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Wednesday August
12th, 2009
 This interview with
Kancho Henk Kuipers, the chairman of
IBK
When Kaicho Jon
Bluming ask you to be the Kancho of the IBK ?
Three years ago
after some problems with the board of that time.
How long you you
know Kaicho Bluming ?
I met Kaicho in 1980
for the first time in my home town were I trained kyokushin under leadership of
Hanshi Joop Reilman
What is your goal as
chairman of the IBK ?
Keep the legacy of
Kaicho work together and his philosophy of fighting and training { all round }
and grow step by step in family ship together with our
daishihans.
What do think about
the world tournament in Hungary ?
It is great idea to
start work together in tournaments and we looking forward to be there and feel
the spirit of our kyokushin and see many old friends from the past and special
thanks to Kancho Royama and Sandor the organizer.
What do expect from
your World IBK team ?
At first for us it
is a big experience to be there our IBK history is build on all round fighting {
kaicho, Chris Dolman, Sem Schilt etc } also from Holland we have the best
fighters who choose for kickboxing in professional way but the last years we get
back in traditional kyokushin also whit some good talent fighters.
But I know
that we need more years to get the level of the other unions who been
specialized in kyokushin so we give our best and may the best win.
Respect is
the key word for the world championship.
What do think about
the future of kyokushin in the world ?
That's not easy
because there was only one Sosai Oyama, but it is not bad that there are so many
organizations and so many other styles because that brings us K1, ashihara, IBK
and many other good things.
It is only we have to respect the other his work
and be open to fight against each other without hate and see it as sport and a
way of living. Osu
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