SENSEI PRASANNA FERNANDO
1983 He joined to the I.K.O KyokushinKaiKan – Sri Lanka under guidance of sensei T.N.Siriwardana
1988 On the 3rd National Kyokushin championship he was become 7th .
1990 participated in 4th National Kyokushin Championship.
1991 Achieved Sho-Dan Black Belt.
1992 Founder of KyokushinKaiKan Sosai Oyama handed over the Sho-Dan certificate to him during of his visit to Sri Lanka.
In 1992 , SOSAI OYAMA, The founder of kyokushin karate , presented shodan certificate to PRASANNA FERNANDO.
1994 - Prasanna Fernando went to Japan for further training on the personal invitation of Sosai Oyama and during that period he also achieved his Nidan Black Belt ( 2nd Dan) at the Tokyo Honbu and he is the last Sri Lankan who was trained under Sosai Oyama .
1995 - Participated summer training camp at Chiba Tatyama, Japan. And continued his training at Tokyo Josai Shibu , Kokubunji Dojo up to 1997.
1997 - He has
been Trained under Shihan Hatsuo Royama for a period of 5 months at Saitama Ken
Honbu.
1998 - After 4 Year training in Japan
he returned back to Sri Lanka and participated in the 9th
National Kyokushin Championship and become the 2nd runner-up.
1999 - First OYAMA MEMORIAL OPEN CHANPIONSHIP Was organized by
sensei Prasanna Fernando in colombo ,sri lanka with 7 full contact karate
organization in 1999.
2000 - sensei Prasanna Fernando invited by the Indian Kyokushin Karate
Organization to conduct a seminar and grading test.
Participated 6th
World Open Karate Tournament held at
issesaki city, Japan as a competitor and as the Branch chief of Sri Lanka. After
that he trained for three month at the IKO-3 Honbu in Gunma Per. And achieved the
Sandan Black Belt completing the 50
men kumite. (Goju nin kumite) He was the first and only Sri Lankan who did the 50
men kumite in Japan.
2001 - Participated 32nd All Japan Tournament as one of the head referee which was held at Ibaragi Pre, Japan.During that period he went through training program under Kancho Matsushima, Masuda shihan and John Taylor shihan.
2002 -Sensei
Prasanna Fernando organized 4th Oyama Memorial Open karate tournament
which was held with the participation of five countries, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
At the first IRAN INTERNATIONAL OPEN TOURNAMENT , sensei Prasanna Fernando was a
referee and was a guest instructor in a seminar held subserviently.
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I.K.O Honbu -Tokyo,Japan1994
2003 - He met with the chairman of Kyokushin Shogakukai Foundation ,Kyokushin International , Kancho Hatsuo Royamain in Japan and after discussing with him , He was appointed as official branch chief of Kyokushin Kan International Sri Lanka branch.He also trained at Kyokushin-Kan Honbu at saitma pre. For a period of two weeks. During his stay he also attended to the Japanese branch Chief seminar which was conducted by Kancho Royama and Shihan Hiroshige
2004 Sensei Prasanna Fernando participated in the 2nd All Japan weight category Tournament which was held in Saitama Ken , Japan.
2005 Sensei Prasanna Fernando participated as a fighter at the 3rd all Japan weight category tournament held at Saitama , Toda gymnasium .
Sensei Prasanna Fernando also participated as a fighter at the "SWISS CUP OPEN- 2005" is Switzerland .
Sensei Prasanna Fernando was at the First KYOKUSHIN-KAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP held in Moscow, Rusia on 19th,20th September 2005 as a Branch chief ad competitor.
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