Belgian Knockdown Championship 2024

Dear Shihan, Sensei, Senpai,

Ryo Dojo organized for the second time (the first time in 2022) the Belgian Knockdown Championship with the support of BFKK (IFK branch Belgium), Shinkyokushin Belgium, and Rengokai Belgium. It’s an open Western European Championship. We
hope to receive many fighters from all organizations, national and international.

Date: 23 March 2024
Location: Hoeilaart, near Brussels (Belgium).
Registration: https://registration.belgianknockdown.be

Contact & questions
Dave Geentjens (President BFKK, Chairman Ryo Dojo)
countryrep@ifk.be
dgeentjens@gmail.com
+32 491 07 37 56

Belgium Winter Camp 2023

On 17-19 February 2023, the BFKK held its annual Winter camp with Shihan Janine Davies and Shihan Wai Cheung as guest instructors. More than 80 karatekas from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany attended the camp.

Under Shihan Janine, the camp focused on increasing the participants’ technical standards, and Shihan Wai’s insight into body mechanics and movement matched this goal perfectly. This made the camp interesting for both novices, advanced students, and instructors, who all got a lot of new material to work with.

Students from several dojo’s also attempted a grading during the camp, and the BFKK can proudly announce 2 new 9th Kyus, 3 new 8th Kyus, 1 new 7th Kyu, 3 new 6th Kyus, 10 new 4th Kyus, 1 new 2nd Kyu, 3 new 1st Kyus, 1 new Nidan and 1 new Sandan.

Congratulations to all who passed the grading and to the Dojos involved!

Belgian Knockdown Championship 2022 -results

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)

IFK Belgium Winter camp 2020

IFK Belgium hosted their winter camp under the guidance of Shihan Andrew Turner and Shihan Janine Davies.

Students from Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain. The camp focused on all aspects of the IFK and had a grading test and fights for Sandan, Nidan and Shodan. Congratulations to all that were successful.

Thanks to the work of Shihan Etienne van Holt , Shihan Benny Gelyukens and Sensei Dave Geentjens for organising the camp.