Wado Ryu International Karate Championships
hosted by the Wado Academy
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The event has now successfully ended. it was a fantastic day and a brilliant celebration of Shiomitsu Sensei's 40 years of teaching Wado Ryu Karate Do.
You can see the photos of the event by clicking this link.
International Wado Ryu Championships Trailers
These short samples have been taken from the championships
Wado
Ryu Kata Trailer (.wmv file 7Mb approx)
Kumite
Trailer (.mwv file 3.5Mb approx)
The Championship results are shown below
Championship Results
Medal table
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Japan | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Norway | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Italy | 1 | 2 | |
| England | 4 | 3 | |
| Hungary | 3 | ||
| U.S.A. | 1 |
| Men's | Women's | |
| Kata | 1st
T. Yokoyama Japan 2nd T. Funabashi Japan 3rd R. Ahmed England |
1st
A. Narita
Japan 2nd S. Iio Japan 3rd N. Hawker England |
| Team Kumite | 1st
Japan 2nd England 3rd Norway = Italy |
1st
Norway 2nd England A 3rd U.S.A. |
| Light weight | 1st
Y. Hirano Japan 2nd K. Seki Japan 3rd L. Pingelli Italy |
1st
A. Narita Japan 2nd A. Cole England 3rd S. Iio Japan |
| Middle weight | 1st
M. Angeloni Italy 2nd M. Toth Hungary 3rd K. Tometaka Japan |
1st
Y. Maejima Japan 2nd F. Ichimoto Japan 3rd A. Gouge England |
| Heavy weight | 1st
R. Kubo
Japan 2nd A. Amroun Norway 3rd F. Tomosada Japan |
1st
I. Iversen Norway 2nd Z. Horvath Hungary 3rd L. Widenhofer Norway |
| Open weight | 1st
A. Teigen
Norway 2nd Z. Haga Hungary 3rd R. Alvheim Norway |
1st
J. Iversen
Norway 2nd N. Hawker England 3rd K. Rai Norway |