The 11th World University Karate Championships 2018 is going to be held in Kobe City, it has been decided. It has been about a month since the previous newsletter with no publications. Various events have taken place in the world … Continue reading →

The World Karate Cadet, Junior and U21 Championships was held in Jakarta (Indonesia) from 12 to 15 November 2015. This 9th edition brought together 92 countries and 1,441 competitors of the next generations of the high level of world karate. … Continue reading →

Today, 12sd November, The 9th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate Championships 2015 is opened after Opening ceremony by the Chief General Gatot Nurmantyo and WKF President Espinos in Jakarta (Indonesia). The championship hosted 1441 athletes from 91 countries. … Continue reading →

The bid to host the World University Championships; visiting Belgium An important guidepost for the 2020 Olympics In Brussels, the capital of Belgium, I gave a presentation at the selection committee held to evaluate the bids to host the 2018 … Continue reading →

The presentation of the sport of karate for the candidature for the inclusion in additional sports programme of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to the TOCOG has been made by a delegation of WKF and JKF, with the attendance of: … Continue reading →

On January 9th (Friday), WORLD KARATE FEDERATION President Antonio Espinós made courtesy calls on JOC President Takeda Tsunekazu, TOCOG Chairman Mori Yoshiro, and Nippon Budokan Trustee and Secretary General MIhuji Yoshio, before returning to his country. The JOC and TOCOG … Continue reading →

Antonio Román, Mayor of Guadalajara, has been in charged for officially presenting a new world level event for this city: The World Karate Championships (Cadet and Junior) In the previous days and during the competition, it is expected the arrival … Continue reading →

The Karate Family feels very proud of its extraordinary evolution in the last few years as it has been stated before the IOC Executive Board in the presentation that the World Karate Federation has performed on the 29th of May … Continue reading →

Tomorrow, 29th May, the IOC will decide the sports that will be shortlisted for the final decision by the IOC Session in Buenos Aires (Argentina) next September on the Olympic Program.

Facebook Karate has 2.845.000 followers. Compared with the Olympic Sports it would be placed in the top 9th of the ranking. The specific web page for “The K is on the way” makes Karate a huge world reference, especially among … Continue reading →