2 nd WUKO EUROPEAN SENIOR KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

The WUKO World Union of Karate-do Organizations and LFKB Ligue Francophone de Karate Belgium showed the world that great Karate is possible with good organization and wonderful friendships.

A very well organized event was held in Europe with Mr Michel Lelievre, President of LFKB, always available in the stadium. His team was comprised of Mr Pierre Nizet, Mr Michel Gobels, Mr Roberto Perri and their wives, and they gave a terrific example of excellent organization.

The next European Senior Championships will be held in Portugal in 2010 and the hosting Federation will be Amicale Portugal Martial Artes. The President, Mr Carlos Dias, is currently making preparations together with the Portuguese authorities and confirmation of the arrangements will follow in a few weeks.

Mr.Liviu Crisan President of Federatia Romania Karate presented the project for organize the First European Championships for Children, Cadets and Juniors , it will be in September 2009 in Constanta, the most important turistic city in Romania, it is on the Black Sea, in a few time we will have complete informations about this big event in Europe. The proposal was approved by all members present in the Congress in Herstal.

Present at the European Championships 2008 were the following Federations:

1 NORTHERN IRELAND - CW - CARNALEA WADO-KAI - President David Brashaw
2 NORTHERN IRELAND - UKF -  ULSTER KARATE - DO FEDERATION - President Columba McLaughlin
3 IRELAND - IKKU - IRISH KENPO KARATE UNION - President Ambrose Maloney
4 IRELAND - KWKKA - KELLS WADO-KAI KARATE ASSOCIATION - President Eamonn Yore
5 IRELAND - NKFI - NATIONAL KARATE FEDERATION OF IRELAND - President Joe Smith
6  ENGLAND - SM - SCHOOL OF MASTERS - President Jacek Lipinski
7  ENGLAND - FEKOI – FED. OF ENGLISH KARATE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL– President. Brian Philcox
8 ENGLAND - SHI KON - SHI KON MARTIAL ARTS CENTRE - President Steve Browe
9  ENGLAND - EWSKA - WADO RYU SPORTS KARATE ORGANIZATION - President Clayton Murrain
10 SCOTLAND - SKA - SCOTTISH KARATE ALLIANCE - President Bill Hair
11 SCOTLAND - NKF - NATIONAL KARATE ASSOCIATION - President Derek Pollock
12 PORTUGAL - LPK - LIGA PORTUGUESA DE KARATE - President Vitor M.S.V.Barreiro
13 PORTUGAL - AMICALE KARATE PORTUGAL MARTIAL ARTS - President Carlos Dias
14 PORTUGAL - UNK - UNIAO NACIONAL DE KARATE - President Henrique L. Silva
15 AUSTRIA - WA - WUKO AUSTRIA - President Alexis Hevesi
16 GERMANY - AJKAI - SRG - SHOTOKAN RYU GERMANY - President Jorg Kohl
17 HUNGARY - HWKO - HUNGARIAN WADO-RYU KARATE ORGANIZATION - President Tibor Rostas
18 HUNGARY - AJKAI - KARATE-DO SZOVETSEG - President Leslie B Safar
19 ITALY - FESIK - FEDERAZIONE EDUCATIVA SPORTIVA ITALIANA KARATE - President Carlo Henke
20 ROMANIA - FEDERATIA ROMANIA KARATE - President Liviu Crisan
21 RUSSIA - RKC - RUSSIAN KARATE CONFEDERATION - President Sergey Rostovtsev
22 BELGIUM - LFK - LIGUE FRANCOPHONE DE KARATE DE BELGIQUE - President Michel Lelievre
23 SPAIN - FEUAM - FEDERATION ESPANOLA UNIFICADA DE ARTES MARTIALES - President Angel M. Duato
24 SPAIN - FCK - FEDERATION CATALANA DE KARATE - President Joaquim Valcanera
25 UKRAINE - JFU - JUNDOKAN FEDERATION OF UKRAINE - President Valeriy Kusiy
26 BELARUS - SKB - SHITO-KAI BELARUS - President Tarasenko Vladimir
27 FRANCE - AFKA - ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE DE KARATE AMATEUR - President Jacky Detaille
28 POLAND - BKA – BUSHIKAN KARATE ASSOCIATION – President Pawel Bombolewski
29 SLOVAKIA – SHITORYU SLOVAKIA – IGOR MOLNAR invited competitor

There was a total of 286 Individual competitors and 79 Teams.

Let us go to Portugal in 2010 where Mr Carlos Dias waits for us all in his marvelous country.

Osvaldo Messias de Oliveira
WUKO President

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