The third Karate 1-Premier League event of the season will be held in Fukuoka (Japan) from June 9 to 11. A host of first-class Japanese karatekas will be hoping to use the home-ground factor in their favour to cause a sensation at the event.

“I hope the Karate 1-Premier League in Fukuoka will be a good opportunity for everyone to learn about the martial art of Karate, and that as many people as possible will be interested (in the sport) and start training Karate,” said Miho Miyahara.

The current World champion in Female Kumite -50kg spearheads the Japanese delegation in Female Kumite and aims at winning her sixth Karate 1-Premier League title.

“My goal is the gold medal!” said the current continental runner-up, who started practising Karate at age seven. Seguis leyendo Japanese karatekas hoping to win gold at home in #Karate1Fukuoka

Karate’s biggest event will be held in Budapest (Hungary) from October 24 to 29, 2023. The 26th edition of the World Senior Championships to take place in Budapest will inaugurate a new era for the sport.

With the publication of the first official bulletin of the championships, the countdown for the event is officially on. The world of Karate sets its eyes in Budapest where the biggest event of the sport will be held later this year.

The magnificent Papp Laszlo Sports Arena in Budapest will host the 26th World Senior Championships. Hundreds of athletes from all over the world will travel to the capital of Hungary for Karate’s most anticipated event, where the new kings and queens of the sport will be crowned.

#KarateBudapest2023 aims to continue the success of the previous editions of the World Senior Championships. Karate’s biggest event was held in Dubai (UAE) in 2021 and previously travelled to Madrid (Spain) in 2018 and Linz (Austria) in 2016.

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The 2023 Karate 1-Youth League Fujairah concluded Sunday with the younger categories taking the stage. Powerhouse nations of Kazakhstan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia topped the final medal table of the event.

The representatives of Kazakhstan completed an impressive tournament with six gold medals. Aimerde Maksat and Ruslan Yerkin added the final titles for the Kazakh delegation in U14 Kumite Female -42kg and U14 Kumite Male -40kg, respectively.

With a tally of five gold medals, karatekas from Egypt also performed at an excellent level. The last crown for the Egyptian delegation was taken by Saged Shahen in U14 Kumite Male +55kg.

After winning three golds in the previous days, Iran wrapped up a deserving performance in Fujairah with the title of U14 Kata Female by Sardari Yasna Talebzadeh. In U14 Kata Male the crown went to Javokhir Djakhngirov of Uzbekistan.

The Portuguese delegation also celebrated one more gold to add to their two previous titles as Leonor Goncalves claimed the crown in U14 Kumite Female -52kg, just as Belgium with a total of three golds including Yasmin Rejraji in U14 Kumite Female -47kg,

Rodrigo Garcia of Spain in U14 Kumite Male -50kg, Mariam Bsharat of Palestine in U14 Kumite Female +52kg, Filip Todorovic of Luxembourg in U14 Kumite Male -55kg, and Afgan Tarverdi of Azerbaijan in U14 Kumite Male -45kg completed the list of gold medallists in U14 divisions.

The Karate 1-Youth League travels now to A Coruna (Spain) where the second event of the season will take place from April 27 to 30.

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2023 KARATE 1-YOUTH LEAGUE FUJAIRAH