The 5th World Open Kyokushin Karate Tournament 1991

The 5th World Open Kyokushin Karate Tournament November 2-4, 1991 (Tokyo, Japan) 5th World Open Tournament took place 2-4 November 1991 with 250 competitors from 105 Countries By the 5th World Tournament, the skills of the fighters had improved dramatically. This is very evident in the kicking of Kenji Midori, the high-level technique of the up-and-coming fighter Francisco Filho and not to mention the display of technique by Andy Hug. The tournament once more was not without a lot of controversies. Andy Hug returned again and showed skills, strength, and technique in a league of his own in his opening fights, though his draw for the tournament was extremely difficult, many believe because Andy was the biggest contender to the title. He fought hard to get it to the 4th round, where he was to fight the young newcomer from Brazil, Francisco Filho. In the absolute last second of the fight, the judge screams Yame witch in Japanese means stop, just like a break means in boxing. Andy hears and obeys