{"id":22269,"date":"2026-06-18T03:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/?p=22269"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:08:29","slug":"asia-open-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/news\/22269\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Open Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Armenia1-1024x383.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Armenia1-1024x383.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Armenia1-300x112.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Armenia1-768x287.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Armenia1-1536x574.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Armenia1-2048x766.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia Open Cup International Tournament was organized at Gyumri, Armenia on June 13<sup>th<\/sup> and 14<sup>th<\/sup> by Armenia Branch Chief Shihan Karen Manukyan and Shihan Artur Hovhannisyan. Kancho Shokei Matsui officially opened the tournament. More than 500 competitors took part in the two-day tournament. The first day of the competition started with kata and kumite for juniors and the second day for 16 &amp; 17 years old junior, men and women. 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