MAY.2008 - TYB FIGHTERS JOIN MMA CHAMPIONSHIP

24 May 2008 - Yoseikan fighters join MMA tournament in Taiwan.
After a victory in the national Sanda competition in 2006, the Taiwan Yoseikan Budo makes the headlines again in MMA in a tournament held in Hsinchu (Taiwan) on May 24, 2008, with 3 fighters.
Daredevil Kevin Hsen, despite a good technical display, finally lost by submission, due to an impressive weight difference (52KG against 65KG).
Gael Dur, (former winner of the Sanda tournament) literally crushed his opponent in the 80KG class, winning with a sutemi followed by a choke in the second round.
Julio Moscoso, in 75KG, dominated his opponent (a former national judo champ and 6 times KFC winner) from end to end, but could only get a draw because the match could only be won by submission or KO.  Julio, seen on this photo, even granted himself the luxury of a clean spinning kick to the face in this fight…
Our three fighters, with a surprising technical display, were definitely the stars of the night and of the enthusiastic public.

FEB.2007 - TYB MEMBER OF TKA & SKIF

YOSEIKAN NOW A MEMBER OF THE TAIWAN NATIONAL

KARATE FEDERATION!

Taiwan Yoseikan Budo is glad to announce that it is now affiliated with the Taiwan Karate Federation and the Shotokan Karate International Federation, and as such it will join major events of these organizations. Further, it will soon be also affiliated to the Taiwan National Sports Jujitsu Federation, in view of the coming Jujitsu world championships to be held in Taiwan in 2009.

JAN.2007 - MASTER HIROO MOCHIZUKI 9TH DAN

HONORS FOR MASTER HIROO MOCHIZUKI

Master Hiroo Mochizuki, as recognition for his unconditional involvement in martial arts and his dedication to their development in Europe and the world for more than 30 years, has been awarded 9th Dan Karate by the FFKAMA. He now is the highest-ranking Karate Master in France, and has received praise, respect and congratulations from all Yoseikan Budokas around the world.

JAN.2007 - JAPAN YOSEIKAN NEWS

FROM JAPAN TO FRANCE

The original Yoseikan dojo in Shizuoka, Japan, that was built in 1931 and rebuilt twice after WW2, has been sold. After Master Minoru Mochizuki had left to France in 1999 to live with his eldest son Hiroo Mochizuki, the dojo had been rented out to various organizations. It was finally sold and renamed 'GAKUNAN JYUKU'.  
Yoseikan Budo is however still taught in Japan under the YWF umbrella in the following cities:

• Shimizu, under Mochizuki Seiichi (from a different Mochizuki family) and Satomi Katzuya
• Seto, under Kato Kanichiro
• Hamamatsu, (kids classes only) under Sugiyama Kensaku.  

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Minoru Mochizuki’s grandchildren Mitchi and Kyoshi keep on teaching Yoseikan Budo in several dojos in France (Aix en Provence and around), under the supervision of Master Hiroo Mochizuki.

A wonderful project for the creation of a Yoseikan Budo World Center located in Simiane-Collongue (Provence/France), has been realized by Frenchman Dan Renaud and presented to a panel of judges at Marseilles (France) on Nov.29, 2006. The jury, including Master Hiroo Mochizuki who acted as expert, lauded and approved the project.

Providing that financial partners can be found to support this briliant project, the new Yoseikan Budo Central Dojo (hombu dojo) could soon be erected in France, and become an icon for the development of this discipline as envisioned by the founder.

DEC.2006 - NATIONAL SANDA COMPETITION

YOSEIKAN TOUGHER THAN YOU THOUGHT?

Taiwan Yoseikan Budo ends up the year on a win!

Two TYB fighters joined the Annual Taiwan National Sanda Competition on Dec. 27&28, 2006. Kevin Hsen took the 3rd prize in the 56KG category after a loss, and Gael Dur took the 1st prize in a special 80KG bout that he dominated from end to end. Sanda bouts are full contact bouts with three high-speed 2mn rounds without any protection, on a 6x6mt ring.
For TYB fighters this is a fantastic performance in a different discipline and without any specific preparation. Since we only got the invitation 2 weeks in advance, and were made aware of the rules at the last minute, TYB fighters put in a lot of techniques that did not award them any points. No doubt that more preparation would have boosted an even better result! These 2 trophies come in addition to the one gained at the karate & jujitsu demonstration in June, and show that Yoseikan Budo can do pretty good in any kind of situation. Unfortunately for our fighters, only a limited number of throws are allowed in sanda, and there is no real grappling and groundwork.

NATIONAL SHOTOKAN COMPETITION

JUNE 2006 - TYB TAKES 2nd PRIZE AT NATIONAL COMPETITION

On June 4, 2006, TYB was invited to join the demonstration competition at the Annual Taiwan National Karate Championships in Taipei.
The Yoseikan team composed of Kevin Hsen, Andre Van Rensburg and coach Godfrey Zwygart gave a 5-mn demonstration combining techniques from modern and traditional Budo (jujitsu and kobudo), and won the second prize. Well over 1000 spectators gave TYB’s demo a wonderful and appreciative ovation.

JUNE 2006 COMPETITION

 

ADULTS:

• - Kickboxing: Gold Kevin HSEN - Silver Fun SU.
• - Grappling Gold: Sean SU

JUNIORS:

• Kata Gold: Tinnie Tol
• Kickboxing Gold: Timmy MAYELL
• Kenjutsu Gold: Ryohei TAKAHASHI

 

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all who participated.

Also a big thank you to all those of our studenst who did beautiful demos in so many various styles: Eric for amazing acrobatics, Sean for the "fan" kungfu kata, John for the Penshak Silat and escrima demos, and Kevin and Timmy for the startling kicks.

A special hat-off to Kevin, who did a great job for his first competition ever, while fighting opponents that were 10 kilos (20%) over his weight.

 

VIP VISITS

THREE HIGH-RANKING BUDOKAS FROM JAPAN VISIT TYB

We were happy to have the visit and train with the following experts on Sept 3~5 -2004.

Masaki KAN (Tokyo Yoseikan President)
6th dan Yoseikan Budo - 6th dan kempo - 7th dan Aikido - 4th dan karate.

Mituhiro SATO (Hamamatsu Yoseikan president) - Bodyguard to Japanese Prime Minister.
5th dan Yoseikan Budo - 5th dan kempo - 5th dan aikido & Jujitsu- 5th dan judo - 3rd dan sumo

Kensaku SUGIYAMA (Hamamatsu Yoseikan technical director)
3rd dan Yoseikan Budo - 4th dan kempo - 3th dan aikido & Jujitsu - Professional Boxer (Japan Pro-Boxing Federation)

Left to right: Masaki KAN, Godfrey, Mituhiro SATO and Kensaku SUGIYAMA.

MASTER CLASSES

APRIL-2004 MASTER CLASS WITH MARIO AMBROSINI

MARIO AMBROSINI -- 6th Dan black belt and world champion 1993 -- came especially from France for a week to train students at TYB and give a special Master Class that was exceptionally open to martial artists from other clubs and federations.

Pictured here are 8 students of the Yoseikan with  guests and Mario

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2000 & 2002 MASTER CLASSES

WITH MITCHI MOCHIZUKI (5TH DAN) , AND YVES FONTAINE (4TH DAN)

MITCHI MOCHIZUKI (the founder's son) and YVES FONTAINE (a ground work specialist) came especially from France each for a week to train students at the Taiwan Yoseikan.

   

Sensei Mitchi (Son of the Founder) and Sensei Fontaine

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MAY 2004 BJJ SEMINAR WITH BARET YOSHIDA

Godfrey and Tony joined the  BARET YOSHIDA BJJ Sseminar in Andy Wang's dojo in Taipei. Baret is a BJJ black belt and a professional NHB fighter (Shooto, Pancrase, Suerbrawl) He is also a 3-time PAN-AM BJJ medalist and a 2-time Abu Dhabi World Championship finalist.

 

TOURNAMENTS

2005 WORLD CUP

The 2005 YOSEIKAN WORLD CUP was held May 21 at the Judo Institute in Paris, France. The large audience enjoyed an exceptional show given by both the competitors of the 11 participating nations and the experts providing brilliant demonstrations.

Left: Master Hiroo Mochizuki with Master Aosaka - Right: Tambo bout (Photos: courtesy of YWF).

SCOREBOARD

Individual Competition: France is the big winner in this tournament with 15 medals in all (7 gold), followed by Italy (6) and Canada and Switzerland (5 medals each).

Team Competition: Italy won the "team" tournament, followed by Belgium and Monaco.

For further information regarding above events, please contact us.

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