On the 19th of May, the WNA organized the European Championship 2007. Around 150 participants fiercely competed in 24 different classes.

In the expert and senior classes, it was clearly noticeable the fighters were fit & prepared. They showed a great fighting spirit, which resulted in some exciting matches for the audience.

Although there were many Dutch 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners, we can conclude that other European countries are up and coming. From all tournament registrations, 25% were from countries as Denmark, Belgium and Germany. They have certainly surpassed the beginner’s level and are to be reckoned with.

Throughout the day, over 200 visitors visited the tournament. We can look back on a great tournament and are thankful to all volunteers & participants who made this possible.

 Results European Championship 2007

Kumite +1.85 Expert Male

1. Vincent v/d de Water, De Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
2. Melvin Leusken, De Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
3. Steve Kloosterman, Pijnacker (the Netherlands)

Kumite + 1.85 Aspirant Male

1. Jouri Koelewijn, De Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
2. Mario Lambriex, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
3. Michael Smits, Van Gils (the Netherlands)

Kumite -1.85 Expert Male

1. Mario Brenters, Van Gils (the Netherlands)
2. Ricardo Mols, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
3. Huub Kolkman, Yoshi (the Netherlands)

Kumite -1.85 Aspirant Male

1. Onno Mosseveld, De Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
2. Ben Dofferhoff, De Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
3. Jermain Baier, Dun Hong (the Netherlands)

Kumite -1.75 Expert Male

1. Wouter van Elk, Philipoom (the Netherlands)
2. Cho Kraaij, Yoshi (the Netherlands)
3. Silvain Beaumont, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)

Kumite -1.75 Aspirant Male

1. Atabey Senyurek, De Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
2. Martijn de Goede, Kennemer Nunchaku Stichting (the Netherlands)
3. Remco van den Dungen, van den Berg (the Netherlands)

Kumite +1.65 Expert Female

1. Salina Duitman, Sportcentre IJsselmuiden (the Netherlands)
2. Judith Sprangers, Van Gils (the Netherlands)
3. Bo Cozijnsen, Van Gils (the Netherlands)

Kumite +1.65 Aspirant Female

1. Dorte Ougaard, Riskov (Denmark)
2. Lindsey Vlaar, Dojo ‘t Loo (the Netherlands)
3. Tatjana Slegt, De Jong Sports (the Netherlands)

Kumite - 1.65 Expert Female

1. Jolien van Giles, van Gils (the Netherlands)
2. Dagny Massen, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
3. Sandra Bosse, Budokan Bochtolt (Germany)

Kumite - 1.65 Expert Male

1. Niels Wauben, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
2. Jacob Christensen, Riskov (Denmark)
3. Kevin Kühl, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)

Kumite - 1.65 Aspirant Male

1. Bob de Groot, de Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
2. Bjorn Hendriks, Yoshi (the Netherlands)
3. Kevin Gorczynski, van Gils (the Netherlands)

Kumite – 1.55 Expert

1. Leroy Spaans, Pijnacker (the Netherlands)
2. Lyhn Kühl, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
3. Justin Post, Pijnacker (the Netherlands)

Kumite -1.55 Aspirant

1. Ghlen Nagels, Red Dragon (Belgium)
2. Dylan de Vries, de Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
3. Jens Bielen, Red Dragon (Belgium)

Kumite -1.45 Aspirant

1. Massimo Pasik, de Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
2. Tess Reynders, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
3. Leroy Baier, Dun Hong (the Netherlands)

Freestyle Senior Black-Belt

1. Bernard Roessen, de Jong Sports (the Netherlands)
2. Ricardo Mols, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
3. Joris van den Berg, van den Berg (the Netherlands)

Freestyle Senior Men

1. Kevin Jacobs, Red Dragon (Belgium)
2. Otto Koedooder, All Sports (the Netherlands)
3. Christiaan Bosse, Budokan Bocholt (Germany)
   
   

Freestyle Female

1. Dagny Massen, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
2. Judith Sprangers, van Gils (the Netherlands)
3. Shauna Mols, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)

Freestyle Junior

1. Timo van Gils, van Gils (the Netherlands)
2. Kevin Gorczynski, van Gils (the Netherlands)
3. Britt Cozijnsen, van Gils (the Netherlands)

Kata Senior Black-Belt Competition Kata-2

1. Mario Brenters, Van Gils (the Netherlands)
2. Joris van den Berg, van den Berg (the Netherlands)
3. Ricardo Mols, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)

Kata Senior Competition Kata-1 Men

1. Michael van Zijtveld, Yoshi (the Netherlands)
2. Tommy Timmers, Philipoom (the Netherlands)
3. Steve Kloosterman, Pijnacker (the Netherlands)

Kata Competition Kata-1 Female

1. Judith Sprangers, van Gils (the Netherlands)
2. Dagny Maessen, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
3. Jolien van Gils, van Gils (the Netherlands)

Kata Competition Kata-1 Junior

1. Kevin Gorczynski, van Gils (the Netherlands)
2. Silvain Beaumont, Budocentre Sittard (the Netherlands)
3. Esben Sørig Andersen, Riskov (Denmark)

Kata Senior Self-created

1. Anduo Kaatee, Kamakura (the Netherlands)

Kata Junior Self-created

1. Ghlen Nagels, Red Dragon (Belgium)
2. Natalie Luchowska, van Gils (the Netherlands)

Comments (2)

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written by khor cheng fa, September 22, 2007

wow!!! congratulation ...

advanced nunchaku martial artist
written by Russ Barnes, May 14, 2009

I would like to thank you all for creating the world nunchaku association. I have been practicing with the sticks as I call them for 34 years and I am working on a video. I am a beginner as far as the posting of my style but I hope to share this with you soon. My work with the sticks is based on self improvement and so I stick with the effortless method which also allows me to achieve very high speeds and elevated levels of awareness. I believe my work in this area will be inspirational to those who wish to use the nunchaku as a tool for self improvement and to harmonize there energy with that of the universe as I do on a regular basis. again thank you to all who have worked to improve the universe one person at a time by starting within.