Seminar Report

 With the arrival of Shihan Antonio Pereira in Mauritius, a series of seminars were held across the island at the following Dojos: Friday, January 10: Seminar on Kumite and Kihons techniques at the Goodlands Dojo. Saturday, January 11: Seminar on Kihons and Yakusoku Kumite at Bambous Gymansium. Sunday, January 12: Summer training at Flic en Flac beach. Monday, January 13: Seminar for black and brown belts on Renraku and Kata at the Vacoas Dojo. Tuesday, January 14: Seminar for black and brown belt on advanced Kata at Coromadel Dojo. January 25: Arbitration Seminar at Vacoas Dojo. The Seminars had a total of 110 participants actively participating in the different trainings and wide dissemination in the different media in the country, Star Newspaper, Defi-Plus Magazine, the summer training on the beach was presented in the Sport News of 20 00 on the National Television channel , MCB1, on the same day; Sunday, January 12th.Text by Sandip Vencatakistnen.

Competition Report

 The 1st National Kyokushin KWF Karate Championship Mauritius was held in the gymnasium of Swami Sivananda State secondary school in Bambous on January 26, 2020 starting at 10 am and ending at 9 pm. The championship received the participation of 150 fighters divided into 15 categories in Kumite and 20 participants in Kata divided into 3 categories. The championship was attended by 11 athletes from Reunion Island.two 2 teams of referees and judges for kumite and one for kata. Shihan Antonio Pereira was the supreme judge of the championship, Sensei Vivegananda Vencatakistnen the President and Sempai Yousouf Ramjan the Vice President.. We had 2 tatami for the A and B qualifiers and 1 tatami for the Semi and Final.

- Results -

11-12 January 2020 in Krakow at the Sports Hall of the MDK Scout House ul. Reymana 18 was held with the participation of 118 Dojo Operators, instructors and players 2-day seminar combined with New Year's training. The trainings were led by shihan Alexander Pichkunov 5 dan - medalist of the Kyokushin World Championship, he trained and fought in Tokyo in K-1 together with shihan Francisco Filho for 6 years. Also participated: shihan Andrzej Drewniak, shihan Andrzej Krawontka, shihan Robert Kopciowski, shihan Witold Stolarczyk, shihan Zdzislaw Niedzwiedz, shihan Janusz Piórkowski, shihan Bogdan Swiatkowski and shihan Robert Kern from Hungary.

4. Kyokushin KWU World Championships in weight categories were held on December 7-8, 2019 at the Municipal Sports Hall in the city of Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana in Kazakhstan, with 237 competitors from about 45 countries fighting in 16 weight classes senior men and women. The spectacular opening of the championships took place with the use of the latest stage and computer designs and lighting effects, referring to the legends of the samurai katana sword and the taiko battle drum. The prelude ended the equally effective entry of teams with national flags.

On December 8, 2019, the annual Kyokushin World Union Board Meeting was held with the participation of shihan Yuri Trutnev, shihan Ivo Kamenov, shihan Antonio Pinero, shihan Hatsuo Royama, shihan David Pickthall, shihan Andre Drewniak, shihan Ramil Gabbasov and shihan Aleksandr Pichkunov. The meeting adopted the annual report of the Secretary General of KWU A. Pichkunov and discussed the most important topics related to World Karate and outlined an action plan for the coming years.

Shihan Yuri Trutniev was honored 6 dan for tremendous work for the development of Kyokushin in the world, a visionary approach to modern Kyokushin and organizational support for KWU around the world. On behalf of KWF, the certificate and belt were handed to him by the President of KWF Antonio Pinero.