The karate celebration awaits spectators in a spectacular fight
The rules are slightly different
April 25-26 The students of the Port City Clubs Okinava and Shodan in the Lighthouse Arena will also showcase their mastery in the Kumite (contact fight) match.
As Lukas Kubilius, President of the Shodan Club, explained, the main purpose of the youth Kumite competition is to raise a young person to an adult in order to get as few injuries, injuries, uninhabited powerful strokes to the head or housing area. The battles use helmets, the protection of the hands, the roads and the housing. Thus, the safety of athletes is given exceptional attention.
« At that time, youth Kumite rules – as adults, only fighters use foot protection. Full contact, knockout, knockout. So the fighting is truly passionate – they are neither strength nor technical, » said L. Kubilius.
Both port city karate kiokushin clubs do not hide the ambitions to shine in the upcoming championship contact battles.
Achievements shine with medals
The students of Okinava, the world and European champion Diana Mačiūtė, won one gold in the U16 Kumite in the European Championship last year, and the U21 – two gold and one silver medal.
This time in the U16 age group, the national team will be represented by Kristupas Tirkšliūnas, a student of Okinava, who won five rivals in the Lithuanian Championship and secured the title of champion. Paulius Zibalis and Nikas Kvasys, who has been identified as a unique athlete, will be fighting the European Champion and participant in the U21 age group.
« He not only repeated and improved his own record in 2024, winning all three competitions for the second time and becoming the most technical fighter in Europe, but for the first time in history in two European Youth and Junior Championships in different matches, he won five gold and one silver medal, » said Mačiūtė.
Leaders: Last year, members of the European Junior and Youth Championship Shodan were making medals of all colors. Photo by organizers
At that time, the Shodan team won one gold, three silver and two bronze in the Junior Championship in Poland, and one silver and three bronze medals.
Will seek the highest results
« We hope that this time the walls of the home will help and we will have a lot of medals and all colors. The athletes’ attitude is great, everyone is ready to achieve the highest results, » assured L. Kubilius.
For example, Jacob Jundul will have the opportunity to earn the European Championship medals in all three (Kumite, individual and team kata) matches. Daniil Grigorjev, who fought in the European Championship finals last year, is one of the most promising fighters of the younger generation.
The Shodan Club of U16 will delegate Vanessa Kiesutė, Urtė Gedgaudaitė, Arnas Černiauskas, J. Jundulas, Džiugas Zalepūg, Karolis Šlima, David Ambrazaitis and Žygintas Zabukas. Urė Saunoriūtė, Vilgailė Mališkaitė, Gita Valančiūtė, Martin Kumpis, Donatas Zeigis, Gratas Tamošiūnas, Enrikas Janušonis, D. Grigorjev and Titas Špėgis will appear in the U21 group.
At the European Karate Kiokushin Championship, representatives of the city and Lithuania will meet seventeen other countries athletes. More than 1 thousand people will flood to Klaipeda during the preference. foreign guests – athletes, coaches, judges and accompanying persons
