There will be three weight categories in the men’s tournament, and two in the
women’s as follows:

- Men lightweight -70 kg
- Women lightweight -65 kg
- Men middleweight -80 kg
- Men heavyweight +80 kg
- Women heavyweight +65 kg

The tournament is open for all Kyokushin fighters, but there will be a limit of 16 fighters in each category. Rules are going to be Kyokushin international Kumite standard. Groin protection is compulsory for both men and women, women must also have breast protection of the cup type. The fights will be 3 minutes, and each extension will be 2 minutes. The tamashiwari will be done prior to the semifinal (men only).

Medical checkup and registration will be on Friday evening (10th of September) at the official City hotel. As usual we will serve a meal on the tournament day and all fighters and coach will be invited for the Sayonara Party after the tournament. Hope to hear from you, and that we will see you, and your fighters on the 11th of September 2010 in Lund. 

Please note that the application form must be sent to this address before the 15th of August. Also note that the applications will be confirmed by e-mail at the latest on the 30st of August. 

Osu!

ACCOMMODATION - OFFICIAL HOTEL

Hotel Lundia

Price & boking:

lundia.se

Medical checkup and registration will be on Friday evening at 7 pm at hotel Lundia.

There are severeal other hotels in Lund, but Lundia is our official hotel:

hotels.com

boking.com

Medical checkup and registration will be on Friday evening at 7 pm at hotel Lundia.

TRANSFER

By taxi

Please Call 0046 40 232323 or check www.taxiverket.se

By train from Copenhagen airport "Kastrup"

www.skanetrafiken.se  

for time table check "travel planner" 

By bus from Malmoe Airport:

www.flygbussarna.se

TICKETS

Ticket price is 95 SEK for juniors (under 15 years), for students 145 SEK, 550 SEK for families ( 2 parents and 2 juniors) and 195 SEK for seniors. Please note that the prices will be 150 SEK for juniors, 200 for students, 700 for families and 250 for seniors at the arena ticket shop. The tickets are bought through www.ticnet.se

SAYONARA PARTY

This will be free for competitors, coaches, EKO Board Members and VIP’s. Additional people may attend at a cost of 29 Euro each. Please e-mail information about the total number of additional persons to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it before 20 July.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Tournament timeschedule and other information will be available on the tournament internetpage www.swedishopenkarate.com  from the beginning of May.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions or need any additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact the organizers.

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