Over 400 competitors from 26 countries will fight at this year’s KWU World Cup. The event is part of the 15th International Summer Kyokushin Camp in Kamchia and will take place on 6-th of July.
The competition will be in three age groups – male and females up to 15 years, up to 17 years. and up to 21 years. The official start of the competition will be at 10 AM.
Details about the competition were released at a press conference which was held by Shihan Aleksandr Pichkunov (General Secretary of KWU), Shihan Ramil Gabassov (executive committee member of KWU and president of Russia`s “All Style” Karate Federation), Shihan Stoyan Dimov (CEO of Bulgarian Karate Kyokushin Federation) and the head medic of the event doctor Georgi Kovachev (surgeon and head of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology for the treatment of septic conditions at the Military Medical Academy).
All the fighters weighed in successfully and were medically cleared today. The process of weighing in took all day. During that their coaches were briefed at a Technical briefing for the competition.