6. IFK World Kata Championships 2024 - RESULTS
/The 6th IFK World Kata Championships was held on October 4th in K2 Crawley (England).
Yerevan Open Cup 2023
/An international open tournament in Kumite and Kata will be held in Yerevan, Armenia, on December 23, 2023, for children, girls, juniors, men, and women.
The competition of the participants in KUMITE will be held into age and weight categories of boys and girls 6-7-year-old children 8-9-year-old children, 10-11-year-old children, 12-13-year-old juniors, 14-15-year-old juniors 16-17-year-old juniors, and 18 + year-old men and women.
Participants in KATA will be divided into the following age categories: 6-7-year-old children, 8-9-year-old children, 10-11-year-old children, 12-13-year-old juniors, 14-15-year-old juniors, 16-17-year-old juniors, 18 + year-old men and women.
The preliminary applications are admitted up to 10 December 2023
Address: Yerevan, str.Estonakan 12/1
E-mail: info@kyokushin.am
Telephone numbers: (+374 94) 40-42-45.
The following order is an official invitation to participate in the Tournament of the Armenian Kyokushin Karate Federation.
President Shihan Andranik Hakobyan
IFK Kata Swiss Championship 2022
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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
Pilatus Cup 2022 (pictures and results)
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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:
1st IFK International Kata Virtual Course
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The IFK Kata Committee launched its online judges course in the USA on the 22nd January 2022 and was well received by all who took part.
We thank the Kata Committee for all their hard work in presenting the course and special thanks go to Shihan Sunil Tailor for creating the online content. We believe this will be a tremendous training tool in addition to the international courses run by our instructors.
IFK Kata Swiss Championship 2021
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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 Uruguay Online Kata Tournament
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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
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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
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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
Shihan Dolores Emmenegger-Jaros is the new IFK Kata Committee member
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Shihan Klaus Ming has made the decision to step away from the IFK Kata Committee. We owe thanks to Shihan Klaus Ming for his commitment and hard work during the last four years.
We welcome Shihan Dolores Emmenegger-Jaros of Switzerland to the IFK Kata Committee, she will join Shihan Janine Davies, Shihan Victor Fomin, Shihan Itzik Ashkenazi, and Shihan Sunil Tailor in their task of improving all standards of IFK Kata.
IFK Executive Committee
IFK World Kata Cup Switzerland 2021 - participants
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We are happy to announce that, despite a difficult period for the whole world, we will still have a good presence. 9 countries have applied for participation and we expect a good high-level competition.
The 1st IFK Kata World Cup will be held on September 11, 2011 in Sports Hall Krauerhalle, Kriens, Switzerland.
1. Germany
2. Israel
3. Netherlands
4. Norway
5. Poland
6. Romania
7. Russia
8. Spain
9. Switzerland
Junior Girls: 13
Junior Boys: 9
Junior Team: 6
Adult Women: 15
Adult Men: 12
Adult Team: 5
The IFK Kata Committee led by Shihan Janine Davies met on Saturday 10th July 2021
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President Shihan David Pickthall joined Shihan Victor Fomin, Shihan Klaus Ming, Shihan Sunil Tailor, and Shihan Itzik Ashkenazi in the meeting and it was decided the committee will conduct an Online Kata Judging Course in the near future.
Shihan Klaus Announced he will stand down from the committee to allow a new member to gain the experience and assist the IFK in improving all elements of Kata tuition and judging. Shihan Janine and the IFK want to thank him for all the work.
Osu!
IFK Kata World Cup 2021
/Dear Hanshi, Dear Country representative, Shihan, Sensei, Senpai
IFK-Switzerland Kyokushinkai has the pleasure to invite you to the first "IFK Kata World Cup" in Switzerland.
We welcome all IFK countries to participate in this major event. Osu!
Date: 11th September 2021
Tournament Location CH-6010 Kriens, Switzerland, Sports hall 'Krauerhalle', Horwerstrasse 10.
Registration for the tournament: For registration, please use the attached Excel File and send it to Shihan Eddy Gabathuler eduard.gabathuler@ifk-schweiz.ch
Please note the deadline for registrations: Saturday 14th of August 2021
IFK Russia Kata championship 2021 - results
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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
Specialized Training Camp in Minusinsk 2021
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On May 8-9, 2021, Minusinsk hosted a Specialised Kata Training Camp with Shihan Victor Fomin.
The organizer was the Kyokushin Karate Federation of the Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Republic of Khakassia (Shihan Alexander Brevnov). More than 40 athletes from Minusinsk, Abakan, Shirinsky region, and Tomsk region took part in the camp. The tasks of competitive preparation for the upcoming Kata Russia Championship were solved, including working out the details taking into account the meaning of combat techniques, improving their quality, and the overall energy of performing traditional forms.
“We Are One” III Virtual Kata Tournament – Results And Video
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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:
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
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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
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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:
