1st ALL JAPAN KUMITE

MUSASHI WINS THE 1st ALL JAPAN KUMITE !!!!

ROUND 1

Match 1-Masakatsu Funaki vs.Hidehiko Yoshida
Yoshida SUB 4:26 (round 1) guillotine choke

Match 2-Minoru Suzuki vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
Suzuki KO 2:03 (round 2) knee to head

Match 3-Masaki Satake vs. Yoji Anjoh
Anjoh TKO 3:04 (round 2) 3 knockdowns

Match 4-Kazunari Murakami vs. Yuki Kondo
Murakami KO 0:58 (round 2) punch

Match 5-Sanae Kikuta vs. Tadao Yasuda
Yasuda TKO 4:13 (round 2) injury

Match 6-Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mitsuya Nagai
Minowa SUB 9:47 (round 1) armbar

Match 7-Musashi vs. Ryushi Yanigisawa
Musashi KO 2:27 (round 2) kick to head CRITICAL!

Match 8-Alexander Otsuka vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Otsuka DEFAULT Nakamura was unable to make it on time

ROUND 2

Match 1-Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Minoru Suzuki
Yoshida SUB 0:56 (round 2) punches

Match 2-Yoji Anjoh vs. Kazunari Murakami
Murakami KO 9:48 (round 1) mounted punches CRITICAL!

Match 3-Tadao Yasuda vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Yasada SUB 4:14 (round 2) guillotine choke

Match 4-Musashi vs. Alexander Otsuka
Musashi KO 2:50 knee to head

SEMI-FINALS

Match 1-Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Kazunuri Murakami
Yoshida SUB 2:00 (round 2) armbar

Match 2-Tadao Yasuda vs. Musashi
Musashi KO 4:04 (round 2) punch

FINAL

Match 1-Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Musashi
Musashi TKO 6:13 (round 1) 3 knockdowns

Seidokaikan Karate fighter Musashi bested 16 of Japan's best fighters to win the 1st All Japan Kumite. The Kumite was held under mixed-rules to allow fighters to use techniques from all styles. Fighters from Judo, Karate, Shootwrestling, Pancrase, Sumo, Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing and Olympic wrestling participated to give the Kumite a true feeling of the Samurai spirt. Musashi bested Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Hidehiko Yoshida in the final and earned the right to represent Japan in the 1st World Series of Martial Arts.