5th European Championships 2 - 4 June 2006 in Bratislava, Slovakia:

All federations participating at the WKC tournaments have to bring referees to the tournaments. If a federation takes part even with only one competitor in Goju Ryu, Shito Ryu or Wado Ryu then it has to bring also at least one referee in that style. This applies for all future tournaments including the 5th European Championships.

Please book your accomodation in due time for the European Championships, look for details on the WKC webpage under the link 5th European Championships. The inscription forms for the championships are also under this link.

5th WKC Junior World Championships & World Cup for Children will take place in Hannover, Germany 20 - 22 October 2006.

The address of the Organising Committee is:
5th WKC Junior World Championships & World Cup for Children OC
Mr. Riad Kheirallah
Tel: +49-511-809 2135
Fax: +49-511-809 2145
30171 Hannover, Simrockstr. 30.
E-mail:wkc@karate-dojo-hannover.de
Germany internet:www.karate-dojo-hannover.de

We have the full support of the city of Hannover, the promotion company Hannover Marketing and the German WKC member federation Deutscher JKA Karate Bund DJKB for this event.

More news may be found on the WKC webpage www.wkc-org.net

For the first time we will have kumite for children 13 and 14 years of age in Shobu Sanbon with three weight categories and Shobu Ippon with open weight. You will find more details on these new categories on our webpage under the link 5 th WKC Junior World Championships & World Cup for Children.

The deadline for the inscription for our championships is two weeks prior to the tournaments. The inscription forms are published in due time before the relevant championships on our webpage. The filled inscriptions forms have to be returned by e-mail to the mentioned e-mail addresses.

The following federations joined the WKC since February 2006:
Federation of Shotokan Karate FSK England
President: Aidan Trimble
General Secretary: Deb Beevers

Wado-Ryu Karate-do Holland WRKH Netherlands
President: Dr. Frank Philipoom
General Secretary: Ing. Hans Waning