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Tournament held on the 4.10-5.10.1974 in Montreal, Canada

There was 190 Black Belt competitors from 25 countries, Black Belt Magazine reported that some 11,000 spectators watched:

Brunri, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, England, France, (West) Germany, Greece, Haiti, Holland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Malaysia, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States & Yugoslavia.

There were four (4) categories of competition:

Power

Special Techniques

Patterns

Sparring

There was of course both individual & team events.

SPARRING INDIVIDUAL

HEAVY WEIGHT:

1st Place – John Holloway (USA)

2nd Place – Rafael Camerno (Columbia)

3rd Place – Alphonso Calebindo (Columbia)

MIDDLE WEIGHT:

1st Place – Don James (Canada)

2nd Place – Kees Keukens (Holland)

3rd Place – Derek Stewart (USA)

LIGHT WEIGHT:

1st Place – Do Hee Lee (Korea)

2nd Place – Young Il Kim (Korea)

3rd Place – Joseph Mervil (Haiti)

TEAMS  SPARRING:

1st Place – USA

2nd Place – Holland

3rd Place – Canada

PATTERNS:

1st Place – Italy

2nd Place – USA

3rd Place – Korea