Results 2015 World Judo Kata Championships - Amsterdam

Japan has won gold medals in all five kata categories on the first and second day of the 2015 World Judo Kata Championships in Amsterdam:

  Nage no kata    

1.   Michito Sakamoto/Takayuki Yokoyama        JPN 443
2.   Iulian Surla/Aurelian Fleiz                           ROU 421
3.   Jean Philippe Gilon/Nicola Gilon                  BEL 407

  Katame no kata    

1.   Satoshi Nakayama/Seiji Hayashi                JPN 439
2.   Juan Pedro Goicoechandia/Roberto Villar   ESP 405
3.   Andrea Fregnan/Stefano Moregolo            ITA 405

 Jū no kata    

1.   Megumi Shirano/Hikaru Shimano                 JPN 433
2.   Wolfgang Dax Romswinkel/Ursula Loosen  GER 414
3.   Alina Zaharia/Alina Cheru                            ROU 407

 Kime no kata    

1.   Kenji Takeishi/Kōji Uematsu                         JPN 560
2.   Abdolyahab Bardigarmaroudi/Seyedyashar Rouhollahzadey       IRI 540
3.   Michel Jeuffroy/Laurent Jeuffroy                  FRA 524

 Kōdōkan goshinjutsu    

1.   Hideki Miyamoto/Masaki Watanabe               JPN 585
2.   JUbaldo Volpi/Maurizio Calderini                    ITA 577
3.   Donghan Kim/Jaesung Seo                               KOR 568



Full results available via the following link:

All results


IJF report day 1:

IJF report day 1

IJF report day 2:

IJF report day 2


Congratulations to all winners, participants, officials and organizers !

Congratulations to all! (though it can't be good for the development of the sport that Japan wins it all again - And I don't mean to say they don't deserve it or with malice).

On a side note, good to see you, CK Sensei!