5th World Cup in China,Photo Gallery,Australia team
Branch Chief Garry Viccars

5th I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA KYOKUSHIN KARATE WORLD CUP CHINA 2018 was held on 18th Nov.2018 at Suzhou Citizen Gymnasium.Suzhou city is old city and located to the west of Shanghai.The venue is new and fine building and we are so happy that we were able to organize this international championships at there.The participants were gathered from all over the World. However only Afghanistan team could participate from Middle East at this time.

Children’s China Open IKO Matsushima Cup 2018 was held on 17th Nov.2018. It’s was held at the same time with 5th World Cup in China.

The 25th I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA Gumma Kyokushin Karate Championships was held.

The 10th IKO Matsushima Indonesia interdojo tournament was held on Sunday 14 October 2018,in Gading Serpong,Banten Province,neighbouring to Jakarta.
135 participants did Kata and Kumite in three separate arenas.
The tournament started from 09:00 till 16:00.
Branch Chief;Setia Purnama

Annual report from Israel Branch.
Branch Chief; Alexey Gershevich

Shihan Roman Szyrajew(North America Chairman) was held the Seminar in Mexico .
Branch Chief;Roman Szyrajew

Volyn region championship was held traditionally in Lutsk on October 27th, 2018. The competition gathered more than 170 sportsmen. They fought in 30 age and weight categories. 5 categories were formed of sportsmen attending karate sections in kinder-gardens.
Branch Chief; Dmytro Volynets

Tournament report from Kazakhstan.
D O;Denis Kharitonov

The tournament was held in South Africa on 8th September 2018.
Branch Chief; Noah Bhembe

I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA DOOARS INVITATIONAL CUP 2018 was held in North-Bengal India.
D O; Somnath Chandra

Regional tournament was held in Australia.
Branch Chief;Gary Viccars

Ukrainian IKO Matsushima kyokushinkaikan karate championship in kumite and kata among adults and juniors (16-17 y.o.) was held in Dnipro on September 22nd, 2018. Along with it another competition was held: All-Ukrainian tournament in kumite among veterans and youth (14-15 y.o.). General organization and management was performed by Ukrainian Kyokushinkaikan Karate Federation. Its chairman Shihan Volynets Dmytro (Lutsk) was assigned as the main judge of the championship. Tatami referees were Shihan Ivan Zvizdun (town Kamianske) and sensei Vadym Shumik (town Lutsk).
Thanks to great efforts of Ukrainian Kyokushinkaikan Karate Federation’s individual branch in Dnipropetrovsk region (head sensei Golovin Dmytro) and karate clubs “Goncharenko dodjo” and “KASKAD”, the competition produced unforgettable impressions, …

1st Matsushima Cup Kyokushin Karate junior championship held in Nepal on 22nd September 2018.
D O; Raj Kumar Gurung

25 weight category
First – Biraj Sunuwar
Second – Bigen Budha Magar
Third – Pawan Sanjel
Fourth – Abin Pradhan
35 weight category
First – Kashmir Gaha Magar
Second – Ramu Thakur
Third – Hirdesh Karki
Fourth – Surya Dev
50 weight category
First. – Aman Aryal
Second – Ishwor Oli
Third – Bikram Magar
Fourth – Jivan Sanjel
Boys Open Weight Category
First. – Sameer Khadgi
Second – Prakash Kunwar
Third – Sanju Tamang
Fourth – Anuj Budha
Ladies Open Weight Category
First – – Dipika Tamang
Second – Manisha Tamang
Third Yashaswi Adhikari
Fourth – Susmita Sunuwar

The XV Brazilian Karate Kyokushinkaikan Championship was held in Naviraí on 8th September 2018.
400 athletes from 07 Brazilian states and two other countries: Chile and Paraguay.This shows the growth of IKO Matsushima Brazil
Branch Chief;Koei Nagata

Thomas Memorial Intra School Championship was held in Kolkata India On 25th August 2018.
Branch Chief; Bejoy Kr. Dhara

Alpheus Sabela Tournament which was held in Durban South Africa on the 4 August 2018
Shihan Roman Szyrajew (North America Chairman) was invited with guest and was welcomed by many Karatekas and the referee rules were read and exercises done on 3 August. On Sunday morning Shihan Roman had training seminar.
Branch Chief;Khanyisani Mazibuko

The I.K.O.Matsushima International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan Honbu Japan, KI Dojo, Karnataka, India.
Organised 1st I.K.O. Matsushima South India Kyokushin Karate Full Contact Knockdown OpenTournament on 12th August 2018 Karnataka, India.
5 States (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andra Pradesh & Telangana) Participated in this tournament with more than 100 fighters participated.
D O; Babu Nataraj

The 1st Rak Police iko matsushima open championship which held in United Arab Emirates (ras al Khaimah)
The competition was attending by 5 countries (iran,Kuwait,Lebanon,azarbayejan,and United Arab emirates)
This is a first international kyokushin karate in uae and I am very proud to informed you that it was very successful organized and preparation from uae iko matsushima
The competition was under rakpolice of ras al khaimah and they were very happy abut uae iko matsushims
I am working very hard for this and surely we will have you and hanshi John tailor for the next upcoming iko matsushima competition in uae
It’s very important that iko matsushims was first kyokushin karate organization in …

On May 26 the Second National Open Karate Matsushima Northern Area Tournament was held with the participation of more than 80 competitors from 5 to 54 years old and from different cities from the north , central and southern regions of Chile – IKO Royama, IKO Union and IKO Matsushima were present in this martial art event.
The Tournament took place in Alto Hospicio, a new emerging city 35 kilometers from Iquique, the capital of the First Region located in the middle of the Atacama desert, the driest desert in the world.
Iquique is located 1.700 kilometers from the Capital of Chile- Santiago.
The …

The 2nd I.K.O MATSUSHIMA Estonian Open Championship was held in Estonia on 19th May 2018.
D O; Shamil Guseynov

The 9th IKO MATSUSHIMA CUP was held in Myanmar on18～19th May 2018.
Branch Chief; Win Thu

The championship was held in Israel on 11th May 2018.
Branch Chief; Alexey Gershevich

The 9th IKO Matsushima Indonesia interdojo tournament was held on Sunday 22 April 2018,in Gading Serpong,Banten Province,next to Jakarta.
Partcipated by 164 members who did Kata and Kumite in three separate arenas.
It lasted about 6 hours from 09:00-15:00.
Branch Chief; Setia Purnama

I.K.O. Matsushima Polish Open Kyokushin Tournament was held on 12th May 2018.
D O; Miroslaw Jurowczyk

The tournament repot from Russia Branch.
Branch Chief; Alexander Udodov

Visiting Lebanon from 1st to 9th April 2018
Before visiting Lebanon everybody said”Is Lebanon dangerous country?” In fact it was different with the expected. Country is very beautiful and peaceful.Apartments and hotels spread along the coast. It looks like Hong Kong. There are many Ancient Ruins around Tripoli & Beirut.

We can see high mountains on the other side of the hills. There is Syria over the high mountains. I understood Syria is very near.
Peoples are hospitality. There is no problem regards religion. Churches and Mosques are built next to each other.Almost people speak English or French except Arabian language. Because they have to learn English or French at school. It’s very …

Seminar and Dan grading test were held after 1st International Matsushima Cup Lebanon on 8th April 2018.

The 1st International Matsushima Cup 2018 in Middle East Tripoli,Lebanon on 7th April 2018. The championships was carried out under the auspices of the Lebanese Prime Minster Mr.Saad Hariri ,Mayor of Tripoli and government. 10 countries took part. Pattern of the championships was broadcasted on live not only Lebanon but also Middle East countries.

The tournament was in Karaganda on 1st May 2018
D O;Denis Kharitonov