March 12, 2018
The 5th Inter-club kyokushinkaikan karate tournament “White Tiger” was held at Dnipro secondary education school 72 on February 24th, 2018. Organizer of the competition – Dnipro region individual branch of Ukrainian IKO Matsushima kyokushinkaikan karate federation (head of the branch – Golovin Dmytro).
Among young fighters were 5-11 y.o. boys from Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizzhya and Donetsk regions, and also towns Dnipro, Novomoskovsk, Marganets, Volnogorsk, Melitopol, Pokrovske, and Dnipropetrovsk district.
It is pleasant to mention, that the tournament gathered not only IKO Matsushima fighters, but also sportsmen from Kyokushinkai Kan, IKO1 and KWF Federations.
190 “young tiger” competed in 30 (!) weight categories. There were separate categories for beginners and experienced fighters. Results of the sportsmen counted for individual and team rankings. Team results are: 1st place – town Melitopol; 2nd place – town Novomoskovsk; 3rd place – Dnipro region individual branch of Ukrainian IKO Matsushima kyokushinkaikan karate federation.
Instructors, parents and guests noted high organizational level of the competition. There was 1 tatami, but there were no delays and fights were numbered. Thanks to that the competition finished at 6 p.m.
Winners of the competition will take part in Ukrainian Championship in Lutsk. They are young karatekas of Dnipro region individual branch of Ukrainian IKO Matsushima kyokushinkaikan karate federation: Golovin Nazar, Shvydkiy Oleksiy, Kravets Roman, Markush Igor and Meleshkov Yaroslav.
