International Open Tournament in Kyokushin Karate

Join us for the GRAND PRIX 2025, an international open tournament celebrating the spirit and strength of Kyokushin karate. Competitors from around the world will showcase their skills in kumite and kata across multiple categories: children, girls, juniors, men, and women.

Goals and Objectives

• Promote and develop Kyokushin karate globally

• Engage children and young people in sports and a healthy lifestyle

• Foster high moral and physical qualities and encourage comprehensive personal development

• Strengthen friendships among athletes from different nations

• Elevate mastery levels and identify the strongest fighters

Event Details

Date: March 2nd, 2025
Venue: "Dinamo" Sport Complex, Yerevan, Armenia

Registration

Submit your preliminary applications by February 17th, 2025 via email: info@kyokushin.am

For detailed information, refer to the attached file.

We look forward to welcoming you to this extraordinary event celebrating Kyokushin karate and global camaraderie!

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

On December 23, 2023, an international open tournament in Kumite and Kata will be held in Yerevan, Armenia. Participants of the competition will be divided into age and weight categories for boys and girls aged 6-7 years old, 8-9 years old, 10-11 years old, 12-13 year olds (juniors), 14 -15 year olds (juniors), 16–17 year olds (juniors) as well as men and women 18+years. Both Kumite and Kata participants will compete within their respective age groups.

Welsh Knockdown Championships for UK and Ireland participants only.

Categories for Children, Novice, Veteran and Open athletes.

Entries on the BKK website www.gbkyokushinkai.com

IFK Bulgaria will host an Open Balkan Championship on 3.12.2022 in Sofia.

Applications for participation can be submitted by all federations and independent clubs. There is no limit to the number of competitors in a category.

Contacts: ifk_bulgaria@abv.bg ifk_bulgaria@abv.bg

IFK Netherlands is happy to invite you to the IFK Western European Championships, which will be held on the 5th of November 2022 in Zevenbergen, the Netherlands.

INFO: www.nka-ifk.nl/ifk-west-european-championships

Dear Country representative, Shihan, Sensei, Senpai

IFK-Switzerland Kyokushinkai has the pleasure to invite you to the second  “IFK Kata World Cup” in Switzerland.

We welcome all IFK countries to participate in this significant event.

Osu!

IFK-Switzerland Kyokushinkai

Shihan Dolores Emmenegger, president IFK-Switzerland Kyokushinkai

Shihan Anton Gansner, OC president

Shihan Eddy Gabathuler, OC vice president

General information

The organizer of this event is the IFK-Switzerland Kyokushinkai.

Date of the event 9th to 11th September 2022

Tournament Location  CH-6010 Kriens, Switzerland, Sports hall ‘Krauerhalle’, Horwerstrasse 10.

The championship will be held according to the IFK international Kata rules.

ifk-kata-world-cup-2022-final-information

The 6th IFK World Championships in Valencia, Spain will be held on 4-5 June 2022

This kumite event is for categories 14 years old and above.

All information will be released on 1st October 2021.

Belgian Knockdown Championship - Ryo Dojo organises for the first time the Belgian Knockdown Championship with the support of BFKK (IFK branch Belgium), Shinkyokushin Belgium and Rengokai Belgium.

Organazers: Dave Geentjens, Ryo Dojo

Date: 30 April 2022

Place: Hoeilaart, Belgium

Email: dgeentjens@gmail.com

Information and Registration: www.ryodojo.be

The Cup of Montana for children, adolescents, men, and women

Organazers: Shihan Nikola Blagoev (IFK CR) and Sports Karate club Montana

Date: 6th November 2021

Place: “Mladost” Sports Hall, Montana, Bulgaria

Deadline for applications: 15th October 2021

Email: ifk_bulgaria@abv.bg

Info letter: The Cup of Montana

Swedish Junior Open in Gävle, Sweden will be held on the 30 October 2021.

This event offers children and youth competition experiences as well as the opportunity to build friendships with like-minded people.

This event is for ages 7-17 years and is open for all Kyokushin organizations.

Information and registration: https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/5474

We welcome all IFK countries to participate in this major event.

Date: 11th September 2021

Location CH-6010 Kriens, Switzerland, Sports hall 'Krauerhalle', Horwerstrasse 10.

Due to the current situation of infection regarding Covid-19, we have chosen to cancel the Swedish Junior Open 2020.

We apologize for short foresight but we hoped for the last thing that we could arrange the competition.

Of course, we repay the registration fee to registered fighters.

We hope that the situation looks better before the fall of 2021 so we can re-arrange the competition.

If you have any concerns, you are welcome to contact Senpai Torbjörn Jönsson 94 070-530 70.

On behalf of IFK Netherlands, students are invited for the IFK Dutch kata championships on the 2nd of Februari 2020.

This tournament is for kids, juniors and adults and will be organized, just as the past editions in Spijkenisse, close to Rotterdam.

More information will follow!

For any questions please contact Sensei Cor Van Bodegom (cpvbodegom@live.nl), the organizer of the tournament.

We hope to meet you all there!

International open tournament YEREVAN CUP, December 22nd, 2019

Among children, girls, juniors, men and women in kumite and kata.

The following file is an official invitation of participation in the Tournament of Armenian Kyokushin Karate federation.

President Shihan Andranik Hakobyan.

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On November 30, 2019 in Sofia (Bulgaria) will be held Open Balkan championship 2019 among children, junior, men and women (kumite & kata)