Shihan Antonio Pinero (9. dan), President of KWF, is part of the the 15-th International Summer Camp in Kamchia.
He came from Spain to teach the black belts at the kyokushin karate training sessions. The karateka are plesed to have that honour.
Many of them didn’t miss the chance to take some photos, and talk with the legend.
Shihan Pinero took great interest to ensure fine detailing of kata perfection (taught them why footwork is so important in Kumite).
He was a special guest at the final ceremony, part of the The fifth edition of the KWU World Youth Cup (at the main photo).
More than 400 karatekas from 24 countries participated in the event that lasted more than 10 hours at the Bulgarian seaside in Kamchia.
The culmination of the Summer Camp is the ninth edition of the professional fight nights SENSHI! The fights start this Saturday at 20:00.
Senshi 9 will be broadcasted on Bulgaria ON AIR, MAX Sport, Boec.BG and the US online channels FITE, Boec.COM, Kwunion.com, Kyokushin Karate News and Fightо.News.
SENSHI 9 is brought to you by KWU International Professional League with chairman Shihan Ivo Kamenov, Armeec Insurance Group, MAX Sport, „Bulgaria Air“ M-Car Group – BWM.
Media partners of SENSHI 9 are Boec.BG and Boec.COM, Bulgaria ON AIR, FITE, Gol.bg, Topsport.bg, Kwunion.com, Russian Union Of Martial Arts, Kyokushin Кarate News and Fighto.News.