K1 Berlin / Thomas Scott : « With a good mindset »
US Thomas Scott beat Turkey’s Eltemur for the bronze (-75 kg). He first lost against the tournament’s sensation, Japan’s Sakiyama (7-2). He gives his feelings.
K1 Berlin / Jonathan Horne : « I am happy with the bronze »
Germany’s Jonathan Horne was very impressive in the K1 Berlin but he made a mistake against Georgia’s Arkania Beaten in the ½ final (3-1). He then brilliantly won the bronze medal against Azerbaijan’s Atamov (7-0).
K-1 Berlin / The Sakiyama sensation
The first K1 of the season has just ended at the Sportzentrum in Berlin. The finals offered a fantastic show. Unknown to the public, the young Japanese fighter Sakiyama beat Rafael Aghayev (-75 kg). A striking and symbolic victory that shows the Olympic race will be complicated for everyone.
By Florian Fournier in Berlin / Photos : Kphotos
The Tokyo Olympics get clearer
The IOC has chosen. Karate will make its appearance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on August 6th, 7th and 8th. The 80 happy Karatekas who will be able to play this First Olympics will try to qualify from September. Directions for use.
By Ludovic Mauchien
YOG 2018 / Japan 6 out of 6 !
Following the qualifying tournament for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) held in Umag (Croatia) on June 29th-30th, we now know the 36 athletes qualified for the first Olympic tournament in the history of Karate that will take place in Buenos Aires on October 17th-18th. Japan will have 6 fighters (out of 6 possible), Iran 4, Turkey, Russia, Great Britain and Morocco, 2. We thus should notice the absence of major nations such as Germany, Azerbaijan, Spain and France.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photos : K-Photos
Lawyer and champion / Horuna : « I am an adrenalin addicted »
He is one of those karatekas that we do not want to miss the fight. With him, thrill is guaranteed, show too. World n°2 (-75 kg) behind his buddy and n°1 opponent, Rafael Aghayev, Ukraine’s Stanislav Horuna, 29 years old, is one of the favorites for the gold medal at the European Championships held in Novi Sad (May 10th-13th). 3rd in the 2014 Worlds, he is a two-times European silver medalist (2014, 2017), the 2017 World Games winner and has 15 podiums in the Premier League, including six successes. Lawyer as a « civilian », Stanislav Horuna tells us about him : his daily life, his vision of Karate, of life, his ambitions...
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photos : K-Photos
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