As the excitement for the start of Karate’s biggest event intensifies, the National Federations continue confirming their delegations to participate in #KarateDubai2021. A host of Karate’s Olympians are being registered to compete in Dubai.   

With less than one week to conclude the registration period for the event, the line-up of athletes to compete in Dubai is being confirmed. For the moment, 34 of the 82 Olympians are set to compete in Dubai.

The list of karatekas who made history for the sport in Tokyo 2020 to fight for gold in Dubai is headed by Olympic champions Steven Dacosta of France, Ryo Kiyuna of Japan, and Ivet Goranova of Bulgaria.

Meanwhile, Olympic silver medallists Rafael Aghayev and Irina Zaretska of Azerbaijan, Anzhelika Terliuga of Ukraine, and Eray Samdan of Turkey hope to add the World crown to their Olympic success, as Olympic Games bronze medallist Ugur Aktas, Ali Sofuoglu, and Merve Coban of Turkey, Bettina Plank of Austria, Sofya Berultseva of Kazakhstan, Mo Sheung Grace Lau of Hong Kong, and Stanislav Horuna of Ukraine also aim to win honours in Dubai.

With the registration still ongoing, over 80 countries from all five continents have thus far completed the registration of athletes for the competition. The countries most represented thus far are Brazil, France, Japan, and Turkey, all with 16 karatekas.

The 2021 World Senior Championships are scheduled from November 16 to 21. As the event starts in less than three weeks, anticipation grows in all the Karate family and delegations continue their preparations.

CLICK HERE to go to all the info of the 2021 World Senior Championships.

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan will host the 19^th edition of the Asian Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships, and the 17^th edition of the Asian Senior Karate Championships.

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan will host the 19^th edition of the Asian Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships, and the 17^th edition of the Asian Senior Karate Championships.

Both events move to Kazakhstan as the championships were unable to be organised in the previously announced venue of Kuwait, the Asian Karate Federation announced. The tournaments are now scheduled for December 19 to 22, 2021.

After the postponement of the continental events in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the best Asian Karate athletes are set to gather in Almaty for a highly anticipated competition. Since both the senior and age groups championships will be held jointly, all the attention of Karate fans in the continent and all over the world will be set in Almaty in December.

The last edition of the Senior Asian Championships was held in 2019 in Uzbekistan. Nearly 400 athletes from 31 countries took part in the event. Powerhouse nation of Japan topped the medal table with 13 medals including 6 golds, followed by Iran and hosts of Uzbekistan.

Karate heroes such as Kiyou Shimizu and Ryo Kiyuna of Japan, Xiaoyan Yin of China, Hamideh Abbasali of Iran, and local star Sadriddin Saymatov were crowned continental champions at the event.     

The city of Punta del Este in Uruguay hosts the 34th edition of the Pan American Senior Karate Championships

The city of Punta del Este in Uruguay hosts the 34th edition of the Pan American Senior Karate Championships. The best athletes in the continent will gather at an event that is scheduled for October 21 to 24.

After the postponement of the event in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a host of first-class Pan American athletes will finally take the stage at the anticipated continental championships. The new kings and queens of PKF Karate will be decided at the event which travels to the idyllic city of Punta del Este

The last edition of the PKF Championships was held in Panama in 2019. Nearly 400 athletes from 26 countries participated with the United States topping the medal table with 14 medals followed by Brazil and Mexico.

CLICK HERE to go to the 2021 PKF Championships micro-site.

The World Karate Federation (WKF) cannot wait to get the competition started at Tokyo 2020!

The World Karate Federation (WKF) cannot wait to get the competition started at Tokyo 2020!

With Karate’s Olympic debut only days away, we want everyone to get into the #KarateSpirit with us.

What is #KarateSpirit? It’s a campaign we started last month to showcase all that our amazing sport has to offer in the lead-up to, during, and after the Olympic Games.

The power. The finesse. The commitment. The dedication. The sacrifices. The hard work. The fine-tuning. The defeats. The comebacks. The victories.

This is what #KarateSpirit means to us.

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Llegó el momento. Por primera vez en la historia, la disciplina de KÁRATE participará en unos Juegos Olímpicos, en la «cuna» de nuestro arte marcial.

Desde la Real Federación Española de Kárate y Disciplinas Asociadas, todo nuestro ánimo y apoyo hacia nuestros dos deportistas clasificados en este histórico momento.