Kyokushin World Cup in Weight Categories
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World Karate Championship in Weight Categories is the second largest competition in Kyokushin Karate. This tournament is arranged by several kyokushin organisations and usually held every fourth year in between World Tournaments which do not have any weight classes.
Rules[edit]
All world cup tournaments operates under knockdown karate rules which involves standup bareknuckle fighting with basically no protection. The more characteristical rules in knockdown karate compered to other styles is that you are not allowed to punch in the face and a point system that only count hits that actually "hurt" the opponent. This makes knockdown fighting very physical but at the same time quite safe considering that there are very few hits to the head. There can be slight variances in the rules between the different organizations responsible for a tournaments but the basics are the same. The rules has also been modified over the years.[1][2][3]
Normally knockdown rules includes[edit]
- No protectors or guards are used, with exception to groin guards and teeth protection.
- 3 minutes match-time
- The fighter that achieves an Ippon (one point) will win the match and the fight is stopped. An Ippon is achieved when an attack that knocks down the opponent for more than 3 seconds or renders the opponent being reluctant to continue the fight. An ippon can also be granted if an illegal technique is used and the other fighter is disqualified.
- A fighter can also win the fight by Waza-ari (half point) which is awarded if the opponent is knocks down by less than 3 seconds and is able to continue the fight. If two Waza-aris is achieved during the fight it is counted as an Ippon and the fight is stopped.
- If no knockdowns occurs, the judges can declare one fighter as winner by overall efficiency of techniques, force and dynamics.
- In case of a draw there can be up to 3 extensions (each 2 minutes long). Some tournaments will also settled draws by weight different and result of Tamaeshiwari (breaking of tiles)
Illegal techniques are[edit]
- Punches to the face
- Kicks to the groin
- Grappling, grabbing of any form
- Headbutts
- Kick to knee
- Kick to rear of head
- Pushing
- Strike to spine from rear
- Elbow to face
Read more about various full contact karate rules
Before split of IKO[edit]
Only world tournaments in open weight was organized by IKO (International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan) led by Sosai Masutatsu Oyama. After the death of Sosai, IKO was split in different fractions and several has since then started to organise world tournaments in weight categories from 1997 and onwards.[5]
All Japan Weight Category Tournament[edit]
IKO All Japan Weight Category Karate Championships is the annual Kyokushin Karate Japan Championship. It has been held in Osaka since 1984 and is held in four different weight classes. Exceptionally, the 2014 tournament was held in Tokyo.[6] Earlier in 1969, the Japanese Championships were established, in which the championship is played in the open weight class. Between 1984 and 1996, there were three weight classes: light, medium and heavy. After the first World Weight Championships in 1997, the weight classes were increased by one.[7]
Super Heavyweight (+85 kg)[edit]
Heavyweight (-85 kg)[edit]
Middleweight (-75 kg)[edit]
Lightweight (-65 kg)[edit]
U.S. Weight Category Karate Championships (USWC)[edit]
The Kyokushin U.S. Weight Category Karate Championships (USWC) is the annual Kyokushin Karate U.S. Championship. It has been held in Los Angeles since 2005 and is held in four different weight classes. Previously, the All American Open was held in 1996, where the championship is played in the open weight class. In the first year, there were three weight classes.[8]
Super Heavyweight (+90 kg)[edit]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006[8] |  Marek Kosowski |  Michael Martinez | Slawomir Was |
| 2007[8] | Slawomir Was |  Luis Giralt |  Daymon Miller |
| 2008[8] | Slawek Was |  Petar Martinov | Hristo Hristov |
| 2009[8] | Marcin Sieradzki | Petar Martinov | Yordan Yanev |
| 2010[8] | Marcin Sieradzki | Mark Berg | Joe Nguyen |
| 2011[8] | Arkadiusz Szir |  Daniel Milicevic | Kris Erickson |
| 2012[8] | Daniel Milicevic | Mark Berg | Seiichiro Fujimoto |
| 2013[8] | Daniel Milicevic | Matth Payne | Mark Berg |
| 2014[8] | Daniel Milicevic | Patryk Sypien | Mark Berg |
| 2015[8] | Mark Berg | Damian Kolano |  Lucas McKinnon |
| 2016[8] | Taiga Yanagisawa | Ryan Powell | Seiichiro Fujimoto |
| 2017[8] |  Goderzi Kapanadze | Daniel Milicevic | Taiga Yanagisawa |
| 2018[8] |  Miguel Rodriguez | Taiga Yanagisawa | Stanimir Kondov |
| 2019[8] | Taiga Yanagisawa | Stanimir Kondov | |
| 2020 | Stanimir Kondov | Woo Cheol Roh |
Heavyweight (-90 kg)[edit]
Middleweight (-80 kg)[edit]
Lightweight (-70 kg)[edit]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005[8] |  Tomofusa Yamakawa | Tomasz Pelczar | Masa Nakao |
| 2006[8] | Masa Nakao | Baldalip Thind | I-Shing Wu |
| 2007[8] | Julio Del Calle | Michiaki Motegi | Piotr Jasica |
| 2008[8] | Alexandar Petrov | Piotr Jasica | Nikola Kirov |
| 2009[8] | Julien Marquette | Nikola Kirov | Masashi Odate |
| 2010[8] |  Victor Teixeira | Kotaro Zushi | Adel Al-Tamimi |
| 2011[8] | Taison Naito | Piotr Jasica |  Paeden Sakauov |
| 2012[8] | Cyril Zubarev |  Sithembiso Majozi | Piotr Jasica |
| 2013[8] | Alim Junusov | Alexander Mikhailov | Kirill Zubarev |
| 2014[8] | Ašot Zarinjan | Tomasz Pelczar | Enrique Mayers |
| 2015[8] | Showta Moriyama | Kohtaro Zushi | Cruz Plata |
| 2016[8] | Alim Junusov | Showta Moriyama | Grzegorz Kedzierski |
| 2017[8] | Alexander Mikhailov | Kirill Zubarev | Ilias Astamirov |
| 2018[8] | Shosei Sugiura | Chrsat Allogho | |
| 2019[8] | Chrsat Allogho | Salamat Demeuov | Sergei Galkin |
| 2020 | Christian Buffaloe |  Omar Mohammed Alduaij | Kotaro Zushi |
European Weight Category Karate Championships[edit]
The Kyokushin European Weight Category Karate Championships is the annual Kyokushin Karate European Championship. It has been organized since 1978 and is held in four different weight classes. The first European Championships in 1978 were known as the European Championships in London.[9] After Oyama's death in 1994, the Kyokushi organization disbanded into several other organizations. The original IKO1 organization continued the European Championships under a new name in 1996. Between 1978 and 1996, there were mainly three weight classes, the light series (less than 70 kg), the middle series (less than 80 kg) and the heavy series (more than 80 kg). Exceptionally, the first European Championships had only two weight classes.[9]
Super Heavyweight (+90 kg)[edit]
- The weight limit for the super heavyweight series in 1982 was over 85 kg[10]
Heavyweight (-90 kg)[edit]
- Years 1978–1995 heavyweight weight limit was +80 kg.
- The weight limit for the heavy series in 1982 was 76–85 kg[10]
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 |  England | Howard Collins | Jeff Whybrow |  François Kappeler Ceno Marxer |
| 1982 | England | Ceno Marxer |  J. Hernandez |  Heinz Forster A. Lewandowsky |
| 1985 | Spain | Andy Hug |  Klaus Rex | Lars Jensen G. Falkenhann |
| 1987 | Poland | Michel Wedel | Michael Thompson | Andy Hug Gabor Peko |
| 1989 | Hungary | Andy Hug | Michael Thompson |  Juhani Vepsäläinen Thomas Retsack |
| 1991 | Spain | Michael Thompson | Andy Hug |  Colm Daly Juhani Vepsäläinen |
| 1993 | Bulgaria | Juhani Vepsäläinen | Igor Timofiev | Rafal Szlazak Benno Rasmussen |
| 1995 |  Romania | Nicholas Pettas | Assen Assenov |  Oleksandr Lapko Mikael Wallberg |
| 1996 |