The 22^nd Polish Oyama Karate Championships in Kumite

 

Knockdown fight. Photo Radoslaw Dyduch

 

The 22nd Polish OYAMA Karate Championships in KUMITE was held in Andrychów. Hanshi Jan Dyduch 8th dan, the President of OYAMA Polish Karate Federation took patronage over the championships. Tournament was organized by Malopolski Karate Club and its leader Sensei Jacek Kasperek 4^th dan. Around 400 female and male fighters, representing 36 clubs, took part in the championships. They represented 36 leading clubs of: Oyama Karate and Kyokushinkai Tezuka Group.

 

Opening Ceremony. Photo Radoslaw Dyduch

Shihan Eugeniusz Stanislawek 6th dan, the President of European Kyokushinkai Tezuka Group and Shihan Andrzej Pierzchala 7th dan OYAMA IKF director of schooling division were also present during the competition. Shihan Pawel Pajdak 6th dan was the head referee. The duties of the mat referees were fulfilled by Shihan Eugeniusz Stanislawek 6th dan, Shihan Witold Choiński 6th dan, Shihan Rafal Majda 5th dan, Shihan Ryszard Zolty 5 dan, Shihan Boguslaw Plewka 5th dan, Sensei Robert Bretner 4th dan, Sensei Mariusz Pawlus 4th dan, Sensei Dariusz Szulc 4^th dan and Sensei Tomasz Klimaszewski 4 ^th dan.

 

Ready to fight. Photo Radoslaw Dyduch 

Saturday morning started with Light–contact competitions on tree tatami. Same day, afternoon was reserved for prestigious Knockdown tournament. Sunday was planed for the Junior Polish Championships in Semi-knockdown. The competition was at very good organizational level. The winners received nice trophies sponsored by OYAMA Polish Karate Federation.

  

 

U22. Photo Radosław Dyduch

  

PHOTOS

KNOCKDOWN http://oyama-foto.pl/#/content/OYAMA%20KARATE/2017/MISTRZOSTWA%20POLSKI%202017/KNOCKDOWN/

SEMI- KNOCKDOWN http://oyama-foto.pl/#/content/OYAMA%20KARATE/2017/MISTRZOSTWA%20POLSKI%202017/SEMI%20KNOCKDOWN/

LIGHT CONTACT: http://oyama-foto.pl/#/content/OYAMA%20KARATE/2017/MISTRZOSTWA%20POLSKI%202017/LIGHT%20CONTACT/

 

 

Semi-knockdown fight. Photo Radoslaw Dyduch

 

FIRST PLACE WINNERS

LIGHT CONTACT (10-12 YEARS OLD)

I Patryk Bolek (Kraków Koyama)

I Dawid Lipa (Radom)

I Igor Kromka (Kraków Koyama)

I Mateusz Lebioda (Radom)

I Jan Kursa (Kraków KAS)

I Ela Ferenc (Oświęcim)

I Karolina Samolej (Kraków OYAMA)

I Nadia Gruszka (Katowice Goliat)

I Julia Pawlak (Legionowo)

 

LIGHT CONTACT (12-14 YEARS OLD)

I Jakub Drzewiecki (Wieliczka)

I Kacper Hebda (Wieliczka)

I Marcel Popczyk (Sosnowiec)

I Oskar Janawa (Olkusz)

I Kacper Banaś (Wieliczka)

I Szymon Dębski (Oświęcim)

I Dawid Zierałka (Jelenia Góra)

I Wiktoria Kubacka (Lubliniec)

I Oliwia Greczner (Oświęcim)

I Natalia Grześ (Jelenia Góra)

I Zofia Marzec (Kraków Koyama)

I Emilia Góral (Andrychów)

I Oliwia Bałczan (Białystok)

I Wiktoria Krzyżanowska (Lublin)

SEMI-KNOCKDOWN, JUNIORS (14-16 YEARS OLD)

I Marcin Woliński (Lublin)

I Gniewomir Herbst (Kraków Koyama)

I Jakub Rzewuski (Kraków KAS)

I Michał Smolec (Andrychów)

I Adam Dzięgiel (Oświęcim)

I Jan Kosterna (Radom)

I Anna Ferenc (Oświęcim)

I Dominika Chylińska (Oświęcim)

I Zuzanna Górka (Kraków Koyama)

I Magdalena Opach (Kraków Koyama)

 

SEMI-KNOCKDOWN, JUNIORS (16-18 YEARS OLD)

I Szczepan Szmidt (Lublin)

I Michał Żelazny (Katowice Goliat)

I Mikołaj Wójtowicz (Radom)

I Kacper Kasperek (Andrychów)

I Marek Żelazny (Katowice Goliat)

I Sebastian Uzar (Tarnobrzeg)

I Maja Wójcik (Kraków Koyama)

I Anna Gorol (Katowice Goliat)

I Kinga Pasternak (Kraków KAS)

I Julia Gibek (Kraków OYAMA)

 

KNOCKDOWN (18-22 years old)

 I Patryk Kosturek (Rzeszów)

I Tomasz Chrustowicz (Warszawa)

I Michał Juźwiak (Kraków OYAMA)

I Daria Cieślińska (Piotrków Trybunalski)

I Karolina Szewczyk (Sosnowiec)

I Joanna Janiak (Koło)

 

KNOCKDOWN (18-35 years old)

I Krzysztof Socha (Kraków OYAMA)

I Mateusz Kosturek (Rzeszów)

I Adam Chlabicz (Białystok)

I Katarzyna Kasperek (Andrychów)

I Justyna Cyrulik (Kraków OYAMA)

 

KNOCKDOWN (Veterans) 

I Przemysław Brusik (Andrychów)

I Krzysztof Rydzewski (Białystok)

I Bogusław Gierek (Bochnia)

 

SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ORGANIZERS AND ALL MEDAL WINNERS, OSU!