15
December
2008
METROPOL Group sponsored 5th Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do Championship
The 5th Russian Open Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do Championship for
adolescents and Kumite for juniors were held from December 13-14,
2008 at the Moscow Martial Arts Center. About 450 young athletes
from 31 teams including 24 young karatekas from Japan took part in
the competition. METROPOL Group sponsored the championship. At the
opening ceremony, Mikhail Slipenchuk, President of the
Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do Federation of Russia, in gala fashion
awarded Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov a 5th Dan Master’s Black Belt. It
was a sign of respect and gratitude to Mayor Luzhkov from the
International Organization of Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do for his
significant contribution to the development of the sport and in
particular to the development of Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do in
Moscow.
“Yuri Mikhailovich has made a very large contribution to the
development of our art. On behalf of the International Federation
of Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do I have been tasked with awarding him
this honorific black belt,” he said.
Y.M.Luzhkov noted that the Moscow Martial Arts Center, the largest
in Europe, is a unique athletic structure that is always open to
both professional athletes and young amateurs.
