On July 7 - 11 in Papendal (Holland) The 41th West European Summer Camp took place with participation of about 180 participants from Austria, Belgium, France, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Poland and Romania. The camp program was prepared by Shihan Loek Hollander.Special guests were: Shihan Antonio Pinero (Spain), Shihan Andre Drewniak (Poland), Shihan Stuart Corrigal (Canada), Shihan Don Corrigal (Canada) and Sensei Brad Gillespie (Canada). Trainings included kihon, kata, kumite and everyday practice of three Bo kata, Bassai dai kata and self-defense.

   Only two months after his debut in K-1, current Kyokushin Karate World Champion Ewerton Teixeira, won his first title in this formula of fight. On June 29 in Fukuoka's K-1 Japan Grand Prix, Brazilian won with the following Japanese fighters: Tsutomu Takahagi, Tsuyoshi Nakasako and Keijiro Maeda. Winning this tournament Teixeira became the 3rd non-Japanese champion in the history of K-1 Japan. Before only Nicholas Pettas and Bob Sapp achieved that. 
   On the same day two world champion title fights took place. In superheavy weight Jerome Le Banner challenged Semmy Schilt, and in heavy weight Glaube Feitosa challenged Badr Hari. In both fights the champions (Schilt and Hari) defended their titles.
   Shihan Seiji Isobe and Shihan Francisco Filho, who were present in Fukuoka said many complimentary words about the brazilian World Champion. Ichigeki Academy coaches, Faii Falamoe and Jayson Vemoa said "this boy learns really fast".

   The next tournament - K-1 Asia Grand Prix will take place on July 13 in Taiwan, where Kyokushin will be represented by Alexandr Pichkunov. 

   On June 15 in Vienna, The International Austrian Kyokushin Karate Championships took place. 244 competitors from the following countries: Austria, Czech R., Bulgaria, Germany, Holland, Poland, Slovakia and Serbia, took part in the event.
   Organiser was Austrian Kyokushin Karate Organisation, led by Sensei Marek Kubek. Main Judge was Sensei Roman Keska.

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   On June 14-15 The 25th All Japan Weight Category Championships were held in Furitsu Taikukan Hall in Osaka. Tournament which was organised by IKO Kyokushinkaikan gathered over 200 competitors and couple thousands of spectators.
   Main Judge was Kancho Shokei Matsui.