Tournaments

 

INDEPENDENCE KNOCKDOWN TOURNAMENT

KYOKUSHINKAI MARTIAL ARTS FEDERATION

FRIDAY 17TH MARCH, 2012 AT TAHER BAGH, CHAMP DE MARS, MAURITIUS

Around one week after the Independence Day and as every year, the Kyokushinkai Martial Arts Federation organized its Independence Knockdown Tournament. This was the third tournament of the year 2012 and some special guests were welcomed, namely, a team from la possession, Reunion Island and some members of the Ashihara dojo (the ashihara style being derived from the kyokushinkai). The said tournament took place at Taher Bagh on last Saturday night. As usual, the hall accommodated an enthusiastic audience that encouraged the participants throughout the competition. And naturally, the presence of the determined participants, corner judges, referees, official members, organizers and all members of Kyokushinkai and the volunteers, did not go unnoticed.

 

The tournament was divided in three categories of kumite (fights) ; senior, Junior and Kids. There were a total number of 16 fighters per category for the senior and Junior Categories and a total of 8 fighters for the Kids Category. The categories were basically influenced by the age basis factor but of course, a lot of attention was given to the expertise/fighting experience and the fighting capabilities and skills which distinguished the fighters so that the latter are allocated respectively in the right category.

 

The fights were of a very high level and each fight was highly disputed. The fighters were fully ready to demonstrate their know-how, their hard acquired training and fighting talents, capabilities, techniques and potential. No need to say that the audience was very dynamic and drove the atmosphere to a real fervent and enthusiastic ambiance, which undoubtedly induced the participants to surmount their efforts and to give an excellence performance.  Among the Reunion team, we could count 7 fighters who were present. Also from the Reunion team was present Sempei Jean Michel Magdeleine, who was part of the referee team. A few fighters who marked the night were Hassing Harvest who eventually was entitled as the Champion of the Category Kids; Noordally Adam from the Junior Category, with his strong punches which of course put him at a competitive edge and allowed him to unhook the 3rd place; the final of the Junior Category was tight with the kumite of  Magdelaine Guillaume (Reunion) and Naeem Nazir; while the Senior Category held the most enthusiastic and tough kumite with strong and technically experienced fighters like Rabiva Rodrick  and Romily Andy (Reunion) who gave a mindblowing performance which indeed drove the crowd to the fever pitch, and of course the fight between the 2 most indomitable ones who made their way to the final, they are Lisette Clyde and Ghanty Bilaal, the latter who got the most out of Lisette Clyde at the Grand Final of this tournament.

 

The champions were ecstatic through their triumphs and though having to struggle hard to unhook the titles, they were very satisfied for their input efforts that did not go in vain or overlooked. Through their brilliant performances, they could also motivate other adepts; especially the youngsters as well as those who could not make it through to the final or to the championship title this time, to train harder to achieve success and also to learn from the Reunion team who has experience of European competitions. But as very confidently said by Sosai Mas Oyama, "Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered", with this quote in mind, the victorious and defeated should look forward to more challenges in future and of course, train harder. There is a high level of team spirit, discipline and of course, Kyokushin Spirit prevailing which were all so easily noticed by the crowd present.

 

Other than the fights, the public was able to appreciate a demonstration effected by Sempai Hayatoolla Zahirulla , who gave a glittering performance of a kata followed by tamishiwari (breaking).

 

The Independence Knockdown Tournament took place in a jovial mood, encouraged by the members of the organisation and the so enthusiastic public. The fighters actually fought wholeheartedly and in fair play bearing in mind the kyokushin spirit. 

 

As always, this event was a success thanks to all the Organisers; Sempai Moobeen Jeewa, the members of Kyokushinkai and of course Sensei Aslum Jeewa. Our sincere appreciation also to the Municipal Council of Port Louis & sponsors for their precious support.

 

 

RESULTS OF KUMITE

 

ANK

CATEGORY SENIOR

CATEGORY JUNIOR

CATEGORY KIDS

1

GHANTY Bilaal

NAZIR Naeem

HASSING Harvest

2

LISETTE Clyde

MAGDELAINE Guillaume

RAMESSUR Keshav

3

RABIVA Rodrick

NOORDALLY Adam

ALI Akmez

 

SPECIAL AWARDS

BEST TECHNICIAN

GHANTY Bilaal

BEST SPIRITED FIGHTER

MOST PROMISING ATHLETE

DASSOT Iders

ROMILY Andy

 

 

 

5TH ISHI SHIHAN MEMORIAL KATA & KNOCKDOWN TOURNAMENT

 

SUNDAY 26th February 2012

 

@ NATIONAL JUDO CENTRE CENTRE,BEAU BASSIN, MAURITIUS

 

The National Judo Center has known a very enthusiastic morning last Sunday, the 26th of February. There regrouped participants from mainly Beau Bassin/Rose Hill Dojos, Honbu Dojo and from the University of Mauritius for a grand regional competition. Beau Bassin Judo hall reached its fever pitch on Sunday with also a good number of enthusiastic spectators; parents among others, who made the effort to attend the event, and of course, with the presence of the most important one without whom the tournament would have been no success that is, the determined participants, corner judges, referees, official members, organizers and all members of Kyokushinkai and the volunteers.

 

The tournament had 4 major categories, 2 of which emphasized on Kumite (fights), notably: Category Kids and Category Junior. Each category was subject to the age group, for instance, the Junior Category well comprised of fighters who are emerging and showing much effort. The 2 other categories were composed of the Category Kata Boys and the Category Kata Girls. The compulsory kata for both categories was the Taikyoku sono ni.

 

The fighters were real eager beavers that Sunday morning and were ready to show their fighting talents and capabilities with the high expectations of their parents, friends and coach. Needless to say, the audience was champing at the bit and drove the atmosphere to a real fervent and enthusiastic ambiance, which undoubtedly induced the participants to surmount their efforts and good performance. The fighters, especially the Junior Category made evidence of their ‘Never Give Up’ spirit and did show their Kyokushin Fighting spirit during the competition. Whilst the little pride of Kyokushinkai, that is the Kids Category, altogether did make a very good performance.

 

The champions were elated and truly deserve the titles for their hard work, hard training and for all the efforts they put into winning their fights. However, they are very well aware that it is certainly easy to unhook a title but much difficult to maintain the same title. They should thus look forward to train harder so as to be able to face even harder challenges in the future and conquer new peaks.

 

Other than the fights, the public was able to appreciate a series of demonstration effected by Sempai Farzanah Aumeer, Sempai Irfaan Aumeer, Sempai Ramzun Alshad and Tuhaloo Guptaa who altogether gave a resplendent performance.

 

The 5th Ishi Shihan Memorial Kata and Knowdown tournament took place in a cheerful mood, encouraged by the members of the organisation and the so enthusiastic public. The participants, girls and boys actually perform wholeheartedly, bearing in mind the kyokushin spirit. 

 

As always, this event was a success thanks to all the Organisers, the members of Kyokushinkai, MOY, and without forgetting everyone who gave a helping hand for the success of the tournament.

 

Point:-

 

Fighters who made good impression were Asutosh kamanah & Iyas Ghanty. Asutosh showed lot of improvement since his last tournament especially his fighting strategy. He fought in a very relaxed style and at the same time put lot of pressure on his opponents. The majority of his victories were either by Ippon or wazaris.

 

Ghanty showed good fighting spirit and simple good basic techniques.

 

 

Rank

Category

Junior

Category

Kids

Category

Kata Boys

Category

Kata Girls

1

KAMANAH Ashutosh

RAJABALLY Ibrahim

KHOYRATEE Ridwan

 

UNUTH Ashwini

2

LALLMAMODE Ali

FAKIM Waseem

 

KURRUMBUCCUS

Rayyan

 

GOPALOODOO Doushka

3

BOODHOO Mujaheed

KASENALLY Ibraheem

RAJABALLY Yaseen

 

KHATIB Zainab

 

Best Spirited Fighter

DHANJEE Heetesh

Best Technician

GHANTY Iyas

Most Promising Athlete

PEER Adam

 
 
 
 

KYOKUSHINKAI MARTIAL ARTS FEDERATION

DIAMOND CUP 2012

 SUNDAY 29th JANUARY, 2012 AT SSS RENGANADEN SEENEVASSEN, PORT-LOUIS, MAURITIUS

 

The Kyokushinkai Martial Arts is getting more and more into full swing. The Federation started 2012 with its first competition of the year last Sunday 29th of January at around 09:30, a tournament which took place at the SSS Renganaden Seenevassen in Port-Louis. The tournament reached its fever pitch on Sunday with a good number of enthusiastic spectators; parents among others, who made the effort to attend the event, coming from different parts of the Island and of course, with the presence of the most important ones without whom the tournament would have been no success that is, the determined paticipants, corner judges, referees, official members, organizers and all members of Kyokushinkai and the volunteers.

 

The tournament consisted of only one category for the Kumite (Fights) where all the ellite fighters of the country were regrouped. The fighters were real eager beavers that day and were ready to show their fighting talents, capabilities, techniques and potential. Needless to say, the audience was champing at the bit and drove the atmosphere to a real fervent and enthusiastic ambiance, which undoubtedly induced the participants to surmount their efforts and good performance. A few fighters who marked the night were, non-others than Ghanty Bilaal with his domination over his opponents, his powerful punches and the maturity in his techniques, Patel Ismail, with his superb techniques and never ending will to do better in each of his fights and also Ramjaun Ismael who lifted the spirit of the audience during his fights. However, some fighters were seen to lack real fighting spirit whilst some others were deemed to lag behind with their fighting techniques and skills which of course proved to be detrimental to them.

 

The champions were truly elated through their victories and though having to struggle hard to unhook the titles, they were very satisfied for their efforts that did not go in vain or unnoticed. Through their brilliant performance, they could also motivate other adepts to train harder to achieve success. But as very confidently said by Sosai Mas Oyama, "Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered", with this quote in mind, the victorious and defeated should look forward to more challenges in future and of course, train harder.

 

Other than the fights, the public was able to appreciate a series of demonstration effected by Sempai Hossenkhan Nazirkhan and his students, by Sensei Maharoo Subiraj and Sempei Aumeer Farzanah and her students from the dojo of the University Of Mauritius, who altogether gave a resplendent performance. The public was also honoured with a demonstration from the Shotokan karate team who truly seized the public’s attention with their versatile performance.

 

The Diamond Cup 2012 took place in a cheerful mood, encouraged by the members of the organisation and the so enthusiastic public. The fighters actually fought wholeheartedly, bearing in mind the kyokushin spirit. 

 

As always, this event was a success thanks to all the Organisers and the members of Kyokushinkai and of course Sensei Aslum Jeewa.

 

 

Results

 

Rank

1

GHANTY Bilaal

2

LULLITH Darmanand

3

PATEL Ismail

 

Best Spirited Fighter

RABIVA Rodrick

Best Technician

LISETTE Clyde

 

 

 

13TH NORTHERN KNOCKDOWN TOURNAMENT

NATIONAL GIRLS KATA COMPETITION

KYOKUSHINKAI MARTIAL ARTS FEDERATION

SUNDAY 11th DECEMBER, 2011 AT SSS JUGNAMBI, GOODLANDS, MAURITIUS

 

The KMAF has held its last tournament of this calendar year 2011 last Sunday at SSS Jugdambi, Goodlands and it well refered to the Northern Knockdown Tournament, the 13th edition of this said regional tournament which has been taking place yearly. The SSS Jugnambi hall has witnessed a very enthusiastic morning. There regrouped fighters from mainly the Northern Dojo and of course, without forgetting the numerous girls participants present for the National Kata competition. Goodlands reached its fever pitch on Sunday with also a good number of enthusiastic spectators; parents among others, who made the effort to attend the event, and of course, with the presence of the most important one without whom the tournament would have been no success that is, the determined participants, corner judges, referees, official members, organizers and all members of Kyokushinkai Karate and the volunteers.

 

The tournament had 5 major categories, with 3 foremost categories emphasizing on Kumite (fights), notably: Categories Junior, Espoir and Kids. Whilst the 2 other categories were exclusively set for the Kata competition and consisted of categories Senior and Junior. Emphasis was placed upon giving opportunities for young adepts of the Kyokushinkai to perform and participate in the Kumite tournament whilst at the same time gaining expertise. The Kata tournament conversely constituted of bright participants who do show great potential and the National tournament thus constituted mainly of Petit Raffray, Goomanee and Rose-Hill Dojos.

 

The fighters were real eager beavers and were ready to show their fighting talents, capabilities, techniques and potential. Though they were young and almost recently started gaining fighting experience from competitions, they showed a real never give up spirit and great determination so as to unhook the titles with a very mature and disciplined attitude towards achieving this goal. The Kata competition was very tight since all of the participants did their level best to outperform themselves and their capabilities. The scores were very close indeed and the girls did show a very high kyokushin and team spirit and they all undoudtedly came out gaining a lot from this participation.

 

Among the various fighters, Donovan Lisette, Bhojeshwar Boodhonee and Maharoo Jeetesh all three from the Category Espoir, Kohaar Luqman from the Category Junior and Shanmoogum Munisamy among others, were distinctively noticed for their high spirit fighting, their techniques and their good performance who undoubtedly hold a bright future in the Kyokushinkai avenue.

 

The champions were elated and truly deserve the titles for their hard work, hard training and for all the efforts they put into winning their fights. However, they are very well aware that it is certainly easy to unhook a title but much difficult to maintain same. They should thus look forward to train harder so as to be able to face even harder challenges in the future and conquer new peaks.

 

Other than the fights, the public was able to appreciate a great demonstration, that is a Kata followed by a tameshiwari, effected by Sensei Soobiraj Maharoo.

 

The Northern Knockdown and National KataTournament  took place in a cheerful mood, encouraged by the members of the organisation and the so enthusiastic public. The fighters actually fought wholeheartedly, bearing in mind the kyokushin spirit. 

 

As always, this event was a success thanks to all the Organisers, Sensei Soobiraj Maharoo, Sensei Aslum Jeewa, the members of Kyokushinkai Karate and of course a big thank goes to the Ministry of Youth and Sports for their immeasurable support.

 

 

Results KUMITE and KATA

 

Rank

Category

Kumite

Junior

Category

Kumite

Espoir

Category

Kumite

Kids

Category

Kata

Senior

Category

 Kata

Junior

1

KOHAAR Luqman

MAHAROO Jeetesh Sagar

MAHAROO Nivesh

GOPALOODOO Doushka

MAHAROO Teekshana

2

NUCKCHED Ritesh

BOODHONEE Bhojeshwar

RAMBURRUTH Ganesh

UNUTH

Ashwini

KHADAROO Shamma

3

MAHAROO Neeraj

DONOVAN Lisette

RISHABH

Prem

GARIA

Oumaina

EUGENIE

Marie

 

Best Spirited Fighter

SHANMOOGUM Munisamy

Best Technician

BOODHONEE Bhojeshwar