On 20 and21 October 2012, in the Palace of sport “Yantarniy”in Kaliningrad in Russia, a two-day International Championships of Russia KWF for young people took place, with the participation of more than 200 competitors from 11 regions of Russia, under the supervision of the Russian Federation KWF lead by CR Sergey Suvorov. Guests of honour were the President KWF shihan Loek Hollander, the President EKF shihan Antonio Pinero, the Secretary KWF shihan Andre Drewniak and the member of the board KWF shihan Bertrand Kron. The official opening of championships was made by the Director of the Department of Sport. Shihan Antonio Pinero was the main judge, shihan Andre Drewniak was the technical judge, and the secretariat of competition was led by sensei Robert Wajgelt. Central referees were shihan Bertrand Kron, sensei Robert Kopciowski and sensei Radoslaw Mazurek. Within the framework of the entertainment part of the event shihan Pinero led the Seminar for fighters and the Referee course for judges. The event was finished with Sayonara. Kaliningrad Kyokushin Federation Kyokushin led by sensei Sergey Soldatov were the organisers of the Championships.

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On September 14, Shihan Andre Drewniak (KWF General Secretary) and Shihan Noriyuki Tanaka (KWF Representative in Japan) had an official meeting concerning the upcoming 1st KWF World Cup in Japan. Meeting took place in Tokyo Metropolitan Hotel , Ikebukuro. Discussion consisted of the following topics: preparations for the next years events including the 27th European Kyokushin Karate Championships in Poland, the 1st KWF World Championships in Paris, European Summer Camps in Holland, Spain and Poland, and Japanese Summer Camp in Kiyosumi Mt. Both Shihan Drewniak and Shihan Tanaka agreed that co-operation between Europe and Japan based on strong friendship relations and mutual respect should be the base for the further developement of Kyokushin World Federation.

   On July 28th - 29th KWF Japan Summer Camp Kiyosumiyama 2012 was held with 100 participants at Nippon Budokan Training Center which is located close to Kiyosumiyama in Chiba, Japan.  The story about the training of Sosai Masutatsu Oyama at Kiyosumiyama is well known. 

The main activities including the night training are the following: Basic Training (Kihon-Keiko), Movements in different stances (Ido-Keiko), Kata, Kumite including the fighting techniques, Circuit training including the 1000 squats

We hope that next year we also have friends from abroad coming and joining this annual event in Japan.

Organiser of the camp was Shihan Noriyuki Tanaka - KWF Representative in Japan. 

On 19-22 July 2012 on objects of the Academy of Physical Education in Krakow The 39th East European Summer Camp was held with the participation near 150 participants from Czech Republic, Moldavia, Germany, Poland, Russia, Spain and Ukraine. Leading instructors were President EKF shihan Antonio Pinero and World Kata Champion and also European Kumite Champion shihan Jose Lezcano. The camp was oriented on completing the education of managers of centers and instructors. Trainings took place 4 times daily according to the plan prepared by shihan Andre Drewniak accompanied by shihan Andrew Krawontka.

On 19 July a meeting of the President A. Pinero with participants from 6 countries took place. They discussed the perspectives of the development and the collaboration within the framework of the European Federation Kyokushin, the World Federation Kyokushin and the World Union Kyokushin with the seat in Moscow.

On 20 July a meeting of managers of centers with the President A. Pinero was organised. They discussed current situation in EKF, KWF and KWU. Then, the current activities and perspectives for the development and the collaboration were presented. The invitations to participate in three large international tournaments in Japan were handed. During 3 hours meeting shihan Pinero answered many questions.

The Polish Kyokushinkai Organization was the organizer of the 39th East European Summer Camp.  

We invite to the participation in the 40th Jubilee Camp on 18-21 July 2013 in which, among others, we expect participation of shihan Tanaka from Tokyo. 

GALLERY