The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan will host the 19^th edition of the Asian Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships, and the 17^th edition of the Asian Senior Karate Championships.

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan will host the 19^th edition of the Asian Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships, and the 17^th edition of the Asian Senior Karate Championships.

Both events move to Kazakhstan as the championships were unable to be organised in the previously announced venue of Kuwait, the Asian Karate Federation announced. The tournaments are now scheduled for December 19 to 22, 2021.

After the postponement of the continental events in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the best Asian Karate athletes are set to gather in Almaty for a highly anticipated competition. Since both the senior and age groups championships will be held jointly, all the attention of Karate fans in the continent and all over the world will be set in Almaty in December.

The last edition of the Senior Asian Championships was held in 2019 in Uzbekistan. Nearly 400 athletes from 31 countries took part in the event. Powerhouse nation of Japan topped the medal table with 13 medals including 6 golds, followed by Iran and hosts of Uzbekistan.

Karate heroes such as Kiyou Shimizu and Ryo Kiyuna of Japan, Xiaoyan Yin of China, Hamideh Abbasali of Iran, and local star Sadriddin Saymatov were crowned continental champions at the event.     

The city of Punta del Este in Uruguay hosts the 34th edition of the Pan American Senior Karate Championships

The city of Punta del Este in Uruguay hosts the 34th edition of the Pan American Senior Karate Championships. The best athletes in the continent will gather at an event that is scheduled for October 21 to 24.

After the postponement of the event in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a host of first-class Pan American athletes will finally take the stage at the anticipated continental championships. The new kings and queens of PKF Karate will be decided at the event which travels to the idyllic city of Punta del Este

The last edition of the PKF Championships was held in Panama in 2019. Nearly 400 athletes from 26 countries participated with the United States topping the medal table with 14 medals followed by Brazil and Mexico.

CLICK HERE to go to the 2021 PKF Championships micro-site.