year-olds, whereby the under 16-year-olds were divided into two groups (white belt up to 7th kyu and from 6th kyu). The following karatekas served as instructors:

Shihan Klaus Ming, 7th DAN

Shihan Toni Gansner, 5th DAN

Shihan Roland Juric, 5th DAN

Sensei Rolf Imhof, 4th DAN

Sensei Fritz Trautmann, 3rd DAN

Senpai Claudia Schlegel, 1st DAN

A total of 96 karatekas from 10 dojos of IFK Switzerland Kyokushinkai took part in the training sessions. We thank the instructors and the karatekas for their numerous appearance and their sweaty effort. We hope that they will again participate in large numbers in 2023 – OSU.

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IFK Armenia Grand Prix & Seminar videos reports

The IFK Armenian Grand Prix and a seminar with the IFK President Shihan David Pickthall were held on 2 of April and on 3-5 of April 2022 in Yerevan.

IFK Armenia Grand Prix 2022 results

Here are the results of the IFK Armenia Grand Prix which was held on 2 April 2022 in Yerevan. 250 fighters from 6 countries participated and showed great Kyokushin spirit. Congratulations to all participants, organizers, and supporters.

8-9 years

-28 kg

1.Vahe Khoshbekyan (Armenia)

2.Mark Ayvazyan (Armenia)

3.Artur Ghazanchyan (Armenia)

3.Narek Kchryan (Armenia)

8-9 years

-35 kg

1.Narek Kirakosyan (Armenia)

2.Aleko Gogitidze (Georgia)

3.Razmik Baveyan (Armenia)

3. Aleqs Sevumyan (Armenia)

8-9 years

+35 kg

1.Arkadi Kirakosyan (Armenia)

2.Janik Mkrtchyan (Armenia)

3.Timofejs Suhlovs (Latvia)

3. Klavs Zamurs (Latvia)

10-11 years

-32 kg

1.Narek Bursalyan (Armenia)

2.Ruben Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

3.Vahe Manukyan  (Armenia)

3.Vlad Vardanyan (Armenia)

10-11 years

-40 kg

1.Avet Harutyunyan (Armenia)

2. Roberts Bimbiruls (Latvia)

3.Gevorg Hovsepyan (Armenia)

3.Erik Petrosyan (Armenia)

10-11 years

+40 kg

1.Hayk Maxasyan (Armenia)

2. Georgi Harutyunyan (Georgia)

3.Artur Petrosyan (Armenia)

3. Felix Manvelyan (Armenia)

12-13 years

-40 kg

1.Georgi Avlokhashvili (Georgia)

2.Areg Hazarapetyan (Armenia)

3.Ashot Khachatryan (Armenia)

3.Giorgi Kasradze (Georgia)

12-13 years

-45 kg

1.Georgi Vachnadze (Georgia)

2.Giorgi Barnaveli (Georgia)

3.Ricards Rudolfs Gailias (Latvia)

3.Davit Baghdasaryan (Armenia)

12-13 years

-50 kg

1.Erik Hakobyan (Armenia)

2.Giorgi Giorgadze (Georgia)

3.Movses Petrosyan (Armenia)

3.Samvel Stepanyan (Armenia)

12-13 years

+50 kg

1.Vanik Hovsepyan (Armenia)

2.Hayk Manukyan (Georgia)

3.Gurgen Elizbaryan (Armenia)

3.Emil Enguryan (Georgia)

14-15 years

-50 kg

1.Petros Farfaryan (Armenia)

2.Grisha Kirakosyan (Armenia)

3.Saba Beraia (Georgia)

3.Garik Sargsyan (Armenia)

14-15 years

-55 kg

1.Luka Mgeladze (Georgia)

2.Tomer Lerer (Israel)

3.Davit Basilaia (Georgia)

3.Arman Hovsepyan (Armenia)

14-15 years

-60 kg

1.Iosebi Avlokhashvili (Georgia)

2.Dimitri Mskhaladze (Georgia)

3.Mikayel Zakaryan (Armenia)

3.Artur Dan (Israel)

14-15 years

+60 kg

1.Enok Bdoyan (Georgia)

2.Sandro Kerdzevadze (Georgia)

3.Avtandil Partsikanashvili (Georgia)

3. Artyom Manasyan (Armenia)

16-17 years

-70 kg

1. Aleksandre Beraia (Georgia)

2. Grigori Beridze (Georgia)

3. Garik Aslanyan (Armenia)

3. Hrant Saroyan (Armenia)

16-17 years

+70 kg

1. Karen Yeghiazaryan (Armenia)

2. Kirils Stecs (Latvia)

3. Kirill Tavkin (Georgia)

3. Valiko Poghosyan (Georgia)

18+ years

-65 kg

1. Kakha Chap-ogli (Georgia)

2. Ahmad Bagheri Pour (Armenia)

3. Mher Gevorgyan (Armenia)

3. Stepan Grigoryan (Armenia)

18+ years

-75 kg

1. Lasha Babuadze (Georgia)

2. Erik Oganezov (Georgia)

3. Ramin Ashouri (Iran)

3. Tamaz Ardzenadze (Georgia)

18+ years

+75 kg

1. Hovhannes Sargsyan (Armenia)

2. Davit Baramidze (Georgia)

3. Hrach Karapetyan (Armenia)

3. Giorgi Gulisashvili (Georgia)

8-11 years Girls

1. Milena Belavian (Latvia)

2. Elen Yepremyan (Armenia)

3. Anamaria Mskhaladze (Georgia)

3. Mishel Ganjalyan (Armenia)

12-13  years Girls

1. Alisa Bejanyan (Armenia)

2. Elen Grigoryan (Armenia)

3. Laura Tovmasyan (Armenia)

3.Mariana Asturyan (Armenia)

14-15  years Girls

1. Sofi Mkheyan (Armenia)

2. Arina Matyushshina (Armenia)

3. Rotem Dillbary (Israel)

3.Ksenija Slahta (Israel)

16-17 years Girls

1.Mariam Tsiklauri (Georgia)

2. Nano Shubitidze (Georgia)

3. Mariam Turkiashvili (Georgia)

3.Binon Aleksandra (Israel)

IFK Russia Winter camp 2022 (video)

11–15 January 2022 near Yekaterinburg there was held Russian Winter Camp with Shihans Alexander Tanyushkin, Victor Fomin and Andrey Bura.

There were over 100 participants (mainly black belts) who learn to manage with different documents of Ministry of Sport (Shihans Andrey Bura and Andrey Khimichenko), had detailed training during 6 hours Kumite referee course (theory and practice with Shihan Andrey Bura) and 6 hours Kata referee course (specialized training, theory and practice with Shihan Alexander Tanyushkin and Victor Fomin) and enjoyed traditional night training session (with Shihan Andrey Bura).

On the final day Shihan Alexei Gorohov and Shihan Stanislav Vinokurov had detailed training Kumite. The Camp was completed with black belts’ grading and Sayonara party.

KWU European Championships 2022 Provisions

KWU Kyokushin European Youth Championship and KWU European championship among men and women in weight categories 

Date: 1-3 April 2022

Place: Yerevan, Armenia “DINAMO” sports complex, str. Vardanants, 69 building

Organizer: The ministry of education, science, culture, and sports of The Republic of Armenia and Armenian Kyokushin karate federation

Supreme Judge: Shihan Ramil Gabbasov (Russia)
Deputy Supreme Judge: Shihan Andranik Hakobyan (Armenia)
Secretary: Meri Gevorgyan (Armenia)

Since January 10, the Committee for organizing the European Championship has been functioning under the Federation of Kyokushin karate Armenia. Office working hours are from 10.00 to 18.00 Armenian time; break from 14.00 to 15.00. Our employees willingly and quickly will respond to all your questions.

Mobile/Viber/WhatsApp: +37494404245 and E-mail: info@kyokushin.am

Conditions of access to the participation of all age groups:

Representatives of national federations, who have passed national qualifying Championships with calling in all interested groups of Kyokushin in a particular country at the age from 12 to 17 years old up to 3 fighters from each country in each weight category with a style qualification not less than 6th kyu. The organizing country has the right to a double quota. 

Representatives of national federations, who have passed national qualifying championships with calling in all interested groups of Kyokushin in a particular country at the age of 18 years old with a style qualification not less than 4th kyu and 1 fighter from each country in each weight category. The organizing country has the right to a double quota. https://kwu.kumitetechnology.com/en

Time and place of keeping national qualifying championships are defined jointly by representatives of international organizations, listed in the “Members” section on www.kwunion.com

The competitions will be held by the rules of KWU, which are posted on the official website – http://www.kwunion.com/documents/

The official list of the judges will be presented by KWU. Only accredited judges can be chosen for judging.

Judges, who would like to take part in the judging seminar on April 1, 2022, in Yerevan, must send their application on this email: info@kyokushin.am with the headline – “Judging Seminar”. In the case of successful passing of the seminar and the exam, the participants of this seminar have a chance to be chosen as official judges for the Youth KWU Kyokushin European Championship in Yerevan 2022. Candidates for judging will pay all their expenses themselves.

Applications for participation:

Deadline for applications (attachment № 1): March 1st, 2022 The country representative will be sent a code to fill in the participants: https://kwu.kumitetechnology.com/en

Provisions could be downloaded here:

Provision EC KWU 2022

Provision Youth EC KWU 2022

Положение ПЕ KWU 2022

Положение ЧЕ KWU 2022

Return to Battle on the Boardwalk, III

Return to Battle on the Boardwalk III

USA IFK Tournament

SAVE THE DATE AND MAKE YOUR PLANS TO ATTEND!
*details, registration coming soon

Saturday, January 29th, 2022
Tropicana Hotel
Atlantic City, NJ
-Semi-Knockdown Kumite
-Elite Knockdown Kumite

Stay tuned for details & we’ll see you on the Boardwalk in 2022!
Osu!

In Budo,

Shihan Sean Schenker
USA IFK Chairman

Swedish Junior Open 2021

Swedish Junior Open in Gävle, Sweden will be held on the 30 October 2021.

This event offers children and youth competition experiences as well as the opportunity to build friendships with like-minded people.

This event is for ages 7-17 years and is open for all Kyokushin organizations.

Information and registration: https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/5474

IFK Iran Branch Chiefs Seminar 2021

IFK Iran held the first seminar for branch chiefs in Iran after the COVID restrictions on October 1st, 2021 in Tehran.
The seminar was held under the leadership of Shihan Manoucher Vahidi, IFK representative in Iran.
Participants were branch chiefs of provinces: Tehran, Kerman, Yazd, West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Guilan, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Khorasan, Fars, Kermanshah, Hamedan, IFK Iran Secretary, IFK Iran Chief Referee, and IFK Iran Board Members.

IFK Reunion took a part in virtual online Kata World Championships

IFK REUNION ISLAND took 1st place in 4 categories, 2nd place in 4 categories and 3rd place in 1 category in the first WAKKU virtual online Kata World Championships

Gold: 4 competitors

Noham Gonthier men beginner under 7

Ambre Beauvoir women intermediate 16-17 years old

Natacha Randrante adult woman advanced

Clément Payet adult men advanced

Silver: 4 competitors

Angel Mourouvin men beginner under 7

Arthur Tatel men beginner 7-9 years old

Thalia Ramassamy women beginner 16-17 years old

Morgane Pistarino women intermediate 16-17 years old

Bronze: 1 competitor

Victorio Rakoto men beginner 7-9 years old

Those who ‘ve been in the top 8 :

Hugo Hoareau (4e)

Mael Fung Kwok Chine (8e)

Mélanie Sanassy Vally (5e)

Kim Dao and IFK REUNION take 3rd place among more than 18 countries who take part in this event.

6th IFK World Championships Spain 2022

The 6th IFK World Championships in Valencia, Spain will be held on 4-5 June 2022

This kumite event is for categories 14 years old and above.

Organizer

Shihan David Pickthall (7th Dan) President of the International Federation of Karate (IFK)

Shihan Jose Babiloni (7th Dan) Country Representative: IFK Spain ifks@shihanbabiloni.com

Sponsors: IFK Spain & Team Experiences Sports Management

Meetings:

Thursday 2nd June 2022 IFK Executive Board Meeting 18:00h – 20:00h

Friday 3rd June 2022 World Championships Judging Seminar 10:00h – 12:00h and 13:00h – 14:30h

Friday 3rd June 2022 IFK Country Representative Meeting 16:00h – 18:00h

General Details

This championship is open for all Full Contact organizations who compete under the Knockdown rule set. Each Category has a competitor restriction for each country. Competitors must represent their country and they must hold at least a 6th kyu (yellow belt) for adult and 21 categories, and an 8th kyu (blue belt) for categories 18 years old. If your organization uses a different belt structure a competitor must have a minimum of two years of experience.

ENTRANCE MUST BE COMPLETED WITH THE ONLINE FORMS BY THE COUNTRY COACH BY 1st MAY 2022

Entry Procedures: Online Fighter Entry will open in 2022, Event Website will open in November 2021

IFK World Championships Spain 2022

IFK Azerbaijan held National championship

The IFK tournament was held in Azerbaijan with the participation of 20 teams and 170 athletes. Many athletes were not allowed due to the pandemic, but still, the competition was at a very high level. We present you with the photos and short video from the tournament.

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Seminar of the IFK Uruguay

On August 14-15, 2021 IFK Uruguay held a Seminar in the cities of Dolores and Mercedes, State of Soriano.

Training sessions for adults and children focused on details and corrections, aiming to improve each participants´ performance in the upcoming National Kata Tournament.

The event was organized by the State coordinator, Senpai Mario Hornos, and was technically led by Sensei Germán Carballo, IFK Uruguay Country Representative.

The 2nd summer camp of KWU Azerbaijan

Athletes who are members of KWU-Azerbaijan were unable to gather due to a pandemic after the first summer camp in September 2020. Finally, on August 14-15, 2021, a joint summer camp of KWU-Azerbaijan members and partner organizations took place on Novkhani Beach in Baku. The two-day camp was attended by 366 participants from the Azerbaijani representations of the international organizations Kyokushinkan, IFK, KWF, and IKO Matsushima, members of KWU Azerbaijan.

The exercises were divided into Dan and kyu belt ranks and Senshi group and conducted by sensei, senpai, and instructors under the guidance of KWU Azerbaijan Technical Director Vidadi Khalilov.

All participants joined the camp with great enthusiasm. They seemed to be in high spirits and enthusiastic about Kyokushin karate.

After the seminars, KWU Azerbaijan Chairman Galandar Aslanov presented Certificates to all participants. He thanked the 366 athletes and coaches who contributed to the camp and said he hoped the pandemic would end soon, that we would return to our former lives, and look forward to the days when we would be able to practice karate freely.

Shihan Furko Kalman 1947-2021 RIP

It is with great sadness I received the news of the passing of Shihan Furko Kalman of the Hungarian WKO Shinkyokushin Organisation.

I remember my first meeting with Shihan Kalman at the European Championships in 1982. He had the appearance of a fierce karateka but was, as many of his generation, a very humble man.

He was an important part of the popularisation of Kyokushin in the eighties and became a senior figure in the EKO Shinkyokushin.

On behalf of the IFK Executive Board and our members, I offer sincere condolences to his family and our thoughts are with his wife and the Hungarian WKO at this time.

Shihan David Pickthall

President - IFK

IFK Uruguay held a national seminar for instructors

On Sunday, July 24th, IFK Uruguay held a national seminar for instructors at the Hombu Dojo (Abumi Dojo).

Sensei German Carballo, the country representative, led 2 training sessions with a focus on improving and standardizing technical aspects of the IFK syllabus throughout the different dojos.

Participants included instructors from Montevideo, Canelones, Salto, and Soriano.

USA IFK Summer Camp 2021

The USA IFK Summer Camp was held 16-18 July with around 100 students participating over the weekend. Unfortunately due to US Covid restrictions our President Shihan David was unable to attend so IFK leader Shihan Mike Monaco stepped in to direct the camp with the help of Sensei Kamil Maras and Sensei Claibourne Henry

Message from USA Chairman Shihan Sean Schenker:

Osu!

Having had a few days to reflect on the incredible training camp & celebration of our Kyokushin spirit, I first wanted to extend a huge Thank You to Shihan Monaco for his leadership, vision, and guidance. We are truly so very lucky to share our path with him, and we appreciate every moment we get to learn from his wisdom & experience.

I want to thank all the incredible Shihan, Sensei, and Sempai that traveled near and far to be here to train & participate. Your support, enthusiasm, and skill are unmatched & are the very fabric of what our organization is built upon.

Next, to the Kohai that attended with an open heart and open mind to enhance their skill, improve their spirit, and continue the path of self-improvement, YOU truly are the heart and soul of the USA IFK - you are the future.

We appreciate you - we see you - we have immense gratitude for your efforts and courage.

Ecuador is the new country member of the IFK

The IFK is happy to announce Ecuador has joined our family under the leadership of Senpai Erick Rivas.

We welcome Erick and hope he can form a good relationship with the neighboring countries in the Americas continent.

Contact: Erik Rivas

Loja, Loja San Sebastian Parish Lourdes Street And Bolivar, Ecuador

Tel: +593962798227

Email: erickrivas22694@gmail.com

KWU World Youth Cup and First Senshi European Tournament

Sensei Ismail Yildirim, IFK Country Rep of Turkey, took a group of 32 IFK fighters to Bulgaria for the KWU World Youth Cup 2021 and the 1st KWU Senshi European Tournament. The tournament was a great success, coming away with

U21 Men -85kg 1st Place Fevzican Kutlu (also awarded “Most Spirited Fighter”)

Girls 16-17 yrs -60kg 2nd Place Cerenur Tasir (also awarded “Most Spirited Fighter”)

Girls 16-17 yrs -50kg 3rd Place Zehra Dundar

Boys 16-17 yrs -65kg 3rd Place Engin Ugur

Girls 16-17 yrs -60kg 3rd Place Edanur Kişisel

Award “Most Spirited Fighter” Selvi Naz Parlak

Team’s Results:

1. Russia

2. Kazakhstan

3. Bulgaria

4. Ukraine

5. Turkey

The IFK Kata Committee led by Shihan Janine Davies met on Saturday 10th July 2021

President Shihan David Pickthall joined Shihan Victor Fomin, Shihan Klaus Ming, Shihan Sunil Tailor, and Shihan Itzik Ashkenazi in the meeting and it was decided the committee will conduct an Online Kata Judging Course in the near future.

Shihan Klaus Announced he will stand down from the committee to allow a new member to gain the experience and assist the IFK in improving all elements of Kata tuition and judging. Shihan Janine and the IFK want to thank him for all the work.

Osu!