Boec.COM continues with the articles about some of the finest Kyokushin fights that ever happened.
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Yes, we’re talking about the final battles of the biggest competition in Karate Kyokushin – the World Open Karate Championship.
Some of the biggest legends have participated in the tournament – Makoto Nakamura, Kenji Midori, Akiyoshi Matsui, Ewerton Teixeira, Andy Hug, Zahari Damyanov and many, many more.
Following the death of Masutatsu Oyama in 1994, IKO (International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan) split up in several fractions. The World Open Tournament has continued to be held but organized in parallel by IKO1 and WKO (World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai).
Today we’re going back to 1999 in Tokyo for the 7th Kyokushin World Open Tournament WKO. 128 karatekas from 53 countries are taking part in the competition, as Toru Okamoto from Japan and Muzaffer Bacak from Germany are fighting in the final.