On December 10, Austrian Open Tournament 2006 was held in the Vienna Budo Center.
    Organiser of this event arranged under the patronage of Austrian Kyokushin Karate Organization, was sensei Marek Kubek.
     Supreme Judge sensei Heribert Koller supervised over 40 fights.

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     On October 28-29, French Kyokushin team (senpai Fourment, senpai Peretel, senpai Pernas, senpai Kaczowka, senpai  Delaunay) went to Geneva. At the invitation of event organizer,
Mr. Alessi Claudio, they performed several Kyokushin Karate demonstrations and promoted this martial art in Switzerland.

     A lot of different styles were demonstrated during the two session exhibition. An enthusiastic audience was able to admire several demonstrations of Taekwondo, Kung-Fu, Self-defense, Sambo, Thai Boxing, Iaido, Jiujutsu, Krav maga and other.

     The French team performed three demonstrations, lead by senpai Fabrice Fourment , based on: Kihon, Kata, Shield work, Sparring, Kumite, Self-defense and Tameshiwari.

     All the teams were very touched by the demonstration performed by handicapped martial art students, conducted by Mr. Alessi Claudio, who gave us a great lesson of humility.

     French Kyokushin wishes to congratulate and thank Mr. Claudio, the participants and the Swiss audience for their warm welcoming and their kindness.

     On 2nd December in Warsaw, Poland vs. Spain - Kyokushin Karate Match took place.
The following guests from Spain have arrived: Alejandro Navarro, Pablo Estensoro, Javier Lezkano, Javier Martinez.

On November 25 in Messina (Italy) The 6th European Open Category Championships took place with participation of 110 competitors from 18 countries. Main judge was shihan Antonio Pinero.

Organiser of the championships was Italian Kyokushin Karate Organization led by shihan Tsutomu Wakiuchi.

     Three European fighters qualified to the finals of The 38th All Japan Open Karate Tournament, which took place in Tokyo Taiikukan on the weekend of November 18-19, 2006. 
     Artur Hovhanissian from Armenia took remarkable 2nd place, Krzysztof Habraszka from Poland was 4th, and Alejandro Navarro from Spain finished in the top 16.
     IKO International Committee Member Shihan Loek Hollander and EKKO General Secretary Shihan Andre Drewniak were the guests of the tournament.