Sunday, August 18, 2019

IKGA Europe - Goju-Kai European Seminar and Championships

Goju-Kai Hungary hosted the 34th Goju-Kai European Seminar and 9th Goju-Kai European Championships in Tata, Hungary from July 13 - 19, 2019.

On July 14, 11 countries participated from across Europe: Hungary, Italy, England, Sweden, Ukraine, Slovakia, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Belgium. It was a successful competition with participation across all ages and ranks. Congratulations to all the participants!


Official results of the tournament:

Complete results can be found here.
COUNTRY GOLD SILVERBRONZE
BELGIUM 1
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 3
ENGLAND 5 10 16
HUNGARY 20 13 16
ITALY 9 5 12
NETHERLANDS 3
NORWAY 1 1 2
SLOVAKIA 1 1 3
SWEDEN 2 5 6
SWITZERLAND 1
UKRAINE 2 4 6

Gojukai Europe members also took part in the 34th Goju-Kai European Seminar taught by Saiko Shihan Goshi Yamaguchi, President of IKGA. Intense training in Goju-Kai Karatedo ran over the course of 5 days from July 15 - 19, and was followed by Dan examinations.

Photos of the seminar can be found here, and photos of the tournament are here.

Congratulations and thank you to Gerd Rebicek Shihan and the organizers for hosting a successful event. Well done!