Looking forward to the 23rd WKF Senior championships in Linz, Austria, October 2016, athletes from Austria and European stars gave us fantastic movie message. Thank you Austrian and European athletes participating female training camp in Croatia, and all the members … Continue reading →

THE 43rd JAPAN CUP KARATEDO (2015/12/12-13 Tokyo, Japan) #Kumite ♦Male Kumite [1st] Araga Ryutaro [2nd] Shinohara Hiroto [3rd] Iimura Rikiya / Suehiro Yoshihiko ♦Female Kumite [1st] Uekusa Ayumi [2nd] Someya Kayo [3rd] Saito Ayaka / Kawamura Natsumi ♦Male Team Kumite … Continue reading →

International University Sports Federation (FISU) determined to hold 2018 World University Karate Championships in Kobe city.

Karate1 Premier League – Okinawa 2015 (2015/11/28-29 Okinawa, Japan) #Kumite ♦ Female Kumite -50Kg [1st] Tadano Ayaka (JPN) [2nd] Plank Bettina (AUT) [3rd] Li Ranran (CHN) / Miyahara Miho (JPN) ♦ Female Kumite -55Kg [1st] Kumizaki Valeria (BRA) [2nd] Wen … Continue reading →

On October 25 Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture held the great martial arts festival known as the “Day of Karate”. October 25 was established as the Day of Karate in 2005 in Okinawa, the homeland of karate. This year marked the … Continue reading →

Karate1 Premier League – Salzburg 2015 (2015/10/17-18 Salzburg, Austria) #Kumite ♦ Female Kumite -50Kg [1st] Recchia Alexandra (FRA) [2nd] Tsang Yee Ting (HKG) [3rd] Bouderbane Sophia (FRA) / Kryva Kateryna (UKR) ♦ Female Kumite -55Kg [1st] Jefry Krishnan Syakilla Salni … Continue reading →

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organising Committee (TOCOG) has proposed to the IOC Karate as an additional sport for these Olympic Games. The proposal includes the individual KATA categories (male and female) and the individual KUMITE categories (3 male categories … Continue reading →

Usami Rika will be used as a promotional character for Hokuto Corporation, a mushroom producer and vendor, and a full-page ad appeared in both Yomiuri Shimbun and the morning edition of Asahi Shimbun on July 17th. Additionally, a new summer … Continue reading →

On July 22nd, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (TOCOG) announced the results of the first round of screenings for additional events that the host city Tokyo can propose. Eight International Federations (IF) passed, including karate, … Continue reading →

World Karate Federation (President / Antonio Espinós) and Japan Karatedo Federation (President / Sasagawa Takashi) is holding the joing press conference concerning the result of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games additional event selection Phase 1, after the announcement from the Tokyo … Continue reading →