European Games 2019 / Aghayev for a new record
The final list of the athletes qualified for the 2nd European Games in Minsk (June 29-30 for Karate) was unveiled yesterday. 8 athletes are registered per category, the top 6 in the World ranking plus one chosen by IOC and one athlete from the host country. In 2015, in Baku, Azerbaijan finished 1st nation ahead of Turkey and France. Aghayev, Uygur, Farzaliyev, Ozcelik, Zaretska, Quintero and Sanchez Jaime will try to keep their title.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : Kphotos
Japan / Ko Hayashi : « Our training system is not good now »
Ko Hayashi and Hideto Nakano were both World champions in the 80's. Today, they are Head Coach of the Japan National Team and Head Coach of the Women's Team. Arrived since Tuesday in Paris, they will fly directly to Dubai in early February with their athletes. We met them at their hotel. Cold analysis of the World championships, new preparation plan, Japan’s training... They tell us about Japanese Karate on the road to « its » Olympic Games.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photos : DR / Kphotos
SerieA Shanghai / Horuna, Horne and Chatziliadou at the rendezvous
Jonathan Horne (+84 kg), Eleni Chatziliadou (+68 kg) and Sandra Sanchez Jaime (Kata) honored their World title by winning the Shanghai Serie A (December 7-9). Stanislav Horuna (-75 kg) returns to success as Zabiollah Poorshab (-84 kg) and Anzhelica Terliuga (-55 kg). All the results.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photo : Kphotos
SeriesA Shanghai 2018 / Horne, Kvesic and Sanchez Jaime are on !
Shanghai is hosting from December 7 to 9 the last international competition of the year 2018 counting for the Olympic ranking. The Chinese SerieA welcomes some world champions and may allow some others to qualify directly to the Premier Leagues, including the Paris Open (January 25-27, 2019). The Madrid’s champions, Horne, Zaretska, Banaszczyk, Sanchez Jaime and Kvesic appear among the favorite for victory, as France’s Heurtault and Japan’s Moto in Kata.
By Florian Fournier
Photo : Kphotos
Burak Uygur, the Making of Great
At 23, Burak Uygur became the target. But he shots faster than his opponents and, finally ; it’s him that hit first the bull’s eye. Two-time European champion (-67 kg), 2018 Grand Winner and World n°1, he is logically the big favorite for the World champion title in Madrid (November 6-11). But he does not say he is the best, he speaks of honor when we talk about Grand Winner, and thanks his coaches, including his father. A cool guy dressed in the Making of Great.
By Ludovic Mauchien
Photos : Kphotos
2018-2019 calendar
The 2018-2019 calendar of the international competitions
SEPTEMBER 2018
14 to 16 : Premier League Berlin (Germany)
21 to 23 : Series A Santiago (Chile)
OCTOBER 2018
12 to 14 : Premier League Tokyo
17-18 : Youth Olympic Games
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
26 to 28 : Karate 1 - Youth League, Cancun (Mexico)
NOVEMBER 2018
6 to 11 : World Championships
Madrid (Spain)
DECEMBER 2018
7-9 : Series A Shanghai (China)
14 to 16 : Karate 1 - Youth League, Venice (Italy)
JANUARY 2019
25 to 27 : Premier League Paris (France)
FEBRUARY 2019
8 to 10 : European Junior championships (Cadet to U21)
Aalborg (Denmark)
15 to 17 : Premier League Dubai (UAE)
MARCH 2019
1 to 3 : Series A Salzburg (Austria)
18 to 23 : Senior Pan American championships
Panama (Panama)
28 to 31 : Senior European championships
Guadalajara (Spain)
APRIL 2019
6-7 : Mediterranean championships
Antalya (Turkey)
11-12 : Oceania championships
Sydney (Australia)
19 to 21 : Premier League Rabat (Morocco)
26 to 28 : Asian championships (Cadet to U21)
Kuching (Malaysia)
MAY 2019
May 3 to 5 : Karate 1 Youth League
Limassol (Cyprus)
17 to 19 : Premier League Istanbul (Turkey)
JUNE 2019
7 to 9 : Premier League Shanghai (China)
21 to 23 : Series A Montreal (Canada)
29-30 : 2nd European Games
Minsk (Belarus)
JULY 2019
1 to 5 : WKF Youth camp
Umag (Croatia)
5-7 : Youth League, Umag (Croatia)
19 to 21 : Senior Asian championships
Can Tho (Vietnam)
AUGUST 2019
8 to 10 : Pan American Games
Lima (Peru)
16 to 18 : African championships (Junior and Senior)
Gaborone (Botswana)
27 to 30 : Pan American championships (Cadet to U21)
Guayaquil (Ecuador)
SEPTEMBER 2019
6 to 8 : Premier League Tokyo (Japan)
20 to 22 : Series A Santiago (Chile)
27 to 29 : Youth League Mexico (Mexico)
OCTOBER 2019
4 to 6 : Premier League Moscow (Russia)
10-11 : ANOC Beach Games
San Diego (USA)
23 to 27 : World championships (Cadet to U21)
Santiago (Chile)
NOVEMBER 2019
29-1 : Premier League Madrid (Spain)
DECEMBER 2019
13-15 : Youth League Venice (Italy)
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