Watch the British Open 2024 & The Cup of Europe LIVE on YouTube!

We are thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated British Open 2024, featuring The Cup of Europe, will be live-streamed on the IFK's official YouTube channel. This is a premier event in the Kyokushin calendar, where top martial artists from across the globe come together to compete at the highest level.

Event Date: 5 October 2024
Time: 10:00 am (Check your local time zone)
Platforms: IFK Kyokushinkai Official YouTube Channel & gbkyokushinkai.smoothcomp.com for Draws and schedule

The British Open 2024 and The Cup of Europe promise a thrilling display of skill, power, and the true spirit of Kyokushin Karate. Whether you’re cheering on your favorite fighter or just looking to witness elite-level karate, you won’t want to miss this.

Key Event Highlights:

• Kumite (Full-contact fighting) between some of the world’s top Kyokushin competitors.

• The prestigious Cup of Europe, where national champions compete for international glory.

How to Join the Live Stream:

1. Visit the IFK YouTube Channel and subscribe for notifications.

2. On the event day, tune in for the live broadcast and experience the action in real time!

Don’t miss out on one of the most significant events in the Kyokushin calendar. Subscribe now to stay updated!

What’s happening in the British Karate Kyokushinkai?

The BKK Executive Committee would like to thank all BKK dojos for supporting our flagship championships the 44th British Open Knockdown Tournament 2022 incorporating the 12th Cup of Europe at K2 Crawley on the 1st of October.

The event was the largest knockdown championship the BKK has hosted with 270 participants. We hope that the introduction of the youth categories will inspire future karateka. The Cup of Europe demonstrated that this pathway is how we will build athletes of the future with our Champions: Emma Markwell and Callum Champion and runner-up Hayley Beth Rowlands leading the way.

The following International Organisations were represented: Chikara International, IKK, IKKU, IFK, IKO Matsushima, KJK, Kyokushin-kan, KWF, SBKR, Seido, Sononda Group, Tsu Shin Gen, US Oyama Karate, WKB, and WKO.

Twenty-two countries participated: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Lithuania, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Scotland, Wales, and England, and they all demonstrated that Full Contact Karate is still at the core of our ethos.

Our thanks to our Sponsors: Ride Leisure @ Wyboston Lakes and No1 Cleaning Services Limited.

Thanks also to the many who made the event such a huge success – it takes a tremendous effort to host such an event and our thanks to everyone that contributed including:

Table officials: Kath Turner, Sue Kerrigan, Helen Rowlands, Alyse Madeley, Lysha Jones, Angela Bruce, Peter, and William Laurence.

Chief Referee Shihan Andrew Turner (6th Dan) and the many national and international referees and judges.

Nick Venes and Crawley Dojo members for setting up the venue and trophies. Shihan David Pickthall (7th Dan) Organizer of the event (and the Tournament Committee) along with Gareth Jones (Tournament Manager), assisted by Chris Davies.

The Medical Team: Dr. Franz and Abi and Andy Rotherham. Kokoro, Nintai, and Milton Keynes Dojos for security. Nadia Petrova and her excellent Social Media input. Linda and Michael Keaveney on the door.

Pictures HERE

BKK Kata tournament results

British Open 2022: Hotel reservation

SANDMAN SIGNATURE LONDON GATWICK HOTEL

This is the official hotel of the British Open 2022.

Sandman Exclusive Special Room Rate

• Standard, sleeps 2 @£99 per night, Room Only (1 King Bed)

• Standard, sleeps 3 @£109 per night, Room Only (1 Double & 1 x Single)

• Standard, sleeps 4 @£119 per night, Room Only (2 Double Beds or 1 Double & Bunks)

• Breakfast @£10 per adult

• Breakfast @£5 per child under 12 years

• Onsite parking @£10 per car, per night

• Coach parking @ £10per night

All rates are subject to availability

For reservations please contact:
RES_GATWICK@SANDMANHOTELS.CO.UK

Please quote ref BKKSEP30 to obtain your special rate

Direct Phone: +44 (0)1293 846726

Hotel main number: +44 (0)1293 561186

Getting There

The nearest train station to the hotel is Three Bridges Station which is one stop from London Gatwick Airport and on the direct line to London or Brighton. More

Visit the hotel website link here for further details.

https://www.sandmansignature.co.uk/london-gatwick

Address
18-23 Tinsley Lane South
Three Bridges
Crawley West Sussex
RH10 8XH

Fighters ENTRY will be Open soon.

2020 British Open Canceled Amid Coronavirus Concerns

Due to the current pandemic, the BKK have taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 British Open on the 3rd of October.

With restrictions in the participation of combat sports still in place in the UK and the uncertainty for the preparation times of the athletes, it was considered the safest course of action.

To all our supporters we hope to see you all in 2021

Osu!

Hayley Rowlands takes silver at the 1st EFKO European tournament

Continuing her rich vain of form, Hayley Beth Rowlands took silver at the 1st EFKO European Tournament, in Antwerp, Belgium narrowly missing out on a place to Japan, but nevertheless continuing to shine and develop on the big tournament stage.

Congratulations Hayley.

OSU!

Wish our BKK fighters good luck at the 4th KWU World Championships

Emma Markwell, Blake Collins, and Hayley-Beth Rowlands are representing Team GBR at the 4th KWU World Championships, in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan this weekend.

We wish them the best of fighting luck. Osu!

You can watch them live here, from 10am local time. Kazakhstan is GMT+6.

U18 Team England and Wales results at Sutani Cup 2019, Belgium.

U18 Team England and Wales attended this year’s Sutani Cup, Antwerp, Belgium in numbers, and came away with invaluable experience.

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Results and congratulations to:

Ashley Black (ENG - Crawley dojo) - 1st place

Antek Sobecki (ENG - Westcroft dojo) - 1st place

Holly Harvery (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 2nd place

Katie Martin (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 2nd place

James Baker (ENG - Saffron Walden dojo) - 2nd place

Brandon Wise (ENG - Westcroft dojo) - 2nd place

Cai Williams (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 3rd place

Rhys Meredith (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 3rd place

Seren Harries (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 3rd place

Nathan Hyde (ENG - Eastbourne dojo) - 3rd place

Nikhil Patel (ENG - Loughborough dojo) - 3rd place

Mia Hawkins (ENG - Crawley dojo) - 3rd place

Under 18s success at the 2nd KWU Youth European Tournament, Berlin Germany

On the 18-19th May, Ashley Black and Rhys Meredith from Crawley and Mountain Ash dojos respectively, represented the BKK as part of a unified Team GB alongside two members invited from the IKK (Callum Chapman and Harry Clemo), both regular England and GB squad training attendees.

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[L-R] Back Row - Wai Cheung, Meidi Divash, Norman King, Andrew Turner, Alex Kerrigan, David Pickthall, Lia Howlett, Chris Davis

Front Row - Callum Chapman (IKK), Ashley Black, Rhys Meredith, Harry Clemo (IKK)

Both Ashley Black and Harry Clemo scored waza aris in their quarter final bouts to advance to the semi finals. Both lost out in the semi-finals to Russian national champions. There was more top level experience for Rhys Meredith and Callum Chapman who had tough bouts, and can feel pleased with their performances. Twenty seven countries took part and it was also great to have such a strong judging team from the UK.

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Welsh Open 2019 Results

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British Open 2018 Fighters Preview

The BKK is set to host its 42nd British Open on Saturday 6th October 2018 at K2, Crawley in what will be an absolute hotbed of Kyokushin fighting elite and talent.

Year on year we see an increase in standard at our championships, presently there are 23 organisations from 22 countries participating in this years 42nd edition of the British Open. Here we look at some of the potential favourites and also at our BKK entries in the Cup of Europe Open categories.

Mens Lightweight

Current champion and Spanish favourite Dani Redondo is looking to take his third Crown but will have some stiff opposition with some very strong Russians including last years runner up Anton Adushkevich from Gazprom team and KWU Varna Cup Champion Maksim Voitov. Also look out for Lithuanian Champion Jonas Enimontas.

Mens Middleweight

Russia will once again have a big say in where the crown goes this year with KWU World Champions Alexandre Drozd and Victor Belyaev both vying for the title but there is some great opposition from around the globe with both last years 3rd place winners crowd favourite Clai Henry from the USA, and Zsolt Zsiga of Hungary looking to go one further and make the final. Also look out for Romanian kicker Catalin Mocanu who should excite with his fast aggressive style.

Mens Heavyweight

2018 Champ Aleksandr Karshigeev  also looks for a 3rd crown but teammate Vitalii Ishakneli will want to add to his IFK World and European titles. With some many good heavyweights its hard to pick only a few favourites but look out for Euro champs JP Jacquot of France and Eventas Guzaukas. Also we have two top fighters doing it for the over 40’s with former World Champion Samson Muripo coming all the way from Zimbabwe and multi time Euro champ Pablo Estensoro Spain

Womens LW

As Womens events go from strength to strength six time Champion Emma Markwell will look at this division and see it packed with depth. Her opponent last year Teona gazdeliani is back as a KWU World Champion, IFK World Champs runner up Rima Artemova also wants to avenge her 2014 loss to Markwell. WKO new European golden girl Skaiste Venckute will hope her high workrate can take her far and hard punching Alina Polishchuk of Russia will fancy her chances of gold. Can last years semi finalist Hayley Beth Rowlands  push for a higher ranking this year.

Womens HW

Another division packed with quality and who can pick a winner from KWU and IFK World Champion Agata Winiarska, KWU World Champion Maria Papdopoulou, Svetlana Tuchkova former IFK World Champion, Marta Lubos Poland and Sara Hagge Sweden both European Champions.

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With such a packed field, we are looking at one of the most exciting tournaments to date.

English Open 2018 results

The BKK held a successful English Open 2018 on the 13th May for UK and Ireland based organisations, which included categories for Open Adult, Novice, Cadet and, for the first time in BKK history, Junior IFK Kyokushin rules fighting.

Jim Barton (BKK Verwood) dropping a well timed jodan mawashi geri

Luke Baldwin (BKK Mountain Ash, and Team GB) on his way to the 2018 English Open Middleweight Title

British Open 2017 Results

See all the action from our live streaming here

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Best of luck to BKK fighters at the 30th KWF European tournament, Holland

The BKK wishes our representative fighters the very best of luck this weekend at the KWF European tournament in Holland.

Sensei Emma Markwell, Senpai Dawid Ozga and Gabriel Barbu will compete in the women's lightweight, men's middleweight and heavyweight categories respectively.

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BKK at SENI2016 Results

Thanks to all that took part at our SENI2016 event held at the O2, on Saturday 16th July.

Results as follows:

Junior Clicker Under 150cms
1st Kobe Spinney Crawley
2nd Seren Harries Mountain Ash
3rd Sam Davies Cardiff
3rd Ashley Black Crawley

Junior Clicker Over 150cms
1st Henry Deane Cardiff
2nd Sophie Hobbs Crawley
3rd Ethan Hardwick Cwmbran
3rd Robert Salvi Crawley

Advanced Clicker Senior Women
1st Lisa Heath Mountain Ash
2nd Zoe Moulden Mountain Ash
3rd Emily Senior Dunmow
3rd Amber Morris Dunmow

Advanced Clicker Senior Men
1st Jordan Da Costa Ilford
2nd Chris Da Costa Docklands
3rd Dylan Baldwin Mountain Ash
3rd Ethan Prescott Cardiff

Junior Kata
1st Sophie Hobbs Mountain Ash
2nd Holly Davies Mountain Ash
3rd Dylan Baldwin Mountain Ash
3rd Mia Morgan Mountain Ash

Senior Kata
1st Sunil Tailor Loughbrough
2nd Andre Emmeneger IFK-Switzerland
3rd Lyndsay Moulden Ynysybwl
3rd Sophie Lee Loughbrough

Lightweight Women Knockdown
1st Emma Markwell Westcroft
2nd Zoe Moulden Mountain Ash
3rd Hayley Rowlands Cardiff
3rd Annie Jardine Cardiff

Heavyweight Women Knockdown
1st Aneta Meskauskiene IFK Ireland
2nd Samantha Williams Ynysowen
3rd Francesca Morreale Westcroft
3rd Kirsten Galatius Smith Crawley

Lightweight Men Knockdown
1st Spencer Bennett Samurai
2nd Leon Lundregan Ynysowen
3rd Phil Burchill Verwood

Middleweight Men Knockdown
1st Dawid Ozga Crawley
2nd Kelvin Tienstra IFK-Holland
3rd Luke Baldwin Mountain Ash
3rd Mahmoud Ageli Milton Keynes

Heavyweight Men Knockdown
1st Roel Noordman IFK-Holland
2nd Fredrik Johannsen Göteborgs karate kai
3rd Dave King IFK Ireland
3rd Sarunus Radvinauskas Northampton

Fastest Knockout Fredrik Johannsen Göteborgs karate kai
Most Spirited Fighter Phil Burchill Verwood