The XII IFK Uruguay Summer Camp will be held on March 2-5, 2023 in Salinas, Canelones, Uruguay.
Shihan Germán Carballo (IFK Uruguay Country Representative), and Shihan Jeovaldo Barreto (IFK Brazil Country Representative) will be the instructors.
The first seminar of 2023 IFK Uruguay annual training agenda for instructors was held on Saturday Jan 21 at the Hombu Dojo - Abumi Dojo-. Attendees included instructors from Montevideo, Mercedes, Salto, Palmitas, Cardona and San Carlos
Next session will be held during the XII IFK Uruguay Summer Camp, on March 2-5, 2023 in Salinas, Canelones.
The XI Summer Camp IFK Kyokushin Uruguay took place on March 10-13, 2022.
As in previous years, Dojos from different cities of our organization gathered to celebrate being able to train in person together. Training sessions started before sunrise and continued throughout the day, with additional sessions at night. Different scenarios, including the beach, tatami, grass, and a special one surrounding a campfire at night, made this a unique experience.
This year we had participants from Montevideo, Mercedes, Dolores, Salto, Marindia and San Carlos. In addition to the 10 sessions, special training and meetings were held for instructors and advanced kyus.
Exams for KYU grades and DAN grades were held, with 3 of our colleagues successfully earning their 1st DAN.
Like every Summer Camp, this one left us with unique memories that will be treasured for years to come, and anecdotes that we will share over time!
On behalf of everyone, I want to thank each of the participants for their time, commitment and dedication; and above all for the positive energy at all times.
Families are also to be thanked for their continued support, as well as the instructors for their dedication and commitment.
We will see each other in 2023 for our XII Summer Camp!
OSU!
Sensei German Carballo
IFK Uruguay held its 7th National IFK Kata Tournament - once again virtually given COVID-restrictions - on September 19th, 2021.
Over 100 competitors participated from all the dojos in Uruguay.
Tournament results:
Kuro obi
1 Maite De León
2 Claudia López
3 Noelia Fabre
4 Santiago Mosco
Brown belts
1 Jonhatan Funez
2 Juan P Bianchi
3 Yonathan Perez
4 Joaquín Mesa
Yellow and green belts
1 Juliana Latorre
2 Roxana Garderes
3 Diego Alegresa
3 Pablo Marmisolle
Yellow and green belts - 10-13 years old
1 Erika Gomez
2 Matías Tarragona
3 Julieta Majstruk
4 Santiago Cuenca
Blue belts - adults
1 Nicolás Caró
2 Santiago Zimmermann
3 Ana Borges
3 Clara Monteiro
Blue and yellow belts - 8-9 years old
1 Avril Carballo
2 Bruno Bava
3 Benjamín Da Rosa
4 Renzo Barragán
White belt - adults
1 Richard Majstruk
2 Alejandro Heuer
Red belt - adults
1 Daniel Attias
2 Pablo Alonso
3 Antonio Madrid
Red belt - 14-17 years old
1 Constanza Machado
2 Enzo Díaz
3 Emanuel Valle
4 Mauricio Bourdín
Red belt - 10-13 years old
1 Lautaro Sarabi
2 Bruno Diaz
3 Diego Cáceres
4 Alain Cejas
Red belt - 7-9 years old
1 Martina Borges
2 Facundo Dubroca
3 Poul Reccioppe
4 Juan I Goro
White belt - 8-9 years old
1 Santiago Epifanio
2 Valentino Nogueira
3 Joaquín Sirio
4 Julieta Vinci
Kihon 10 kyu - 8-9 years old
1 Agustín Aguiar
2 Neithan Maneiro
3 Pastor Méndez
3 Yulina Trujillo
Kihon 10 Kyu - 6-7 years old
1 Guadalupe Nogueira
2 Joaquín Huerta
3 Maria P Silva
4 Camila Manzzi
Kihon 10 Kyu - 4-5 years old
1 Franco Morales
2 Julían Carballo
3 Matias Diperna
4 Agustina López
4 Agustín Albín
Referees: Sensei Germán Carballo, Senpais: Rocío Gonzalez, Noelia Fabre, Santiago Mosco, Mario Hornos, Maite De León, Cesar Acosta, Claudia López & Gonzalo Díaz.
Participating Dojos:
Montevideo: Abumi, Estribo, Giratierra & Chikara
Mercedes: Yantsu & Fudoshin
Dolores: Kanku
Marindia: Chugi
Salto: Tameshiwari
San Carlos: Senshi
On Sunday June 20th, 2021, two IFK Uruguay instructors received their international Kuro Obi belts and certificates, Senpai Mario Hornos as Ni Dan and Senpai Claudia López as Shodan.
The ceremony was led by Sensei Germán Carballo, IFK Uruguay Country Representative with the participation of Senpai Santiago Mosco.
Having instructors from different dojos and states receiving their official grades together strengthens IFK Uruguay´s goal of becoming one big Kyokushin family, disregarding where you are located.
Osu!
The 10th IFK Uruguay Summer Camp was held on March 5-7, at the Air Force Hotel in Playa Hermosa, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Nine training sessions which were technically led by Sensei German Caballo – IFK Uruguay Country Representative – gathered 30 karatekas from all the Uruguayan Dojos. Training sessions were held in different locations – tatami, on the beach, and yard.
In addition, exams for kyu grades – from 10th to 4th kyu – and Shodan took place at the camp, with 9 students who successfully earned their new grades.
After a really hard and challenging year, we were extremely lucky to be able to hold our annual Summer Camp, and it was a huge success full of memories that will last a lifetime.
We thank everyone who was part of this event. See you in 2022!
Osu!
IFK Uruguay
The X IFK Uruguay Summer Camp to be held on March 5-7, 2021 in the Air Force Complex in Playa Hermosa, Maldonado, Uruguay and will be led by Sensei Germán Carballo.
For more information and participation, please contact Sensei Germán Carballo, email: gcarballo.ifkuruguay@gmail.com and International contact: Claudia López, email: clopez.ifkuruguay@gmail.com
This year turned out to be such a special one, and on behalf of the great group we´ve formed, I would like to thank everyone who did not give up and kept training either from home, in the Dojos, or outside. Difficult times brought out the best in us!!!
I would like to congratulate you on the professionalism and responsible way in which our instructors approached training during the pandemic. Guidelines and recommendations from the Health Ministry were abided by, with the main goal of looking after our students, families, and society as a whole.
The world moved too fast, and changes forced us to be more creative than ever.
We started 2020 with training sessions for our instructors, and also a great summer camp where we shared 10 training sessions throughout 3 days. We were extremely lucky to have Sensei Jeovaldo Barreto as a guest instructor, who is also a great friend and a Kyokushin referent in our continent. A week later the pandemic hit hard, but instead of defeating us we set new goals and took advantage of technology to keep training from our homes. In many cases, we even saw parents who joined and trained to accompany and encourage their children!
This group effort enabled us to have our 6th National Tournament - a virtual kata competition – which had over 50 competitors from 4 regions in all the categories, all of whom had been training non-stop even though we were in lock-down mode.
We also had the 1st Americas regional kata tournament for Brown and Black Belts, with participants from 8 countries; and with great pride, our national team achieved the podium in several categories with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places.
This “new normal” also provided great new opportunities, including online training sessions with IFK and Kyokushin world-renowned instructors.
After being able to return to the training in our Dojos, and following all the health and safety guidelines and recommendations we met again and kept the updated agenda with grading tests and regional seminars.
We now end this special year being certain that in spite of everything, we remained as strong and united as always.
I take this opportunity to greet all of our instructors, friends, and family; thanking everyone for their support.
Here’s to a GREAT 2021!
Sensei Germán Carballo.
On October 17th, IFK Uruguay held a Referee training course, part of the annual ongoing training agenda, with judges and referees attending from all Uruguayan regions, including Montevideo, Canelones, Soriano, Salto.
The course focused on IFK Kata and Knockdown Kumite Rules and was led by Sensei Germán Carballo, IFK Uruguay Country Representative.
IFK Uruguay members from 1st kyu through 2nd Dan from all Uruguay Dojos took part of the training, thus ensuring unified criteria.
The course was held at the Combat Sports Centre located in Montevideo.
IFK Uruguay has adapted to this unusual year with social distancing due to COVID-19. Thus, IFK Uruguay 6th annual National Tournament covering several modalities for 2020 took the form of a Kata Virtual Tournament with over 50 competitors.
This has proved to be an excellent way to keep everyone motivated, training, and technically improving, even when the living rooms and yards have become our Dojos and we can only see each other virtually.
Results for the 6th IFK Uruguay National Kata Tournament were as follows:
Black Belt Males category
1° Gonzalo Bentancur
2° Santiago Mosco
3° Cesar Acosta & Mario Hornos
Black Belt Females category
1° Maite De León
2° Noelia Fabre
3° Natalia Odacio
Brown Belt Adults category
1° puesto Claudia López
2° puesto Jonhatan Funez
3° puesto Yonathan Perez
Brown Belt Cadets category
1° Guzmán Centurión
2° Lautaro Hornos
3° Joaquín Mesa
Green Belt category
1° Juan Pablo Bianchi
2° Johann Castro
Yellow Belt category
1° Juliana Latorre
2° Agustina Latorre
3° Martín Machado
Yellow Belt Children category
1° Santiago Cuenca
2° Joaquin Fernandez
3° Julieta Majstruk
Blue belt Adults category
1° Diego Alegresa
2° Nicolás Mosco
3° Alvaro Pérez
Blue Belt Cadets category
1° Matías Tarragona
2° Erika Gomez
3° Martina Nievas
Blue Belt Children category
1° Avril Carballo
2° Tatiana Nesteruk
3° Renzo Barragán & Juan Ignacio Bonilla
Red Belt Adults category
1° Nicolás Caró
2° Clara Monteiro
3° Antonio Madrid
Red Belt Children category
1° Avril Diaz
2° Poul Reccioppe
Red Belt Children (Kihon) category
1° Moirana Verde
2° Bruno Martinez & Juan Ignacio Goro
3° Bruna Cerrilla & Ian Kovacs
Judge: Sensei Germán Carballo.
Referees: Senpais Santiago Mosco, Noelia Fabre, Mario Hornos, Maite De León, Cesar Acosta, Gonzalo Diaz.
Competitors who classified to represent IFK Uruguay in the 2020 IFK Americas Kata Virtual Tournament taking place on July 4 and 5, 2020:
Gonzalo Bentancur
Santiago Mosco
Maite De León
Noelia Fabre
Claudia López
Jonathan Funez
Guzmán Centurión
Lautaro Hornos
How can we summarize a great year for a small Martial Arts organization?
We accomplished the main goal of enhancing the training of all our instructors in every IFK technical area as well as with our referees to continue improving the work in the different competition modalities.
We had a competitor training at the highest level in San Paulo in a seminar led by the Russian Kumite National team Coach, Sensei Dimitry Savalyev, organized by IFK Brazil. Two months later, four of our instructors trained at the IFK World Seminar led by the highest ranks of our organization in the Papendal Olympic Complex in The Netherlands.
We held several national intensive weekend training sessions in Dolores and Mercedes as well as special sessions in Montevideo. We enjoyed yet another Summer Camp, the eight held in Uruguay, which by now has already become a classic. Trainings included sessions in the sand dunes, beach, forest and at night surrounding a fire; ending with the promotion of a new kuro obi.
Our National Team competed in five tournaments at national, regional and international level:
- April: IFK Kata World Tournament in Arnhem, organized by IFK Netherlands.
- May: Kanku Cap in Montevideo, organized by Kyokukaikan.
- August: 5th IFK Uruguay National Tournament in Montevideo, organized by IFK Uruguay.
- October: 4th South American Tournament in Valparaíso, organized by IFK Chile
- November: 1st Kenbukai Uruguay Tourament in Pinar, organized by Kenbukai Uruguay.
Lastly, we must highlight the achievement of many student that succeeded in their Kyu gradings during the six exam instances held in Soriano and Montevideo.
With the work and dedication of many, the essential support of our families and the collective spirit which is becoming stronger by the day, we are ready to start 2020 aiming for more.
For all of this, thank you very much to each one of you.
OSU!
The 8th Uruguay Summer Camp was held in the Military Vacation facilities in Salinas on March 15, 16 & 17.
The Summer Camp was organized by the Uruguayan Kyokushin Kai Association A.K.K.U., and technically led by Sensei Germán Carballo 4th Dan (Uruguay IFK Country Representative).
With over 30 participants, all the dojos from Uruguay were present, including students and instructors from Montevideo, Canelones, Soriano and Salto.
Nine trainings took place focusing on technique as well as physical conditioning and strengthening in several different locations including the beach (both in the water and sand), the woods, as well as indoor. A special technical training for advanced grades (as from 3rd kyu) was held covering advanced katas.
As usual, the Camp included KYU and KURO OBI (1st dan) gradings, the 20-kumite challenge for Kuro Obis who successfully obtained their 1st dan during 2018, and the addition of the 25-kumite challenge for Ni Dans.
As an organization, A.K.K.U. is proud to present the new grades:
- Clara Monteiro (Red 10th Kyu)
- Victoria Villano (Blue 8th Kyu)
- Agustina Latorre (Blue 8th Kyu)
- Juliana Latorre (Blue 8th Kyu)
- Mauricio Nesteruk (Blue 7th Kyu)
- Fátima Parra (Yellow 6th Kyu)
- Oscar Pricoli (Yellow 6th Kyu)
- Gabriel Fernandez (Yellow 6th Kyu)
- Juan Pablo Bianchi (Green 4th Kyu)
- Guzman Centurión (Green 3rd Kyu)
- César Acosta (Black 1st Dan)
The kuro obis (1st Dan) who succeeded in the 20 Kumite challenge during the camp were as follows:
- Senpai Alvaro Nuñez
- Senpai Gonzalo Bentancur
- Senpai César Acosta
Kuro Obis (2nd Dan) who succeeded in the 25 Kumite challenge were:
- Senpai Noelia Fabre
- Senpai Santiago Mosco
A.K.K.U. would like to thank the everyone's effort to be a part of this event.
On December 16th, 2018, IFK Uruguay held its final annual meeting to review the 2018 program and define the agenda and priorities for 2019. The meeting was chaired by Sensei Germán Carballo, President of A.K.K.U. (Uruguayan Kyokushin Kai Organization) and IFK Country Representative in Uruguay.
Attendees included:
- Senpai María Rocío Gonzalez – A.K.K.U. Secretary
- Senpai Santiago Mosco – A.K.K.U. Vice-president
- Senpai Noelia Fabre - A.K.K.U. Treasurer
- Claudia López - A.K.K.U. International Contact
- Senpai Mario Hornos – Coordinator for Soriano
- Senpai Maite De León – Coordinator for Canelones
- Senpai Gozalo Díaz – Coordinator for Salto
First item in the agenda was the report on the 2018 plan, which was successfully completed; followed by administrative matters, including goals for 2019.
The meeting continued with key highlights of the agenda, including:
- 8th IFK Uruguay Summer Camp, to be held in March 2019
- IFK World Seminar and Kata Championship in April 2019, with IFK Uruguay attendance and participation already confirmed.
Additional activities with dates to be scheduled included:
- National Tournament
- Kuro Obi and Kiu exams
- Kuro Obi special training sessions
- Regional seminars
- Referee training sessions
2019 Agenda will be communicated soon! www.ifk-uruguay.com
The KWU held training seminars across South America for the last few weeks with IFK Argentina, IFK Chile and IFK Brazil assisting with organising venues across the region. General Secretary Sensei Alexander Pichkunov and IFK Russia St Petersburg Instructor Sensei Dmitry Savelyev were invited to hold training sessions and meeting with representatives of KWU and other organisational heads in these countries.
From January 19 to January 21, 2019, for the first time, an open Kyokushin training seminar in Argentina was organised by Shihan Romero with the support of the KWU and National Federation ‘KWU Argentina’. This seminar was attended by the heads and athletes from Kyokushin organizations of Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Then Sensei Dmitry travelled to Chile to Senpai Caru and held sessions with both Chilean and Bolivian students from the 21st -24th January in Valparaiso.
His final leg of the journey was to Sao Paulo, Brazil to IFK Rep Sensei Jeovaldo Barreto from 25th -27th January. This had a large turnout with many organisations and also students from IFK Uruguay willing to come together and work for a common goal.
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On Saturday January 26th 2019 kuro obis of Uruguay, including State representatives coming from Salto, Soriano and Canelones joined black belts from Montevideo to participate in the first special training session of 2019.
For over 3 hours, under the watchful eye of Sensei German Carballo, Country Representative of IFK Uruguay, kuro obis worked on stances, strikes and bunkai among other formal aspects of the IFK Syllabus.
On an international level, IFK Uruguay is being represented by Nicolas Dagys in the Kumite Seminar led by the Russian coach and world champion Sensei Dmitry Savelyev held in São Paulo, Brazil - part of the KWU South America trip.
2019 agenda continues with the referees training session, which will focus on IFK kumite rules - activity scheduled for Februay 23rd; along with special ongoing sessions focused on kata for the national team who will compete in the IFK World Kata Tournment next April.
On Sunday August 5th, the IV I.F.K. Uruguay National Tournament was held in the Praga Club facilities in Mercedes City.
Over 70 athletes from several cities across the country took part, competing in different categories: Kata, Kumite against a sandbag (6 - 9 years old) & Kumite Knockdown -juniors, cadets and adults- according to official I.F.K. rules.
The Tournament was declared of State Interest by the Municipal Board of Soriano, and was a qualifying instance for the I.F.K. Under-21 South America Tournament to be held in November in Montevideo City, Uruguay.
OFFICIAL RESULTS:
Kata
Pee-Wee (White - Blue belt)
1° Victoria Villano (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
2° Rafael Alvarez (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
3° Ruben Quesada (IFK Yantsu Dojo)
Pee-Wee (Yellow - Green belt)
1° Kevin Vidal (IFK-Kanku Dojo)
2° Denis Lazarga (IFK-Kanku Dojo)
3° Alan Lazarga (IFK-Kanku Dojo)
Adults (White - Blue belt)
1° Fátima Parra (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
2° Mauricio Nesteruk (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
3° Guillermo Parra (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
4° Donato Sena (IFK-Sai Dojo)
Adults (Yellow - Green belt)
1° Claudia López (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
2° Joaquín Mesa (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
3° Juan Pablo Bianchi (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
Pee-Wee - Kumite against a sandbag
6 & 7 years old
1° Tatiana Nesteruk (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
2° Avril Carballo (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
3° Santiago Rosso (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
8 & 9 years old
1°Santiago Cuenca (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
2° Lautaro Lafranchi (IFK-Kanku Dojo)
3° Brandon Bermuedez (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
4° Nahuel Picherno (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
Kumite Knockdown Juniors & Cadets
10 & 11 years old
1° Ezequiel Rodriguez (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
2° Aragon Gavarone (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
3° Luciano Lemos (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
4° Enrique Acosta (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
12 & 13 years old
1° Rodrigo Gomez (Kyokukaikan Dojo Coetc)
2°Gabriel Fernandez (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
3° Martín Machado (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
14 & 15 years old
1°Guzmán Centurión (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
2° Joaquín Castro (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
3° Leonardo Sabella (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
16 & 17 years old
1° Nahuel Filippini (WKB Hombu Dojo)
2° Jonathan Funez (IFK-Yantsu Dojo)
3° Ian Lugo (Kyokukaikan Dojo Coetc)
Kumite Knockdown - Adults absolute category
1° Gonzalo Bentancur (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
2° Yonathan Perez (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
3° Brian De Los Santos (WKB Hombu Dojo)
4° Raúl Rodriguez (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
Special mentions:
Tameshiwari (highest number of broken boards in the adults semifinal instance): Gonzalo Bentancur (IFK-Dojo Estribo)
Best technique of the tournament: Brian De Los Santos (WKB Hombu Dojo)
Referees:
Chief Referee: Sensei Germán Carballo,
Shushinis: Senpai Santiago Mosco, Senpai Noelia Fabre and Senpai Mario Hornos.
Fukushins & Arbitrators: Senpais Gonzalo Díaz, Maite De León, Cesar Acosta, Jonathan Fúnez, Matías Laíno, Martín Rucci, Claudia López and Matías Arenas.
Officials:
Senpai Rocío Gonzalez y Florencia Muniz.
Dojos that participated in the tournament:
Yantsu Dojo (IFK-Mercedes) Instructor: Mario Hornos
Kanku Dojo (IFK-Dolores) Instructor: Mario Hornos
Dojo Estribo (Montevideo) Instructor: German Carballo
Sai Dojo (Montevideo) Instructor: Richard Giordano
WKB Hombu Dojo (Montevideo) Instructor: Gustavo Matos
Dojo Coetc (Montevideo) Instructor: Walter Urruzola
Chugi Dojo (IFK-Salinas) Instructor: Maite de León
Tameshiwari Dojo (IFK-Salto) Instructor: Gonzalo Díaz
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to make this event possible. Until the next one!
OSU
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The 6th Uruguay Summer Camp was held in Salinas Montevideo from the 10th-12th March under the instruction of Shihan David Pickthall.
Participants from all the Uruguayan dojos attended along with the Country Representatives of Brazil Jeovaldo Barreto and Chile German Caru. Also in attendance was the VP of IFK Canada Jonathan Hemond and Planning committee member Pascal Hemond. Several students from these countries participated and it was good to see former Brazilian Champion and participant from the 5th World Tournament Shihan Luiz Feitoza train in the seminar. Its been 26 years since Shihan Pickthall and Feitoza fought in Japan together and the Brazilian fighters are certainly fortunate to have Shihan Luiz prepare them for our upcoming World Tournament in Romania.
The camp featured sessions in all aspects of the IFK and finished with a dan test for the Chile participants.
Thanks must go to Sensei German Carballo for organising such a good camp with his team of Noelia Carballo, Rocio Gonzalez, Santiago Mosco and Claudia Lopez.
On January 7th, 2017, at the Italian Society premises in Mercedes City, the first 2017 IFK Uruguay KYU grading exam took place. 25 students from Dojos located in the cities of Mercedes, Dolores and Salto took their exams (ranging from 10th to 1st Kyu).
The board of examiners included authorities of the Kyokushin Kai Uruguayan Association (A.K.K.U): Sensei Germán Carballo (IFK Uruguay Country Representative and A.K.K.U. President), Senpai Santiago Mosco (A.K.K.U. Vice-president), and Senpai Mario Hornos (Coordinator for Soriano).
We congratulate all the students on their performance as well as the spirit and companionship demonstrated during the exam. It´s now time to enjoy what you´ve all earned and keep moving forward!!
OSU!
The country representatives of region formed the IFK South American Committee with the aim to develop the IFK Kumite, Kata and Clicker events. The participants were Mr. Jeovaldo Barreto (IFK Brazil), with his assistant, Sensei Felipe Canal; Sensei Germán Carballo (IFK Uruguay) and Shihan Julio Romero from IFK Argentina.
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