Events – World Traditional Karate-Do Federation

III International Traditional Karate-Do Tournament in Russia

On behalf of the Tournament Organizing Committee and the All-Russian Traditional Karate Federation we are proud and honoured to invite all WTKF members to take part in The In- ternational Traditional Karate- Do Tournament Irkutsk 2019 and the International TeamKumite Cup “Kumite Evolution”that will be held on April 20-21, 2019, in Irkutsk (Russia).

Contact information

All communication between National Federations and the T.O.C. until April 19, 2019 should be done through :

– website: www.wtkf-russia.ru

– e-mail: neupokoev_budo@mail.ru, TKIrussia@yandex.ru

– phone: +7 498 602 38 43, +7 903 517 77 77

Yoshiaki Harada visit in DOJO STARA WIEŚ Poland 16.12.2018

We had a special guest on December in Dojo Stara Wies during the Masterclass Course. We was honored by Yoshiaki Harada – Japanese Minster of Enviroment who was visiting Poland as a leader of Japanese presence on COP24 the Ecological Summit held in Katowice. Sensei Włodzimierz Kwieciński together with Sensei Paweł Krzywański and award winning athletes of Polish National Karate Team hosted Minister Harada visit.

Yoshiaki Harada is the Minister of Environment of Japan and Minister of State for Emergency Prevention in the case of a nuclear accident. He is in the top 20 most influential people in Japan. He has been a member of the House of Representatives for many years, he has 6th judo and he leads the club of black belts in the Japanese Parliament.

„Yoshiaki Harada is my friend, he has been supporting our activities for many years. For the first time he supported us during the 1st Budo Conference in 2007, in 2013 he supported us during the formation of WTKF, sending letters of support to the sports authorities in the world. We are happy that his tight time agenda let him visited Dojo in Stara Wieś. The effect of the visit is to start cooperation and launch a program aimed at exchanging young people from southern Japan and Poland” – said Sensei Włodzimierz Kwieciński.

In spring 2019, at the invitation of Minister Yoshiaki Harada, a delegation from Poland will go to Japan to continue work on the cooperation program.

WTKF PPRESIDENT’S LETTER

We encourage everyone to read the letter from Mr. Wlodzimierz Kwiecinski – WTKF President, regarding the World Traditional Karate-Do Federation and World Children’s Cup to be held on October 22-28, 2018 in St. John’s, NL, Canada.

PPRESIDENT’S LETTER

CELEBRATION OF 90. ANNIVERSARY OF SENSEI NISHIYAMA’S BIRTHDAY

90. Sensei’s birthday – 90 Japanese cherry trees – 90 kata

In 2018 we have been celebrating “2018 – the year of Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama’s legacy”. It is a very special time because in this year is the 90th anniversary of Sensei Nishiyama’s birthday and the 10th anniversary of his passing away.

It is to express our respect for our teacher, one of the greatest masters of karate in the 20th century – Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama. It is thanks to him that traditional karate-do has spread in such a splendid fashion all over the world. In all we do we recall his legacy and follow tradition.

In 2018 WTKF has been organizing a plenty of traditional karate-do seminars and tournaments which are dedicated to the memory of Sensei Nishiyama. The courses and seminars are conducted by the most experienced instructors who have developed this martial arts together with Sensei Nishiyama for many years.

Traditional Karate Federation of Poland is going to organize the celebration of 90. anniversary of Sensei Nishiyama’s birthday. It will be the closing event of “2018 – the year of Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama’s legacy” in Poland. The ceremony will take place on October 10, 2018 at the Japanese Martial Arts and Sports Centre Dojo – Stara Wieś.

This event is dedicated to all traditional karate-do practitioners, but especially to people who participated in trainings conducted by Sensei Nishiyama in Central Dojo in Los Angeles and San Diego as well.

Everyone who will participate in the celebration of Sensei Nishiyama’s birthday will become the founder of 1 of 90 Japanese cherry trees, which will be planted at the Center Dojo – Stara Wieś during the ceremony. Each tree will have a name plate with the name of its founder. In addition, the participant will also take part in the special training “90 kata” (27 x Unsu, 3 x Kitei, 27 Nijushiho, 3 Kitei, 27 x Hangetsu, 3 x Kitei). During the ceremony, an auction of Witold Kwieciński’s pictures will also take place, and all proceeds from the auction will be directed to Dawid Wiśniewski – a 10-year-old karateka who fights with a malignant brain tumour. Welcome!

DATE: 10 October 2018 (Wednesday)

PLACE: Japanease Martial Arts and Sports Centre Dojo – Stara Wieś Stara Wieś 1, 97-570 Przedbórz

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS:

Rank: min. 1 DAN
Knowledge of kata Unsu, Nijushiho and Hangetsu and Kitei as well
Good physical condition
Valid medical examination.

PROGRAM:

10:00 Arrival and snacks

11:00 – 14:00 Training „90 kata”: 27 x Unsu, 3 x Kitei, 27 Nijushiho, 3 Kitei, 27 x Hangetsu, 3 x Kitei

14:30 – 16:00 Trees (Japanese cherry trees) planting ceremony

16:00 Formal dinner

17:00 Auction of Witold Kwieciński’s pictures

All proceeds from the auction of Witold Kwieciński’s pictures will be directed to Dawid Wiśniewski – a 10-year-old karateka who fights with a malignant brain tumour.

PARTICIPATION FEE: 250 PLN. The price includes:

Japanese cherry tree – 110 PLN
Training “90 kata”
Name plate with the name of founder – 25 PLN
Souvenir T-shirt Gasshuku 2018 – 40 PLN
Formal dinner – 65 PLN
Snacks after arrival – 10 PLN

DRESS CODE: Smart casual

RESERVATIONS:

Please send your reservation to take part in the ceremony as soon as possible but no later than September 21, 2018 (Friday) via e-mail aat: pzkt@karate.pl.

After you receive confirmation about availability, please transfer money to the following account until September 28, 2018 (Friday):

Name of beneficiary: Traditional Karate Federation of Poland

Address of beneficiary: 85/87 Sienkiewicza Street, 90-057 Lodz (Poland)

Name of bank: Bank Spoldzielczy w Przedborzu

Address of bank: Mostowa Street 31, 97-570 Przedborz (Poland)

Bank account: PL 71 8988 0001 0000 0017 8930 0001

SWIFT: GBWCPLPP

Title: “90. Sensei’s birthday”

The number of places is limited (only 90 places!). Mark the day on your calendar now!

2018 EVENTS

WTKF SUMMER CAMP GASSHUKU 2018 AUGUST 20-24, 2018, STARA WIES (POLAND)

The WTKF Summer Camp Gasshuku 2018 took place on August 20 to 24, 2018 at the Japanese Martial Arts and Sports Centre Dojo – Stara Wies in Poland. It took place as a part of celebration of “The Year of Sensei Nishiyama’s Legacy”.

The seminar was available for all participants with 4 kyu – 1 DAN. The seminar gathered about 130 participants and was conducted by the following instructors:

Shihan EDUARDO SALAS 9 DAN (Peru)

Shihan WŁODZIMIERZ KWIECIŃSKI 8 DAN (Poland)

Shihan NELSON CARRION 7 DAN (Uruguay)

“Sensei Salas was very happy to share Chi Qung and Tai Chi with all participants of the seminar. They help build spirit, discipline and energy. Sensei was very positive about Summer Camp. For me the most important thing is to give to all participants of the seminar hope and health, friendship and knowledge, peace and love to build a better World. The technical level was very good and congratulations to all organizers for their great job of the 2018 WTKF Gasshuku at the Dojo Stara Wies.” – summarized Sensei Nelson Carrion.

1st International Ararat Cup 2018

PLACE

Yerevan, Armenia

DATE

5-6 May 2018

RULES

WTKF traditional karate-do competition rules

INFORMATION

For more information and questions contact center_karate@mail.ru

or call +37410361499

1st International Ararat Cup 2018

The National Traditional Karate-do Federation of Armenia for the first time in it’s history, organizes the first international tournament called “Ararat Cup”. It will be held May 5-6 2018 in beautiful city of Yerevan.

May 3-4 President of WTKF, Włodzimierz Kwieciński (8 Dan) will lead 2 day of Traditional Karate-Do seminar.

Join us in Armenia!

Winter Gasshuku 2018

DATE

14 – 18 February 2018 (Wednesday – Sunday)

PLACE

Japanese Martial Arts and Sports Centre „Dojo – Stara Wieś“ Address: Stara Wieś 1, 97-570 Przedbórz (Poland)

www.dojostarawies.com

HOSTED BY

Traditional Karate Federation of Poland

90-057 Lodz, Sienkiewicza Street 85/87 phone/fax: + 48 42/632-85-79, phone: + 48 42/632-97-59 e-mail: pzkt@karate.pl., www.karate.pl

INVITED INSTRUCTORS

ILIJA JORGA Soke 10 DAN (Serbia)

Ilija Jorga – university professor, doctor of sports medicine, executive President and Founder of World Fudokan Federation (WFF) in 1980. Repeated medallists of European and world championships. The pioneer of karate of SFR Yugoslavia, which was on a very high technical level in that time with more that 200 thousand practitioners.

Ilija Jorga is one of the most experienced traditional karate-do instructor on all over the world. He began to engage in karate in 1959. His first instructor was his elder brother – Vladimir Yorga, and later he developed his karate-do under Tetsuji Murakami, Taiji Kase and Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama.

Ilija Jorga has been dedicating all his life to develop traditional karate-do worldwide, also in Poland. In 1976 he conducted in Poland first DAN examination. 8 people passed it. He supported Kwiecinski’s participation in World Championships in Lima, Peru in 1990, which was a milestone in traditional karate-do development worldwide.

Ilija Jorga is a man of renaissance, artist, sculptor and the author of many books.

For a few years WTKF and WFF have been building the common platform. The aim of this is further traditional karate-do development.

NELSON CARRION Sensei 7 DAN (Uruguay)

General Secretary of World Traditional Karate-do federation, General Director and Founder of Traditional Karate Do Institute (TKI) in 1997.

He is an examiner, international WTKF judge and traditional karate-do instructor with many years of experience. He has been training since 1971. He conducted the courses and seminars in: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Swizerland, Tunisa, Uruguay and USA.

Nelson Carrion has participated in many traditional karate-do courses and seminars, conducted by Sensei Nishiyama as well.

He is cofounder and co organizer of many traditional karate-do organizations all over the world including: Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Spain and France.

WŁODZIMIERZ KWIECIŃSKI Sensei 8 DAN (Poland)

President of the World Traditional Karate-Do Federation (WTKF), Chairman of the Traditional Karate Federation of Poland (PZKT), Trainer Coach of the National Team of Poland

DOWNLOADS

Download official invitation

Meal reservation form

WTKF International Summer Camp and Gasshuku 2017 pictures gallery

The WTKF International Summer Camp and Gasshuku 2017 took place on August 15 to 20, 2017 at the Japanese Martial Arts and Sports Centre Dojo – Stara Wies in Poland. The seminar gathered 260 participants from 18 countries: Armenia, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Latvia, Great Britain, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay and USA.

The trainings were conducted by the very special instructors: Ilija Jorga Soke (Serbia), Albert Cheah Sensei (USA), Mahmoud Tabassi Sensei (USA), Nelson Carrion Sensei (Uruguay) and Wlodzimierz Kwiecinski Sensei (Poland).

Enjoy the pictures!

33rd European Traditional Karate-Do Championships 2017

Tatami (schedule 8:30 and 16:00)

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PLACE

Polyvalent Hall
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

DATE

November 2-6, 2017

COMPETITION SYSTEM

File to download

The schedule of the event is as follows:

November 2 (Thursday)

Arrival

November 3 (Friday)

9:00 – 15:00 Opening hours of the Tournament Office (place: Polyvalent Hall Cluj-Napoca)

9:00 – 14:00 Judges’ Refresher Course (place: Polyvalent Hall Cluj-Napoca)

17:00 Official Opening Ceremony

November 4 (Saturday)

8:30 33^rd Traditional Karate-Do European Championships – senior and youth categories
World Fudokan Championships –junior and cadet categories

16:00 33^rd Traditional Karate-Do European Championships – junior and cadet categories

November 5 (Sunday)

8:30 7^th World Fudokan Championships – youth, senior and veteran categories

20:00 – 20:45 Kumite Match WTKF – WFF

21:00 Official Closing Ceremony

Open European Traditional Karate-Do Clubs Championships ORLEN 2017

We are proud and honoured to announce that for the first time in the history we are going to organize the Open European Traditional Karate-Do Clubs Championships ORLEN 2017. The tournament will be held on October 20-22, 2017 in Lublin (Poland).

We are very happy to invite all Traditional Karate-do Clubs from Europe to take part in this event.

This event is not only for WTKF members. Everybody are welcome. There is no limited number of clubs from one country that can take part in the tournament.

Open European Traditional Karate-Do Clubs Championships ORLEN 2017 will take place in conjunction with the 5^th Traditional Karate-Do European Children’s Cup.
Please find attachment.

Online registration to the tournament

How to register athletes – instruction manual.

PLACE

GLOBUS sport hall
8 Kazimierza Wielkiego St.
Lublin (Poland)

DATE

20-22 October 2017

RULES

WTKF traditional karate-do competition rules

COSTS

60 Euro / team

SCHEDULE OF THE EVENT

October 20, 2017 (Friday)

15:00 – 20:00 Opening hours of the Tournament Office

(place: GLOBUS Sport Hall)

18:00 – 20:00 Judges’ Refresher Course

(place: Dojo in GLOBUS Sport Hall)

October 21, 2017 (Saturday)

8:00 Open European TK Club Championships – seniors categories

European Children’s Cup – individual categories

15:00 Opening Ceremony

Open European TK Club Championships – finals of seniors categories

European Children’s Cup – continuation

18:00 Party

October 22, 2017 (Sunday)

9:00 Open European TK Club Championships – cadets and juniors categories

European Children’s Cup – team categories

15:00 End of the tournament

ACCOMODATION

In the matter of accommodation in Lublin we recommend to contact with GALA Travel Agency:

Gala Travel Polish Tour Operator

Email: incoming@gala-travel.pl

Phone: +48 81 444 50 27

Phone: +48 81 444 69 33

Fax: +48 81 534 57 22

Website: www.gala-travel.pl

Contact information

90. Sensei’s birthday – 90 Japanese cherry trees – 90 kata

2018 EVENTS

PLACE

DATE

RULES

INFORMATION

1st International Ararat Cup 2018

DATE

PLACE

HOSTED BY

INVITED INSTRUCTORS

DOWNLOADS

Download official invitation

Meal reservation form

Tatami (schedule 8:30 and 16:00)

Tatami (schedule 8:30 and 16:00)

DRAWING

PLACE

DATE

COMPETITION SYSTEM

This event is not only for WTKF members. Everybody are welcome. There is no limited number of clubs from one country that can take part in the tournament.

PLACE

DATE

RULES

CATEGORIES

COSTS

SCHEDULE OF THE EVENT

ACCOMODATION