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Team Itosu-kai got 5 x Gold, 10 x Silver and 21 x Bronze!


Sensei Kitaoka (Itosu-kai) wins

Rengo-kai Championships

Japan Karatedo Rengo-kai: Kanto District Karatedo Championships were held at Tokyo Budo-kan on August 11th, 2018.

Japan Karatedo Rengo-kai (Federation of Japan Karatedo Organizations) was established in 1957. It is one of the oldest karatedo federation in Japan, and it is currently composed of 57 karate organizations, such as Itosu-kai, Hayashi-ha, Shuko-kai, Tani-ha Shito-ryu, Ryuei-ryu, Gensei-ryu…etc . It is one of the biggest karate groups in Japan. In 2008, Itosu-kai’s Soke Sadaaki Sakagami was appointed to be the deputy president of the federation after the demise of the previous president Master Teruo Hayashi and he was officially installed as the president in 2013. (He is currently retired.)

Team Itosu-kai Kumite 2

This group is also affiliated with Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF,) but it has its own activity and this Kanto district championships are one of them.

Kanto district covers Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Yamanashi prefectures or states. So, you can tell this is one of the biggest championships in Japan.

This time, Team Itosu-kai made a big success and we received 5 x Gold medals, 10 x Silver medals and 21 x Bronze medals. Top 8 competitors in an each division also received Fighting Spirit Awards.

The followings are the results of the championships and those winners will go to National Championships in Osaka on November 11th.

Award Ceremony in Japan Karatedo Rengo-kai Championships

Japan Karatedo Rengo-kai : Kanto District Karatedo Championships

Date: August 11th, 2018

Venue: Tokyo Budo-kan (Tokyo Martial Arts Stadium)

Results

KATA DIVISION

Division / Girls Kata: First Grade in Elementary School

Bronze: Mihashi

Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki

Division / Boys Kata: First Grade in Elementary School

Bronze: Nito

Division / Boys Kata: Second Grade in Elementary School

Bronze: Nito

Division / Girls Kata: Third Grade in Elementary School

Bronze: Omiya

Bronze: Murakawa

Division / Boys Kata: Third Grade in Elementary School

Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki

Division / Girls Kata: Fourth Grade in Elementary School

Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki

Fighting Spirit Award: Ichikawa

Division / Girls Kata: Fifth Grade in Elementary School

Silver: Tanemura

Bronze: Oya

Fighting Spirit Award: Hattori

Fighting Spirit Award: Akanegakubo

Fighting Spirit Award:Kudo

Division / Boys Kata: Fifth Grade in Elementary School

Gold: Inoue

Silver: Yamaguchi

Fighting Spirit Award: Tamura

Fighting Spirit Award: Akabane

Division / Girls Kata: Sixth Grade in Elementary School

Bronze: Uchiyama

Fighting Spirit Award: Ota

Division / Boys Kata: Sixth Grade in Elementary School

Silver: Naito

Fighting Spirit Award: Kotaki

Division / Girls Kata: Middle School

Fighting Spirit Award: Kimura

Division / Boys Kata: High School

Gold: Sudo

Silver: Tsunoda

Division / Female Kata: Senior

Silver: Tsunoda

Bronze: N. Komiya

Bronze: R. Komiya

Division / Male Kata: Senior

Fighting Spirit Award: Takahashi

Division / Female Kata: Masters 1

Bronze: Matsumoto

Fighting Spirit Award: Kotakai

Division / Female Kata: Masters 2

Bronze: Kurihara

Division / Male Kata: Masters 1

Silver: Oda

Fighting Spirit Award: Kitaoka

Fighting Spirit Award: Morita

Division / Male Kata: Master 2

Gold: Sakamoto

Silver: Hata

Bronze: Minami

Division / Male Kata: Master 3

Silver: Asakawa

Bronze Fukumoto

Fighting Spirit Award: Ito

KUMITE DIVISION

Division / Girls Kumite: First Grade in Elementary School

Bronze: Mihashi

Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki

Division / Boys Kumite: First Grade in Elementary School

Bronze: Nito

Bronze: Nagase

Division / Boys Kumite: Second Grade in Elementary School

Bronze: Kaneko

Division / Girls Kumite: Third Grade in Elementary School

Fighting Spirit Award: Omiya

Fighting Spirit Award: Murakawa

Division / Girls Kumite: Fourth Grade in Elementary School

Fighting Spirit Award: Suzuki

Division / Girls Kumite: Fifth Grade in Elementary School

Silver: Nozaki

Fighting Spirit Award: Tanemura

Fighting Spirit Award: Hattori

Fighting Spirit Award: Akanekubo

Fighting Spirit Award: Oya

Division / Girls Kumite: Sixth Grade in Elementary School

Fighting Spirit Award: Kumaa

Fighting Spirit Award: Uchiyama

Division / Girls Kumite: Middle School 2

Bronze: Kimura

Division / Boys Kumite: Middle School 2

Bronze: Murakawa

Division / Boys Kumite: Middle School 3

Bronze: Watanabe

Division / Girls Kumite: High School

Gold: Konuta

Fighting Spirit Award: Hata

Division / Female Kumite: Senior

Fighting Spirit Award: Tsunoda

Division / Male Kumite: Senior

Bronze: Murakawa

Division / Female Kumite: Masters 2

Gold: Kurihara

Division / Male Kumite: Masters 1

Fighting Spirit Award: Kitaoka

Fighting Spirit Award: Hamsaki

Fighting Spirit Award: Nagase

Division / Male Kumite: Masters 2

Silver: Hata

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