World Karate Federation By publibureau|25 May, 2015 |0
KARATE1 PREMIER LEAGUE SAO PAULO 2015 (BRAZIL)
The first Karate1 competition to be held on the America continent.  For the first time, São Paulo Open will take part of the WKF Premier League Karate1 tour in May 30th and 31st 2015. Brazilian Karate Federation and Sao Paulo City will host this g [...]
ELECTIONS OF THE AUSTRIAN KARATE FEDERATION
World Karate Federation By publibureau|20 May, 2015 |0
The annual elections of the Austrian Karate Federation on the 17th of May 2015 brought a new managing board alongside a new president with a clear majority of the votes of the delegates. Georg Russbacher from Salzburg is the newly elected Presiden [...]
WKF PRESIDENT VISITS RIYADH
World Karate Federation By publibureau|19 May, 2015 |0
The WKF President travelled to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to meet, on the 26th April, HRH the general president of Youth Welfare Prince Abdullah Bin Musaed Bin Abdulaziz. He was accompanied by the President of the Saudi Arabia Karate Federation Mr. Ib [...]
KARATE SHINES AT THE EUROPEAN EVENING OF SPORT IN BRUSSELS
World Karate Federation By publibureau|18 May, 2015 |0
It was a premiere for the WKF: At the European Evening of Sport, Karate was allowed to present itself as the only sport to take part. The WKF Commissioner for Olympic and Paralympic affairs, Wolfgang Weigert, made this possible. Right after the pr [...]
HKF PRESIDENT BECOMES VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE HUNGARIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
World Karate Federation By publibureau|13 May, 2015 |0
Dr. János Mészáros,  President of the Hungarian Karate Federation became Vice-president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee. The Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC) general assembly elected Dr. János Mészáros  to vice-president of the organization on [...]
KARATE DEMO IN SOCHI – SPORTACCORD CONVENTION
World Karate Federation By publibureau|8 May, 2015 |0
During the recent SportAccord Convention that was held in Sochi last month of April, a Sports Demo Zone was organised as a showcase for some International Federations. The World Karate Federation took the opportunity to make a Karate demo through  [...]
FINAL LIST FOR BAKU 2015 EUROPEAN GAMES QUALIFICATION
World Karate Federation By publibureau|6 May, 2015 |0
THE 1ST EUROPEAN GAMES WILL BE HELD IN BAKU (AZERBAIJAN) AND WILL BE THE INAUGURAL EDITION OF THE EUROPEAN GAMES, AN INTERNATIONAL MULTI-SPORT EVENT FOR ATHLETES REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES (NOCS) OF EUROPE. KARATE EVENTS WILL CON [...]
INTERVIEWS OF RIKA USAMI AND GIORGINA XENOU
World Karate Federation By publibureau|4 May, 2015 |0
To better understand the role of the ambassadors for the Karate2020 promotion campaign, we asked Rika Usami (Japanese kata female) and Giorgina Xenou (Greek kata female) to explain their work and purpose. Rika Usami (宇佐美 里 香), born February 20, 19 [...]
NEW AMBASSADOR TO TOKYO 2020: XENOU GEOGIA-ARCHONTIA
World Karate Federation By publibureau|22 April, 2015 |0
With the support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Japan Karate Federation, Xenou Geogia-Archontia became ambassador for the campaign Karate2020 (promotional campaign for the participation of karate in the Olympic Games in 2020 in Tokyo). The  [...]
QUALIFICATION FOR BAKU 2015 EUROPEAN GAMES
World Karate Federation By publibureau|15 April, 2015 |0
Karate competition in Baku 2015 European Games will start in two months (13-14 June). The 1st European Games will be held in Baku (Azerbaijan) and will be the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes [...]
NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015
World Karate Federation By publibureau|14 April, 2015 |0
Every year during the second weekend in April the Nordic Karate National Federations attend the Nordic Karate Championships. This year the host nation was Iceland and the Championships took place in the capital Reykjavik. WKF President, Mr. Antoni [...]
FRUITFUL OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN IN TOKYO
World Karate Federation By publibureau|6 April, 2015 |0
Mr.Espinos met important people such as Mr.Suga, the Chief Cabinet Secretary during his 4 days stay in Tokyo. More than 700,000 signatures were handed over to Mr.Takashima, the chairperson of Tokyo Assembly. World Karate Federation president Mr. A