Osu,

I am writing you this short letter in the name of the Croatian Kyokushin Karate
Organization - CKKO - and concerning the latest conflict between EKKO and IKO.

CKKO was founded in 2007. Since then  we have been working on our full membership in
EKKO and IKO which we considered as our only way in kyokushin.

Our former President Shihan Vlado Haljer, who recently left EKKO and IKO, constantly
tried about this subject. CKKO payed all the wanted amounts. Our members have
participated few international tournements, European championships and camps.
Inspite Shihan Haljer left CKKO, EKKO and IKO, our members decided to stay in EKKO
and IKO.

Even though we are new organization, the leaders of our organization are not new in
kyokushin. The separation that is happening now on the level EKKO - IKO is of course
part of the process that have started after Mas Oyama died. The same process hit
kyokushin in Croatia more than ten years ago. The main part of this process was the
criticism over the IKO Kyokushinkaikan and Kancho Matsui. It was the foundation and
the strength of this process..
Nevertheless, the idea of pure kyokushin was present in CKKO. This idea was strongly
related to EKKO and IKO.

When the idea of new IKO Europe was set out there were no explicit reasons that our
Organization was inform about. Are there some other foundations for the current
conflict between EKKO and IKO, we in Croatia do not know.  
The fact is that new IKO Europe should replace EKKO.

Concerning all above written, the main question for us is - WHY is Honbu trying to
destroy almost 50 years old, well organized EKKO??? It is impossible that Honbu did
not assume that this will cause chaos and new wave of separation.
CHAOS AND SEPARATION that is hapenning at the moment is contradictory to what is
claimed to be THE MAIN GOAL OF KYOKUSHIN, and which goal is stated at the beginning
of the IKO Kyokushinkaikan Official Bylaws 2009. - Our gratest pursuit is to reach
for the goal of INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND WORLD PEACE.

Concret, we in Croatia find this contradiction as essential element in the current
conflict which we are part of. This contradiction is for us obvious proof of
dissonance between words and acts of IKO Kyokushinkaikan!!!

Finaly, this is the foundation for our decision NOT TO SUPPORT NEW IKO EUROPE and in
this way we are ending all cooperation whith IKO Kyokushinkaikan led by Kancho
Matsui!

Miroslav Fresl,
Vice-chairman of the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Organization

To IKO Kyokushinkaikan Honbu,
With this letter I would like to cancel officially my association as the
Chief of IKO Kyokushinkaikan organisation lead by Mr. Shokei Matsui.

Please do not bother me or any member of the Czech Kyokushin Karate
Organisation from my group with your correspondence.

Me and my european colleagues feel that what IKO Honbu has done to senior
Shihans in Europe recently is disrespectful and it is a shame for the
philosophy taught to us by Sosai Masutatsu Oyama.

I would like to say that it was very hard decision but Honbu /Hibino/ whole
time work against myself because I worked together with EKKO.

I established Czech Kyokushin Krate Oganisation in 1999. Several years
Honbu didn´t want to cooperate with me but with Mr. Soukup (he established
only his own club and next he sets against me) so that I had to explain only
many nonsense problems in our organization.

For example : Before two years I booked twenty certificates for 1st and 2nd
KYU and for today nothing and Honbu obstruct me for two certificates of our
members who don´t contact me three years ! Two of my students wait for
certificate on 1st DAN three years already and is it right ?
And cooperation: In 2004 I invited Shihan Gorai and sensei Kiyama to Prague.
On the first appointment in Cracow Shihan Gorai asked hotel except center of
city and when they arrived he want to Hilton - I paid hotels bar, movie and
atc.

Why are two Branch Chiefs in Czech (not only Czech but in one town -
Prague), because Honbu wanted Mr. Soukup as BC and don´t respect myself.

In finish I would like to know who is Miss Tomita and where appeared
Mr. Joji Hibino ?

With regards,

Osu !

Jiri Potys
EKKO Country Representative
Czech Kyokushin Karate Organisation

Dear Country Representatives, Shihan and Sensei

As you may be aware of, in the recent few weeks European Kyokushin has been seriously attacked by IKO Honbu.

   Just few days ago, they removed our dear friend and respected Shihan Andre Drewniak, as he was the one who sent an e-mail protecting EKKO and our Country Representative’s policy. (*see the attachment 1)
   On the next day, Shihan Pinero was blackmailed with an e-mail from Honbu, saying that if we do not resolve EKKO immediately, he would not be allowed to meet Kancho at the meeting in Bucharest. (*see the attachment 2)

   After such a disrespectful message from Honbu, Shihan Pinero and Shihan Hollander informed Kancho Matsui, that they decided to leave IKO and sent the letter of explanation for this decision.
   Ridiculously enough, on the next day Shihan Gorai sent a short message from his BlackBerry mobile phone saying that IKO Honbu does not accept their resignation and Kancho decided to expell them from IKO, as of August 13.” (*see the attachment 3)
As you see, till the very end they tried not to lose the face. It was already too late though.

We have already sent a letter to correct the lie on IKO Honbu’s website, that Shihan Hollander and Shihan Pinero has been expelled. They were not expelled, but they left. That is a big difference.

Our decision was made long before that. In the time of such a disrespectful attack and trial to take over EKKO, what we have been building for the last 40 years, we decided to leave IKO Kyokushinkaikan lead by Kancho Shokei Matsui.

He was a great karateka, fighter and leader in the moment he took over the organisation from the late Sosai Oyama. We all respected him and supported in the time of many crisis situations before. The way his organisation has been lead in the last few years however, was not acceptable and the last incident of trying to take over the European organisation does not even need a comment.
   It is a big shame, he and his people did not respect the will of Sosai Oyama, who personally insisted on registering the EKKO and was supporting it strongly in his lifetime.

We know also, that Shokei Matsui is not the authentic leader of IKO Kyokushinkaikan anymore. All these strange decisions, including the idea of invading the Europe has been made by Yoshiko Tomita. Some of you might have seen her during the latest tournaments in Japan. It is a shame Kancho have never had enough courage to introduce this mysterious person to us.

With this letter, we would like to invite you to take part in the extraordinary EKKO meeting in Bucharest’s Intercontinental Hotel, the upcoming Friday and Saturday, August 20-21.
Details will be sent to you soon.

Respectfully yours.

OSU !

Shihan Loek Hollander
Shihan Antonio Pinero
Shihan Andre Drewniak
Shihan Lars Hoquist
Shihan Stanislav Blizniuk

To Kancho Matsui,
 
Unfortunally, because a lot of misunderstanding and comprension from your side and Tokyo Headquaters, is this after almost fifty years, our letter of resignation from your organisation.
 
There are too many reasons to take this decision, however we will point out some important ones:
 
1) You are just ignoring us and have lack of respect to both of us among many other old students.
 
2) Because of your ineffective leadership, we have lost many countries and very good instructors.
 
3) It is not possible to direct and built an International Organisation in a dictatory way like you are prefering.
 
4) You are not longer following the way that Sosai Oyama told us, and again are ignoring his principles and his wish to register a democratic European Kyokushin Organisation, that he approved and blessed all this past years.
 
5) We are receiving complains all the time from many countries stating that we were having "a pending organisation" as always all the answers we receive are saying pending.
 
We could go on and on, with many other reasons, but we firmly believe that there is no way back.
 
We wish you all the best and maybe we meet once again.
 
Sincerely yours

Loek Hollander
Antonio Pinero

   On July 21st - 25 37th East European Summer School was held in Krakow . There were about 350 participants from Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Czech, Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Slovakia and Russia.
   Leading instructors were President EKKO shihan Antonio Pinero and European Champion sensei Pablo Estensoro. Program of the camp has been prepared by shihan Andre Drewniak. Organizer of the camp was Polish Kyokushinkai Organisation.

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