The 10th World Open Karate Tournament Top 8

The 10^th world open karate tournament was held from Nov.4^th to 6^th at the Tokyo Gymnasium.192 fighters from over 120 countries who won their qualifiers participated, and all 192 matches from the first round to the final were fought in the 3 days. In the final Tariel Nikoleishvili (Russia) who won the 42^nd All Japan Open Tournament fought with Ewerton Teixeira (Brazil) who won the 9^th world open karate tournament 4 years ago and was the favourite to reclaim the title. After 2 overtime, a total 7 minutes of fierce battle Nikoleishvili won by decision and became the first Russian and the youngest fighter ever to claim the world champion at only 20 years of age.

The top 8 fighters are Goderzi Kapanadze (3^rd, Russia),Makoto Akaishi (4^th, Japan), Zahari Damyanov (5^th, Bulgaria), Nikolai Davydov (6^th, Russia), Oleksandr Ieromenko (7^th, Ukraine), Ilya Karpenko (8^th, Russia).

The tournament also included Shihan bobby Lowe's memorial ceremony, a special demonstration by Kabuki actor Shido Nakamura and Iaido master Isao Machii.

▼Final
○ Tariel Nikoleishvili (Russia)
Decision - 2nd Over Time
Main Round 1－1
1st OT  2－0
2nd OT 3－0
● Ewerton Teixeira (Brazil)

▼3rd Place fight off
○ Goderzi Kapanadze (Russia)
Decision
Main Round 5－0
● Makoto Akaishi (Japan)

▼Semi Final
○Tariel Nikoleishvili (Russia)
Decision - 2nd Over Time
Main Round 1－0
1st OT  2－0
2nd OT 4－1
●Goderzi Kapanadze (Russia)

▼Semi Final
○Ewerton Teixeira (Brazil)
Decision
Main Round 5－0
●Makoto Akaishi (Japan)

▼Quarter Final
○Goderzi Kapanadze (Russia)
Decision
Main Round 5－0
● Oleksandr Ieromenko (Ukraine)

▼Quarter Final
○Tariel Nikoleishvili (Russia)
Decision - 1st Over Time
Main Round 2－0
1st OT 3－0
●Zahari Damyanov (Bulgaria)

▼Quarter Final
○Makoto Akaishi (Japan)
Decision
Main Round 5－0
●Nikolai Davydov (Russia)

▼Quarter Final
○Ewerton Teixeira (Brazil)
Decision
Main Round 5－0
●Ilya Karpenko (Russia)

Men's Top 3 (Teixeira、Nikoleishvili 、Kapanadze)

The 10th World Open Karate Tournament Results

Special demonstration by Kabuki actor Shido Nakamura

Special demonstration by Iaido Master Isao Machii

Barbra Lowe at Shihan Lowe's Memorial Ceremony

※Detailed reports will be on the 2012, January issue of World Karate.