NEWS

18/03/2012 - Code of Conduct

BKKU has created a Code of Conduct for it's members. Read (Dutch)

04/03/2012 - New national training dates scheduled

National Kumite training: friday March 9 at Mas Oyama Kalmthout 20.00h - 21.30h

National Kata training: saturday April 21 at Stamina Dojo Beerse 10.00h - 12.00h

21/01/2012 - Group picture Kagami Biraki 2012

04/01/2012 - Season's Greetings from IKO Rengokai Japan

12/11/2011 - Belgian Open Weight Tournament

Seishin Dojo will be hosting this event on March 24 in Kapellen, Belgium. This unique tournament is open to all organisations within Belgium.
For more information, visit the website: www.belgianopenweighttournament.com

12/11/2011 - Summercamp 2012

Shihan Tabata has confirmed that he will be present at the Belgian Summercamp 2012 in Herentals.

22/05/2011 - Beker der Kempen

On May 14, the annual Beker der Kempen was held in Beerse by Stamina Dojo. The tournament has been one of the most important Belgian tournaments for many years now and has become an international important event as well. Dojos from Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, France... were present with their best fighters, which makes for a very competitive tournament!

21/04/2011 - European Championships 2011

The European tournament, this year held in Szedeg, Hungary, April 16 & 17 in attendance of Shihan Shigeru Tabata (Japan) was a succes for BKKU! The Belgian team consisted of 2 fighters. Senpais Sven and Niels Willeme, coached by Sensei Lu Eekhaut. Senpai Niels Willeme reached 3rd place. He also managed to achieve the fastest knock-out of the tournament after only 7 seconds! Congratulations. Sensei Chris Snoeckx attended the tournament as a referee. He and Sensei Lu Eekhaut also participated at the international meeting.

27/03/2011 - BKKU Kata Tournament

The Kata Tournament held on March 20 by Seishin Dojo was a succes! The estimated 100 participants eventually became more than 140. Congratulations to all those who managed to get a position in the top 3 ranking. But of course congratulations as well to all the other participants, who made this tournament a day of Kyokushin Spirit!

06/03/2011 - Upcoming National Training Dates

The BKKU agenda has been updated: The next national kumite training will be held on Thursday March 24 in Beerse (20h - 21.30h), organised by Stamina Dojo. And the next national kata training on Saturday April 30 in Kalmthout (10h - 12h), organised by Mas Oyama Kalmthout.

Another change to the schedule has been made as well: The BKKU dojo operators have decided there will be no Belgian summercamp this year in July.

23/01/2011 - National Kumite Training & Kagami Biraki

Our first national training of 2011 was held on friday January 14 lead by Senpai Sven. It surely helpt everyone remember what Osu and Kyokushin Spirit means! So it was great training to start (hopefully) a great year.

But the official start of the karate year was given at the Kagami Biraki the day after. As always, Shihan Wildeboer came over from the Netherlands. This year teaching us some mixed martial arts and boxing. The president of BKKU, Sensei Lu, continued with some self defence and Sensei Herbert, who received his certificate of dojo leader from Japan, had made a Kyokushin quiz, which was very instructive with lots of questions about Mas Oyama Sosai. It is after all import to honour the remembrance of the founding father of Kyokushin! Sensei Koen finally provided a game from Taekwondo warming up. But before we headed for the sake ceremony, the new Shodans had to 'prove' themselves by doing tameshiwari, breaking techniques. And after the sake ceremony was concluded and some words of wisdom and Kyokushin spirit were spoken, a picture of the group was taken. The end of another great Kagami, but the begin of another karate year! Osu!

28/11/2010 - Season's Greetings from Japan

Japan has sent us their season's greetings. We hereby would like to do the same. To all karatekas: the best wishes for 2011! Let's hope the new Karate year will be as interesting as the last!

Season's greetings from Japan

24/11/2010 - Kagami Biraki + referee course

The first training of the year will - as always - be held at Stamina Dojo, Beerse for the annual Kagami Biraki! This year it wil take place on the 15th of january from 15.30h. till 17.30h. (The hour on the picture is incorrect). That's a bit later than previous years, but there will be a referee course prior to the actual training from 13.30 till 14.30.