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Bulletin of 2021 EKF Senior Championships now online

The 2021 EKF Senior Championships is now on the horizon.

The 2021 EKF Senior Championships is now on the horizon. The official bulletin of the event which will be held in Porec (Croatia) from May 19 to 23 has been published thus opening the door to the anticipated continental tournament.

The best karatekas in Europe will be clashing in Porec to become the new kings and queens of the sport in the continent and to take the last points to qualify for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Included in the qualifying process for Tokyo 2020, the 2021 EKF Senior Championships represent the last opportunity for European karatekas to earn the tickets to qualify for the Olympic Games before the Olympic Qualification tournament in June. 

Zatika Sports Centre will be the venue where a thrilling episode of European Karate’s history will be written. The official bulletin now online on EKF and WKF websites offers all the general information for the event including the COVID-19 countermeasures and all the requirements to access the tournament.

“The 56th European Championships have come a long way, but they will finally be held in an ideal venue: the city of Porec in Croatia. Co-organised by the European Karate Federation and the Croatian Karate Union, this event will be a celebration of the unity of our sport and a commemoration of our strength to prevail even under the most difficult circumstances,” states EKF and WKF President Antonio Espinós in the foreword.

 CLICK HERE to go to the 2021 EKF Senior Championships microsite.

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KARATE
 
Many people think Karate is an ”ancient” martial art. That’s a myth! ?
 
Actually, ”Karate” is less than 100 years old, because the Okinawan fighting art was reinvented in 1930’s to popularize it in mainland Japan.
 
Karate styles, belts, terminology, ranks, uniforms, gradings, tournaments and even the name itself (空手道 ”Way of The Empty Hand”) are new additions. ? Without these inventions, Karate might have died out… But it didn’t! ?
 
Today it’s even an Olympic sport. What a remarkable evolution! ?
 
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KARATE

«Karate cannot be quickly learned.

Like a slow-moving bull, it eventually travels a thousand miles.

If one trains diligently every day, in three or four years one will come to understand the art.» – Itosu Anko, 1908 (the grandfather of modern Karate). ?

Pictured: Chojun Miyagi overseeing kata practice in Naha, Okinawa ??

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2021 European Championships move forward with inspection visit

EKF Organising Commission Chairman Esteban Perez visited Porec (Croatia) where the 56th European Karate Championships will take place in May. The inspection visit marks a highlight in the development of the event, as meetings with local officials were conducted to ensure the success of the anticipated tournament.

The 2021 European Championships are scheduled to be held in Porec (Croatia) from May 19 to 23, 2021. In order to take a step forward in the organisation of the event, the official inspection visit was conducted this week. Headed by EKF Organising Commission Chairman Esteban Perez, the visit aimed at reviewing the main managing aspects of the tournament.

The Croatian Karate Union and its President Davor Cipek led the visit which started with a meeting with all the heads of the different organisational areas in attendance. The EKF and CKU officials then examined the hotels as well as the venue of the EKF Congress while the competition and training halls were intensively reviewed. Special attention was put to ensure the safety of all the participants as the COVID-19 regulations to be implemented at the event were analysed. Seguis leyendo 2021 European Championships move forward with inspection visit →