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 →

Sankei Sports news paper reported on June 4th, 2015 concerning comments of Mr. Mori, the president of TOCOG as follows (translated summary of the article) : SANKEI SPORTS NEWS Thursday June 4th, 2015 June 3rd, 2015, Tokyo: Mr. Mori, the … Continue reading →

In the capital, The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (TOCOG) announced on May 11th, that in preparation for narrowing down the additional events by venue and audience, the committee will start taking applications and indicated the … Continue reading →

The JAPAN Karatedo Federation and International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan (Director: Matsui Shoukei) conducted a press conference on April 16th at the assembly hall of the Japan Karatedo Federation. The aims were two-fold: to develop Karate activities to make it even … Continue reading →

JAPAN Karatedo Federation and International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan (director: Matsui Shoukei), have built a friendly relationship in preparation for the inclusion of karate as a category in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Through this, they will work together to … Continue reading →

This year from September 4th (Friday) to the 6th (Sunday), the 13th AKF Senior Championship will be held at the Yohokama Cultural Gymnasium. This is Japan’s first time to hold this tournament, and with the hope that karate will be … Continue reading →