The result of female fights(The 4th I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA World Wemen Weight Tournament)

Light Weight(under 55kg)
Ist; Anna Kukarina(25) (129,3rd-Dan,164,54kg,Russia)
2nd; Mariia Zhukovskaia(25) (144,2nd-Dan,163cm,54kg,Russia)
3rd; Angelina Byvsheva(20) (141,Sho-Dan,160cm,54kg,Russia)
4th; Akari Urata(15) (135,1st-kyu,156cm,46kg,Japan)
Middle Weight(55.1kg~62.5kg)
1st; Svitlana Zhegar(24) (150,1st-kyu,166cm,60kg,Ukraine)
2nd; Shannyn Johnstone Ward(20) (154,2nd-Dan,172cm,62kg,Australia)
3rd; Oliga Leshchuk(19) (158,1st-kyu,163cm,62kg,Ukraine)
4th; Laurence Laprise(18) (149,Sho-Dan,165cm,62kg,Canada)
Heavy Weight(62.6kg~)
1st; Oliga Ivanova(40) (165,1st-kyu,167cm,78kg,Russia)
2nd; Melanee Barclay(21) (167,1st-kyu,161cm,88kg,Australia)
3rd; Rebecca Connolly(26) (163,Sho-Dan,169cm,116kg,Australia)
4th; Eugenia Malikova(22) (168,Sho-Dan,160cm,67kg,Russia)

Final(Light); Kukarina vs Zhukovskaia

Final(Middle); Zhegar vs Johnstone-Ward

Final(Heavy); Barclay vs Ivanova

Kukarina & Zhegar & Ivanova

There were the various kind of demonstrations with Sickle,Numcyaku,Sai,Stick,Tompher performed in between the fights of the 4th World Tournament. And also all audience were fascinated with the demonstrations of Breaking Ice,Breaking board,Breaking baseball bat,Breaking earthen pipe.

4th All Pakistan ANF Kyokushin Karate IKO-Matsushima Tournament held on 27th May 2012 at Hassan Abdal.
Branch Chief Atta Hussain Butt

The 7th I.K.O Matsushima Cup was held in Maalot, Israel.
Branch Chief Gershevich Alexey

Ukraine International Tournament in Alushta 2012.
It was held on May 5-6 in Alushta, Crimea. There were 160 fighters from different regions of Ukraine and a team from Russia.
The tournament was organised on the highest level and mentioned by local government as a succesful event that have become a great tradition.
Branch Chief Sergey Levitin

Children Tournament was held in Armenia 29th April 2012
Branch Chief Karen Zhamkochyan

The race has hosted some 130 athletes from various Italian dojo.
The tournament has committed athletes in the morning with the evidence of the Kata and in the afternoon with the kumite.
The event was attended by the Dojo of Firenze, Bologna, Parabita, Taranto, San Giorgio Jonico, Caltanissetta, Corigliano, Sannicola, Bari, Carpignano, Collepasso, Casarano.
The Organization Ikko, with President Shihan Tommaso Nicoletti, thanked all the teachers present and the referees notice for having contributed, by their presence, the success of the National Competition.
Shihan Casto Coordinator of the event thanked Sensei Centonze and Senpai Zocco commitment to the organization and the success of the National Karate Tournament Kyokushin IKO Matsushima Italy”

Kyokushin Karate Kata Tournament ‘’Croatia Cup 2012’’ was held in Sveti Martin pod Okićem near Samobor on 28th of April, 2012 in organization of Croatian Kyokushinkai Association and hosted by IKO Matsushima Kyokushinkaikan Croatia and Kyokushin Karate Club ‘‘Fortis’’ Samobor.
8 teams with 65 competitors from different organizations from Slovenia and Croatia competed in 7 categories from kids to adults.
IKO Matsushima Croatia was represented with 22 competitors (16 from Kyokushin Karate Club ”Fortis” Samobor and 6 from Kyokushin Karate Club ”Domenica” Sveta Nedelja).
You can read more on our web site: www.karate-kyokushinkai.hr. More photos see on our Facebook profile: Karate Kyokushinkai.
Branch Chief Vladimir Sekelj

The Cup of Matsushima 2012 was held in Tyumen,Russia
Branch Chief Vladimir Agapov

On 24th March Ukrainian Budo Karate Federation held Ukrainian Championship among children, juveniles and juniors in kumite in Lutsk.200 10-17 years old fighters from 22 teams 10 regions of Ukraine and Belarus took part in the competition.
Branch Chief Volodymyr Kondratiev

Children Tournament was held in Moscow,Russia 22th April 2012
Branch Chief Vladimir Zhgulyov

Championships was held in Amur,Russia 8th April 2012
Branch Chief Alexander Udodov

I am pleased to announce another success of IKO Matsushima in Denmark. Last week-end karate (14th Apr.)club BS Karate hosted the yearly beginner’s tournament BS Cup. 102 fighters from 11 different clubs were signed in for the tournament. It is a huge number of fighters for a small country like Denmark. We had a fine day with many great fights. BS Cup is a good opportunity for inexperienced fighters to feel the atmosphere of a big tournament and still have a good fighting experience. BS Cup is growing in number of fighters for every year and is now a tournament that clubs put into there tournament schedule.
Dojo Operator;Erik Bisgaard Sigvaldason
Denmark

On March 31, 2012 in Ivanovo, under the leadership of branch-chief A.Palkin, the Russian Children Tournament “Golden Ring of Russia” was successfully held. The tournament was attended by 261 sportsmen from 17 cities of Russia and Ukraine, 35 teams totally.
Branch Chief; Aleksey Palkin

IKO Matsushima Croatia Kyokushin Karate Tournament ‘’9th Domenica Cup 2012’’ was held in Samobor on 25th of March, 2012 in organization of Croatian Kyokushinkai Union and hosting by IKO Matsushima Kyokushinkaikan Croatia and Kyokushin Karate Club ‘‘Domenica’’ Sveta Nedelja.
15 teams with 132 competitors from different organizations from Slovenia, Hungary (IKO Matsushima Shihan Borza’s Branch), Serbia (IKO Matsushima Sempai Bižić’s Branch), Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia competed in 16 categories from kids to adults.
IKO Matsushima Hungary was represented with 13 competitors, IKO Matsushima Serbia with 2 and IKO Matsushima Croatia with 42 competitors (26 from Kyokushin Karate Club ”Fortis” Samobor and 16 from Kyokushin Karate Club ”Domenica” Sveta Nedelja).
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I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA　Championships was held in Moscow,Russia 25th Feb. 2012
Dojo Operator Sergey Demekhin

I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA Gold Cup Canada Tournament 2012 was held in Montreal, Canada on 10th March by Branch Chief Roman Szyrajew and Ohan Brothers.
The tournament started at 10:00 a.m. and went to 6:30 p.m. as we had 350 participants for children’s kata and kumite. We also had over 18 years of age and seniors participating in both categories. In the evening after this was over, we had the knockdown tournament by weight categories. We also had 3 ring super-fights. The tournament was a great success during the day as in the evening with great attendance by parents, family and the public. The feedback we received from many dojos …

National Kyokushin Karate Tournament was successfully held on 18 February. It was the 7th tournament of this kind in a row.
There were kata and kumite groups. All age categories were represented from kids to adults. There were 240 participants altogether. The Croatian IKO Matsushima group also took part.
Branch Chief Jozsef Borza

The Russian Championship among adults and children over 12 year old on February 25-26 in Nizhniy Novgorod. Teams from every IKO Matsushima Russia branch participated in that championship. Teams from other Kyokushin versions and the Ukrainian team led by Shihan Lukyanchikov took part as well. Besides kumite we also took a test kumite championship among veterans and a kata championship.
Branch Chief Vladimir Kholkin

On 20th Feb.the training seminar and Dan test were held in Tome near Penco. After opening celemony with gests the seminar started. From PM15:30 Dan test started.
Branch Chief;Claudio Toledo

The I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA South American Championships was held in Penco,Chile on 18th & 19th Feb.2012
The Olympic Committee and Government supported the championships. Penco city is close from Concepcion. On 18th Feb.Children’s and youth Championships was held. After then Opening ceremony started from PM19:00.
At second day Kumite of adult class was held. Chile,Peru,Mexico and Costa Rica etc attended. North American Chairman; Roman Szyrajew Canada Branch Chief,European Chairman;Klaus Rex Denmark Branch Chief,Orla Hansen Denmark Branch Chief,Henrik Roseger Denmark Branch Chief,Felipe Oviedo Peru Branch Chief,Jacobo Ramirez Mexico Branch Chief took place. Chile Branches are increasing. I felt that South American contries’s strength.
Branch Chief;Claudio Toledo

I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA Open Azerbaijan Championships was held in Baku,Azerbaijan 2012
Branch chief ; Vidadi Khalilov

I.K.O Matsushima Poland’s 4 competitors fought hard in Carpathia Kyokushin Open Cup on 28.01.2012 in Rzeszów.In the tournament took part 140 competitors from 25 clubs,
representing 11 federations karate in Poland . Competitors I.K.OMatsushima Poland won:
one second place and three third places in their age categories.
Branch Chief　 Robert Wyciszkiewicz

Children Tournament was held in Iran.
Branch Chief Ali Akbar Ghasemi

Tournament Report from Russia
Branch Chief Alexander Udodov

The Report from Afghanistan.
Branch Chief Farooqshah Akbari

Children Tournament was held in Russia .
Branch Chief Alexander Udodov

The Report from Ukraine.
Brnch Chief Sergey Levitin

Swaziland had a National tournament on July 9th, Gashku on August 27th, Dan and kyu grading in November 25 and 26th. These events are amongst other events that the Swaziland Martial Arts Federation hosted during 2011. We had 29 participants for dan grading and we are in the process of registering them accordingly with Honbu. 64 participants took part in the kyu grading. The standard was high and artists displayed high standard of discipline, skill and fitness.
Branch Chief　Mfanafuthi Vilakati

“International Karate Organization Kyokushin Kaikan I.K.O. Matsushima” of Azerbaijan, 5th I.K.O.MATSUSHIMA Azerbaijan Championships was held in Baku,Azerbaijan 19-20.11. 2011.
Branch Chief Vidadi Khalilov