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Not sure if this thread will go any where but, if anyone wants to give updates on any major Knockdown Karate tournament go ahead and post it here. It can be Kyokushin (IKO1, WKO Shinkyokushin, IFK, ext.), Ashihara (AIKO and NIKO), Enshin (The Enshin Sabaki Challenge tournaments), and World Oyama Karate tournaments. Other knockdown karate tournaments not listed are encouraged but, major international or national tournaments are preferred. However we aren’t the gestapo, if you want to talk about some local tournaments please feel free. From my understanding, the biggest international tournaments are the world championships and all Japan championships. Followed by the European, All American and other contental tournaments. These tournaments generally have 2 editions open (all weights) and weight category (weight class). This isn’t Universal but, it is the case for most styles and related organizations. If you are interested knock yourselves out.
 
http://www.kyokushinkaikan.org/en/news/2019/07/02/2019 ALL AMERICAN OPEN RESULTS.pdfResults from the 2019 IKO1 All American championships in New York-
MEN OPEN WEIGHT KUMITE
1 ANTONIO TUSSEAU, France
2 ASHOT ZARINYAN, Russia
3 KAITO NISHIMURA, Japan
4 SOTA NAKANO, USA
5 Yuji Ishikawa, USA
6 Tatsuma Yamakawa, Japan
7 Koorosh Evagee, USA
8 Monet Garrett, USA
WOMEN LIGHTWEIGHT KUMITE
1 LEILA POLAK, HUNGARY
2 LUDIVINE VEDAPODAGOM, REUNION
3 PAULINE PAWLAK, POLAND
4 MARIELA ZARATE, BOLIVIA
WOMEN MIDDLEWEIGHT KUMITE
1 SHAINEZ ELHAIMOUR, FRANCE
2 VIVIEN HALASZ, HUNGARY
3 CORALINE VEDAPODAGOM, REUNION
WOMEN HEAVYWEIGHT KUMITE
1 ANASTASHA KHASANOVA, RUSSIA
2 MARIO JASKO, POLAND
3 BEATA OPECHOWSKA, POLAND
4 KAROCINA BARLCAK, POLAND
YOKOZUNA WOMENS OPEN WEIGHT CHAMPION
ANASTASHA KHASANOVA


SENIOR HEAVYWEIGHT
1 BLAGOVEST PETKOV, USA
2 Darius Karczmit, Poland
3 Rock Pascal, France
4 Tamas Gyuris, Hungary
SENIOR LIGHTWEIGHT
1 JUAN DUARTE, GERMANY
2 Guy Brodetski, Israel
3 Meder Baiakunov, Canada
YOUTH GIRLS 16-17YRS
1 GRETA SZALAI, HUNGARY
2 Jasmin Aviles, Bolivia
3 Hikaru Higaki, USA
YOUTH GIRLS 14-15YRS
1 LUCILE VEDAPODAGOM, REUNION
2 Miho Tago, USA
3 Kata Kotorman, Hungary
YOUTH GIRLS 10-11YRS
1 SISSY NARANKHUU, USA
2 Maelle Mayot, Reunion
YOUTH BOYS 15-17YRS HW
1 LORANT BERKI, HUNGARY
2 Axel Jeanson, France
3 Kamran Azizli, USA
YOUTH BOYS 15-17YRS LW
1 NIKOLAI BACHERIKOV, RUSSIA
2 Grigorgii Kaigorodov, Russia
3 Nicholas Dashmyagmyar, USA
YOUTH BOYS 13-14YRS
1 YVANN SAUTRON, REUNION
2 Alexis Jeanson, France
3 Jun Khan, USA
4 Tushig Itgel, USA
YOUTH BOYS 12YRS OLD HW
1 KEVIN WATANABE, USA
2 Munkbileg Mungunshagai, USA
3 Xvier Filain, Reunion
4 Jonas Robichaud, Canada

YOUTH BOYS 11-12YRS LW
1 ENKHHRIIKHUSLEN TEGSHJARGAL, USA
2 Gus Bell, USA
3 Sean Kaloudis, USA
4 Noe Ounebive, Reunion
YOUTH BOYS 9-11YRS HW
1 ANDREW SORONZONBOLD, USA
2 Goki Matsumoto, USA
3 Azaa Khatanbaayar, USA
4 Kota Murayoshi, USA
YOUTH BOYS 10YRS LW
1 DORAIN JEAN-MARIE, REUNION
2 Noe Dugain, Reunion
3 Liam Chutuape, USA
4 Mugen Aoki, USA
YOUTH BOYS 8-9YRS MW
1 GANBILEG GANKHUYAG, USA
2 Henry Gervais, Canada
3 Kenneth Tang, USA
YOUTH COED 7-8YRS LW
1 LUNA DUGAIN, REUNION
2 Noa Talassia, Reunion
3 Yuma Sato, USA
4 Dylan Anderson, Reunion
 
Enshin recently held thier world Sabaki challenge tournament but, I haven’t been able to find any results yet.
 
http://www.kyokushinkaikan.org/en/news/2019/07/02/2019 ALL AMERICAN OPEN RESULTS.pdfResults from the 2019 IKO1 All American championships in New York-
MEN OPEN WEIGHT KUMITE
1 ANTONIO TUSSEAU, France
2 ASHOT ZARINYAN, Russia
3 KAITO NISHIMURA, Japan
4 SOTA NAKANO, USA
5 Yuji Ishikawa, USA
6 Tatsuma Yamakawa, Japan
7 Koorosh Evagee, USA
8 Monet Garrett, USA
WOMEN LIGHTWEIGHT KUMITE
1 LEILA POLAK, HUNGARY
2 LUDIVINE VEDAPODAGOM, REUNION
3 PAULINE PAWLAK, POLAND
4 MARIELA ZARATE, BOLIVIA
WOMEN MIDDLEWEIGHT KUMITE
1 SHAINEZ ELHAIMOUR, FRANCE
2 VIVIEN HALASZ, HUNGARY
3 CORALINE VEDAPODAGOM, REUNION
WOMEN HEAVYWEIGHT KUMITE
1 ANASTASHA KHASANOVA, RUSSIA
2 MARIO JASKO, POLAND
3 BEATA OPECHOWSKA, POLAND
4 KAROCINA BARLCAK, POLAND
YOKOZUNA WOMENS OPEN WEIGHT CHAMPION
ANASTASHA KHASANOVA


SENIOR HEAVYWEIGHT
1 BLAGOVEST PETKOV, USA
2 Darius Karczmit, Poland
3 Rock Pascal, France
4 Tamas Gyuris, Hungary
SENIOR LIGHTWEIGHT
1 JUAN DUARTE, GERMANY
2 Guy Brodetski, Israel
3 Meder Baiakunov, Canada
YOUTH GIRLS 16-17YRS
1 GRETA SZALAI, HUNGARY
2 Jasmin Aviles, Bolivia
3 Hikaru Higaki, USA
YOUTH GIRLS 14-15YRS
1 LUCILE VEDAPODAGOM, REUNION
2 Miho Tago, USA
3 Kata Kotorman, Hungary
YOUTH GIRLS 10-11YRS
1 SISSY NARANKHUU, USA
2 Maelle Mayot, Reunion
YOUTH BOYS 15-17YRS HW
1 LORANT BERKI, HUNGARY
2 Axel Jeanson, France
3 Kamran Azizli, USA
YOUTH BOYS 15-17YRS LW
1 NIKOLAI BACHERIKOV, RUSSIA
2 Grigorgii Kaigorodov, Russia
3 Nicholas Dashmyagmyar, USA
YOUTH BOYS 13-14YRS
1 YVANN SAUTRON, REUNION
2 Alexis Jeanson, France
3 Jun Khan, USA
4 Tushig Itgel, USA
YOUTH BOYS 12YRS OLD HW
1 KEVIN WATANABE, USA
2 Munkbileg Mungunshagai, USA
3 Xvier Filain, Reunion
4 Jonas Robichaud, Canada

YOUTH BOYS 11-12YRS LW
1 ENKHHRIIKHUSLEN TEGSHJARGAL, USA
2 Gus Bell, USA
3 Sean Kaloudis, USA
4 Noe Ounebive, Reunion
YOUTH BOYS 9-11YRS HW
1 ANDREW SORONZONBOLD, USA
2 Goki Matsumoto, USA
3 Azaa Khatanbaayar, USA
4 Kota Murayoshi, USA
YOUTH BOYS 10YRS LW
1 DORAIN JEAN-MARIE, REUNION
2 Noe Dugain, Reunion
3 Liam Chutuape, USA
4 Mugen Aoki, USA
YOUTH BOYS 8-9YRS MW
1 GANBILEG GANKHUYAG, USA
2 Henry Gervais, Canada
3 Kenneth Tang, USA
YOUTH COED 7-8YRS LW
1 LUNA DUGAIN, REUNION
2 Noa Talassia, Reunion
3 Yuma Sato, USA
4 Dylan Anderson, Reunion

Do you know if there is footage? I did some digging and cannot find anything
 
So what is the karate scene like?
 
Wow. I wasn't aware that the Sabaki Challenge events were still around. I remember when they used to actually be televised back in the early '90s. That's when I first saw the UFC's Pat Smith fight. I believe he won the '93 world title. But, then the UFC appeared on the scene & the Sabaki Challenge just seemed to stop getting any exposure at all. Which was too bad because it was pretty exciting to watch.
 
So what is the karate scene like?
I don’t have a lot of experience in the scene. There was a point a couple of years ago were I was going to move to San Francisco for a job training program. I kind of wanted a change of pace so I started looking into Kyokushin over Muay Thai since I heard about a couple of good dojo’s in the area. I ended up not moving but I still have a fascination with knockdown Karate. I’m currently doing amateur kickboxing/Muay Thai and training to do a couple pretty big tournaments in the next year or two. Depending on how they go I will probably take time off kickboxing and train full contact karate for a while, since I’m in the SF area a lot for work. My coach is definitely going to want me to go fight pro Muay Thai but I don’t think I’ll end up doing that transition.
 
There's currently the Kyokushin World Union world cup going on this week.

Yesterday were juniors and cadets and the whole thing is on YouTube:


Starting tonight until the end of the week at the same event (KWU work cup) there is the cup of Senshi, a professional fighting tournament for adult males only and with more techniques allowed than standard kyokushin such as head punches, elbows and throws. More info here: https://kyokushinevents.com/event/the-cup-of-senshi-2019/
http://www.kwunion.com/kwucamp/cup-of-senshi-live-streaming-and-live-update/#more-17159
 
Also later this year is the famous IKO world tournament in Japan (open weight) which happens every 4 years just like the Olympics. It's on 22-24 November. November: http://www.kyokushinkaikan.org/en/news/2019/04/november-2019-ift-kumite-pre-registration.html

Meanwhile the WKO (shin
kyokushin) will also host its own world tournament in Japan on 9-10 November this year: http://www.wko.or.jp/12wcdate/

Those are the 2 biggest and most prestigious tournaments in Kyokushin and should be streamed for free on YouTube as usual.
 
I don’t have a lot of experience in the scene. There was a point a couple of years ago were I was going to move to San Francisco for a job training program. I kind of wanted a change of pace so I started looking into Kyokushin over Muay Thai since I heard about a couple of good dojo’s in the area. I ended up not moving but I still have a fascination with knockdown Karate. I’m currently doing amateur kickboxing/Muay Thai and training to do a couple pretty big tournaments in the next year or two. Depending on how they go I will probably take time off kickboxing and train full contact karate for a while, since I’m in the SF area a lot for work. My coach is definitely going to want me to go fight pro Muay Thai but I don’t think I’ll end up doing that transition.
Where in The Bay Area you at? Pretty good options for martial arts in general here. North Bay where I'm at not quite as good for competition tho.
 
Where in The Bay Area you at? Pretty good options for martial arts in general here. North Bay where I'm at not quite as good for competition tho.
I’m also in the north bay. I was living in Santa Rosa for about 5 years, now I’m up north in the Ukiah area still training in Santa Rosa a few times a week and in SF with the Wooden man a couple times a month. I haven’t trained with Jongsanan in a couple months because I was dealing with finals and some pretty bad tendonitis in my right arm so very limited sparring/drilling and no pad work. Made no sense to travel all the way to the city just to hit the bag. I’m almost 100% so I’m going back to SF for the first time in a while to help prep me for the IKF tournament in Florida next month.
 
Thanks for posting this. Can we keep this updated with upcoming tournaments? Its hard to keep track of any tournaments now that Kyokushin4life is gone.
 
Thanks for posting this. Can we keep this updated with upcoming tournaments? Its hard to keep track of any tournaments now that Kyokushin4life is gone.

The best way is to keep an eye on the main organizations like IKO, WKO (shin kyokushin), IFK and KWU on their websites and Facebook pages.

In any case this year is a big year tournament wise as both the IKO and WKO have their open weight tournaments which are once every 4 years.

I'll try to update this thread from time to time.
 
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The best way is to keep an eye on the main organizations like IKO, WKO (shin kyokushin), IFK and KWU on their websites and Facebook pages.

I'm any case this year is a big year tournament wise as both the IKO and WKO have their open weight tournaments which are once every 4 years.

I'll try to update this thread from time to time.

Thanks Tayski.
 
The IFK British Open 2019 & 11th Cup of Europe 2019 will be held on 5th October. There's probably going to be a free live stream on YouTube.

There's also the KWU 33rd European Championship on 18th and 19th October.
 
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