Actus 15/01/2020

 

His 1st World championships, he lived them in... 2005 (not 2015, you read well !). Thus, he was still cadet. 15 years later, he collected 8 medals at the Senior European championships (2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze), the last in 2016. At 30, Greece’s Georgios Tzanos (-84 kg) has also experienced different Karates. He who swears first through the basics, the ones that allowed him to score spectacular kicks over and over again, he regrets the evolution of the rules that has led to favor speed over technique. In this 1st of the 3 episodes of the interview we had with him, he talks to us about yesterday and today’s Karate, his vision of (martial) art, his life as a champion who must work to assume his daily life and his expenses, his worried concern about the future of Karate...

 

By Ludovic Mauchien

Photo : Kphotos

 

Actus 30/10/2019

 

In Santiago de Chili (October 23-27), France’s Gwendoline Philippe won her 3rd World title in a row in the Youth categories. 5th in the Olympic ranking, she can now serenely and fully devote herself to her ultimate dream : the Olympics. In Santiago, in very special daily conditions, between riots and tear gas due to the demonstrations, the young Frenchwoman had to find deep resources to win her 3rd title.

 

By Florian Fournier

Photos: Kphotos

 

Actus 28/10/2019

 

In Chile, the Egyptian team finished 1st nation with 19 medals. With 7 golds, its domination suffers no doubt. In Kata or in Kumite, they won a medal in each different category. Behind Egypt, Turkey (15 medals) and France (12 medals) completes the podium. In this very special context because of riots, some nations did not come to Santiago to participate at these Youth World championships. Japan, Switzerland and others stayed at home for security reasons. Forced to change the schedule, the WKF chose to organize a category with finals and medals at the end of the day. An interesting format that offers continuous entertainment.

By Florian Fournier 

Photos : Kphotos

 

Actus 23/10/2019

 

He is the one who did a Jodan Mawashi to Mister Sajad Ganjzadeh ! Mehdi Filali (+84 kg), just 20 years old, already has 9 podiums in Karate 1 and has won all the world top fighters, but has only one win and it starts to tease him seriously. In Santiago de Chile, at the World Youth championships that start today (October 23-27). he wants to go straight to the point : win !

 

By Ludovic Mauchien

Photo : Kphotos

 

Actus 14/10/2019

The competitions are consecutive but not similar, after the K1 in Russia, the karate kata athletes were in Doha for the first World beach games (october12-13), Sandra Sanchez and Damian Quintero won this competition.

By Florian Fournier / Photos : ANOC

Actus 28/09/2019

 

He is the n°1, that’s all. Whether in the World ranking or the Olympic standing, he is the boss. Ugur Aktas is one of the nuggets of the young golden generation of Turkish Karate. At only 23 years old, he is 3-time Seniors European champion (-84 kg), 3-time European champion and 2-time World medalist by team, and already has 9 wins in Karate 1, including 4 this year ! Impassioned by mathematics, mastered in engineering, Ugur Aktas is someone endearing, humble and jovial. He would like to face his idol of youth, Rafael Aghayev, to solve the most complicated mathematical equations, to master his doubts...

 

By Ludovic Mauchien

Photos : Kphotos

 

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