日時:2014年7月26日
場所:オーキッド・カントリークラブ
主催:シンガポール支部
2014シンガポールフルコンタクトオープントーナメントに、他流派(芦原会館、実戦会館、心武道)選手を含めた24名が参加しました。
大会には他流派の要人や支部長も観戦しました。シンガポール支部も、昨年から国内の他流派との大同団結を試みています。昨年11月の第1回大会はウエイト制大会として開催し、今大会は無差別級大会として開催しました。
今大会では一般部門の試合の他に、エキシビションとして少年部の試合が行われました。大会後には緑代表のインタビューも行われ、新極真会の存在をシンガポール国内にもアピールしました。
大会翌日の7月27日は、緑代表と塚本徳臣支部長によるセミナーが開催されました。緑代表による基本、塚本支部長による組手(カウンター攻撃)セミナーが行われ、シンガポール支部一同大変貴重な経験をしました。
Singapore Full Contact Open tournament 2014
Date: 26 July 2014
Host branch: WKO Singapore
Venue: Orchid country club
No. of participants: 24 fighters (22 fighters – male adult, 2 fighters-11 yrs children)
List Prize for winners:
Champion – Wu Jie Jun (WKO Singapore)
2nd – Ronald Benard (WKO Singapore)
3rd – Hariz Adam (WKO Singapore)
Best Spirit – Bervyn Lim (WKO Singapore)
Best Technique – Joel Ang (WKO Singapore)
WKO Singapore national open tournament, also invited other full contact karate fighters such as Ashihara kaikan and Jissen.
We had also invited VIPs, Branch chiefs from other Karate Style, such as Ashihara kaikan karate(芦原会館空手), Jissen Kaikan(実戦会館)and Shinbudo(心武道).
WKO Singapore had been trying to work together with other full contact Karate styles to build up a healthy life style in Singapore community since 2013.
This was a 2nd tournament mixed with other full contact karate style fighters, the first SFC (Singapore Full Contact) tournament was held Nov 2013 as weight category.
This time July 2014 SFC tournament was for open tournament.
There were 22 male adult fighters and 2 children fighters for exhibition match.
Champion, 2nd place and 3rd place are all WKO Singapore fighter.
President Midori had had an interview with Japanese media, J plus, and introduced WKO Shinkyokushinkai to Singapore nationwide.
The tournament had successfully ended showing the unity of full contact karate as in Singapore. WKO Singapore will continue to have SFC tournament every year and will try to have firm bond with other full contact karate styles.
We had a President Kenji Midori and Shihan Norichika Tsukamoto’s World champion seminar on 27 Jul Sun.
There were about 100 members participated the seminar, back to the basic for Kihon led by President Kenji Midori and Fighters techniques for counter attack by Shihan Norichika Tsukamoto.
Singapore members had very valuable time throughout the seminar.