top of page
Writer's pictureJ.L

In Crawley-England on October 13-14, 2007 the IX FSKA World Shotokan Karate Championships was held.

Updated: Dec 16, 2021


FSKA Jacek Lipinski
The following teams participated in the FSKA Championships: USA, England, Ireland, Czech Republic, Georgia, Russia, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Italy, South Africa, Portugal, France, Germany, Macedonia, Poland.


FSKA Jacek Lipinski

The Polish team included three competitors from the SKC club (myself, Ewa lipinska and Konrad Kozubski). The two-day competition took place on six mats and provided us with a lot of emotions.



FSKA Jacek Lipinski

Our results: Ewa won the bronze medal with her friends from the Polish team in the senior team kumite, Konrad also won the third place in the individual seniors kumite up to bronze belt. I won the second place in the kumite open 35-39 years, on the way winning three fights and losing the final to my friend from the Polish national team, Grzegorz Truchanowicz. In the senior team kumite category, I won the silver medal as the Polish national team. Our team in the squad (myself, Grzegorz Truchanowicz, Janusz Harast, Rafal Nowak, Maciej Woźniak) defeated the South African team, unfortunately we lost to England in the final.
FSKA Jacek Lipinski

We were very pleased with our start, despite the lack of time to properly prepare for this rank of competition. The news about the possibility of competing in the FSKA World Karate Championships reached us a few days before the start. Even more so, I consider the result we achieved to be a success.
FSKA Jacek Lipinski

Shihan Kenneth Funakoshi who is the founder of the FSKA organization participated in the award ceremony.  


K2 Crawley

And finally. I would say that despite the lack of time we had to properly prepare for such a large scaled competition, it was worth taking part, meeting old friends from around the world, gaining new experiences and being up to date with the rules of the sport, as well as watching interesting combinations that you can enter in your own fight.
London

On the venue of the Crawley-London championship, I don't want to comment too much because I live in London. I can only say that you would have to spend a few weeks in the city to see what this region has to offer.

3,140 views34 comments

Recent Posts

See All

34 Comments


Alexander Semenovych
Alexander Semenovych
Jul 02, 2022

Questions for any: 1)How did you feel participating with so many different teams in one competition? 2)Do you ever really challenge yourselves to get the medals or do you really just a=want the experience? 3)How did you feel when Shihan Kenneth Funakoshi the founder of the FSKA organization participated in the award ceremony? 4) When meeting your old friends from around the world were you happy to finally see them?

Like
Jacek Lipinski
Jacek Lipinski
Jul 02, 2022
Replying to
  1. It always a pleasure interacting and competing with different teams, knowing each competitor brings something different to the table, a new and interesting skill.

  2. The most important is the preparation period, winning a medal is a cherry on top of the cake.

  3. Is it always a privilege to be surrounded by the masters of karate.

  4. It is always nice seeing friends from around the world, being able to talk, share skills and experiences.

Like

epetryla
Jun 29, 2022

Questions for Sensei Jacek

1.How did you feel when you saw your friend?

2.Do you feel like knowing your opponent affects your fight at all?

3.How did you train for this competition, considering you found out about it rather late?

4.Do you prefer competitions abroad or here in the UK?

Orianna

Like
Jacek Lipinski
Jacek Lipinski
Jun 29, 2022
Replying to
  1. It is always lovely seeing your friends at competitions, it is nice to catchup and exchange experiences.

  2. No, it does not affect my fights. They may have prepared differently for this competition therefore you have no clue what to expect, their fighting style may have changed.

  3. We trained in a normal way as we unaware we would be competing until late, therefore i did not complete the correct preparation.

  4. Due to easy drive i prefer competitions in the UK, due to seeing new cities and cultures i prefer competitions abroad.

Like

f.giezek
Jun 28, 2022

questions for sensei Ewa

1)How long where you getting ready for this competition?

2) Did you have to have a special diet?

3) Where you happy of 3rd place?

4) How much fights did you have to do?

Like
ewalipinska2
ewalipinska2
Jun 29, 2022
Replying to
  1. Preparation for any high ranking competition takes place over a period of 6 months, this includes strength, endurance and speed training.

  2. Ni I do not have a special diet, I enrich my body with vitamins.

  3. Yes, I was happy with 3rd place. if I know I have prepared properly I am satisfied and happy with any medal position as I am aware I have done the best I can.

  4. I do not remember as it was a long time ago.

Like

f.giezek
Jun 28, 2022

Questions for Sensei Jacek

1) Was the 1st place person unbeatable of did you just make a mistake?

2) Were you happy with the place you've got?

3) Did you break you bone in this competition? 4) Was it hard to get second place?

Like
Jacek Lipinski
Jacek Lipinski
Jun 29, 2022
Replying to
  1. The person who won against me had a very high level of karate, they deserved to win the gold medal.

  2. Yes, i am always satisfied with my medal position if i have correctly prepared for the competition. This way i know i have done my best.

  3. No, I did not break any bones.

  4. At any high ranking competition is always hard to won any medal due to high level of karate presented.

Like

Orianna McManus
Orianna McManus
Jun 27, 2022

Questions for Sensei Jacek Lipinski:

1) What did you do after the competition?

2) Did you find it hard competing in a hall filled with people?


Questions for Sensei Ewa Lipinska:

1) If given the chance, what would you have done differently and why?

2) Was this the best competition you have attended yet?


Like
ewalipinska2
ewalipinska2
Jun 29, 2022
Replying to
  1. Given the chance I would not have changed anything. I prepared correctly for the competition and had done all I could at that time.

  2. I do not have a best or favourite competition as all high ranking competitions are organised to a high standard.

Like
Post: Blog2_Post
bottom of page