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)

Pilatus Cup 2022 (pictures and results)

After a break of two years, during which the Pilatus Cup had to be canceled due to the global pandemic, the traditional international junior tournament took place on March 19th, 2022, for the 21st time. Competitors from 10 IFK Switzerland Dojo and a delegation from BKK Wales found their way to Kriens, Switzerland, to compete in Kata and Kyokushin Kumite.

Here are podium pictures and results:

Hanshi Cup 2021

The British Clicker and Kata Championships were held on the 27th November with the event poignantly named the ‘Hanshi Cup’ as a tribute to our founder who passed away in July.

290 athletes from 20 dojos took part in the first event in Britain since the pandemic.

The full results are listed below

IFK Armenian Cup 2021

On November 28, the annual "Armenian Open Championship" was held by IFK Armenian branch. Besides the Armenian team, the Georgian and the Iranian teams also took part. Approximately 300 Armenian athletes participated successfully, registering brilliant victories and spectacular fights. Those who won prizes will participate in the KWU Youth Championship of Europe to be held in Yerevan on April 1-3, 2022.

IFK Success at the KWF World Championships in Krakow

EMMA MARKWELL WORLD CHAMPION

The Kyokushin World Federation hosted their World Championships in Krakow, Poland on the 19-20 November with over seven hundred participants from thirty three countries.

Competitors from IFK Great Britain, IFK Hungary, IFK Norway, IFK Poland, IFK Sweden and IFK Ukraine took part and we achieved two World Champions with Emma Markwell winning the Womens +65kg and Jawand Mann the Boys U18 -80kg titles.

We thank the KWF President Shihan Pinero for the invitation and the General Secretary Shihan Drewniak for allowing the IFK to participate.

The IFK also had successes for Hungary and Sweden in this prestigious event with all medalists listed below:

Emma Markwell Great Britain +65KG Women Gold

Jawand Singh Mann Norway -80KG U18 Boys Gold

Jazmin Reichert Hungary +45KG U14 Girls Silver

Jawand Singh Mann Norway U18 Boys Kata Silver

Siri Tegner Sweden -50KG U16 Girls Silver

Blake Collins Great Britain -80KG Men Bronze

Ebba Tegner Sweden -60KG U18 Girls Bronze

JAWAND SINGH MANN WORLD AND VICE CHAMPION

JAZMIN REICHERT VICE CHAMPION WITH THE HUNGARIAN TEAM

BLAKE COLLINS WITH HIS 3RD PLACE WARD

SIRI TEGNER VICE CHAMPION AND EBBA TEGNER BRONZE MEDALIST

IFK Kata Swiss Championship 2021

On Saturday, October 16th, 2021, the Dojo Chur organized the IFK-Kata Swiss Championship in the gyms of the industrial school at Sennensteinstrasse 20 in Chur. A total of 75 karatekas and 23 teams from eleven Dojos took part.

In the morning the karatekas started in the categories elite women and men as well as a mixed team. This was followed by the juniors and offspring with their categories.

Congratulations to all Karatekas on their great achievements. The ranking lists are as follows:

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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IFK Uruguay Online Kata Tournament

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

Protocols of the 1st Kata World Cup 2021

1st IFK World Kata Cup in Kriens/Switzerland:

Friday, September 10th, 2021 / 03.00 p.m. to 05.00 p.m.:

• Course with 13 Judges with a grade of minimum 3rd DAN and higher under the leadership of Shihan Toni Gansner, 5th DAN, and chief of the Swiss technical committee.

Saturday, September 11th, 2021 / 09.30 a.m. to about 04.00 p.m.:

• 1st IFK World Kata Cup with 51 Karatekas from 9 Nations:

13 Girls individual

9 Boys individual

15 Women individual

14 Men individual

5 Team juniors (Girls and Boys mixed)

5 Team adults (Women and Men mixed)

IFK Russia dominates on the 1st Kata World Cup 2021

IFK Switzerland Kyokushinkai hosted the first “IFK Kata World Cup” in Kriens, Switzerland.

Here are the results:

Men:

1st place Smolnik Evgenii (Russia)

2nd place Pfändler Ramon (Switzerland)

3rd place Shageev Sergei (Russia)

Women:

1st place Urusova Kristina (Russia)

2nd place Dolgopolova Oksana (Russia)

3nd place Kuznetsova Evgeniia (Russia)

Boys:

1st place Titenko Aleksandr (Russia)

2nd place Ianyshev Iaromir (Russia)

3rd place Petrov Timofei (Russia)

Girls:

1st place Bogdanova Karina (Russia)

2nd Borodkina Elizaveta (Russia)

3rd place Brevnova Kristina (Russia)

Juniors Team:

1st place Russia 2,

2nd place Russia 1,

3rd place Swiss Team Boys

Adults team:

1st place Russia 1,

2nd place Russia 2,

3rd place Swiss Team Men

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

All-Russia 2021 Results

Women -50Kg

1. Alieva Junai (WKO)

2. Antoshkina Irina (IKO)

3. Bobrina Ekaterina (IFK)

Women -55Kg

1. Bakina Lubov (IFK)

2. Kosyanova Anastasia (IFK)

3. Turpova Diana (KI)

Women -60Kg

1. Shemina Ekaterina (IFK)

2. Beysembayeva Natalia (IFK)

3. Cheremiskina Anna (WKO)

Women -65Kg

1. Popova Polina (IFK)

2. Fix Elizabeth (IFK)

3. Gumenikh Anastasia (IFK)

Women -70Kg

1. Valieva Irina (WKO)

2. Atakulova Nurzat (IFK)

3. Zaikovskaya Elena (IFK)

Women + 70Kg

1. Kolesnikova Valeria (IFK)

2. Gendik Tatiana (KI)

3. Kushnareva Alena (KI)

Men -60Kg

1. Grinchuk Ivan (IFK)

2. Armenian Sergo (KI)

3. Polubinsky Vladislav (KI)

Men -65Kg

1. Nikulin Stanislav (IFK)

2. Krutikh Geogi (IKO)

3. Tyabov Eduard (IFK)

Men -70Kg

1. Krymov Arthur (IFK)

2. Magomedov Khasai (WKO)

3. Rodichkin Dmitry (IFK)

Men -75Kg

1. Zezulya Danil (IFK)

2. Belyaev Viktor (IFK)

3. Bolotov Vitaly (IFK)

Men -80Kg

1. Nazaretyan Artem (IFK)

2. Blinov Dmitry (KI)

3. Polyakov Ilya (IKO)

Men -85Kg

1. Sorokopudov Alexander (IFK)

2. Luzin Andrey (IKO)

3. Aramyan Gnel (IFK)

Men -90Kg

1. Soloviev Dmitry (KI)

2. Mezhevtsov Stanislav (IFK)

3. Averkin Ilya (IKO)

Men -95Kg

1. Samedov Ruslan (IFK)

2. Grachev Alexander (IFK)

3. Maslennikov Nikolay (IFK)

Men + 95Kg

1. Zagainov Igor (IKO)

2. Stroganov Yuri (IFK)

3. Mescheryakov Roman (IKO)

Veterans (men) 40-44 years old, weight category 75

1. Alexander Saraev (IFK)

2. Savushkin Eduard (WKO)

3. Afanasiev Andrey (IKO)

3. Khasenov Balkhash (IKO)

Veterans (men) 40-44 years old, weight category 90

1. Danileiko Alexander (IFK)

2. Khorev Denis (IFK)

Veterans (men) 40-44 years, weight category + 90Kg

1. Glushchenko Victor (IFK)

2. Pavlov Sergey (IFK)

3. Bragin Alexander (IFK)

3. Sysoev Maxim (IKO)

Veterans (men) 45-49 years old, weight category 75

1. Lachikhin Mikhail (IFK)

2. Gubonin Andrey (IKO)

Veterans (men) 45-49 years old, weight category 90

1. Balashov Alexander (IKO)

2. Bolshakov Nikolai (IFK)

3. Tsakhaev Magomed (IKO)

3. Shatokhin Evgeny (WKO)

Veterans (men) 45-49 years old weight category + 90Kg

1. Mikhalin Sergey (IFK)

2. Eremenko Alexey (WKO)

3. Klyuev Sergey (KI)

3. Boronnikov Anatoly (KI)

Veterans (men) 50 and older, weight category 75

1. Kisyuk Dmitry (IFK)

2. Agaev Teymur (IFK)

3. Neskreba Konstantin (WKO)

3. Nikiforov Igor (IFK)

Veterans (men) 50 and older, weight category 90

1. Ryabko Oleg (KI)

2. Zolotarev Konstantin (WKO)

3. Galakhov Vladimir (KI)

IFK Russia Kata championship 2021 - results

On May 23, 2021, the Championship of Russia among men and women, boys and girls (12-13 years old, 14-15 years old), juniors (16-17 years old) was held in discipline Kyokushin Kata, Kyokushin Group Kata.

Results:

Men
1st place - Andrey Khimichenko (Moscow)
2nd place - Sergey Shageev (Tomsk region)
3rd place - Evgeniy Smolnik (Krasnoyarsk Territory)

Women
1st place - Evgeniya Kuznetsova (Vladimir region)
2nd place - Zhanna Dolgopolova (Republic of Karelia)
3rd place - Urusova Kristina (Tambov region)

Kata group
1st place - Sergey Shageev, Evgeniy Chigulin, Vladislav German (Tomsk region)
2nd place - Roman Golubev, Evgeny Smolnik, Alina Brevnova (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
3rd place - Tatiana Shishkina, Natalia Bogdanova, Alexey Gubanishchev (Kirov region)

Team places
1st place - Tomsk region
2nd place - Vladimir region
2nd place - Moscow
3rd place - Krasnoyarsk Territory

Boys 12-13 years old
1st place - Mark Shevtsov (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
2nd place - Nikita Chadayev (Republic of Karelia)
3rd place - Bogatyrev Rasul (KChR)

Girls 12-13 years old
1st place - Veronika Brevnova (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
2nd place - Polina Koltsova (Moscow)
3rd place - Yana Vinogradova (Penza region)

12-13 years old, kata group
1st place - Alekseev Gleb, Vereshchak Vasily, Mukhina Sofia (Tomsk region)
2nd place - Dolotin Ruslan, Vinogradova Yana, Polyakova Diana (Penza region)
3rd place - Polina Vakhrusheva, Daria Klabukova, Rostislav Tolstorov (Kirov region)

Boys 14-15 years old
1st place - Yanyshev Yaromir (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
2nd place - Vladimir Troyanok (Volgograd region)
3rd place - Matvey Shvetsov (Kirov region)

Girls 14-15 years old
1st place - Elizaveta Borodkina (Moscow)
2nd place - Laletina Alena (Kirov region)
3rd place - Teterkina Lyubov (Kirov region)

14-15 years old, kata group
1st place - Laletina Alena, Teterkina Lyubov, Melnikov Vladimir (Kirov region)
2nd place - Yanyshev Yaromir, Yanyshev Bogdan, Chirikov Roman (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
3rd place - Teresh Nikita, Shmakov Roman, Lupin Nikita (Republic of Karelia)

Juniors 16-17 years old
1st place - Petrov Timofey (Republic of Karelia)
2nd place - Alexey Voroshilov (Tambov region)
3rd place - Alexander Titenko (Krasnoyarsk Territory)

Juniors 16-17 years old
1st place - Karina Bogdanova (Kirov region)
2nd place - Kristina Brevnova (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
3rd place - Vasilyeva Daria (Republic of Karelia)

16-17 years old, kata group
1st place - Bogdanova Karina, Bushmeleva Maria, Laletin Vladimir (Kirov region)
2nd place - Kristina Brevnova, Alexander Titenko, Alexander Prokopyev (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
3rd place - Petrov Timofey, Korotkov Lev, Blinov Andrey (Republic of Karelia)

Team places
1st place - Krasnoyarsk Territory
2nd place - Kirov region
3rd place - Republic of Karelia

Results of the IFK Russian Kyokushin Championship 2021

On April 10, 2021, the XXXI IFK Russian Kyokushin Championship was held in Moscow. The competition was attended by 94 fighters from all over Russia.

The chief judge of the competition is Andrey Bura, SVK, Sverdlovsk region, 7th dan.
The chief secretary of the competition is Andrey Khimichenko, SVK, Moscow, 5th dan.

Results of the XXXI IFK Championship of Russia

Men, -70 kg
1st place - Stanislav Nikulin
2nd place - Arthur Krymov
3rd place - Alexandr Tomilov

Men, -80 kg
1st place - Eldar Ismailzade
2nd place - Vitaly Bolotov
3rd place - Sergey Vakhrameev

Men, -90 kg
1st place - Stanislav Mezhevtsov
2nd place - Gnel Aryamyan
3rd place - Maxim Lavrischev

Men, 90+ kg
1st place - Vitaly Ishakhneli
2nd place - Yuri Stroganov
3rd place - Ruslan Samedov

Women, -60 kg
1st place - Natalia Beisembaeva
2nd place - Elizaveta Gromova
3rd place - Ekaterina Shemina

Women, 60+ kg
1st place - Polina Popova
2nd place - Svetlana Tuchkova
3rd place - Elena Zaykovskaya

“We Are One” III Virtual Kata Tournament – Results And Video

USA-IFK hosted the 3rd “We Are One” Virtual Kata Tournament and here are the results and short video compilation with a few international participants:

A compilation of some of the amazing katas performed at the "We Are One" III, Virtual Kata Tournament.The USA-IFKK extends its gratitude and a Big Osu to all...

Official report of the IFK IRAN KATA (Virtual) 2021

IFK Iran organized National Virtual Kata Championship for Kids, Juniors, Seniors and the race was held on 12-19 January 2021. Congratulation to all. Here you can see the official report:

IFK Russian kyokushin tournament "V. A. Solovyov" - results

IFK Kyokushin Tournament “V. A. Solovyov” is a celebration of martial arts held in a solemn atmosphere. This time the tournament was held only among adults. They competed in the disciplines of kumite and kata. In the fighting and kata participated as an eminent sportsmen, and those who were for the first time.

Results:

Men 70 kg

1st place - Fatyanov Sergey (Uzunyan R.V.)

2nd place - Mekhtiev Mikhail (Barateli I.B)

Men 80 kg

1st place - Chepaykin Vladislav (D.S.Savelyev)

2nd place - Ulyanov Dmitry (Savelyev D.S.)

Men over 80 kg

1st place - Stroganov Yuri (D.S.Saveliev)

2nd place - Krupsky Denis (Yunusov S.S.)

3rd place - Petrov Victor (Gerasimov M.Yu)

Women 60 kg

1st place - Zelenina Valeria (Zelenina V)

2nd place - Lappo Daria (Eganov M)

Women over 60 kg

1st place - Kushnareva Alena (Eganov M, Nadmidov R)

2nd place - Martynova Victoria (A. Gribkov)

Veterans 80 kg

1st place - Savin Vitaly (Eganov Mikhail Viktorovich, Nadmidov Ruslan)

2nd place - Ushakov Denis (A.S. Kramyshev)

Division B

Men 70 kg

1st place - Piliptsev Bogdan (Saveliev D.S.)

2nd place - Gorshkov Evgeny (Oprya Ivan)

3rd place - Lukin Sergey (Samokhin A.A.)

Men 80 kg

1st place - Pershin Alexandr (Samokhin A.A.)

2nd place - Shlyannikov Alexandr (Uzunyan R.V., Stakheev M.A.,)

Women 60 kg

1st place - Lubina Anna (Barateli I.B)

2nd place - Chupova Anastasia (I.Barateli)

Women over 60 kg

1st place - Gogichaeva Maria (Samokhin A.A.)

2nd place - Chetaeva Elena (Gerasimov M.Yu)

Kata

Men

1st place - Belkov Ilya

2nd place - Alexander Drozd

3rd place - Roman Kuznetsov

Women

1st place - Doronina Ksenia

2nd place - Lappo Daria

3rd place - Zherlygina Ekaterina

Ranking IFK Swiss Kata Tournament 2020

IFK Switzerland held their National Kata Championships on Saturday 19th September in Wohlen with 12 dojos participating.

The organizers did a tremendous job, efficiently running the event that displayed a very high level of kata from the seventy-five participants.

The results are listed below:

KWU World Youth Cup 2020 – Results

KWU World Youth cup 2020 winners and judges

As part of the 14th KWU International Summer Camp was held the KWU Youth World Cup (18-21 y.o.), which is the successor of the International Varna Cup, held since 2017. The first international tournament Varna Cup was held in 2017 and was a success. Due to the great interest and increasing number of participating countries, in 2019 the format changed to the World Cup for young karate talents.

KWU World Youth Cup (18-21 y.o.) was held in openweight category for males and females. Each winner received a medal, a cup, a diploma, and a financial award.

Male division with 20 participants: 1st place 3000 euros, 2nd place 2000 euros and 2 third places 1000 euros each; Respectively for Female division with 11 participants: 1st place 2000 euros, 2nd place 1500 euros and 2 third places 1000 euros each.

After contested and interesting bouts – 4 bouts to the final in the male division and 3 battles to the final in women division, the winners are:

Males:                    

1. Yuriy Rusin (Ukraine)   

2. Thomas Ritter (Germany)                      

3. Vladislav Rubalskyi (Ukraine)

3. Yunus Emre Demir (Turkey)                          

Females:

1. Valeriya Lozanova (Bulgaria) 

2. Ayfer Yeter (Turkey)                             

3. Aliaksandra Kantsavenka (Belarus)        

3. Martina Chobanova (Bulgaria)

Special awards:

Best Technique: Valeria Lozanova (Bulgaria) & Yuriy Rusin (Ukraine)

Fighting spirit: Martina Chobanova (Bulgaria) & Yunus Emre Demir (Turkey)    

Best Knockout: Aliaksandra Kantsavenka (Belarus) & Atanas Lichev (Bulgaria)

1st IFK Americas Virtual Kata Tournament report

The 1st. IFK Americas Virtual Kata Tournament was held on July 4-5, 2020. 31 competitors from 8 countries accepted the challenge of showing their best katas in four divisions, Brown Belts under 18, Brown Belts adults, Black Belts males, and Black Belts females.

With the whole world paralyzed, our organization has shown we can continue working as a team; and that competitors have found the time and space to keep training hard no matter what.

Final results of the Tournament:

Black belt females

1st place - Fatemeh A. Ganjouie - IFK Canada

2nd place - Maite De León -  IFK  Uruguay

3rd place - Noelia Fabre –   IFK  Uruguay

Black belt males

1st place - Jerónimo Romero -  IFK  Argentina

2nd place - Dave Sheets –  IFK  USA

3rd place - Santiago Mosco -  IFK  Uruguay

Brown belt U18

1st place - Elijah Pullmann –   IFK  USA

2nd place - Kyla Van -  IFK  Canada

3rd place - Deshaun Moore -  IFK  USA

Brown belt adults

1st place - Claudia López -  IFK  Uruguay

2nd place - Jonhathan Funez -  IFK  Uruguay

3rd place - Douglas Kondo –  IFK  Brazil

Referees: Shihan Mike Monaco, Shihan Julio Romero, Sensei Steve Fogarasi, Sensei Jeovaldo Barreto, Sensei Germán Carballo.

Participating countries: Argentina, Brazil,  Canada, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, USA, and Venezuela. 

Organized by: IFK Uruguay - www.ifk-uruguay.com