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Artur Hovhannisyan to visit Australia in December

Sensei Artur Hovhannisyan, the Armenia powerhouse, will be coming to Australia in December this year. Sensei Artur is currently employed at honbu of International Karate Organisation Kyokushinkaikan. This is a fantastic opportunity for Kyokushin Australia practitioners to meet the great … Continue reading

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Sensei Garry O’Neill returns to the matt at the New Zealand Kyokushin National Tournament

Perhaps Australia’s best full contact fighter, Sensei Garry O’Neill, returned to the matt at this year’s New Zealand Nationals, taking part in a special one match exhibition match against the New Zealand Heavyweight champion and now kick boxer, James Eades. … Continue reading

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Garry O’Neill to host Seminar in September

Have you ever watched Sensei Garry O’Neill fight and wondered how he constantly defeated opponents who were much heavier than him? Ever want to reproduce his moving, his weight transfer, his technique, his ring craft? Well here is your chance… … Continue reading

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Garry O’Neill to fight One Match in New Zealand!

It has been confirmed that Sensei Garry O’Neill will be fighting in a One Match challenge at the 2012 New Zealand IKO National tournament August 11th this year. It will be an exhibition match. He will be fighting against Sempai … Continue reading

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Sensei Garry O’Neill opens dojo in Brisbane

Great news for all Kyokushin students in Brisbane and Australia! Sensei Garry O’Neill, Australia’s best Kyokushin tournament fighters, has opened his own dojo in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It has been a long time coming, with Sensei Garry O’Neill last running … Continue reading

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10th World Tournament Draw released

The 10th World Tournament draw has been released for the upcoming tournament in November 2011. Top 16 Seeded fighters are as follows: A Block 1. Kentaro Tanaka (Japan) 24. Igor Titkov (Russia) 25. Alejandro Navarro (Spain) 48. Goderzi Kapanadze (Russia) … Continue reading

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All Japan Weight Category winners

Today saw the completion of the All Japan Weight tournament with the top 2 in each division qualifying for the 10th World Tournament (IKO1). Congratulations to all the fighters! Lighweight 1st:Sawamura Yuuta Lightweight 2nd: Aizawa Kazumasa Middleweight 1st: Takeoka Takuya … Continue reading

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Matsushima World Cup

How did the Aussies and Kiwis fair at the Matsushima World Cup? Australia and New Zealand fielded strong teams at this year’s World Cup in Spain under IKO Matsushima (AKKA) with over 20 competing from Australia. Unfortunately this year no … Continue reading

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IKO1 South Pacific now includes Guam

The South Pacific region of the International Karate Organisation Kyokushinkaikan (IKO1) now include the region of Guam. Previously Guam was part of North America but Guam has now been moved to South Pacific to join Australia and New Zealand.

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Kyokushin and the Olympics?

Kenji Midori, President of the WKO (World Karate Organisation/Shinkyokushin) has announced that his organisation will be meeting with the Japanese Olympic Committee to discuss the possible inclusion of Kyokushin in the Olympics. This meeting will only be at the Japanese … Continue reading

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