Athletes of Turkmenistan won two gold and two silver medals at the World Kyokushin Karate Championships that ended in Jakarta (Indonesia).

The competition brought together 340 athletes from 13 countries.

In the team of Turkmenistan, which was represented at the World Championship by 8 athletes, the 5th year student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Dayanch Gylychdurdyyev (weight category up to 65 kg) among men and the trainer-teacher of the National Kyokushin Karate Centre of Turkmenistan Ogulbagt Gurbanova received the highest awards (over 65 kg) among women.

And the winners of silver medals were 1st year student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Gulnabat Yazylova (up to 55 kg) and coach-teacher of the 5th sports school of the city of Dashoguz of the Main Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Dashoguz Velayat Ayymjan Sultanova (up to 65 kg).

Kyokushinkai is a style of karate founded by Masutatsu Oyama in the 1950s. Kyokushinkai is considered one of the most difficult and tough types of karate. Fights are held without protective equipment, where athletes have full contact during fights. The rules prohibit punches to the head.

Unlike many other types of karate, which use points for successful actions during sparring, Kyokushin uses the rules of «knockdowns» and «knockouts», called «wazari» and «ippon», respectively, which the fighter receives for successfully performing various techniques.