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.

On 24 May 2008 in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) The 22 European Weight Category Championships took place. 125 competitors from 22 countries took part in the event, which was organised by Spanish Kyokushin Karate Organisation.
Kancho Shokei Matsui (IKO President), Shihan Katsuhito Gorai (IKO General Secretary) and Shihan Loek Hollander (IKO International Committee Member) were the special guests, as well as the EKKO Board members: Shihan Antonio Pinero (President), Shihan Ton Von Rijn (Vice-President), Shihan Andre Drewniak (General Secretary) and Sensei Christoph Fischer (Treasurer).
Organiser of the Championships was Shihan Jose Luis Lezkano. Main judge was Shihan Antonio Pinero.
On the day after the championships, a special training open for all EKKO Country Representatives, instructors and students, was lead by Shihan Katsuhito Gorai and Shihan Antonio Pinero. Kancho Shokei Matsui was observing the participants, but could not join the training himself, recovering from his leg surgery.

On May 10-11, in Khabarovsk (Russia), The 2008 Kyokushin Karate Team World Cup took place. Kancho Shokei Matsui (IKO President) and Shihan Katsuhito Gorai (IKO General Secretary) were the special guests.
Winner of the torunament was Russia.