Respect is the key word for the world championship

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