During the 49th All Japan Open Tournament, MATSUI Shokei introduced a new tournament that is going to be organized based on new rules. It will be held in June, 2018, under the « IKO Semi-Contact Rules »…
Following the results of the 48th All Japan Open Tournament (WKO), the Japanese team for the World Weight Category Karate Championships (WKO) that are going to be held the 1st and 2nd of July 2017 in Astana (Kazakhstan) has…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) unanimously agreed yesterday (August 3rd, 2016) to add baseball/softball, skateboard, sports climbing, surfing, and more importantly for us, karate to the sports program for the Olympic Games that are going to…
The Kyokushin (IKO) rules are about to change quite interestingly, from the European Championship in May and the All Japan Weight Category Karate Championships in June, 2016. As stated by the official Japanese announcement, there…
On April 23rd, 2016, the current World Champion, DAMYANOV Zahari (Bulgaria) officially became the 15th person to ever try the 100 Man Kumite. Unfortunately, due to a short preparation (only five months since last year…
On his birthday, MATSUI Shokei (53) announced that he has changed his name. Except for Japanese-speaking people, it will actually not change anything, as the pronunciation will stay the same. However, his kanji (Japanese ideogram) will…
We reported in our opening article that MATSUI Shokei (Kyokushin) had made a declaration that has been seen as a first step toward the reunification of Kyokushin: he announced wanting to meet with MIDORI Kenji…