Danish Open

The Danish Karate Organisation arranges the Danish Open Knock Down Karate tournament.
The tournament is held every other year, and is probably the oldst and most traditional knock down tournament in Europe.
The next Danish Open will be in 2011.

In 2009 the tournament took place in Korsgadehallen, in the center of Nørrebro - close to cafés, shopping, public transport etc.

The previous years have given us some great fight of high quality. The top European fighters attend this tournament, and both kyokushin fighters, ashihara fighters as well as other styles have be represented at the tournament.

Rules
The following protection is mandatory:

• shinpads
• groin protection
• breast protection, cup type (only for women)

The fighting will be done after EKO rules, which simplified means:

• Full contact to body and legs.
• Full contact kicking to the head is allowed
• Punching the head is NOT allowed
• Attacks at spine, groin, neck NOT allowed.
• Grabbing NOT allowed

The fighting time will be 3 min and if nessesary extensions: 2 min., 2 min., weight (boards), 2 min.
Tamashewari (the breaking of boards) will be done before semifinals, and only by men.