My best fight / Ivan Leal : « Happy to beat my idol, Alex Biamonti »
We are in 2002, at the World championships in Madrid. France is the 4-times reigning World champion and also the running European champion after dominating Spain in the final a few months before. In front of a shouting crowd, the two nations meet in quarter-finals. For the 1st fight, Ivan Leal Reglero faces his idol and friend, Alex Biamonti. The 2-times World champion (2000 and 2002 in -75 kg) tells us about it…
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo: DR
My best fight / Anzhelica Terliuga : « We scored 16 points. It’s cool ! »
She could have chosen one of the 21 finals she played. But the World n°1, Anzhelica Terliuga (-55 kg), preferred to talk about a fight of the 2019 SeriesA in Santiago against the young Chilean Valentina Toro, the future U21 World champion. For the first time in her career, the Ukrainian was led 6-0. She tells us what happened after…
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photos : Kphotos
My best fight / Alexandre Biamonti : « Against Kandaz, I overfly my karate » »
Multiple World and European champion, Alexandre Biamonti has one of the greatest records in French karate. Known and recognized for his titles but also for his way of fighting which was dynamic and spectacular, he comes back for this new issue of « My best fight » about his final of the 1996 European championships in Paris against Turkey’s Kandaz in -65 kg .
By Florian Fournier / Photos : D.R
My best fight / Steven Da Costa : « This crossover in the World final is to be experienced »
The only Frenchman qualified for the Tokyo Olympics for now, World champion Steven Da Costa is already one of the stars of the world circuit at only 23 years old. In this new episode of « my best fight », he looks back on his wins in the final of the 2018 World championships in Madrid after a twirling fight against Brazil’s Vinicius Figueira...
By Florian Fournier / Photos : Kphotos
My best fight / Cherdieu vs Otto 1996 : the match of the century !
France-England in 1996 has been remembered as one of the most epic, intense and thrilling world finals in history. Brainwashing, reversals, genius shots... Victory will be played at the end of the end of suspense, in the prolongation of the extra fight ! With sudden death ! The two heroes, Gilles Cherdieu and Wayne Otto, who became individual world champions two days later, remember it as if it was yesterday... Karate time !
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photos : Archives FFKarate
Francis Didier : « A professional league should be created for the future of Karate »
Should we move on about Olympic Karate ? Probably. The K1 circuit ? Done. The Dubai Worlds ? Canceled. The refereeing ? To change. The Paris Open 2021 ? New protections, new concept. The OQT in France? Yes but. A professional circuit ? His vision for the future. The president of the French federation and vice-president of the WKF, Francis Didier, has regained his outspokenness and is not lacking ideas...
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : Kphotos
