2007, 9th World Open Tournament

[kyokushin4life]

9th World Tournament - IKO 2 - 2007 Oct 14th~

Discuss Shinkyokushin's 9th World Open Tournament!

Promotional Video
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http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/uploads/img465c509524279.jpg

Pre* Discussion
http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums/kyokushin-karate/2290-pre-discussion-9th-world-tournament-shinkyokushin-iko-2-a.html

[nzproud]

News and results of the event can be found here.

Men's Draw
http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/dl/9thdraw.pdf

Women's Draw
http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/dl/9thdraw2.pdf

All in Japanese unfortunately so I will translate the best i can.
score-book.jp (http://www.score-book.jp/scoredata/karate/open09/index.html)
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http://gbring.com/sokuho/news/images/2007_10/20071012_shinkyokushin_02.jpg

[nzproud]

bah sorry guys I was editing this post and accidentally hit on a wrong button and lost my editted writing..

Let me know if you are after a fighter and how he is doing. I'll try to look it up for you. But you will need to provide the fighter's name and his fighter's no. ID.(Look in the pdf tournament draw card in previous post!)

[Raqui]

what about fighters from Costa Rica?

[nzproud]

Round 1 - Key Fighters

A Block
Sam Gilbert of Australia defeats Kim Holm of Denmark.
Kenji Maegawa 5-0 Mareks Lavrinovich
Denis Griegoriev 5-0 Krunoslav Garasic

B Block
Kunihiro Suzuki (Ippon: Jodan Mawashi geri) Tomas Vic

C Block
Naohiro Nomoto 5-0 Serhiy Hnes
Kuno (5-0) Sjur Vestlie
Donatas Imbras (1 Wazaari: Chudan Mawashi 5-0) Jorge Figueroa

D Block
Roman Nesterenko 5-0 Traian Velixar
Yamada (3-0) Alejandro Cerrada
Tsukamoto (4-0) Gabor Buzas


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what about fighters from Costa Rica?

Osu. Raqui san.(don;t forget to introduce yourself in the introductions!) I only see one fighter from Costa Rica in the draw.

88. Sergio Espinoza(Costa Rica) 4-0 87.Sebastien Vanroyen(France)

[nzproud]

Round 2

A Block
Takayuki Tsukakoshi (5-0) Leandro Muniz Barreto
Vladimir Artyushin (ext. 3-0) Sam Gilbert
Shinji Sakamoto (5-0)Gergo Magna
Vasily Khudyakov (Weight Dec. after 2 ext.) Olexiy Kasatonov - Credits to Khuyakov for beating Kasatonov. As Kasatonov outweighed him almost 40KG! Vasily weighs 71KG!
Andjez Milevskij (Weight Dec. after 2 ext.) Eduard Janoashvili
Kenji Maekawa (4-0) Fernando Gandia
Milush Draganov (ext. 5-0) Shandor Bak
Denis Griegoriev 5-0 Daniel Trifu


B Block
Valeri Dimitrov (Ippon: Jodan Hiza geri) Oleksandr Shlek'har
Jimmie Collin (Ippon: Jodan Mawashi geri) Ryutaro Hirayama
Zsolt Balogh (5-0) Satoshi Niiho
Evgeniy (3-0) Johnny Desmedt
Darius Gudausukas (ext. 5-0) Adrian Sebastian Ferent
Aristotelis Melikiadis (ext. 4-0) Benoit Porlier
Guennadi Netoshaev (ext. 4-0) Ilya Yakovlev
Kunihiro Suzuki (3-0) Ruben Rodriguez

C Block
Naohiro Nomoto (Ipoon: Jodan mawashi geri) Pallab Saha
Mindaugas Pavilionis (Ipoon: Gedan mawashi geri) Namaz Namazov
Taishi Watanabe (ext2. 5-0) Dimitar Georgiev Popov
Maxim Shevchenko (ext. 5-0) Terence Ozorio
Kiyohide Kuno (3-0) Gabor Rozsa
Sergio Espinoza (ext. 3-0) Brian Jacobsen
Shigeru Aoyagi (3-0) Daud Nakaskthoev
Donatas Imbras (Ippon: Jodan mawashi geri) Fredrik Olsson

D Block
Roman Nesterenko (ext2. 4-0) Dimitar Trampov
Ko Tanigawa (ext2. 5-0) Yasunari Yahiro
Alexey Leonov (5-0) Lukas Kubilius
Kenta Mori (5-0) Bilaal Ghanty
Emzari Nikatsadze (ext. 3-0) Namig Nasirov
Kazuhito Yamada (Ippon: Chudan Tsuki) Adrian Lizano
Rafael Cardoso Garcia (ext. Ippon: Jodan Mawashi Geri) Christian Christiansen
Norichika Tsukamoto (Ippon: Do Mawashi) Andreas Almen

I wouldn't mind getting rep'd for getting you these results translated! ;) http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums/images/styles/afternight/buttons/reputation.gif

[nzproud]

Round 3 - Top 16

A Block
Takayuki Tsukakoshi (3-0) Vladimir Artyushin
Vasily Khudyakov (Weight Dec. after 2 ext.) Shinji Sakamoto
Kenji Maekawa (3-0) Andjez Milevskij
Denis Griegoriev (Ippon: Chudan Mawashi Geri) Milush Draganov

B Block
Valeri Dimitrov (4-0) Jimmie Collin
Zsolt Balogh (Weight Dec. after 2 ext.) Evgeniy
Darius Gudausukas (5-0) Aristotelis Melikiadis
Kunihiro Suzuki (3-0) Guennadi Netoshaev

C Block
Mindaugas Pavilionis (Ipoon: Jodan Hiza Geri) Naohiro Nomoto
Kiyohide Kuno (ext2. 5-0) Sergio Espinoza
Donatas Imbras (3-0) Shigeru Aoyagi

D Block
Roman Nesterenko (Ippon: Chudan Tsuki) Ko Tanigawa
Alexey Leonov (ext3. 5-0)Kenta Mori
Kazuhito Yamada (Ippon: Chudan Tsuki) Emzari Nikatsadze
Norichika Tsukamoto (5-0) Rafael Cardoso Garcia
Note: 1 result missing in this block




Round 4 - Top 8
Takayuki Tsukakoshi (Awase Ippon: Gedan mawashi geri) Vasily Khudyakov
Denis Griegoriev (4-0) Kenji Maekawa
Valeri Dimitrov (5-0) Zsolt Balogh
Darius Gudausukas (ext. 4-0) Kunihiro Suzuki
Maxim Shevchenko (5-0) Mindaugas Pavilionis
Donatas Imbras (4-0) Kiyohide Kuno
Roman Nestelenko (5-0) Alexey Leonov
Norichika Tsukamoto (Tameshiwari: 19-15) Kazuhito Yamada

[nzproud]

Final 8
Takayuki Tsukakoshi [Japan] 180cm, 115kg, Age 30
Denis Griegoriev [Russia] 189cm, 100kg, Age 33
Valeri Dimitrov 183cm, 89kg, Age 25
Darius Gudausukas [Lithuania] 189cm, 89kg, Age 24
Maxim Shevchenko [Russia] 181cm, 92kg, Age 32
Donatas Imbras [Lithuania] 196cm, 110kg, Age 28
Roman Nestelenko [Russia] 185cm, 85kg, Age 28
Norichika Tsukamoto [Japan] 186cm, 94kg, Age 33



Round 6 - Quarter Final
Takayuki Tsukakoshi (3-0) Denis Griegoriev
Valeri Dimitrov (Ippon: Gedan Mawashi Geri) Darius Gudausukas
Donatas Imbras (4-0) Maxim Shevchenko
Roman Nestelenko (Tameshiwari 20-19) Norichika Tsukamoto



Round 7 - Semi Final
Takayuki Tsukakoshi (ext. 4-0) Valeri Dimitrov
Donatas Imbras (3-0) Roman Nestelenko

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3rd Place
Valeri Dimitrov (Awase Ippon: Gedan Mawashi Geri) Roman Nestelenko



[B]Final - Round 8
Takayuki Tsukakoshi (4-0) Donatas Imbras



Women Final Results
1st: Veronika Szovetes
2nd: Misaki Sato
3rd: Mimiko Fukuda
4th: Gergana Atanasova
Samurai Spirit: Emi Shoguchi
Technical Award: Gergana Atanasova



Men Final Results
1st: Takayuki Tsukakoshi [Japan]
2nd: Donatas Imbras [Lithuania]
3rd: Valeri Dimitrov [Bulgaria]
4th: Roman Nestelenko [Russia]
5th: Maxim Shevchenko [Russia]
6th: Darius Gudausukas [Lithuania]
7th: Norichika Tsukamoto [Japan]
8th: Denis Griegoriev [Russia]
Samurai Spirit: Vasily Khudyakov [Russia]
Technical Award: Valeri Dimitrov [Bulgaria]
Tameshiwari Award: Maxim Shevchenko [Russia]

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4631/takayukitsukakoshiqm3.jpg

[dich]

How is Valeri getting through so for?

[goldberg2310]

osu,

i see danishman jakobsen lost in second round to espinoza. is this true???

how is the level of the earlier rounds?

thanks.

osu,

thank you for information. it´s like a crime story. ;-)

the draw shows us, valeri went out in second round. there is a mistake!

osu!

could not read kanji... ;-)

but the draw on score.jp shows it otherwise... little shock for bareri fans...

OSU-EN2

[nzproud]

Valeri won his 2nd round with ippon. (please see the results)

goldberg2310 san. I'm not sure as i'm just following quick results in Japanese. Wait for StarKodama san or others to come back from this event to comment on. Osu!

[dich]

i don't get it.did he go trough the second round or not???and what happend in the first round?

[nzproud]

Please read Post 6 (http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums/35356-post6.html)
Most likely they got the draw on score.jp wrong.

I believe first day is almost over. The women's 2nd round is being done.

[Paedde]

How is the swiss fighter Mario Pavlovic doing? (Which column is the ID?)

[goldberg2310]

hi,

mario went out first round.

Osu-EN1

[StarKodama]

It's 12:30 AM and I just got home. I was at the arena since 8 this morning.... :P

Today was long but FANTASTIC. There were some truly great matches.

Valeri Dimitrov dominated every match he fought. In the second round he won by ippon (jodan hizageri if memory serves) in 9 SECONDS. By the far the fastest ippon kachi so far.

Of the Japanese fighters, unfortunately Yasumoto-senpai from my dojo lost in the 1st round, but his match went three rounds and it was really tough and a close call. Of all the Japanese fighters I find Tsukamoto-senshu the most fun to watch. He's just electrifying, watching him in action.

The ladies' fights were really inspiring too. These chicks are tough!!

Watching the supporters in action was a thing in itself. The Lithuanian cheer section was pretty sizeable and they were all wearing matching green jerseys and they cheered SO LOUDLY for their fighters. It was really inspiring. Other fighters with good support groups came from Spain, Russia, and Bulgaria.

As one of the tournament's five interpreters, my job is "senshu gakari". Throughout the tournament my job was to stay by the white side and help prepare the fighters for their fight, and also interpret whenever the fighters and staff needed to communicate with each other.

It was BEYOND EXCITING to be so close to all of these Shinkyokushin greats. They were all so courteous and friendly. What really surprised me the most was how most of them didn't seem even the least bit nervous before their fights. Cool as cucumbers. How do they do it???

If I go to sleep now I can get five hours before I have to get up and it do it all over again. Tomorrow's going to be amazing!

(And if anyone here is going to be there tomorrow, please say hi to me! I'm wearing a hot pink "interpreter" bib so I'm pretty hard to miss :P )

[nzproud]

sorry guys I got busy last night so I'm updating the rest of the 1st day now.

I will update further for today later tonight. Osu!

Star Kodama, thanks. Take pics with some top fighters! And enjoy the event today again ;)

[freespirit]

Thanks for the updates. The suspence has been killiing me!

[Paedde]

Thanks a lot, can't give u rep, have to spreed around some first :(

[pnul]

Men's Draw
(wko) 1 res . (http://www.superkarate.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=5077&st=40&p=60882&#entry60882)

[feels]

Dang, Kenta lost.

[nzproud]

Kunihiro Suzuki was defeated by Darius Gudausukas of Lithuania.

http://gbring.com/sokuho/result/images/2007_10/20071009_shinkyokushin.jpg
(Picture: Suzuki vs Gueenadi Netchaev)

[feels]

Smells like a foreign champion is in the works.

[goldberg2310]

osu,

yes. it sounds like a non-japanese champion. ti seems to me nesteenko does a good. i´ll hope he kicks imbras out. he is a kind man, but has a very poor fighting style...only pushing...

i´m wondering about suzuki. he went out against gudauskas. also the spirited kenta mori. the japnase squad pays for their very high age... ;-(

hope dimitrov will be the champ. he is a true champ! no other. never see a fighter on this level. he is so much better than all former world champions.

thanks to all, who give us first hand reports here at the forum. domo arigato.

Osu-JP1

dimitrov lost to tsukamoto. and imbras beats nesterenko.

;-(((

Final 8


Round 7 - Semi Final
Takayuki Tsukakoshi (ext. 4-0) Valeri Dimitrov
Donatas Imbras (3-0) Roman Nestelenko



Round 8 - Final

osu nzproud,


are the decisions of this matches ok? it seems to me, that it should be the final of the world cup, and tsugakoshi should be champion!


thanks.

[dich]

i dont wanna say anything out of hand but something doesn't smell right!

[Satori]

Please please please please Imbras! Do the people in the know here think he has a chance?

[nzproud]

Osu! Please everyone wait till StarKodama or others who actually spectated the event to comment.

[goldberg2310]

osu,

the overpowered szovetes from hungary is women´s champion. not of the world, only at a castrated championship - a world cup. first win of a favourite.

Osu-JP1

tsugakoshi champion - funny. congratualations.

Osu-JP1

[nzproud]

Osu! Thanks for the shinkyokushin providing the quick results so I could bring it to the kyokushin community. Thanks for everyone for following this thread with me.. also thank you for those who rep'd me.

Osu! Let's wait for those who went to watch so we can hear what they have to say about the results.

[dich]

congrats. for the new champion.OSU

[richard haines]

osu! thanks for the results it`s bin killing me to know who win this tournament i was going to be in japan to watch this tournament but my mum was not well i couldnt go .is there a date when the dvd will be on sale? and where you can buy shinkyokushin 3rd world cup on dvd

[niceguy]

K4L calling StarKodama.Where art thou? We are all waiting for your ringside report. Dying to know what the atmosphere was like!

[nzproud]

I just read in a Japanese shinkyokushin community that Tsukakoshi's Hidari gedan mawashi geris were very effective in this event.(I asked them if the decisions were biased or not so i'll edit this post when i hear back from them)

I'm sure more updates are coming soon from others who went to see it.

[nzproud]

Okay a guy replied to my question.

"In semi-final Valeri and Tsukakoshi, they both were standing strong but Tsukakoshi was looking better with Hidari gedan mawashi geri. The final was definitely Tsukakoshi's. Tsukakoshi almost gave Donatas a wazaari, and I think it was a clear win by Tsukakoshi. I would have given it 5-0 to Tsukakoshi."

Again this is a comment from japanese so it may be biased a little. Osu.

[StarKodama]

All I can say is WOW.

Where to begin?! There were some awesome fights yesterday...

One thing I can say is that there is nothing fishy about Tsukagoshi getting the championship. I was rooting for Imbras myself, but Tsukagoshi just kept hammering away with gedan mawashigeri and Imbras was quite obviously weakened. It was a unanimous decision and when all four judges raised the red flag the entire house went absolutely INSANE. Everyone on their feet screaming. I'll never forget it.

Veronika's fight was similar, her first round against Misaki Sato was a hikiwake but towards the end of the second round Veronika got a second wind and dominated. When she won all the Europeans in the crowd went wild. I was rooting for her all the way and when she won I was actually moved to tears. :( It was an amazing victory, she earned it 100%.

Suzuki Kunihiro's loss was kind of a shock, especially to the Japanese in the audience, but in my opinion Darius was just hitting a lot more and a lot harder. It was a real nail-biter of a match, though.

My favorite Japanese fighter is still Tsukamoto though, all the way. He's electric in the ring and just so cool and confident, both on the mat and out of it. Really personable and friendly too.

The guts award goes to Mimiko Fukuda. During her match against Margarita, a Lithuanian fighter, she got punched in the face and was KOed. The doctor came and when they showed her on camera her face was all bloody. :eek: She was carried out on a stretcher and the match was put on hold while the next match took place.

Somehow Fukuda was able to continue fighting. She won the match(although to be honest it I would have called that round a hikiwake) and the crowd went wild. I was just impressed that she was able to come back and put up one hell of a fight after such a short time.

The match will be aired on Japanese TV this Saturday in a condensed 1-hour special. (I think.) Next month it'll be on one of the Japanese sports channels. I don't know when the DVD will be released... but I'm definitely buying it!

--
As for my part, not only watching but being a part of this event easily ranks up there as one of the best things I've ever been a part of or one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen in my life. As interpreter I was always on hand. I was sitting literally right in front of the fighters as they did tameshiwari, sitting next to them as they waited for their fight and cheering for them from the sidelines. I was there for Imbras' press interview and even watched him hand over his little cup of pee to the doping officials afterwards. :o

I've done all of my karate training in Japan. Watching my senpai or even the fighters at the All-Japan tournaments, of course their fighting is impressive, but I'm so much bigger and taller than they are that it seemed I could never be like them. This was my first time to watch gaijin fight, and seeing Veronika and Edit Abraham and all the others in action was more inspiring than I can put into words. Honestly I can't WAIT to put this new inspiration into practice at kumite class tomorrow!!

I took pictures that I'll post later. If anyone has any specific questions I'd be happy to answer! Osu-JP1

[nzproud]

Osu! StarKodama san arigatou gozaimasu. I have a question. Was Tsukakoshi's win over Valeri convincing? Osu.

[vapor]

Excellent write-up! Your enthusiam sure comes across!!

vapor

[StarKodama]

Osu! StarKodama san arigatou gozaimasu. I have a question. Was Tsukakoshi's win over Valeri convincing? Osu.

It was. If memory serves, Tsukagoshi just used the same technique he used against Imbras, which was to hammer away at the legs. As a result Valeri wasn't moving as well as usual, he was obviously tired. Still put up a great fight till the end, though. :) Osu-JP1

[greedy]

Osu, many thanks for your review StarKodama :) can't wait to see the fights myself :) kinda dissapointed that Donatas finished second, I truly believed he could become a champion this year, well I also believe, he will keep improving, and will win it eventually :)

[Bloke]

What happend to Brian Jakobsen of Denmark (no 85)?

[niceguy]

Now thats ringside reporting(maybe some rep for StarKodama? :D ).
Ous.

[skipau]

Some organised photos from Day2 - just taken from the various Japanese sites that reported on it. I read on those sites too that Tsukakoshi appeared to have effective leg kicks which made the difference - look at the photo of the final!!

ahh... tried to post like to the website - but it appears that I don't have enough posts to do so yet. Oh well... ok to get around it I have just put some crap charaters in the front area - just change them back to "www" and you will be fine

w!222!ww.kyokushinaustralia.com/karate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27

[Bloke]

Great Pics Skipau - thanks for sharing - the last pic - the pain on Imbras face is clear.

[StarKodama]

Skipau-san:

Great pics! Thanks for posting!

Bloke-san:

I don't have my tournament pamphlet with me so I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure Brian Jakobsen didn't sign in as a competitor for Day 2, meaning he was eliminated in Day 1. Sorry I can't help more than that...

Everybody else:

Here's some pics I took at the tournament. I was pretty busy both days so I didn't have time to take many, but the pics I did take I posted to my dorky LiveJournal. Feel free to take a look if you're curious!

starkodama: Sekai Taikai Day 2 in pictures (http://starkodama.livejournal.com/682288.html)

[Paedde]

Skipau-san:

Great pics! Thanks for posting!

Bloke-san:

I don't have my tournament pamphlet with me so I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure Brian Jakobsen didn't sign in as a competitor for Day 2, meaning he was eliminated in Day 1. Sorry I can't help more than that...

Everybody else:

Here's some pics I took at the tournament. I was pretty busy both days so I didn't have time to take many, but the pics I did take I posted to my dorky LiveJournal. Feel free to take a look if you're curious!

starkodama: Sekai Taikai Day 2 in pictures (http://starkodama.livejournal.com/682288.html)

Thank you for sharing, very nice pictures

[smoothsake]

Sweet pictures. I particularly like the one of the Lithuanian cheering squad.

[nino_emcee]

Congrats Valeri. I'm proud of you

[kyokushin4life]

Osu everyone. Thank you for the results and telling us more information.

Valeri-san. May I ask what this man is doing up there? Who is it?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b330/starkodama/sk2.jpg

[nino_emcee]

maybe he's watching the fights.

[goldberg2310]

What happend to Brian Jakobsen of Denmark (no 85)?

osu bloke,

he went out second round against espinoza from costa rica. i think he fought at swiss open this year. he is a strong fighter and maybe a student of shihan midori (not as uchi deshi).

Osu-JP1

[vapor]

Osu everyone. Thank you for the results and telling us more information.

Valeri-san. May I ask what this man is doing up there? Who is it?



It appears as if his jacket says Hungary on the back, so I am guessing he was a coach for Sandor Bak.

vapor

[StarKodama]

Osu everyone. Thank you for the results and telling us more information.

Valeri-san. May I ask what this man is doing up there? Who is it?

That's right, he's one of the Hungarian seconds. (If you look closely you can see that he's holding his blue second sash in his hand.)

He's not actually standing on the stage, but he is breaking the rules by standing at all. :P (Seconds are also not allowed to so much as touch the stage during the fight, but of course everybody breaks that rule!)

[TedinkA]

Senpai Valeri Dimitrov is my favourite karate fighter!:):)He possess exceptionally technics ....I hope one day and I reach near to his level. I am a little bit sad for him 3th place because i now that he can many more than this.But this is big success too! :)Well Done ,Senpai!

[kyokushin4life]

mm does anyone see a man in dogi in the air above the fighters?

[seienchin]

Yes - I do too. He is floating! Maybe he is a banner

[vapor]

Senpai Valeri Dimitrov is my favourite karate fighter!:):)He possess exceptionally technics ....I hope one day and I reach near to his level. I am a little bit sad for him 3th place because i now that he can many more than this.But this is big success too! :)Well Done ,Senpai!


TedinkA,

Could you jump over to the INTRODUCTIONS forum and start a thread to tell us about yourself?

vapor

[StarKodama]

mm does anyone see a man in dogi in the air above the fighters?

That's the TV screen. ;D If you look closely you can see the fighters' names and nationalities written on the bottom.

[kyokushin4life]

It would be funny if they r second of the fighters and they have a remote control to float around fighters in air.

[edit] Okay StarKodama-san. This made my day!! very funny.. lol

[freespirit]

Does anyone know anything about the camp being held in Japan after the world championships. Sounds like a good thing.

[atilla]

hi, my name is new Atilla here or, then pleasure in knows them, makes one that I visit here but I did not leave nor one scrap why was giving error in mine registers in cadastre ¬¬ Is of Brazil, and trainings karate the two years, I am green band and mine more good friend if the youngster calls Leandro Muniz who fought with TAKAYUKI TSUKAGOSHI... He wanted to know more on as had been the fights, of my friend? E of the staff of Brazil and my Djefini friend fought with /VERONIKA SZOVETES e wanted to ask for starkode that it was for the event as they sairam themselves please... answer me! who will have msn me add is atillarock@hotmail.com
Ossu

[StarKodama]

hi, my name is new Atilla here or, then pleasure in knows them, makes one that I visit here but I did not leave nor one scrap why was giving error in mine registers in cadastre ¬¬ Is of Brazil, and trainings karate the two years, I am green band and mine more good friend if the youngster calls Leandro Muniz who fought with TAKAYUKI TSUKAGOSHI... He wanted to know more on as had been the fights, of my friend? E of the staff of Brazil and my Djefini friend fought with /VERONIKA SZOVETES e wanted to ask for starkode that it was for the event as they sairam themselves please... answer me! who will have msn me add is atillarock@hotmail.com
Ossu

Dear Atilla-san,

Hi and welcome to the forum!

I don't have my tournament pamphlet with me so I don't remember details, but I do remember your friend Djefini. I thought she fought very well but it just wasn't enough. :( She fought really hard, though. And looked good doing it! She's really pretty.

I'm sorry, I don't remember Muniz-senshu though. :(

[Erens]

Good day

Can someone please tell me how Solly Soko fought. He is From South Africa.
thanks:confused:

Osu-EN1

[Bloke]

[B]Bloke-san:

I don't have my tournament pamphlet with me so I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure Brian Jakobsen didn't sign in as a competitor for Day 2, meaning he was eliminated in Day 1. Sorry I can't help more than that...



Thanks Starkodoma

I saw him at the British Open and he was excellent - I though he would go farther.

[greedy]

Osu! Thanks for the pics StarKodama :) proud of Lithuanian support squad :) I bet they helped the fighters a lot :)

[Azimuth]

In the lenght of this event is there an international seminar/dan grading
planned from today 16/10 till 18/10 are you also involved in that event Starkodama-san ?

[DavidShinRicci]

Osu!

How did my Canadian karateka perform in his first World tournament?

[georginio1977]

Congr. to the Greek Fighter Aristotelis Melekiadis! He is the Best Greek Fighter in the WKO. Tomorrow we will training together again. OSU!

[StarKodama]

In the lenght of this event is there an international seminar/dan grading
planned from today 16/10 till 18/10 are you also involved in that event Starkodama-san ?

Sorry, I've not even heard of it. :confused: I train in Yokohama, not at the Sou-Honbu in Tokyo so I'm kinda out of the loop... It certainly sounds interesting though!

Erens-san:

When Solly Soko entered the ring, Iinuma-shihan, who was sitting next to me, turned to me and said "This guy's REALLY good." And he was! He started the fight really strong but if memory serves he wasn't really able to maintain that momentum till the end, so he lost his first match. :( The shihan was shocked. I guess he just had a bad day, but I'm excited to see more from him in the future!


DavidShinRicci-san:

I'm sorry, I don't remember a Canadian male fighter, but I seem to remember a French Canadian female fighter..? She was very sweet and fought hard but lost by ippon under kind of mysterious circumstances. During the fight she just kind of collapsed and it looked like she was clutching her wrist. They showed the replay a few times but still I'm not sure if she was hurt by her opponent's punch to the stomach, or if she hurt her wrist or something while punching her opponent. :confused:

Greedy-san:

The Lithuanian support squad was absolutely AMAZING, way more spirited than the Japanese even though the Japanese outnumbered them by 1000 to 1. The liberal use of airhorns was a nice touch. =D Every time one of their own won they went absolutely NUTS. They were all really friendly too!

georginio1977 -san:

Melekiadis-senshu did indeed perform really well! His seconds were very spirited with their cheering too. :D

[DavidShinRicci]

Star

You train in Yokohama?

So you must know Yasumoto San.

He beat me up in the world tournament in Osaka 2005.

But i will be ready next time.
I spent 2 weeks this summer in Fukuoka training with Kenta Mori and Aoyagi Shigeru...
Team Midori...

Plz if you have any pictures of that event (Osaka) let me know.

Osu!

[StarKodama]

Star

You train in Yokohama?

So you must know Yasumoto San.

He beat me up in the world tournament in Osaka 2005.


Plz if you have any pictures of that event (Osaka) let me know.

Osu!

WOW I do indeed know Yasumoto-senpai!!! He trains at my dojo! I can't believe I'm talking to one of his former opponents! So, I guess you're David Ricci-senshu? Where are you from?

I posted pictures of Yasumoto-senpai's bout against Sandor Bak and a few other pictures of the World Tournament here: starkodama: Sekai Taikai Day 2 in pictures (http://starkodama.livejournal.com/682288.html) Unfortunately I don't have any pics of the World Cup in Osaka because I didn't start training karate till 2006. :P

It's so exciting to meet you! :D

[Bloke]

Hi DavidShinRicci

Why not pop into the introductions section and tell us a little more about yourself - you never know - maybe there are more people on her you know!!

[nachoesq]

osu bloke,

he went out second round against espinoza from costa rica. i think he fought at swiss open this year. he is a strong fighter and maybe a student of shihan midori (not as uchi deshi).

Osu-JP1

Actually Sergio Espinoza is one of my sempai that i train with. Yes he fought the swiss open this year achieving 2nd place and won the tameshiwari award. Osu-EN1

[nzproud]

hi nachoesq, have you met a girl called Ingrid(spelling?) at your dojo? She trains at my dojo in new zealand now but she told me that she used to go to college and trained with Espinoza.

[nachoesq]

No i havent met her but we train under the guidance of Shihan Antonio Gonzalez W.K.O GODAN in Costa Rica.

[DavidShinRicci]

I'm from Canada.

Nice to meet you.

[AD]

Good to see Yamada do well, he had a titanic fight aganist GB's Kenny Jarvis in Belgium this year and lost on boards, he was very very strong though..... although Kenny's legandary low kicks did do some damage by the way Yamada limped the rest of the day.

Sounds like a fantastic torunament though, seems like Tsukakoshi stuck to bread & butter techniques and pure strenght to from what I hear desrevedly take the title.

Good to see the Russian fghtere getting to the last 8 in Shevchenko, Grigoriev and the strongest fighter in my view Nesterenko. Also I hear Khudiakov was excellent and he may have the claim to being number one lw in te world at the moment. I was also pleased to see Lithuanina get good places, this was the first time someone from this excellent Kyokusnin country amde it to the last 8 and one made it to the final. Would have loved to see Tsukamoto do it, sounds like he went out by one board, according to my sources he was awesome too. Also a massive well done to Jimmie Collin for reaching the last 32 and getting an ippon against one of the Japanese fighters !

Only 4 weeks to the IKO 1 version, come one Lechi !

P.S. Hi Bloke, hows tricks. Hope you are keeping well, bad news about the British this year.

[kakatootoshi]

Seikai Taikai official gallery (2666 pictures)

Enbu
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=27)

Opening
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=18)

1st round
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=19)

2nd round
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=20)

3rd round
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=21)

4th round
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=22)

Quarter-finals
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=23)

Semi-finals
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=24)

3rd place fight-off
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=25)

Final
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=26)

Prize presenation
Click here (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=28)

OSU!

[DavidShinRicci]

Thankyou those pictures where amazing!

Osu!

[nino_emcee]

yeah thank you for the pics.

[Kimkong]

Thanks Starkodoma

I saw him at the British Open and he was excellent - I though he would go farther.

Brian was to focused on meeting Kuno in the next round and i think he was suprised by the strenght of Sergio Espinoza. But I think that Brian should have won after first round. Osu-EN1

[Bloke]

Thanks KimKong - As I said I was really surprised that he didnt advance futher and now I know why!!

[Kimkong]

Osu Bloke,
So were we(the danes)

[goldberg2310]

Brian was to focused on meeting Kuno in the next round and i think he was suprised by the strenght of Sergio Espinoza. But I think that Brian should have won after first round. Osu-EN1

osu kimkong,

thats the second time, brian went out, depending on focusing next round. at last years european he was knocked out by an israeli heavyweight on the same reason, because he should met torok from hungary. maybe it´s the problem of killer to get him in right rails. ;) brian is an able fighter - able to be a european champion or more. he showed it several times, f.i. at wt 2003.

Osu-EN1

[KERRIGAN]

How on Earth do you mind readers know that it was due to focussing on future opponents that Brian Jakobsen lost, and not simply because his opponents were better?

[goldberg2310]

How on Earth do you mind readers know that it was due to focussing on future opponents that Brian Jakobsen lost, and not simply because his opponents were better?

osu,

nothing to do with the abilities of other fighters. never would say this! read my former states - the man from costa rica is also a strong fighter. brians lost at et 2006 where simply a lucky punch - not more. :)

kimkong told us, brian was the better man at first round against espinoza. not more. at this time, i think kim is an experienced fighter for himself, and he could say if or if not the result was ok.

notice: any fighter at wt trained hard for himself and sb has to show respect to all of them!

OSU-EN2

[Kimkong]

osu kimkong,

thats the second time, brian went out, depending on focusing next round. at last years european he was knocked out by an israeli heavyweight on the same reason, because he should met torok from hungary. maybe it´s the problem of killer to get him in right rails. ;) brian is an able fighter - able to be a european champion or more. he showed it several times, f.i. at wt 2003.

Osu-EN1

Killer has retired from being national coach for Denmark, Benno Rasmussen has taken over and he was the coach for Brian at WT.

[Kimkong]

How on Earth do you mind readers know that it was due to focussing on future opponents that Brian Jakobsen lost, and not simply because his opponents were better?

Osu Kerrigan,

I am not mind reading, I was there with Brian. Anyhow I am not disrespecting the guy from Costa Rica who did a good job and as I wrote; Brian was suprised by the strenght of him.
Osu-EN1

[goldberg2310]

Killer has retired from being national coach for Denmark, Benno Rasmussen has taken over and he was the coach for Brian at WT.

osu kim,

heard that first time. hope everything is ok...

all the best for benno and your team.

OSU-EN2

[alan]

The tournament was amazing. Great organization and atmosphere. The level of the fights were extremly high. There are no longer any really easy fights in the WT for anyone.

I have to say that I was hoping for a more technical world champion but Tsukakoshi truely was the best these two days. Vasili Kudiakov and Romas Neterenko were the two that fighters I enjoyed the most. Some fighters didn't live up to the expectations and some exceeded them by far!

After the sayonara party the part continued in Roppongi and many fighters ended up in the same place, it was a crazy night :-P

The demo by 66 year old shihan Najiri (spelling?) was so cool. I wish I will be in that shape when I reach that age.

[Kimkong]

Osu Alan,

Were you in Roppongi to? I was there as well and yes it was a fun night, but damn the day after wasen't :-)

I agree that Tsukagoshi was the best even though i think that Valeri did deserve another round in the semi.

[Steffen]

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[Steffen]

Osu Bloke,
So were we(the danes)

Osu!
So were we to (the norwegians)

[alan]

Osu Alan,

Were you in Roppongi to? I was there as well and yes it was a fun night, but damn the day after wasen't :-)

I agree that Tsukagoshi was the best even though i think that Valeri did deserve another round in the semi.

Haha, yeah I was in Roppongi.

[kyokushinkevin ®]

osu! .. thanks for the information!

osu!

[georginio1977]

Congr. to the Greek Fighter Aristotelis Melekiadis! He is the Best Greek Fighter in the WKO. Tomorrow we will training together again. OSU!




YouTube - Aristotelis Melekiadis with Hellenic Kyokushin Team (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzuV-lutYMY)

[nzproud]

Nice highlight! There is a highlight video of this event posted in the multimedia section. The greek fighter is good! Regards to him. Osu.

[satodojo]

Osu, I was there at the tournament with canadian team.
I believe I met StarKodama san and exchanged a few words. She is very cute! (If Iam talking about same person...)
The event was just fantastic!! I really had a great time at the tournament as well as the seminner at Mt. Fuji.
I didn't know everyone went out to roppongi after the sayonara-party!
Did I miss the best part of the WT?!

[StarKodama]

Osu, I was there at the tournament with canadian team.
I believe I met StarKodama san and exchanged a few words. She is very cute! (If Iam talking about same person...)
The event was just fantastic!! I really had a great time at the tournament as well as the seminner at Mt. Fuji.
I didn't know everyone went out to roppongi after the sayonara-party!
Did I miss the best part of the WT?!

Osu Satodojo-san! It was a nice coincidence to see you here on the forums, because one of my online friends just told me he's joining your dojo! :) You'll meet him soon! :D

Did we meet?!?! I don't remember saying much to the Canadian team other than escorting the fighter to the stand. :) Was I wearing a hot-pink bib with the Shinkyokushin logo on it? :confused:

(Well, either way, I'd like to meet you again someday... I'm from NY originally!)

[satodojo]

Osu Satodojo-san! It was a nice coincidence to see you here on the forums, because one of my online friends just told me he's joining your dojo! You'll meet him soon!

Did we meet?!?! I don't remember saying much to the Canadian team other than escorting the fighter to the stand. Was I wearing a hot-pink bib with the Shinkyokushin logo on it? :confused:

(Well, either way, I'd like to meet you again someday... I'm from NY originally!)

Osu, Star-san, you must be kidding me. Are you originally from NY? Then you should come visit us to train when you do "sato gaeri":o

I believe I met you when I was helping Koi san of Honbu to direct fighters to stay away from branch chief section at the first day of the event.
I don't remember the details of the situation, but you somehow came by to help him and the introduced yourself as an interpreter. Yes, you were wearing shocking-pink bib and you were the only one interpreter who looked like "non-Japanese." (perhaps you are "hybrid" like my daughter)
Anyway, do you admit you are very cute? If yes, you must be the lady I met at the WT. ;)

[vapor]

star kodama is to modest to admit her beauty---but we have seen photos and can vouch for the fact that yes, she is cute!

vapor

[satodojo]

Vapor san, thank you for your comment. Now I am sure that she was the one.

Star-san, Does your friend practice MMA? If so, I might speak to your friend yesterday on the phone. He said he is coming to attend the class on Friday.

[StarKodama]

Osu, Star-san, you must be kidding me. Are you originally from NY? Then you should come visit us to train when you do "sato gaeri":o

I believe I met you when I was helping Koi san of Honbu to direct fighters to stay away from branch chief section at the first day of the event.
I don't remember the details of the situation, but you somehow came by to help him and the introduced yourself as an interpreter. Yes, you were wearing shocking-pink bib and you were the only one interpreter who looked like "non-Japanese." (perhaps you are "hybrid" like my daughter)
Anyway, do you admit you are very cute? If yes, you must be the lady I met at the WT. ;)

OH! Ok, then yes, that was me. :p It was very nice to meet you, and yes, I will definitely come visit your dojo if I come back to NY next summer!! Yoroshiku onegai itashimasu :D

My friend did kempo for 3 years, I don't think he has any MMA experience...

(And actually, I'm 100% white.... no Japanese at all, though I get asked a lot!)

[satodojo]

OK, that guy came to my class yesterday. He said that he is a writer.
I guess he might be suffering from body ache by this time. I hope he can get over that.

By the way, do you do mixi? If you do, come join my group and a マイミク. You can search me by my HN メトロポリタン.

Osu!

[vapor]

There is a thread about mixi!

you can find it here:

http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums/japanese-language-culture/3325-who-can-read-japanese-who-does-mixi.html

vapor

[satodojo]

Osu, hajime-mashite! Vapor san.

I went the thread. Should I post a message in that thread?

[vapor]

hajimemashite!

That would be a great place to post your mixi id and group info!

vapor

[satodojo]

Osu! Vapor san,

I will do it now. Arigato gozaimasita.

[vapor]

Thanks for posting the info in that thread!

vapor

[DavidShinRicci]

Osu!

Sato San, I can't wait to meet up with you at the end of the month at the north American Tournament.

This Forum is filled with cool people!

Osu!

[vapor]

Cool, another k4l.com get together!!

vapor

[satodojo]

Osu, David san,
It's soo cool to see you here! Yes, indeed. Those people are awesome!
Shihan Midori is coming to Montreal. I just met him at the international seminar after the WT but I am excited to see him again soon in Canada.
I also look forward to seeing you guys there. Why don't we get together in downtown without Shihan O, only invite young generation? Let me know how you think.
Osu!

[tranquoc_c]

Osu, Sato San,
My name is Chinh Tran. I'm training in the Sampai David San's class. May be Sato San is remember me when last year at Nord America Tournement, I was tie three times with another person for the Kata's presentation!!! can I joint you guys in the downtown too? I'm training less than two years, so am I included as "young generation"?
Osu!

[satodojo]

Osu, it's great to see you here! All the practitioner at your dojo except OLD ones are welcome! So, you are included!!
I look forward seeing you then! Osu!

[vapor]

tranquoc_c -

May I suggest that you jump over to the INTRODUCTIONS forum and start a thread telling us about yourself!

vapor

[tranquoc_c]

Osu Sato san,
Where are you planning to stay in Montreal? If you need help, please let me know.
Osu!

[DavidShinRicci]

Osu!

Sato san, How many participants will you be bringing to the tournament? Are they all 18 and over. Also, please let me know what kind of place you would like to visit or enjoy in down-town montreal, so that I can coordinate something with the young generation. Also, please send me an e-mail with your arrival date and the rest of the details.

Osu!

[Martin H]

Guys, PLEASE stay on subject.
new topics=new thread.

[pedro silva]

Hello to everybody!

I´m so sorry for asking this at this time when you are in another subject but i don´t no where to turn...
Please tell me if Portugal had a atlete fighting in the tournement.

Thank you...

Oss!

[satodojo]

Osu, Pedro san,

There was a Portugal fighter in the tournament. His name is Fabiano Moreira.
Sorry, but I don't remember his fight.

David san,
Let us discuss about our tournament over the e-mail.
Osu,

[twosix]

Wow great staff I have a great wish of going back to the ring again ,NOT JUST NOW . how or where can i get the videos of World Open tournaments in South africa,Gauteng region?

[solcito]

what about fighter from Argentina? number "22".

[kakatootoshi]

Dear solcito,
Sorry but I guess you are referring to the wrong tournament.
Please check out the "news flash" section for the IKO-1 world tournament.

OSU!

[kakatootoshi]

Kokusai Seminar at Fujisan

Gallery (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?num=10&cid=29)

(page 1 to 154, 1538 pictures in total)

OSU!

[solcito]

quiero dejar mis infinitas felicitaciones a emmanuel ruarte, de argentina por todo lo que ha logrado en su vida con el mayor de los esfuerzos.

Mod Edit: Please Post in English as that is the language of the forum.

[satodojo]

Kokusai Seminar at Fujisan

Gallery (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?num=10&cid=29)

(page 1 to 154, 1538 pictures in total)

OSU!

kakatootoshi san,
Thank you for the link. There are too many pictures to see them all, but I barely could find couple of pictures of me:)

I will keep on looking for moreOsu-JP1

[vapor]

that is a lot of pics!

vapor

[goldberg2310]

osu,

jfi:
the dvd of 9th world championships wko are not available before february 2008. this is the news i get from wko office today.

OSU-EN2

[tansei]

Hey DavidSan,
Nice to meet you here.
Let's hear some stories from Japan.

[kakatootoshi]

Two short news about the world tournament.

1)After the heated battles of the 9th world tournament, doping tests were carried out for specified placing fighters. The chairman of the doping committee, Narito Shihan, declared that "transgressor were not found". Fighters followed Budo Karate Seishin and fought fairly. There were no mistakes in the impressions that they gave.

2)Tsukagoshi Takayuki Senshu victory celebration
To celebrate the retainment of the prestige of the Karate motherland by Tsukagoshi Takayuki Senshu at the 9th world tournament with the strongest ever group of overseas fighters, a celebration party will be held. This will be a large party with also people outside the organization. Date and Time: Heisei 20 (2008) 2/17 14:00 Venue: Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka.

OSU!

[Bloke]

Thanks for the news Kaka san

[Azimuth]

A few pics of the seminar
http://www.shinkyokushin.be/beheer/UserFiles/FotoBoek/85795695.jpg

http://www.shinkyokushin.be/beheer/UserFiles/FotoBoek/76599157.jpg

http://www.shinkyokushin.be/beheer/UserFiles/FotoBoek/27853057.jpg

http://www.shinkyokushin.be/beheer/UserFiles/FotoBoek/95231695.jpg

[satodojo]

Thank you for posting pictures Azimuth san.:)

[KAHISHIN]

Ossu!!!
My name is Adriano Hernandez from Uruguay and I fought in the 9th tournament in Tokio.
I lost to Andjez Milevskij by decision. We was stronger than me but the fight was great. It is my second world tournament, last one i lost to the Russian Fighter Vitaly Kolodiahny. All the fights were great and the seminar in mount Fuji was even better.
The best thing I remember was when in the night of the second day of the tournament we went dancing with Tsukamoto Sensei and all the famous fighters... I coudnt believe I was drinking, speaking and dancing with my Idols... It is just great!!!

More stories to come...
KYOKUSHIN URUGUAY

Ossu
I love Kyokushin4life.

[jcbel]

The best thing I remember was when in the night of the second day of the tournament we went dancing with Tsukamoto Sensei and all the famous fighters... I coudnt believe I was drinking, speaking and dancing with my Idols... It is just great!!!

Were some of them still fighting the next day or not? If they were, wow...

Welcome by the way! :)

[KAHISHIN]

The second day was the last day of the tournament so they did not have to fight again. ALso went with us Shihan Hiroshi Nanri, a former Uchi deshi from Sosais years, a very charming person... a strong small baldy senior kyokushin.

Ossu
Nice to meet you too.

[StarKodama]

Hi Kahishin-san!

I was at the tournament too.... but as a translator, not a competitor. ;D

Welcome to the forum!! It's so exciting to hear your stories! :)

[guty]

osu bloke,

he went out second round against espinoza from costa rica. i think he fought at swiss open this year. he is a strong fighter and maybe a student of shihan midori (not as uchi deshi).

Osu-JP1

he indeed fought at the swiss open end up in 2nd place this are some pics!COSTA RICA KYOKUSHIN KARATE RENMEI (http://www.kyokushinkai.net/relate1.html)



and here is a link for a slide show against Bryan Jacobsen
BRYAN JACOBSEN VS SERGIO ESPINOZA by SHIN-KYOKUSHIINKAI C.R. (http://www.slide.com/r/Rx7_rA_j6D-qsyIf-AfcEJuFZgobX4Ef?cy=lt&view=large)

Osu-EN1 to Sergio Espinoza sempai

[Davidkyokushinstudent]

Thanks for the reports StarKodama, very informative and enthusiastic. I wish i could have been there! Sounds very exciting! Congratulations to Tsukagoshi.

[kakatootoshi]

Not wanting to open a new thread so just put it here.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4775/rh7w0781tb1.jpg
In an official interview on the WKO website, Kuno Kiyohide says he wants to leave the tournament scene and concentrate on other things in life.

OSU!

[kakatootoshi]

Celebration party for the victory of Tsukagoshi Takayuki Senshu (180 pictures)

Gallery (http://www.shinkyokushinkai.co.jp/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?num=10&cid=34)

An interview (in English)
KARATE: World Karate Organization Official Site - Interview with Takayuki Tsukagoshi, the World Champion (http://www.wko.or.jp/modules/bulletin/article.php?storyid=27)

OSU!

[nikimester]

Osu,

Just a quick note. Among women Veronika Szovetes is from Hungary. Really a great fighter!!! Proud of her.

Osu

[Boaretto]

Who was in this WT, what do you think about the brazilian Rafael CArdoso ?

He defeated Christian Christianssen in his first fight. In second, twice against Tsukamoto. Rafael gone good. Lost by decision.

What do you think ?