Inter Regional "Bushido Mon" Summer Camp 2014 - Russia

On the 25th June – 2nd July on the “Komponent” base near Moscow there was held Inter-regional “Bushido Mon” Summer Camp with Shihan Victor Fomin (VI Dan), assistant instructor– Sensei Yulia Tseytlina (IV Dan).

There were 70 participants from Moscow (sport clubs “Bushido Mon”, “Severny”, “Shiroi Tora”, “Bercut”, “Delta”, “Lefortovo”),Moscow region (Podolsk, Schelkovo), Tula, Gai (Orenburg region), Shihany(Saratov region). The Guest of Honour was Shihan Eddy Gabathuler (Country Representative of Switzerland, VI Dan) with his student Andreas Janka (2nd kyu).

8 hours a day training was concentrated on Budo karate – detailed learning of the IFK Syllabus combined with self-defense. The last one included bare hands and weapons training: Bo, Knife, Jawara with Shihan Victor Fomin and Tonfa with Shihan Eddy Gabathuler. Sayonara training session was traditionally dedicated to sword tameshigiri.

IFK Belgium, Great Britain and Holland come away with titles and multiple places at the Shinkyokushin Diamond Cup

The Diamond Cup was Shinkyokushin’s first Western European only tournament.  IFK fighters took 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze at the Diamond Cup this weekend. All winners received a diamond from the sponsors..

Mens LW 1st Alan Shnawa (Great Britain)
Mens SHW 1st Jan Van Beek (Holland)
Womens MW 1st Emma Markwell (Great Britain)
Womens HW 1st Greet Pelkmans (Belgium)
Cadet Kata 1st Moreno van der Voort (Holland)
Womens MW 2nd Shannon Van Der Linden (Belgium)
Womens HW 3rd Kirsten Galatius Smith (Great Britain)
Cadet Boys 3rd HW Blake Collins (Great Britian)

See below for full results.

Results West European Tournament – Diamond Cup 2014

Kata Cadets
1 – Moreno Van der Voort – Netherlands
2 – Kim Rissi – Switzerland
3 – Karpf Veit – Switzerland

Kata Male
1 – Wesley Jansen – Netherlands
2 – Michael Eibye – Denmark
3 – Michael De Bont – Netherlands

Kumite Cadets Female
1 – Elise Notele – Belgium
2 – Mercedes Spoor - Netherlands
3 – Shanty Jacobs - Belgium

Kumite Cadets Male middleweight
1 – Hein Korebits – Netherlands
2 – Frank Mulder – Netherlands
3 – Alejandro Moya – Spain

Kumite Adults Female lightweight
1 – Isis Pinilla – Spain
2 – Nuria Garrido – Spain
3 – Mercedes Spoor – Netherlands

Kumite Adults Female middleweight
1 – Emma Markwell – Great Britain
2 – Shannon Van der Linden – Belgium
3 – Stephanie Van der Rijt – Netherlands

Kumite Adults Male lightweight
1 - Alan Shnawa – Great Britain
2 – Mathias Guerin – France
3 – Ivan Fernandez – Spain

Kumite Adults Male heavyweight
1 – Peter De Raedt – Belgium
2 – Ionut Radu Dorin – Spain
3 – Jean-paul Jacquot – France

Best Spirit prize
Shanty Jacobs – Belgium
Mercedes Spoor – Belgium

Best Technique
Sergej Braun – Germany
Sara Hägge – Sweden

Kata Female
1 – An Polimeno – Switzerland
2 – Carla Gallati – Switzerland
3 – Joke De Borger – Belgium

Kumite Cadets Male Lightweight
1 – Quinten Tytens - Belgium
2 – Deron Ditiecher – Netherlands
3 - Mitchell Grebe - Netherlands

Kumite Cadets Male Heavyweight
1 – Desley Van Kessel – Netherlands
2 – Louis Bax – Netherlands
3 – Blake Collins – Great Britain

Kumite Adults Female heavy weight
1 – Greet Pelkmans – Belgium
2 – Sara Hägge – Sweden
3 – Kirsten Smith – Great Britain

Kumite Adults Male middleweight
1 - Sergej Braun – Germany
2 – Ferran Gandia – Spain
3 – Mitchell De Bont - Netherlands

Kumite Adults Male Super heavyweight
1 – Jan Van Beek – Netherlands
2 – Marc De Roodt – Netherlands
3 – Konstantin Korolihin – Germany

Summer camp and seminars held in Romania and Turkey

Two seminars were held last weekend - May 30th  to June 1st.

Country Representative Christen Herman Hirsh organised an open seminar in Sibiu, Romania with Hanshi Arneil assisted by Shihan Eddy Gabathuler.  For more Romania photos visit our Facebook album.

 Meanwhile in Turkey Country Representative Omer Salih Cengiz and Ismail Yildirim conducted an IFK seminar with 275 participants.

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IFK Fighters take places at the 3rd All Russian Championship results

On May 31st 2014, Moscow hosted the 3rd Absolute Championship of Russia Kyokushinkai among men and women.

IFK fighters took coveted places Maria Panova from Novosibirisk gaining 2nd Place and Marina Sobania of St Petersburg 3rd place in the womens division.   Maxim Veselov of St Petersburg took 5th Place and Artur Tilov from Yamburg to 7th Place.

In the final match teammates David Sarhoshyan and Ivan Mezencev (both non-IFK) met.

Both women in the final are world champions making for an exciting match-up with Ulyana Greenschikova beating Maria Panova.

Click here for more pictures courtesy of Kyokushin Karate Club Cayman from St Petersburg

Results

Men

1 David Sarhoshyan
2 Ivan Mezencev
3 Basil Samodurov
4 Yaroslav Stanislavenko
5 Maxim Veselov IFK
6 Andrey Vidyulin
7 Artur Tilov IFK
8 Andrei Kolosov

Women

1 Ulyana Greenschikova
2 Maria Panova IFK
3 Marina Sobanina IFK
4 Anna Vishnjakova

Tameshiwari Ivan Mezencev 19 boards
Best Technique Ivan Mezencev
Fighting Spirit Andrei Kolosov

IFK World Kata Championships 2014 images

We previously reported on the World Kata Championships held in Belgium. 

Click here are a selection of stunning and focused images on Kyokushin kata being performed at its best.

Click here for a review of the results

New Dojo Operator in Finland

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Ex-BKK Kyokushin Academy member has set up as a dojo operator representing the IFK in Finland.  See Country Representatives Europe for contact details.

KWU, JFKO and Shinkyokushin in landmark meeting

On the 17-18 May the 1st JFKO All Japan Weight tournament took place in Osaka. JFKO and Shinkyokushin President invited Shihan Yuri Trutnev Chair of the KWU for  discussions and it was agreed Shinkyokushin would cooperate with the KWU for future events.

Yamburg Cup sponsored by Gazprom shows strong line-up

15 countries travelled to Novy Urengoy City, Russia to battle it out for the Yamburg Cup.

Participating countries included Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Lebanon, Hungary, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

PRIZE WINNERS

Under 70kg

1. Moisseyev Dmitriy (Kazakhstan)

2. Tomilov Alexander (Russia)

3. Solomennikov Evgeniy (Russia)

4. Adushkevich Anton (Russia)

Over 80kg

1. Ishakhnely Vitaly (Russia)

2. Tilov Artur (Russia)

3. Karshigeev Alexander (Russia)

4. Sikorski Dzmitry (Belarus)

Under 80kg

1. Chepkasov Denis (Russia)

2. Rafaelyan Araik (Armenia)

3. Chuchkov Uriy (Russia)

4. Borisov Andrey (Russia)

TAMESHIWARI AWARD: Tilov Artur (Russia)

BEST TECHNIQUE: Redondo Cardoso (Spain)

FASTEST KO: Rafaelyan Araik (Armenia)

SPECIAL PRIZES: Lezcano Montoya (Spain), Ntumazah Felix (Great Britain)

BEST JUDGE: Kevin Van Den Boor (Netherlands)

RFKK fighters try to make it three in a row for the IFK in the 3rd All Russian Championships

RFKK fighters try to make it three in a row for the IFK in the 3rd All Russian Championships on the 31st May. The Russia IFK team is:

Artem Lyalikov

Vitali Ishahneli

Nikolai Maslennikov

Sergei Gerasimov

Alexander Karshigeev

Maxim Veselov

Artur Tilov 

Good luck gentlemen!

Arsen Khachatryan beats Federov to win WKFO Heavyweight title

Arsen Khachatryan beats Federov to win WKFO Heavyweight title over 5 hard fought rounds in Russia...

See our Facebook report for more details.

WFKO Heavyweight division title fight

On May 17th 2014 in Novy Urengoy, Russia, the World Fighting Kyokushin Organisation (WFKO) will be staging a heavyweight title fight between Arsen Karchatryan and Konstatin Fedorov.

Karchatryan

Federov

go to Superkarate for more information.

Reunion Islands, Serbia and Brasil join the IFK...

The IFK are pleased to announce three (3) new country representatives, as we welcome Christian Nugent of the Reunion Islands, Slavko Simonovic of Serbia and Jeovaldo Pereira Barretto of Brasil.

See Country Representatives for contact details

Tunisia and South Korea join the IFK

We welcome Tunisia and South Korea to the IFK.

Fethi Nasra of Tunisia and Ki Sun Park of South Korea are both IFK Country Representatives.  Ki Sun is based in Seoul with his dojo in Gangwon.

See Country Representatives for more information and contact details

Historic records set at World Kata tournament in Belgium for GB and Russia

Historic and incredible records were achieved at the IFK World Kata tournament held every four years, which make the records even more remarkable.

Darren Stringer (Team GB) created Kyokushin history by winning the World Kata tournament on three consecutive occasions by pipping his rival Andrey Khimichenko (Team Russia) by 0.1 piont in his final kata Seipai.

The team event saw Team Russia take victory as World Team Champions for an unprecendented four (4) consecutive world titles.  A truly consistently high standard of kata demonstration from the RKKF competitors.

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Results

Boys

1) Eden Lumbroso Israel

2/ Pavel Kozyrev Russia

3)Florian Zurfluh Switzerland 

Girls

1) Merav Ziv Israel

2)Tatiana Leonkina Russia

3) Ellie Edwards Great Britain

Men

1) Darren Stringer Great Britain

2) Andrey Khimichenko Russia

3) Sergey Shageev Russia

Women

1) Natalia Bogdanova Russia

2) Dolores Jaros Switzerland

3) Svetlana Khimichenko Russia

Junior Team

1) Russia

2) Israel

3) Great Britain

Adult Team

1)  Russia A

2) Russia B

3) Switzerland

5th Cup of Europe (37th British Open Kyokushinkai Championships) results

Results for the annual 5th Cup of Europe

KUMITE Prize-winners

Ladies under 60kg
1 EMMA MARKWELL WESCROFT BKK
2 MARINA SOBANINA ST PETERSBURG IFK
3 CECILIA WALLIN SWEDEN SHINKYOKUSHIN
3 ANNA AFREMOVA KIROV IFK

Ladies over 60kg
1 ANNA VISHNIAKOVA RUSSIA SHINKYOKUSHIN/WIBK
2 IRINA VALIEVA RUSSIA SHINKYOKUSHIN/WIBK
3 ANETA MESKUASKIENE IRELAND IFK
3 SAMANTHA WILLIAMS MOUNTAIN ASH BKK

Mens under 70
1 DAWID OZGA CRAWLEY BKK
2 LEON LUND REGAN YNYSOWEN BKK
3 KAMIL KLEMENS POLAND IFK
3 SPENCER BENNETT SAMUARI BKK

Mens under 80
1 IGOR RADINOV MOSCOW IFK
2 IVAN SCHEHPIN KIROV IFK
3 ALEKSEI SCHEHPIN KIROV IFK
3 DANIEL SANCHEZ SPAIN IBK

Mens above 80
1 NIKOLAI MASLENNIKOV MOSCOW IFK
2 MALCOLM SCOTT CRAWLEY BKK
3 SERGEI GAEV ST PETERSBURG IFK
3 JAN VAN BEEK HOLLAND IFK

Special Prizes:

Fight Spirit: MALCOLM SCOTT CRAWLEY BKK
Fastest Knockout: ANNA VISHNIAKOVA RUSSIA SHINKYOKUSHIN/WIBK Top UK fighter: DAWID OZGA CRAWLEY BKK

KWU World Championship Results

The event was a tremendous success.

The motto ‘ time to be United’ showed the level of cooperation between the organisations was truly remarkable. A total of 52 countries were entered into the event and although around 10 countries were refused visas there was still approximately 250 participants.

Hanshi Arneil has expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the effort made by all participating countries to make sure the IFK was represented in this event and to give the young athletes from the IFK the opportunity to compete in this first event of its kind.
14 weight Divisions with only 5 kilo weight difference meant the fighters could did not have to worry about weight or board decisions so the champions were truly the best fighters.

The IFK were represented at both competitor and judging levels by a total of 19 countries. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Great Britain, Kuwait, Iran, Ireland, Lebanon, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and USA.

The IFK took an incredible 21 of 41 prizes with IFK Russia dominating with 10 Gold medals and 2 Silver.

KWU Kyokushin World Championship Results

Men -60 kg

1. Starodubtsev Dmitry (Russia) IFK

2. Takahashi Genku (Japan)

3. Lund Regan Leon (GB) IFK

4. Arushanyan Artur (Armenia)

Men -65 kg

1. Kasumov Farid (Russia) IFK

2. Zinchenko Andrei (Georgia)

3. Yamashita Kotaro (Japan)

4. Marmysh Andrej (Belarus)

Men -70 kg

1. Mamro Evgeni (Russia) IFK

2. Iwasawa Toshihide (Japan)

3. Kumiskaliyev Baurzhan (Kazakhstan)

4. Komanov Ivan (Bulgaria)

Men -75 kg

1. Petrov Stiliyan (Bulgaria)

2. Nazaretian Artem (Russia) IFK

3. Wakabayashi Ryo (Japan)

4. Bratkov Deyan (Bulgaria)

Men -80 kg

1. Abdurashidov Shamsutdin (Russia) IFK

2. Yorgov Nikolay (Bulgaria)

3. Samson Muripo (Zimbabwe)

4. Gulmammadov Mehraj (Azerbaijan) IFK

Men -85 kg

1. Saveyliev Dmitry (Russia) IFK

2. Stalev Emil (Bulgaria)

3. Sikorsky Dimitry (Belarus) IFK

4. Yordanov Aleksandar (Bulgaria)

Men -90 kg

1. Khachatryan Arsen (Russia) IFK

2. Komanov Aleksandar (Bulgaria)

3. Fuji Yusuke (Japan)

4. Estensoro Pablo (Spain)

Men -95 kg

1. Mezhevtsov Alexey (Russia) IFK

2. Mazur Igor (Ukraine)

3. Makarevich Alexander (Belarus)

4. Kishen Mladen (Bulgaria)

Men +90 kg

1. Tilov Artur (Russia) IFK

2. Fuji Masaki (Japan)

3. Amirhossein Daneshfar (Iran)

4. Georgiev Hristo (Bulgaria)

Women -55 kg

1. Berezova Svetlana (Russia) IFK

2. Seliukova Natalia (Belarus)

3. Boycheva Stanislava (Bulgaria)

4. Shen Ayshegyul (Bulgaria)

Women -60 kg

1. Efremova Anna (Russia) IFK

2. Markwell Emma (Great Britain) IFK

3. Zurine Eciolaza (Spain)

4. Anna Kadziolka (Poland)

Women -65 kg

1. Sabaeva Anzhelika (Russia) IFK

2. Meskauskine Aneta (Ireland) IFK

3. Balmer Kelly (Great Britain) IFK

4. Wrona Patrycja (Poland)

Women -70 kg

Kriazheva Irina (Russia) IFK

1. Williams Samantha (Great Britain) IFK

2. Lucinda Bender (Netherlands)

3. Desiree Radushin (RSA)

Kriazheva Irina (Russia) IFK disqualified

Women +70 kg

1. Marinova Aleksandra (Bulgaria)

2. Panova Mariya (Russia) IFK

3. Canero Diana (Spain)

4. Greet Pelkhmans (Belgium) IFK

4th IFK World Open Final Results

Mens – Lightweight -70kg
1. Evgenii Mamro - Russia (IFK)
2. Artur Krymov - Russia (IFK)
3. Darren Stringer - Great Britain (IFK)
4. Spencer Bennett - Great Britain (IFK)
5. Alan Shnawa - Great Britain (IFK)
6. Mladen Venev - Bulgaria (IFK)
7. Anthony Senechal - France (IFK)
8. Vladyslav Oleksenko - Ukraine (IFK)

Mens – Middleweight -80kg
1. Sergei Chmunevich - Russia (IFK)
2. Artem Nazaretyan - Russia (IFK)
3. Sergei Braun - Germany (Kyokushin-kan)
4. Daniel Sanchez - Spain (IBK)
5. Zsolt Zsiga - Hungary (IBK)
6. Darren Channagasubbay - Great Britain (IFK)
7. Rober Broeders - Netherlands (IFK)
8. Claibourne Henry - USA (Kenshinkai)

Mens – Heavyweight +80kg
1. Alexey Mezhevtsov - Russia (IFK)
2. Alexey Gorokhov - Russia (IFK)
3. Jonatan Tineo - Spain (Rengokai)
4. Roel Noordman - Netherlands (IFK)
5. Viktor Mozzyerhin - Kazakhstan (IFK)
6. Simon Palsson - Sweden (Shinkyokushin)
7. Enrico Rogge - Germany (WIBK)
8. Peter De Raedt - Belgium (Shinkyokushin)

Female – Lightweight -60kg
1. Maria Lepina - Russia (IFK)
2. Svetlana Berezova - Russia (IFK)
3. Emma Markwell - Great Britain (IFK)
4. Teona Gazdeliani - Spain (Rengokai)
5. Cecilla Wallin - Sweden (Shinkyokushin)
6. Elena Constantin - Italy (Seido)
7. Stephanie Van De Rijt - Netherlands (Sokyokushin)
8. Priscilla Lambregste - Netherlands (IFK)

Female – Heavyweight +60kg
1. Svetlana Tuchkova - Russia (IFK)
2. Irina Kriazheva - Russia (IFK)
3. Anita Bucher - Switzerland (IFK)
4. Kelly Balmer - Great Britain (IFK)
5. Toyah Dyas - Great Britain (IFK)
6. Lia Howlett  - Great Britain (IFK)
7. Samantha Williams - Great Britain (IFK)
8. Agata Kaliciak - Poland (Shinkyokushin)

Cadet Boys – Lightweight -68kg
1. Maxim Krasnov - Russia (IFK)
2. Nikita Torfimov - Russia (IFK)
3. Jonas Rosin – Sweden (Sokyokushin)
3. Marco Morreale - Great Britain (IFK)

Cadet Boys – Middleweight -78kg
1. Victor Kochergin - Russia (IFK)
2. Vladimir Spitsyn - Russia (IFK)
3. Blake Collins - Great Britain (IFK)
3. Konstantinios Machairopoulos - Greece (IFK)

Cadet Boys – Heavyweight +78kg
1. Stanislav Mezhevtsov - Russia (IFK)
2. Evgenii Diachenko - Russia (IFK)
3. Hristo Ilieav - Bulgaria (IFK)
3. Louis Bax - Netherlands (Sokyokushin)

Cadet Girls – Lightweight -58kg
1. Hilde Wilborts - Netherlands (IFK)
2. Hayley Rowlands - Great Britain (IFK)
3. Kseniia Doronina - Russia (IFK)
3. Shanty Jacobs - Belgium (Shinkyokushin)

Cadet Girls – Heavyweight +58kg
1. Maria Tsvigunova - Russia (IFK)
2. Maria Papadopoulou - Greece (IFK)
3. Anke Spitaels - Belgium (Shinkyokushin)
3. Elise Notele - Belgium (Kyokushin)

Special Awards
Tameshiwari Alexey Mezhevtsov - Russia (IFK) 18 boards (shuto, Enpi, Seiken)
Spirited Fighter Anita Bucher - Switzerland (IFK)
Fastest Knockout Sergej Braun - Germany (Kyokushinkan)
Best Technique Award Darren Stringer - Great Britain (IFK)

Cadets
Spirited Fighter Jonas Rosin - Sweden (Sokyokushin)
Fastest Knockout Evgenii Diachenko - Russia (IFK)
Best Technique Vladimir Spitsyn - Russia (IFK)

4th Cup of Europe (36th British Open) - October 2012, K2 Crawley, England

A hard fought day for all fighters involved with an emotional finish to some awesome fighting in the finals, team GB maing their mark and Tilov (Russia) continues his hot winning streak.

Spencer takes the Lightweight title

Tilov (Russia) adds another 1st place to his winning year

RESULTS

Ladies under 60kg

1 EMMA MARKWELL (WESTCROFT BKK/IFK)
2 MARIA LEPINA (MOSCOW RUSSIA IFK)
3 PRISCILLA LAMBREGSTE (HOLLAND IFK)
3 LISA MARIE HEATH (MOUNTAIN ASH BKK/IFK)

Ladies over 60kg

1 SAMANTHA WILLIAMS (MOUNTAIN ASH BKK/IFK)
2 SARA HAGGE (SWEDEN SHINKYOKUSHIN)
3 IRENE JENSEN SKELFJORD (NORWAY BUBISHI KYOKUSHIN)
3 FRANSIEN REISIGER (HOLLAND IBK GORDEAU)

Mens under 70

1 SPENCER BENNETT (SAMUARI BKK/IFK)
2 EVGENIY SOLOMENNIKOV (YAMBURG RUSSIA IFK)
3 YURIY CHUCHKOV (YAMBURG RUSSIA IFK)
3 WESLEY JENSEN (HOLLAND IFK)

Jansen (Holland) roll-kicks to an ippon

Mens under 80

1 ANDREY BORISOV (YAMBURG RUSSIA IFK)
2 ZSOLT ZSIGA (HUNGARY IBK)
3 JIMMIE COLLIN (SWEDEN SHINKYOKUSHIN)
3 DANIEL SANCHEZ (SPAIN IBK)

Mens above 80

1 ARTUR TILOV (YAMBURG RUSSIA IFK)
2 FERRY GOOGEVEEN (HOLLAND KWF)
3 ROEL NOORDMAN (HOLLAND IFK)
3 NIKOLAI MASLENNIKOV (MOSCOW RUSSIA IFK)

TAMESHIWARI
DANIEL SANCHEZ (SPAIN IBK)

Special Prizes:
Fight Spirit: SAMANTHA WILLIAMS (MOUNTAIN ASH BKK/IFK)
Fastest KO: EVGENIY SOLOMENNIKOV (YAMBURG RUSSIA IFK)
The Nichola Hughes Memorial Trohpy to highest placed British fighter
EMMA MARKWELL WESTCROFT BKK/IFK

Samantha Williams on her way to the title

Kelly Balmer (GB) preps to fight...

Stringer (GB) with high hiza

TILOV WINS MATSUSHIMA WORLD OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

TILOV WINS MATSUSHIMA WORLD OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

IFK Yamburg took four fighters as part of the Russian team to Japan for the IKO Matsushima World Championships and took 3 of the top 4 places. Artur Tilov became grand champion in an event dominated by Russia and Iran. Aleksander Karshigeev came 3rd and Alexander Ibragimov 4th place to complete the great results for the Gazprom sponsored team.