Kyokushinkaikan Karate

1^st International Kyokushin karate competition in kumite and kata “Kiskun Cup” was held in Hungarian town Kiskunfélegyháza on February 20^th 2016.

There were about 300 fighters from 5 countries:Hungary, Austria, Croatia,Poland and Ukraine. Opening ceremony was honored by presence of defense minister of Hungary István Simicskó.

Honor of Ukraine was upheld by 10 fighters from Volyn and Kyiv branches of Ukrainian Federation “Kyokushinkaikan Karate”. Our sportsmen were exposed to tough competition among well-trained fighters, but they managed to get to prize-winning places. Shevchuk Vasyl won 1^stplace in kata among adults. He also won silver medal in kumite among men (weight category below 70 kg). Young Ukrainian sportsmen have shown good results, too.

• Sedelnikova Julia – 1^st place in kumite and 1^st place in kata;
• Lyskov Oleksiy – 1^st place in kumite and 2^nd place in kata;
• Dobrovolskiy Danylo – 1^st place in kumite;
• Nesterenko Anastasia – 1^st place in kumite;
• Shvydkiy Dmytro – 2^nd place in kumite;
• Maryshchuk Liubomyr – 2^nd place in kumite.

Yaroslav Goncharenko from Dnipropetovsk (weight category below 70 kg) and Dovhay David from Lutsk (16-17 y.o., below 70 kg) fought well, but their Hungarian opponents have shown more experience.

Thanks to good organization the competition was held without delays. All fighters were well-trained and full of sporting blood, so each fight was quite a show. But under the guidance of Shihan Volynets Dmytro and sensei Gavryliuk Andriy Ukrainian team was well-prepared and our fighters were adequate to the competition of such a high level.