Saturday, september 5, 2015

The tournament is held every other year, and is probably the oldest and most traditional knock down tournament in Europe.

The 25th Danish Open tournament 2015 will take place at

Frederiksberghallerne

Jens Jessens Vej 20,

2000 Frederiksberg

(Hal 4)

which is in the Copenhagen area of Denmark.

The previous years have given us some great fights of high quality. The top European fighters attend this tournament, and fighters from shinkyokushin, kyokushin, ashihara and other styles as well have been represented at the tournament.

Divisions

In 2013 we introduced a new class for veteran men. This concludes the divisions:

WOMEN

-55 kg
55-65 kg
+65 kg
MEN

-70 kg
70 - 80 kg
80 - 90 kg
+90 kg
Veteran's open weight division (+40 years)
Rules

The following protection is mandatory:

shinpads
groin protection
breast protection, cup type (only for women)
The fighting will be done after EKO rules, which simplified means:

Full contact to body and legs.
Full contact kicking to the head is allowed
Punching the head is NOT allowed
Attacks at spine, groin, neck NOT allowed.
Grabbing NOT allowed
The fighting time will be 3 min and if nessesary extensions: 2 min., 2 min., weight , 2 min.