SENSHI - a bridge between Past, Present and Future - demonstration by Shihan Ivo Kamenov

SENSHI and KWU International Professional League bring us back to the glorious past of kyokushin. At the SENSHI ring, you can see the rules as they were in the very beginning - full contact, in three different competitive disciplines KWU FULL CONTACT, KWU SENSHI и KWU OPEN.
Along with gala fight nights, SENSHI also hosts training seminars for referees, instructors and fighters organized by the KWU International Professional League, led by some of the greatest stars in combat sports who contributed massively for their development:
Semmy Schilt - four-time K-1 Champion
Ernesto Hoost - four-time K-1 Champion
Peter Aerts - three-time K-1 Champion
Shihan Aleksandr Pitchkounov - Secretary General of KWU, the largest Kyokushin organization, runner up at the K-1 World GP 2007 and 2008, Bronze medal from the World Karate Kyokushin Chamnpionship in 1999 absolute category, Silver medal from Kyokushin Championship in Russia, 2004 and winner of the Kyokushin Cup in Russia, 2001.
Shihan Ivo Kamenov-на KWU International Professional League CEO and Chairman of the National Martial Arts Association in Bulgaria.
Shihan Ramil Gabasov - President of the All Style Karate Federation Russia, Chairman of the Russian Union of Martial Arts (RUMA).
Enjoy the best moments we've chosen for you from one of the epic training sessions, starring the Shihan Ivo Kamenov - Chairman of KWU International Professional League.
The following is a short summary of the rules:
KWU SENSHI Full Contact:
What’s allowed: all kinds of boxing punches, spinning back fist, all kinds of kicks; one knee kick to the head after a two-handed grab; clinching up to 5 seconds; sweep kicks; leg grab and kick without pulling or pushing the opponent.
What’s forbidden: strikes to the groin, the back of the head, the spine, with the inside of the glove; strikes to the knee joint; headbutts; hitting fallen opponent; hitting while lying down, elbow strikes; throws; groundwork; choking; biting;
KWU SENSHI:
What’s allowed: all kinds of boxing punches, spinning back fist, all kinds of kicks; one knee kick to the head after a two-handed grab; clinching up to 5 seconds; sweep kicks; leg grab and a strike; elbow strikes, throws.
What’s forbidden: strikes to the groin, the back of the head, the spine, with the inside of the glove; strikes to the knee joint; headbutts; grabbing the head of the opponent with one hand and hitting it with the elbow of the other hand; hitting fallen opponent; hitting while lying down; groundwork; choking; biting;
KWU OPEN:
What’s allowed: all kinds of boxing punches, spinning back fist, all kinds of kicks; clinching up to 10 seconds; sweep kicks; leg grab and a strike; elbow strikes, throws; groundwork twice up to 30 seconds per round; choking on the ground; locks on the ground (of the leg only on the achilles, without twisting the ankle or knee joint); strikes with arms or knees to the body only on the ground.
What’s forbidden: strikes to the groin, the back of the head, the spine, with the inside of the glove; strikes to the knee joint; headbutts; hitting a fallen opponent from a guard; attacking with elbows and knees in the head on the ground; biting; throws that cause the opponent to fall on his head and along the spine with falling on the opponent.
More information about SENSHI and the rules of KWU Interanational Professional League at www.boec.com: boec.com/kwu-i...