British Karate Federation, English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Ireland

BKF International Open

Please find attached the Bulletin for the 2012 BKF International Open Tournament, to take place at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, on the weekend of the 6th/7th October 2012.

For the full bulletin click here.

Food for Thought by David Croft

When 21-year-old David went for a dive while working on the island of Bermuda, he had no idea that it would change his life. An accident paralysed the chef and 2nd Dan karate black belt from the shoulders down - on the same day that he was informed he would compete in the 1980 world karate championships and inaugural world games. [More Info]

Message from the Board

The Board of the British Karate Federation would like to take the opportunity to wish all members of the four Home Nations a Very Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Jacques Delcourt

It is with sadness that we have to report the passing of Mr Jacques Delcourt. Jacques passed away on the morning of Saturday 19th November 2011. Our thoughts are with his family at this time. [More Info]

British International Open Championships 2011 - *UPDATED*

Please find attached the full results for the British International Open Championships 2011

Full medal list by nation
Full medal list by club
Full result breakdown by category

The gallery has now been added. Please click here to see a selection of photos.

A video has now been completed which was shot at the event. Click here to see the video.

New sponsorship deal

Managing Director of Matthews Haulage, Nick Matthews, 2nd Dan, presents BKF Vice-President Mick Billman with a cheque for sponsorship of the BKF web-site for the next six months. [More Info]

Tatsuo Suzuki Sensei

It is with great sadness and regret that the BKF has learnt of the passing of Tatsuo Suzuki Sensei. [More Info]

Oliver Brunton honoured at the Sports Volunteer Awards

Northern Ireland Karate President, Oliver Brunton, was recently honoured at the Sports Volunteer Awards held in Belfast City Hall. [More Info]

BKF 4 Nations

Results are now in. Click here to view.

To view pictures of the championships, head on over to the EKF website below:

Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3

Breaking News

It has just been announced that Ticky Donovan OBE has been appointed to the European Karate Federation Technical Commission. The new Chairman of the Commission, Mike Billman, appointed Ticky Donovan OBE after a lengthy discussion with the WKF and EKF President, Snr Antonio Espinos. [More Info]

Congratulations to Mike Billman

The board of the BKF would like to congratulate Mr Michael Billman who has been appointed, as the new Chairman of the Technical Commission for the European Karate Federation. In addition to this, Mr Billman has also been appointed as a new member, on the World Karate Federation (WKF) Technical Commission.

Click here to see the letter of congratulations.

BKF Presidential Aide appointed

A BKF Presidential Aide has recently been appointed. To read the press release click here.

WKF newsletter - Karate 1 Premier League update

For the latest WKF newsletter which includes an update on the Karate 1 Premier League, please click here.

Apology

To all those of you who take the time to look at our website may I apologise for the inactivity over the last few months.

I had to have an operation on my shoulder and, unfortunately for me, it became infected during the operation and, a month later, I found myself undergoing another operation to rectify this.

Whilst recovering I damaged the shoulder after a fall in the bad weather and so the six week operation and recovery has now taken four and a half months.

I am now back into training, back at work and, by the end of next week should be back behind the BKF web site desk.

Thank you for your patience.

Mike Billman.

A note on funding

The BKF site is supported by TISKA (Traditional International Shotokan Karate Association.)

The association is headed by Gursharan Sahota, 7th Dan, Chief Instructor and well-known author of books on Shotokan karate, (see website) and has clubs as far afield as India and South Africa.

Another member of TISKA is Mike Billman, 8th Dan, the EKF and BKF Vice President and, after 10 years, is also the longest serving member of the European Technical Commission.

The BKF are grateful to Gursharan for funding the maintenance of the BKF website, especially in view of the fact that TISKA have only recently undergone a substantial makeover to their own web-site.

To view the TISKA site please click on the following link:

www.tiska.com

British Karate Championships 2010 - Report, Results and Pictures

We are pleased to present the report, results and pictures from the recent British Karate Championships.

To read the report click here.

All the latest pictures can be found by clicking here.

Results:
Kata Saturday
Kata Sunday
Kata 13 years and under
Kumite Saturday page 1
Kumite Saturday page 2
Kumite page 3
Kumite page 5
Kumite page 6

Disabled Karate on BBC News Wales

A Welsh karate club has been featured in a BBC news bulletin in Cardiff, Wales. To see the interview and to see more about the club, run by Rob Green, click here

British Karate Federation & UNICEF update on the WKF website

The recent update on the partnership between UNICEF and the British Karate Federation has caught the attention of the WKF. Read the full story here.

UNICEF update

On the 15^th April Terry Connell and Mike Billman met with representatives of UNICEF at their headquarters in London. The purpose of the meeting was to jointly plan the launch of the BKF/UNICEF Partnership scheduled to take place at the BKF International Open Championships in Glasgow over the weekend of 10-11th July. To view more info click here.
To view British Karate Federation on UNICEF website click here.

Dave Inman completes Bath Half Marathon for Help for Heroes

A beautiful, bright and crisp Sunday morning last weekend (Sunday 7 March) saw me getting up and leaving the house and driving into the city of Bath for what has become an annual event - the Bath Half Marathon.

Each year I drag my body around the 13 mile course and each year I wish I'd done more training and at the end always promise to train harder the following year! [More Info]

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please be aware that there is a British International karate event (The BIKO championships) organised by Abdu Shaher, being advertised on e-mail and on the Internet.

This is NOT the official British International Open and is therefore not recognised by the WKF or the BKF.

The official British International Open Karate Tournament is scheduled to be held on July the 10th & 11th 2010 at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, and is the only British Open tournament recognised by the British and World Karate Federations.

Further information on this competition will be made available at the forthcoming tournament in Rabat, Morocco, later in November.

Proud sponsors of Help for Heroes Help For Heroes was the idea of Appeal Chairman Bryn Parry and a group of friends and relations, many of who have connections with serving servicemen and women. Bryn and his wife Emma wanted to do something to help the wounded and came up with the idea of a sponsored bike ride. They mentioned it to some friends who mentioned it to some more friends and suddenly Help For Heroes was born and growing fast. A flurry of visits to various offices led to the campaign being blessed by the head of the army, Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt. Help For Heroes does wonderful work for soldiers and other servicemen and women both directly and through its support of other service charities.

Karate competitions for disabled athletes

The recent development of Sport Karate for the Disabled is having a positive impact on the enhancement of the performance for people with disabilities, and on their social integration.

To view the full document prepared by Mick Billman, please click here.

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The BKF would like to thank Shitokai Scotland for funding the design of the new BKF logo. To visit the Shitokai website please click here.
The BKF would like to thank Nick and Trevor Matthews of Matthews Haulage Ltd, Hertford, for sponsoring the maintenance of the BKF website.
The BKF would like to thank Mr G Sahota of the Traditional International Shotokan Karate Association (TISKA) for sponsoring the maintenance of the BKF website.