Fight News March 2009

Results of "This is SHIDO!" 8 \ KIRU Line-up

Results of "This is SHIDO!" 8

On March 1st 2009, Shidokan Germany held the 8th edition of "This is SHIDO!" in the Octagon of the Sakura

Dojo in Lossburg.

Results:

C-Class -77 kg

Max "Maximus" Schmid (GTT Akademie Metzingen) vs. Serkan Gorsoy (Shidokan Dojo Aargau/Schweiz)

Winner: Max Schmied after 0:25 minutes in round 1 via Sidechoke.

C-Class -93 kg

Michael Heist (Sakura Dojo Lossburg) vs. Albert Ivelic (Shidokan Dojo Aargau/Schweiz).

Winner: Albert Ivelic after 2 rounds by points (14:8)

Welterweight 4-Man-Tournament -77 kg

1. Semi-Final

Matthias Merkle (GTT Akademie Metzingen) vs. Daniel Talmon (Sakura Dojo Lossburg)

Winner: Matthias Merkle after 2 rounds by points (10:8)

2. Semi-Final

Max "Maximus" Schmid (GTT Akademie Metzingen) vs. Brendan Kilfoyle (Team Catacombs/USA)

Winner: Brendan Kilfoyle after 2 rounds by points (6:0)

Final

Matthias Merkle (GTT Akademie Metzingen) vs. Brendan Kilfoyle (Team Catacombs/USA)

Winner: Matthias Merkle after 2 rounds by points (14:11)

B-Class -84 kg:

Michael Heist (Sakura Dojo Lossburg) vs. Igor Montes-Kircher (Team German Oak Stuttgart)

Winner: Michael Heist after 1:00 minutes in round 1 via Mata Leao.

Then next edition of "This is SHIDO!" is scheduled for late April/early May. The competition is open to

athletes of any styles and organizations. Detailed info (in German and English) can be found at

http://www.shidokan.de/veranstaltungen/thisisshido/index.html

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KIRU - The Beginning on March 22nd in Prüm

On March 22nd Shidokan Germany will host the first show of the new series "KIRU" with the title "The

Beginning" in the Kongresszentrum in Prüm (Germany). Fighters from Brazil, France, Switzerland, Italy,

Luxembourg, Poland and Germany will battle for glory.

Fight-Card

Title Match A-Class -84 kg:

Levi da Costa (Brazil) vs. Yayah Lalane (France)

B-Class Fight -84 kg:

Nelson dos Reis (Luxembourg) vs. Michael Heist (Germany)

B-Class Fight -84 kg:

Igor Montes-Kircher (Germany) vs. Tomasz Jeruszka (Poland)

C-Class European Grand Prix -70 kg (8-Man-Tournament):

- Lukasz Kasniewski (Poland)

- David Adam (Germany)

- Eric Touré (France)

- Hichame Chabane (France)

- Fabio Konder (Italy)

- Serkan Gorsoy (Switzerland)

- TBA

- TBA

C-Class Fight -77 kg:

Matthias Merkle (Germany) vs. Jordan Bloch (Poland)

C-Class Fight -77 kg:

Marek Chwalibogowski (Poland) vs. Ibrahim Moginot (France)

C-Class Fight -65 kg:

TBA vs. Ediz Bektas (Germany)

Shidokan Germany is still looking for Fighters to fill the free spots. If you want to compete, please contact

Shihan Peter Angerer via E-Mail at info@shidokan.de

All athletes who compete in C-Class matches will receive free travel, hotel (also for one coach). NO

professional fighters are allowed to enter C-Class fights!

Tickets are available starting at only 20 Euro via the website of European BJJ Champion Jörg "Marshmallow"

Lothmann of the German Top Team at http://www.akita-inu-dojo.de/Kartenvorverkauf.html

- From the German Vale Tudo with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

Subject to change