On October 1-2, in Swinoujscie The 11th Polish Open Kyokushin Karate Championships took place. Former Polish Champion Pawel Biszczak from Legnica won the prestigious Kumite Men Open Category and confirmed his participation in the upcoming 10th European Open Category Kyokushin Karate Championships.
   Organizer of the championships was Swinoujscie Kyokushin Karate Club lead by Sensei Pawel Sujka. Main judge was Shihan Andre Drewniak and technical judge was Shihan Wlodzimierz Roj.

We are pleased to inform that a new KWF Syllabus has been prepared. Please have a look at it.

KWF Syllabus [XLS 44 KB]

Preparations for the 10th European Open Category Kyokushin Karate Championships and the 5th European Junior Kyokushin Karate Championships, that will take place in Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland are going very well.
   Among many countries, that have sent their applications are: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine. Organizer received also many applications form countries located out of the European region. This championships are open to all regions and all Kyokushin organizations.
   Bulletin number 2 has been announced.
   For detailed information about the event click here.

   During the registration process of new KWO Statute in Switzerland the lawyers suggested, that the official name Kyokushin World Organization should be changed to Kyokushin World Federation. While "organization" is more likely to be a name, that describes affiliation of individual persons, the name "federation" describes the affiliation of national groups and clubs. Please mind, that all the names of KWO will soon be changed to KWF. The website address: www.kyokushin-world.org will stay unchanged.

We will keep you informed about the official registration progress.

KWF General Secretary, Andre Drewniak

   On September 22, the President of KWO - Shihan Loek Hollander, Chairman - Shihan Antonio Pinero and General Secretary Shihan Andre Drewniak visited Moscow, where they met Shihan Yuri Trutnev - the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation.  Main topic of the meeting was exchanging opinions and experiences concerning the future of Kyokushin entering in the Olympic movement. Both sides came to the agreements and commitment to unite maximum efforts to make this possible.

A. Pinero, L. Hollander, Y. Trutnev, A. Drewniak