The 6th IFK World championships were held on 4 and 5 June in Valencia, Spain. Fighters participated in 4 age groups: U16, U18, U21, and men and women. In the document below you can find the final results and protocols of all categories.
On the 20th-24th of June 2022 in Moscow, the traditional IFK summer camp of the Russian Kyokushinkai Federation will be held. The camp will be under the guidance of Shihan Alexandr Tanyushkin with the participation of Shihan Victor Fomin and Shihan Andrey Bura.
Full information and Application Forms for the Szolnok Cup 2022
APPLICATION FORM_Youth_Junior_2022
APPLICATION FORM_KATA_Adult_2022
APPLICATION FORM_KATA_Cadet,Youth, Junior_2022
The IFK Executive board met at the 6th IFK World Championships to discuss plans and strategies for the future of the IFK.
The board then met with the IFK Country Representatives to update them on several strategic aims.
We are pleased to announce that Shihan Shane Lalor was appointed as the Secretary-General of the IFK after Shihan Liam Keaveney's retirement.
IFK Russia once again dominated at the Association Kyokushin Russia Championships last weekend finishing top of the medal table winning 10 gold, 10 silver and 3 bronze.
Results:
Women 50 kg
1st place - Anna Kuznetsova (Kemerovo Region) IFK
2nd place - Anastasia Kosyanova (St. Petersburg) IFK
3rd place - Anna Efremova (Moscow) KI
Women of 55 kg
1st place - Liubov Bakina (Kirov region) IFK
2nd place - Elizaveta Gromova (St. Petersburg) IFK
3rd place - Maria Savelieva (Moscow) WKO
Women of 60 kg
1st place - Yulia Shtaferina (St. Petersburg) IFK
2nd place - Ekaterina Shemina (Kirov region) IFK
3rd place - Natalya Beisembaeva (Moscow) IFK
Women of 65 kg
1st place - Ksenia Zasorina (Khabarovsk region) IKO
2nd place - Svetlana Tuchkova (Volgograd Region) IFK
3rd place - Elisavet Fiks (Moscow) IFK
Women 70 kg
1st place - Atakulova Nurzat (Kemerovo region) IFK
2nd place - Elena Zaikovskaya (Moscow) IFK
3rd place - Alena Kushnaryova (St. Petersburg) KI
Women 70+
1st place - Valeria Kolesnikova (Moscow) IFK
2nd place - Ekaterina Shcherbakova (St. Petersburg) IKO
3rd place - Olga Ivanova (Tyumen Region) KI
Men 60 kg
1st place - Sergo Armenyan (Moscow region) KI
2nd place - Vladislav Polubinsky (Moscow region) KI
3rd place - Privalov Vsevolod (Krasnodar region) KI
Men 65 kg
1st place - Stanislav Nikulin (Kirov region) IFK
2nd place - Eduard Tyabov (Republic of Chuvashia) IFK
3rd place - Vyacheslav Lesnikov (Kemerovo Region) WKO
Men 70 kg
1st place - Sergey Chmunevich (Kemerovo region) IFK
2nd place - Konstantin Volynko (Krasnodar region) KI
3rd place - Mkrtchyan Smbat (Amur region) WKO
Men 75 kg
1st place - Artyom Nazaretyan (Moscow) IFK
2nd place - Danil Zezyulya (Tomsk region) IFK
3rd place - Askar Artemyev (Sverdlovsk region) IKO
Men 80 kg
1st place - Daniil Fomin (Moscow) KI
2nd place - Konstantin Varnavsky (Moscow region) IKO
3rd place - Dmitry Blinov (Krasnodar region) KI
Men 85 kg
1st place - Sergey Kuryagin (Krasnoyarsk region) WKO
2nd place - Ivan Pimenov (Moscow) IFK
3rd place - Stanislav Stepankov (Krasnodar region) KI
Men 90 kg
1st place - Stanislav Mezhevtsov (Moscow) IFK
2nd place - Ilya Averkin (Moscow) IKO
3rd place - Gnel Aramyan (Sverdlovsk region) IFK
Men 95 kg
1st place - Vitaly Ishakhneli (YNAO) IFK
2nd place - Nikolay Maslennikov (Moscow) IFK
3rd place - Maxim Ekimov (EAD) IKO
Men 95+
1st place - Igor Zagainov (Sverdlovsk region) IKO
2nd place - Yury Stroganov (St. Petersburg) IFK
3rd place - Ruslan Sukhov (Krasnodar region) KI
The National Championship 7th IFK CUP was held in UAE on the 20th of May with over 250 competitors in kumite and kata. Guest of honor Shihan David Pickthall was there to open the event and give prizes.
We congratulate all the prize winners and thank the Country Representative Sensei Shamseer CK and his team for a well-run tournament.
We are happy to announce the 65th country member of IFK - Libya.
Please welcome Mohamed El Amami who will be the Country Representative.
His details are added to the website:
Mohamed El Amami
Mob. 00218914333327
Email: Imraggamohamed@gmail.com
From the 6th to the 8th of May 2022, the 1st Indo-Nepal IFK Karate Championship took place in the city of Kathmandu, Nepal. 18 fighters from India took part, 5 of them won gold medals and the rest silver medals. The best fighter from India became Mr.Ranojay Dey. Nepal participants also did quite well.
We congratulate all participants and wish them good luck in future events.
IFK - Bulgaria will hold an International Kyokushin Summer camp “Primorsko 2022”., under the leadership of:
Shihan David Pickthall – 7 dan, President of IFK
Sensei Emma Markwell – 4 dan, World and European Kumite champion
The Camp will take place in MMC Primorsko, Bulgaria, from 01.07 to 08.07.2022
Application for participation has also been submitted by: IFK Switzerland - Shihan Edi Gabathuler, 7th dan, Board member of IFK; IFK Romania with CR Sensei Christian Hirsch, 4th dan; IFK Poland, led by Shihan Jan Wac, 5th dan.
For additional information, please contact Shihan Nikola Blagoev CR IFK Bulgaria, on email: nikola_blagoev@abv.bg
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.
We are pleased to announce IFK Algeria has been formed.
We welcome Mr. Said Medjahed Abdelmalek as the Country Representative and we hope he is successful in growing our federation within his country.
SAID MEDJAHED ABDELMALEK
SIDI ABDELLI TLEMCEN ALGERIA
MOB. TEL: (00213)658654523
E-MAIL: saidmedjaheifk@gmail.com
Dear All
We are happy to announce IFK Morocco to our Federation.
Please welcome Mr Mohamed Echaara who will be the Country Representative.
His details are added to the website:
235 Av Kaboul Bloc B ETG 3 Apprt 7
Tetouan, Morocco
Email: frmkck@gmail.com
Virtual Knockdown Referees/Judges Course
Saturday 14th May 2022, 1pm - 4pm (UK Time)
On Zoom meeting – The course is FREE!!!!! There is a limited number (50) that can attend so apply as soon as possible.
Please email Shihan Andrew with your name, grade, IFK country, and qualification at the address below to reserve a place. Zoom codes will follow.
Shihan Alex Kerrigan 7th Dan, Email: amk.chief1950@gmail.com
Shihan Andrew Turner: Mobile: 07974 094925, Email: andrew.turner491@btinternet.com
Adults Women -65Kg
1. Agnes Westrin (Sweden)
2. Sofie Katzmann (Netherlands)
3. Berta Szalay (Hungary)
3. Indy Kooijman (Netherlands)
Adults Women +65Kg
1. Amber Lindblom (Sweden)
2. Mette Marie Nielsen (Sweden)
3. Tine Beyers (Belgium)
3. Sanne Larson (Sweden)
Adults Men -70Kg
1. Tytens Quinten (Belgium)
2. Macbahi Reda (Belgium)
3. Joran Van Der Loo (Netherlands)
3. Serzh Solomonian (Austria)
Adults Men -80Kg
1. Szymon Olpinski (Poland)
2. Tamás Rétfalvi (Hungary)
3. Sergio Stoop (Netherlands)
3. Thouvage Martin (Belgium)
Adults Men +80Kg
1. Jonas Rosin (Sweden)
2. Ivan Demanov (Germany)
3. Anno Verweij (Netherlands)
3. Amir Erfan Farbod (Belgium)
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See you in Valencia!
On Saturday, April 9th, 2022, the IFK Kata Swiss Championship 2022 took place in Alpnach. The tournament was organised by Karate Do Obwalden.
A total of 75 Karatekas and 23 teams from eleven dojos took part in the tournament. Congratulations to all participants on their achievements on the tatami.
A big "thank you" goes to all the helpers from Karate Do Obwalden and Ming Karate, the referees, coaches, spectators and sponsors who have contributed to the success of this Swiss Championship.
OSU – The Organising Committee
The IFK have piloted a scheme to try to support countries in lower economic regions by donating dogi’s.
Members of the Crawley dojo collected some suits from children that had either stopped training or grown out of them. They prepared a first delivery and shipped it to Freetown for IFK Sierra Leone. The clubs students Ilori and Itanife Wachuku King met with the country representative Sensei John Sieh Bangura to deliver the parcel and membership cards.
Sensei John commented ‘ A very big thanks to the President of the International Federation of Karate (IFK) for the support to promote Kyokushin Karate in Sierra Leone. On behalf of the IFK Sierra Leone branch we would like to thank Shihan David Pickthall, the entire IFK Board and Crawley dojo for this donation.
We hope this initiative will help our members and that you can continue to support us, as we grow the branch here in Sierra Leone. Osu!’
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.
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