On Sunday, May 12, 2019, the FIRST INDIAN OCEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 took place on Reunion Island. KWF FRANCE (REUNION) by Shihan Pierre Grondin welcomed our president Shihan Antonio Pinero for the second time in two years. First arbitration internship, first KWF grade and a technical internship were on the agenda during the week. The competition was a huge success with everyone. It was the most prestigious Kyokushin competition held on Reunion Island. Shihan Pierre Grondin and the whole of KWF FRANCE thank all the organisations present during this competition. The second edition will be held in Mauritius in 2020.

On Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm in the Municipal Sports and Entertainment Hall "Salt City" in Wieliczka, the 9th International Tournament for the Kyokushinkai Karate Salt Cup took place. The organizer of the competition was the Karate Kyokushinkai Karate Club in Wieliczka (Wielicki Klub Karate Kyokushinkai) (KWF) under the leadership of the chairman Krzysztof R. Kopciowski (2nd dan). The tournament took place with the support of the City and Commune of Wieliczka and the Wieliczka Poviat. The main judge of the tournament was shihan Janusz Piórkowski (5th dan), technical judge sensei S?awomir Rudawski (4th dan) and chairman of the organizing committee was shihan Robert Kopciowski (5th dan) President of Ma?opolska District Karate Federation. This year's tournament in Wieliczka both due to the level of sports competition and the number of competitors in each category was very demanding. In this event, on 3 mats, 350 competitors from 43 clubs from 4 countries (Romania, Poland, Germany and Czech Republic) and 7 kyokushin organizations participated with 39 judges. The competition honored many special guests including General Secretary of the Kyokushin World Federation (KWF) shihan Andre Drewniak 9.DAN, Romanian Country Representative sensei Ilie Ionescu4.DAN, German Country Representative sensei Janusz Konieczko4.DAN, Czech Country Representative sensei Peter Dro?d?ak 4.DAN , Vice-chairman of the City Council in Wieliczka Bogdan Lizak, Chairwoman of the Krzyszkowice housing estate and member of the city council El?bieta Sikora and inspector in the sport department of the Wieliczka district Joanna Boduch. Guests and judges were given thanks and hand-made ceramic cups. During the decoration of the winners, 150 diplomas, 48 ​​cups of 147 medals prepared by the artistic studio ArcyDzielnia from Wieliczka were awarded. Great coffee was provided by Caffè Cagliari Polska and Magenta catering helped to supplement calories.

Ukrainian Championship KWF 2019

On April 27 in Zaporizhia, Ukraine was held the Ukrainian KWF Championship organizers: KWF Ukraine - Sensei Dmytro Nikolaiev. Chief referee of the championship - senpai Eugene Bozhko. 440 athletes from Cherkassy, Chernigov, Kherson, Kharkiv, Poltava, Mykolayiv, Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions competed in the competition for the right to be the first. Among the participants were the winners and prize-winners of international competitions, championships of Europe and the world.

The 1st International championship, organized by Armenian Kyokushin Karate National Federation , is over. 2 days and about 1050 fighters from 10 countries are attended during this championship. We are all happy to have this emotions and we are proud. And hope that next year this tradition will continuous.

Adult 18+ category team
I place Armenia
II place Armenia
III place Iran
III place Israel

10-17 ages category team

I place Armenia
II place Russia
III place Iran

OSU!