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Full Contact Karate Championship

Mkyokushin Cup (28th West Bengal open full contact karate Championship) will be on 1st October and 2nd Oct 2023 at Harish Park, Kolkata. The tournament will be organised by Shivaji Gaanguly’s Academy Mind and Body. This tournament is supported by Kyokushinkai India, Martial art India, All India Full Contact Karate organization, National Karate Federation and Physical Education Foundation of India. Physical education foundation of India is recognized by Ministry of Youth affairs and sports.

Two Days Instructor Training Camp
Date – 21st Sept. & 22nd Sept “2023”

Two days Instructor training camp will be going to held at Mahakal Pally,Near Surya Sen Park, Siliguri, ward no-10. The camp is organised by Mkyokushin Karate Association of Jalpaiguri under sensei Vikash Singh. The chief Instructor of the camp will be Sensei Shyamantak Ganguly, 3rd Dan Black belt and 3rd place holder in Open World Cup at Hungary.

Open World Cup- Full contact Karate Championship 2023

Open World Cup- Full contact Karate Championship 2023 was organised by Hungarian Full contact karate organization on 30th June and 1st July,2023 at Szolnok, Hungary. In this tournament there were different categories of kata and kumite for children, youth and adult. Participants from over 25 countries participated in the tournament namely Hungary, India, and South

Africa, Croatia, Spain, Croatia, Poland, Romania etc. There were total over 450 participants in the tournament.

For the first time in the history of Indian Full Contact Karate that Mr. Shyamantak Ganguly from Kolkata, West Bengal participated in -80kg category and achieved 3rd place under the coaching of Hanshi Shivaji Ganguly.

In -80kg category Hungary was 1st Place, Romania was 2nd and India was 3rd. The tournament bout was scheduled 3mins rounds and if draw extension of 2mins. The fight happens with bare knuckles and bare body.

REPORT – SHIVAJI CUP
We are pleased to inform that one Bengal Level Full Contact Karate Championship -Shivaji Cup was held at Magma House, Park Street, Kolkata, organised by Shivaji Ganguly’s Academy Mind & Body, Supported by: -“Martial Art India”. The tournament was held on 12th February, 2017 from 11:30 AM onwards.
In the tournament, there were 32 participants who participated from the various parts of Bengal in the division of two category.

1) Cadet Category – From 16 to 18 years
2) Open Category. (Senior)

The feedback of the tournament was very good as well as the fighting standard was high.
Category wise the positions held by the fighters are given below:-

Cadet Category: 1st Position: Sandeep Upadhyay
2nd Position: Milind Sirhoia
3rd Position: Dev Kr. Agarwal
4th Position: Akshay Mondal

Open Category: 1st Position: Biswarup Das
2nd Position: Kripasindhu Chakroborty
3rd Position: Souvik Dey
4th Position: Arindam Sarkar

The supreme judge of the tournament was Shihan Shivaji Ganguly who is the president of Kyokushinkai India and the chairman of IKO World So-Kyokushin Indian Branch.

FIT EXPO, 2016
Shihan Shivaji Ganguly was felicitated at the biggest sports event in Kolkata, Fit Expo 2016. The event was presented by BODYLINE and powered by SKULPT. The event was inaugurated with a beautiful Kathak dance by Sensei Shibayan Ganguly. The following day, Sensei Shyamantak Ganguly along with Sensei Shibayan Ganguly and Sensei Sauvik Chakraborty demonstrated the power and essence of Kyokushin karate. Along with them Sensei Prabir Mondol and Sensei Zoe Talukdar Chakraborty also actively participated in the programme.
THE TELEGRAPH, INDIA, ENGLISH NEWS PAPER
IKO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
The Indian Full Contact karate team had performed tremendously in the IKO World Karate Championship which was held at Shizuoka, Japan. Shihan Shivaji Ganguly the Indian Chairman of So-Kyokushin and the president of Kyokushinkai India was honored with a post in the reputed deliberation committee (head referee\jury). Sensei Shyamantak Ganguly who participated in the middle-weight category knocked his opponent from the USA, gaining two wazaris in the first round itself. This was the first time that a fighter from India had exhibited such skill at a World Championship platform. Sensei Shibayan Ganguly who participated in Kata at the World Championship performed alluringly against Japan but was unfortunate at the decisions. We would like to congratulate him for this wonderful achievement.

He showed true budoism in his performance, and we salute his spirit.Sensei Sauvik Chakraborty faced his Zimbabwean opponent valiantly. Though the fight was partial from different aspects, Sensei Sauvik fought with will and power. He has proved that class is the impartial, consistent display of integrity. We take this opportunity to congratulate him for his outstanding performance. Sensei Zoe Talukdar Chakraborty had fought like a true warrior against her Japanese opponent in the World tournament but was unfortunate at the end. We should always remember that it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, the most important thing in life is to enjoy what you do. We would also like congratulate Saarthak Agarwal, Anyaa Banerjee and Arunima Ghosh Roy who participated among the young cadets, for their zeal and determination.

IKO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
On 22nd and 23rd of October 2016, IKO World SO-KYOKUSHINKAI (Shizouka, Japan) will be organizing a World Championship Event for full contact Kyokushin aspirants. Shihan Shivaji Ganguly has been honored as the Chairman of the India board of committee for the esteemed body. Team India will actively participate in this program. The active participants are Shyamantak Ganguly, Shibayan Ganguly, Sauvik Chakraborty, and Zoe Talukdar Chakraborty. Among the young cadets are Saarthak Agarwal, Aanya Banerjee Arunima Ghosh Roy..

REPORT OF 33RD ALL INDIA WINTER CAMP

IKO kyokushinkai India (Full Contact Karate) Shihan Shivaji Ganguly’s Academy: Martial Art India, under the supervision of IKO kyokushinkai India, successfully completed the 33rd All India Summer Camp (2016) at Puri, Orissa. All the participants reached the venue (Beach- Bengal Hotel) on 26th May, 2016. The camp was on and continued till 31st May, 2016 from the aforesaid date. The array of participants reached one hundred and fifty (150), this year. The age of the candidates circled between five to sixty years. Puri District is a coastal District on the eastern part of Odisha, India. The summer months from March to May are hot and extremely humid, with temperatures rising to over 42° C.Read less

Training sessions variegated between mild to intensive, sometimes strenuous. At recurrent trainings, mostly three to four times every day, the day started early at 4:30am with the Yoga and breathing exercises, followed by warming up. The mid-morning session started after a very short break. The team headed by black belts, jogged from the hotel gate to the beach which was approximately one kilometer. At the beach the training commenced with staunch and devoted inclination and would generally extend upto two hours. This session was designed with challenges for building up stamina and strengthen.

The third session followed post breakfast, and concentrated on Kihons, Ido Geiko and Kata. The fourth session actualized late afternoon after lunch, and the assemblage went through an arduous training, comprising of stretching exercises followed by shadow kumite. Sand and water training were a regular component of the discipline. The regimes were an inspiration from Sosai Masutatsu Oyama’s uchideshi training. Few of the participants appeared for their Shodan and Nidan, while the camp was in progress. Under the governance of Shihan Shivaji Ganguly, the camp was propitious and prosperous.

The camp regulation and operation was under the expertize of Shihan Shivaji Ganguly (Camp Director), Sensei Shibayan Ganguly (Chairman), Sensei Sauvik Chakraborty (Vice Chairman), Sensei Prabir Mondal (Vice Chairman), Sensei Sudipta Karmakar (Senior Technical Advisor), Sensei M.S Bhakuni (Senior Technical Advisor), Sensei Dipankar Bhattacharya (Camp Convener) and Sensei Uma Prasad Yadav (Camp coordinator).

REPORT OF 10TH ALL INDIA WINTER CAMP
We are pleased to inform that Kyokushin India had organised the 10th Winter Camp at Rishyap , Darjeeling ( North Bengal ) from 26th to 31st December, 2015. Rishyap is a beautiful hill station and has a very nice natural environment for practicing. Our sessions used to start at early morning 5:30 am at a chilling temperature of one degree Celsius. The morning session included meditation uphill running, stamina and strength workouts, basics practice. The idea was to acclimatize the body with nature.

Then the second session used to start from 11:30 where we practiced mainly katas and ido geiko Our third afternoon session used to start from 3:30 where we mainly focused on kumite techniques. Inter-active Sessions were held in the evenings where both Practical and Theoretical Classes were taken Approx 100 Participants from all age groups participated in this Winter Camp. Our main aim was to inculcate the real Budo spirit in our students through hard training. The camp was organized under the direct supervision of Shihan Shivaji Ganguly, country representative of India. The technical director of the camp was Sensei Shibayan Ganguly. Sensei Prabir Mondal and sensei Sauvik Chakraborty were the chief instructor and coordinator respectively.