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Kofukan continues to thrive around the world with the help of our sponsors and supporters: World Cup events showcase our members’ talent

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��Page 2 Mottox sponsor’s message Page 3 & 4 Junior & Senior International Championships 2014 Results Page 5 International Dan Grading results Page 6 News from Doshisha University Page 7 & 8 International News

Kofukan World Cup Since the Anniversary event hosted by Kofukan Portugal in Lisbon in 2012, there have been two more World Cups. How time flies! In 2013, the event was held in Durban, South Africa, in August. It was great to have so many competitors from South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe participating, together with an impressive number from other Kofukan member countries around the world. Haven’t been to one yet? What are you waiting for ?! Supporters are always welcome, so if you are interested contact the organizer in your country to become part of the action. The list of results posted on the Kofukan International web site at that time reflected the spread of victories throughout the participating countries. The demonstrations, including some very energetic young Zulu dancers, and the party on Sunday night were excellent. After a shorter interval than usual, this year’s World Cup was held at the Terme Olimia complex in Podcetrtek , Slovenia. As well as the accomodation and sports hall, swimming and spa treatments were available on site. The tournament operated very efficiently over the 2 days, and the proximity of the hall to accomodation made the event rather more leisurely than usual. That’s not to say it was easy for everyone, as several groups undertook extremely long bus or car journeys from their home countries to reach the venue. Happily, every-one found enough energy to make the competition another example of high standards within the Kofukan organization. Talent was on show at the after-tournament party too, with some of the best performances by delegate groups we have seen in recent years. As always, our thanks to organizing teams, officials, helpers and sup-porters, and of course competitors. Each one has a valuable part to play in the success of the event. - Editor

As Shihan Tomiyama goes around the world on his travels, he meets many local dignitaries who are often supporters of the national Kofukan organization he is visiting. He now has some beautiful Japanese fans that have been supplied to him by our sponsors Mottox in conjunc- tion with Asahi Media, who arranged the design, that he

can give as gifts on such occasions. Senior instructors and some individual tournament winners have also been recipients. Displaying the fans in our picture with Shihan Tomiyama, from left to right, are Rene Poulsen and Jonas Bisgaard of Denmark, Domenico ‘Mimmo’ Graziano of Norway, Shamil Petersen of Denmark and Maria Oinas of Sweden. We are very pleased and grateful to our sponsors for the donation of these elegantly designed and useful fans.

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UNDER 16s Categories BOYS KATA 11/12 BROWN AND BLACK

KWC BOYS KATA U/10 1 GAL SKALICKY SLOVENIA 2 NEJC STROJIN SLOVENIA 3 LUKA MARINIC SLOVENIA 3 URBAN JECL SLOVENIA

KWC BOYS KATA 10 YEARS 1 LUCAS MILJKOVIC FRANCE 2 IVAN FEDOTOV RUSSIA 3 ILIA IAKOVLEV RUSSIA 3 ZAN STAJNKO SLOVENIA

KWC BOYS KATA 11/12 1 KIRILL BARANOV RUSSIA 2 KONSTANTIN LEVIT RUSSIA 3 VLADIMIR KOMARNITSKY FRANCE 3 STEPHANE MIJIALOVIC FRANCE

KWC BOYS KATA 13 YEARS 1 JESPER GUSTAFSSON SWEDEN 2 LUCAS PADOVAN SWEDEN 3 VLADISLAV MOROZOV RUSSIA 3 IVAN KAMENSKIY RUSSIA KWC BOYS KATA 14/15 YEARS

KWC BOYS KATA 14/15 YEARS 1 NIKOLAY STEFANOV BULGARIA 2 ALES POKRIVAC SLOVENIA 3 MARYYAN NAYDENOV BULGARIA 3 ALEKSANDER HRISTOV BULGARIA KWC BOYS KATA U/10 GREEN AND ABOVE

KWC GIRLS KATA U/10 1 TIA MAROT SLOVENIA 2 ZOJA AVZNER SLOVENIA 3 TAJDA SPRAJC SLOVENIA 3 GEA JAZBINSEK MAV SLOVENIA

KWC GIRLS KATA 10/11 1 MAJA STEBIH SLOVENIA 2 GAJA ZIBRAT SLOVENIA 3 EVA SELIH SLOVENIA 3 EKATERINA KURENKOVA RUSSIA

KWC GIRLS KATA 12/13 1 TAJDA SKALICKY SLOVENIA 2 SOFIYA CHUMAKOVA RUSSIA 3 KLARA SKALICKY SLOVENIA 3 JULIJA LAZNIK SLOVENIA

KWC CADET BOYS KUMITE 14/15 TALL 1 ALIAKSANDR ASTROUSKI BELARUS 2 MARCUS GRONEMANN DENMARK 3 RENE BARBER SLOVENIA 3 JAN MOGU SLOVENIA C

KWC GIRLS KUMITE 10/11 1 NUSA ZERJAV SLOVENIA 2 SOPHIE MORDT-OSTERGAARD NORWAY 3 LAURA BERGANT SLOVENIA 3 EKATERINA KURENKOVA RUSSIA KWC GIRLS KUMITE 12/13

KWC GIRLS KUMITE 12/13 1 MARYIA AZARAVA BELARUS 2 YLVA FORBERG NORWAY 3 URSA HABERL SLOVENIA 3 SOFIYA CHUMAKOVA RUSSIA KWC JUNIOR FEMALE KATA 16/17

KWC CADET GIRLS KUMITE 14/15 SMALL 1 IRINA SHARYKHINA BELARUS 2 BARBARA HABERL SLOVENIA 3 BELLA FRANZEN SWEDEN 3 GABRIELA STEFANOVA BULGARIA

KWC CADET GIRLS KUMITE 14/15 TALL 1 EVGENIA NAVICHENKO BELARUS 2 ANIKA JAGARINEC SLOVENIA 3 CAITLIN MCLEOD SCOTLAND 3 ANDREA ERICSSON SWEDEN

JUNIOR Categories KWC JUNIOR MALE KATA 16/17 1 A PALMINDER SWEDEN 2 S PEEV BULGARIA 3 B BONEV BULGARIA 4 J JAGARINEC SLOVENIA

KWC JUNIOR FEMALE KATA 16/17 1 V KRASOVEC SLOVENIA 2 K STISOVIC SLOVENIA 3 K GREGORINCIC SLOVENIA 3 E HRISTOVA BULGARIA EMALKWFE

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KOFUKAN WORLD CUP 2014 RESULTS KOFUKAN WORLD CUP 2014 RESULTS KOFUKAN WORLD CUP 2014 RESULTS KOFUKAN WORLD CUP 2014 RESULTS PODCETRTEK, SLOVENIA PODCETRTEK, SLOVENIA PODCETRTEK, SLOVENIA PODCETRTEK, SLOVENIA 12 & 13 APRIL 201412 & 13 APRIL 201412 & 13 APRIL 201412 & 13 APRIL 2014

KWC GIRLS KATA 14/15 1 WILMA EKLUND SWEDEN 2 LEA SILLARD FRANCE 3 ALLY AITCHISON SCOTLAND 3 GABRIELA STEFANOVA BULGARIA

KWC JUNIOR TEAM KATA UNDER 16 1 KOFUKAN SWEDEN 2 KOFUKAN BULGARIA 3 KOFUKAN SCOTLAND 3 KOFUKAN RUSSIA

KWC BOYS KUMITE 10/11 SMALL 1 MAJ FEKONJA SLOVENIA 2 IVAN FEDOTOV RUSSIA 3 MAKSIM BELIAEV RUSSIA 3 ILIA IAKOVLEV RUSSIA KWC BOYS KUMITE 12/13 MEDIUM

KWC BOYS KUMITE 10/11 TALL 1 LAN PODPECAN SLOVENIA 2 LUCAS MILJKOVIC FRANCE 3 STEPHANE MIJIALOVIC FRANCE 3 KRISTIAN HJERPAASEN NORWAY

KWC BOYS KUMITE 12/13 SMALL 1 LEONID LIPOVSKIY RUSSIA 2 ARSENI BONDARENKO RUSSIA 3 NIKOLAI CHUSOVITIN RUSSIA 3 NEJC VRANIC SLOVENIA

KWC BOYS KUMITE 12/13 MEDIUM 1 KLEMEN REPNIK SLOVENIA 2 LUCAS PADOVAN SWEDEN 3 ANZE CAJHEN SLOVENIA 3 MATHIAS HOJGAARD DENMARK

KWC BOYS KUMITE 12/13 TALL 1 VLADISLAV MOROZOV RUSSIA 2 IVAN KAMENSKIY RUSSIA 3 VIGGO DELTER SWEDEN 3 BENNET MARKOVIC SLOVENIA KWC CADET

KWC CADET BOYS KUMITE 14/15 SMALL 1 ALES POKRIVAC SLOVENIA 2 MARYYAN NAYDENOV BULGARIA 3 SEBASTIAN GREGERSEN DENMARK 3 VICTOR OBELING DENMARK

JUNIOR Categories continued from p 3

KWC JUNIOR TEAM KATA 16/17 1 KOFUKAN BULGARIA 2 KOFUKAN SLOVENIA KWC JUNIOR MALE KUMITE 16/17 65KG & BELOW 1 D GORENC SLOVENIA 2 J JAGARINEC SLOVENIA 3 K GALKIN RUSSIA 3 B CHANEL FRANCE C JUNIOR

JUNIOR MALE KUMITE 16/17 OVER 65KG 1 M ALEH BELARUS 2 B BONEV BULGARIA 3 S PEEV BULGARIA 3 M SIARHEI BELARUS

KWC JUNIOR FEMALE KUMITE 16/17 U55K 1 S NOVAK SLOVENIA 2 K STISOVIC SLOVENIA 3 N SHABANYAN RUSSIA 3 E HRISTOVA BULGARIA KWC

KWC JUNIOR FEMALE KUMITE 16/17 55KG+ 1 C KNOX SCOTLAND 2 P MALEK NORWAY 3 V PLOTNIKOVA RUSSIA 3 M HAUBRO DENMARK

KWC JUNIOR MALE TEAM KUMITE 16/17 1 KOFUKAN FRANCE 2 KOFUKAN BELARUS 3 KOFUKAN SLOVENIA JUNI

KWC JUNIOR FEMALE TEAM KUMITE 16/17 1 KOFUKAN SLOVENIA 2 KOFUKAN RUSSIA

KWC SENIOR MALE KUMITE U75KG 1 O BADGYA FRANCE 2 A GUGNYAEV RUSSIA 3 B ZGANK SLOVENIA 3 R DEDE ENGLAND

KWC SENIOR MALE KUMITE U84KG 1 D KOLTSOV ENGLAND 2 C HOYLE ENGLAND 3 S KUMLANC SLOVENIA 3 B CRETNIK SLOVENIA

KWC SENIOR MALE KUMITE +84KG 1 D FAGELSKIY RUSSIA 2 B LEKIC DENMARK 3 L DEBERSEK SLOVENIA 3 I VRBNJAK SLOVENIA

KWC SENIOR FEMALE KUMITE U61KG 1 V BEZGOVSEK SLOVENIA 2 S FAZLIC SLOVENIA 3 M ARBANERE FRANCE 3 V HAGEGE FRANCE KWC SENIOR FEMALE KUMITE U55KG

KWC SENIOR FEMALE KUMITE 61KG+ 1 T VRBNJAK SLOVENIA 2 S RAFTSJO SWEDEN 3 J KERRISON ENGLAND 3 A CURTIS SCOTLAND KWC SENIOR MALE TEAM KUMITE

KWC SENIOR MALE TEAM KUMITE 1 KOFUKAN SLOVENIA 2 KOFUKAN RUSSIA 3 KOFUKAN FRANCE 3 KOFUKAN ENGLAND

KWC SENIOR FEMALE TEAM KUMITE 1 KOFUKAN SLOVENIA 2 KOFUKAN FRANCE 3 KOFUKAN ENGLAND


KOFUKAN WORLD CUP 2014 RESULTS KOFUKAN WORLD CUP 2014 RESULTS KOFUKAN WORLD CUP 2014 RESULTS KOFUKAN WORLD CUP 2014 RESULTS PODCETRTEK, SLOVENIA PODCETRTEK, SLOVENIA PODCETRTEK, SLOVENIA PODCETRTEK, SLOVENIA 12 & 13 APRIL 201412 & 13 APRIL 201412 & 13 APRIL 201412 & 13 APRIL 2014

SENIOR Categories KWC SENIOR MALE KATA 1 C W YIP NORWAY 2 D KOLTSOV ENGLAND 3 A GUGNYAEV RUSSIA 3 F CATTERALL ENGLAND ALE VETERAN KATA 40+ KWC SENIOR FEMALE KATA

KWC SENIOR FEMALE KATA 1 L PALMINGER SWEDEN 2 M BROVC SLOVENIA 3 J PITHON FRANCE 4 T NGUYEN FRANCE KWC SENIOR FEMALE KUMITE +55KGS

KWC SENIOR TEAM KATA 1 KOFUKAN NORWAY 2 KOFUKAN SLOVENIA

KWC SENIOR MALE KUMITE U67KG 1 J BLATNIK SLOVENIA 2 N LEPORT FRANCE 3 M JENSEN DENMARK 3 R EVRARD FRANCE KWC SENIOR MALE

Junior 1st Dan Caitlin Knox (Scotland) Benjamin Joss (Australia) Tiago Silveira (Portugal) Ally Aitchison Scotland) 1st Dan Carina Truong (Norway) Ashley Hollings (Australia) Maria Beatriz Dinis (Portugal) Salvador Almeida (Portugal) Pedro Santos (Portugal) José Franco (Portugal) João Doroana (Portugal) Vanessa Gomes (Portugal) Bruno Mendonça (Portugal) Antonio Figueira (Portugal) Francisco Figueira (Portugal) Serghei Ogajiu (Portugal) Emanuel Noivo (Portugal) David Fernandes (Portugal) Dimitar Troanski (Bulgaria) Monika Hristova (Bulgaria) Vasil Doychev (Bulgaria) John Phillips (Scotland) Alex Cowan (Scotland) Douglas Munro (Scotland) Rebecca Knox (Scotland) Caitlin Knox (Scotland) Christine Truong (Norway) Paulina Beata Malek (Norway) Fabio Fabietti (Norway) Finn Catterall (England) Elrina Hartman (Australia) Kaitlin Brindley (Australia) James Thomas Scott (Australia)

Galina Karabelova (Bulgaria) Miroslav Yanakiev (Bulgaria) Paul Jamieson (Scotland) Nathan Jack Killips (Scotland) Christine Brou-Martinet (France) Vladimir Skurydin (Ukraine) Dan Nodemar (Sweden) R. Sathish (India) K. Ramu (India) Carolina Dias (Portugal) Emma Alice Killips (Scotland) Sverre Lunde (Norway) Elisabeth Thuv (Norway) Jonathan Janse Van Rensburg (S.A.) 3rd Dan Iain Humphreys (Australia) Yinn Tan (France) Christian Fernand (France) Yuri Krutov (Russia) Innes MacPherson (Scotland) Odin Birkeflet (Norway) Tom In't Veen (Norway) Donovan Will (S. Africa) 4th Dan Simbarashe Mazhata (Zimbabwe) Peter Berggren (Sweden) R. Saravanan (India) Bojan Senica (Slovenia) Tommy Janse Van Rensburg (S.A.) 5th Dan Mitja Stisovič (Slovenia) Denis Koltsov (England) Mark Leonard Weston (Australia)


Kofukan International Dan Gradings

Congratulations to all the following members who successfully graded since the last newsletter, an impressive achievement. Good luck to everyone who will be grading in the near future.

Herve Blanchon (France) Osman Harbas (Sweden) Bogdan Bonev (Bulgaria) Shtilyan Peev (Bulgaria) Asbjorn Gaarde (Norway) Jacob Anke (Norway) Joshua Dobson (Australia) Sebastian Schultz (Denmark) Jorgen Fjeldsoe (Denmark) Lars Thilker (Denmark) Frederik Hojgaard (Denmark) Jennifer Skougard Lunden (Denmark) Mathias Kostelecky Jensen (Denmark) Sergey Rinsky (Denmark) Melissa Catherine Ramdin (N.Z.) Yasith Game kankanamge (N.Z.) Miguel Nunes Pinto (Portugal) Sergio Dias (Portugal) Rui Machado (Portugal) Miguel Rodrigues (Portugal) Tania Gil (Portugal) Tiago Silveira (Portugal) Albino Daniel Sousa (Portugal) Marco Santos (Portugal) Laetitia Barra (Portugal) Lorna Dick (Scotland) Brian McCormack (Scotland) John Gjertsen (Norway) Arber Hankanjin (Norway) Ruben Holtlien (Norway) 2nd Dan Benjamin Peter Trent (Australia) 2420 Paulo Caeiro (Portugal) Ruben Custodio (Portugal)

Doshisha University Karate-do Club Kenshu-juku Doshisha University Karate-do Club Kenshu-juku is a group of the club's graduates who learn and practise Master Fujimoto's karate. It was started in the early 90s by a very small number of people who asked Master Fujimoto to teach them. I started learning from Master Fujimoto, together with Mr. Ishigaki and Mr. Ogawa, in the early 80s, so the group started about 10 years later than us. I have been visiting Japan every year and joined their training to practise un-der Master Fujimoto. The group gradually grew and now has about thirty members, consisting of people from 40 years to over 80 years old.

They have been holding summer camps for some time but I only started to participate in them a few years ago. Then, unfortunately, Mas-ter Fujimoto's health started to dete-riorate so he asked four people, in-cluding me, to conduct the training sessions on his behalf. The four people (Mr. Takiguchi, Mr. Inagawa, Mr. Shibamoto and I) are the ones who received Inga

(certificate of succession) from Master Fujimoto. Since Master Fujimoto died in 2012, they asked me to come to teach at the camp every year. So I started going there to learn and ended up teaching, which I am honoured to do. Here are two photos from last year's camp. Master Fujimoto's widow and daughter came to say hello and are pictured with the group above.

Doshisha University Girls won the West Japan Team Event! The West Japan Universities Karate Championship was held on Sunday 25th May 2014 and Doshisha University female team won their section. They met Kinki University at the final and beat them 2-1. They met at the final last year as well; on that occasion, Kinki University won, so they have reversed their fortunes. This year's team is strong, winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd places at the previous Kansai Region individual event in April. The male team also did well, as they achieved best 8, beaten by Osaka Shogyo University 2-3 at the quarter final. We send congratulations and best wishes to the teams and all involved. Pictured above : Doshisha University Karate Club team members and coaches with Mr Shimizu (left) and Mr Nakura (right), past and present Presidents of Doshisha University Karate Club OBs and OGs Association


News from Doshisha University

Many of you know that the alma mater of both Shihans Tomiyama and Omi is Doshisha University, and the Kofukan organization enjoys a continuing relationship with the Doshisha Karate Club.

Here are two reports by Shihan Tomiyama with recent news….

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NEW HOMBU DOJO IN SLOVENIA Kofukan Slovenia, under its President Igor Zelinka, has recently opened a Hombu Dojo in the town of Polzela. Main instructors at the dojo are: Mitja Stisovic, 5. Dan ; Branko Cimperman, 4. Dan ; Rihard Zibrat, 4. Dan The full Dojo address is: Hombu dojo Kofukan Slovenia Karate klub Polzela Velenjska c. 4, 3314 Polzela, Slovenia Instructors from all Kofukan Slovenian clubs practise together on Sundays, and candidates for the Kofukan World Cup 2015 are preparing there. The first Dan grading exam has also already taken place at the dojo under its new instructors. Best wishes to all involved for continuing success at the new dojo.


30th Anniversary of Karate Club Ljutomer Karate Club Ljutomer in Slovenia celebrated its 30th Anniversary on Sunday 6th April. Rihard Zibrat (4th Dan), its leader, had been a successful competitor himself but his biggest achievement is to have produced many national champions and national team members. He is also a current national and international referee. The celebration consisted of a seminar with Shihan Tomiyama followed by demonstrations by current members, introduction of past and present national champions of the club and a reception. Rihard, 4th from right at the front of our picture, made a short speech thanking his members, supporters and especially his wife for her understanding. He has a busy full time job and, without her support, he could not have succeeded in running such a successful club. We congratulate him on his hard work and wish him many more successful years developing Karate Club Ljutomer.



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- Editor

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