Shinkyokushinki

[cockney]

Last night I watched on british eurosport the Shinkyokushinki championships from November, it was great to watch.In the past I have trained at a Kyokushinki dojo in London and have great respect for their style of training. The only thing that spoiled my viewing was the commentator, he is called Will Vanders I know he also commentates on K1, I don't know anything about him but he refers to himself as Sensei Will Vanders, for me you should not have to tell people that you are sensei. :woo:

[xubis]

I hate that guy so much

[Saz]

Hey cockney, which Dojo did you train at? :)

[BigBadBob]

I watched the coverage and found it very interesting as I haven't seen Kyukushinkai fighting before.
It was much more entertaining to see a bout go to 3 minutes before a decision, rather than the fights you normally see on TV which are stopped as soon as one technique is landed.
In my club a bout goes either to 3 minutes or to a submission, as our sparring incorporates take-downs and groundwork as well.

I was pleased to see the tournament won by Kunihiro Suzuki after he made it through a titanic 3 round semi-final, but I found the most entertaining fighter to be Norichika Tsukamoto, the one who kept being described as 'unconventional'. With such a fantastic array of kicks, I'm sure he must have done some TKD. You've almost got to cheer when someone lands a double sacrifice kick to the head!!

This was the best MA programme I have seen on Eurosport, and I hope the can put on some equally good stuff in the future. (But change the commentator)

[cockney]

Kgirl the Dojo was in Tottenham, North London, called the Seven Sisters club. The Sensei was a man called Cyril Andrews he was a great guy. He used to pick the Karate team for an event called the London Youth Games, this is like a mini Olympics for the London Boroughs and is made up of all kinds of sports. I was picked twice to represent my borough, but this was about 20 years ago, but the club is still running.