SUPER KYOKUSHIN: May 2011

Friday, May 6, 2011

Masayoshi Takaku

1st Place All Japan Weight Category Tournament 1996 Heavyweight

Shihan Peter Chong

International Committee Member Asia and Middle East

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Shihan Kenny Uyten Bogaardt

Was awarded his 7th Dan in Japan in 2007 alongside an honourary award for his contributions to the growth of Kyokushin in Africa.

Shihan Kenny is on the technical advisory committee to IKO Japan, Chairman for IKO Africa, and South African Provincial Advisor.

Shihan Kenny Uytenbogaardt, a Kyokushin Karate man who has achieved international acclaim, started karate in 1965, and joined Kyokushin Karate in 1974.

He was the third highest placed Westerner at the 1984 World Tournament, having been prevented from participating in the 1979 World Tournament, due to the sporting ban on South Africa.

Since 1979, he was acclaimed in Japan, frequently appearing on Japanese television, and even became a comic book hero! In 1980 he thrilled a huge crowd at the Good Hope Centre, by smashing two piles of ice, each containing 5 X 90kg blocks of ice, with separate hand strikes. In 1981,

He won a Gold Medal at the South African Games for non-contact karate, and he retired, undefeated, as the South African Kyokushin Champion.

Sensei Hiroyuki Kidachi, Sensei Yoshihiro Tamura, Sensei Yoshinori Aoki, Shihan Taichiro Sugimura

Hiroyuki Kidachi

ORGANIZATION: International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan
HEIGHT: 5 feet 7 inches (169cm)
WEIGHT: 187lbs (85kg)
DATE OF BIRTH: February 2, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH: Asakusa, Japan
DOJO HOMEPAGE: Kamio Dojo

Tournament History:

1st Place All Japan Weight Category Champions Lightweight 1998

1st Place All Japan Weight Category Champions Middleweight 1999

1st Place All Japan Weight Category Champions Middleweight 2000

1st Place All Japan Weight Category Champions Heavyweight 2005

32nd All Japan Championship 2000, 4th Place

36th All Japan Championship 2004, Top 8

38th All Japan Championship 2006, 5th Place

40th All Japan Championship 2008, 4th Place

41st All Japan Championship 2009, 4th Place

Yoshihiro Tamura

ORGANIZATION: International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan

HEIGHT: 5 feet 9 inches

WEIGHT: 220lbs

DATE OF BIRTH: June 14, 1965

PLACE OF BIRTH: Japan

DOJO HOMEPAGE:

Tournament History:

7th World Open Tournament 1999 (IKO-1) - Final 16

6th World Open Tournament 1995 (IKO-1) - Final 16

29th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1997 (IKO-1) – 4th Place

28th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1996 (IKO-1) – 7th Place

25th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1993 - 2nd Place

24th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1992 - 1st Place

21st All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1989 - 2nd Place

1st World Weight Category Championships 1997 (IKO-1) - 5th Place Heavyweight

12th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1995 (IKO-1) - 2nd Place

9th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1992 - 1st Place Heavyweight

8th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1991 - 1st Place Heavyweight

6th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1989 - 2nd place Heavyweight

5th All Japan Weight Category Championships 1988 - 4th Place Heavyweight

1st World Team Cup in France 1998

Yoshinori Aoki

Underground Battle Jam - Goyo Investigation and the Fighting Elegy

Underground Battle Jam - Sunrise 2

Taichiro Sugimura

IKO Kyokushinkaikan Honbu Instructor

24^th All Japan Championship 1992, 6^th Place

Senpai Yuki Fukui, Shihan Koichi Kawabata, Sensei Yoshitatsu Beppu

Senpai Yuki Fukui
1st Place 2007 Osaka All Japan Championship Lightweight
2nd Place 2010 Osaka All Japan Championship Middleweight

Shihan Koichi Kawabata
Top 8 The 10th All Japan 1978
Top 8 The 11th All Japan 1979
The Way to Master Karate: History of Koichi Kawabata DVD
40 Man Kumite
3rd world open taikai
7th generaion Kyokushin sai
Kyokushin shibu in Kyoto

Sensei Yoshitatsu Beppu
Top 8 All Japan 2006
1st Place Osaka All Japan Championship Light Heavyweight 2008
1st Place Osaka All Japan Weight 2009
Top 8 Place All Japan 2009