EUROPEAN KARATE ORGANIZATION
General information
24-25 September 7th WKO World Championship in weight categories, Kielce Poland
27-29 September WKO World seminar and Grading, Kielce Poland
4-6 November European Championship for Cadet, Junior and U21 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
3 December EKO Open Weight European Championship and Women’s selection for World Championship 2023, Warsaw, Poland.
News from the Referee Commitee
INVITATION 1
22 October 2nd Online International Karate Kata Cup for Clubs.
We do need many referees and invite all EKO license kata referees and referees with at least the second highest national kata license. Deadline for registration 10 October. For referee registration please fill this form: https://forms.gle/UycHnyeeZ1gbgDPr7
– Zoom meeting room, will be sent before the meeting.
– 20 October at 20:00 pm. Online Referee meeting, introduction and planning (mandatory!!!). Zoom meeting room, link will be sent before the meeting.
– 22 October with start at 10:00. Opening ceremony and competition.
INVITATION 2
Coach On-line course
To develop our competition with both value basis as well as practical manners we will start a Coach self- studying On-line course. This course will be mandatory for all coaches who like to be coach at next EC in Sofia, Bulgaria.
– The course will open after the 8 of October.
Information and literature will be published on EKO Referee homepage, https://ekoreferees.eu/ – Please, inform your coaches.
INVITATION 3
EC Referee extended course, for new license. Referees participating in EC Sofia, Bulgaria.
02.11.2022
- 15:00-20:00 Referee course for all referees that apply for a license
03.11.2022
- 15:00 – 18:00 EKO Referee seminar
- 19:00 – Draws
EKO REFEREES FOR 7th WKO World Championship in weight categories, Kielce Poland
REFEREES-Shushin/Fukushin
Assistant Referees-Hosa
- Michael Söderkvist-Sweden
- Alexander Goncharenko-Ukriane
- Jan Bülow-Denmark
Vidmantas Poskaitis-Lithuania - Oliver Bogdan-Hungary
- Pedro Soriano-Spain
Grigore Petrut-Rumania
- Boris Nikolov – Bulgaria
- Wolfgang Pech-Germeny
- Bo-Vidar Larsen-Norweig
- Wojciech Radziewicz-Poland
- Allahverdi Rustamov-Azerbajian
- George Kosmidis-Greece
- Gilbert Cleveringer-Netherlands
- Koen Spitales-Belgium
Joint On-line referee meeting to prepare the WC. The referees are appointed through experience and request from WKO. The Assistant Referees are elected by experience but also regional representation. It is good if many countries are represented at the WC.
EKO Referee Hompage
EKO Referees do now have its own homepage. There you will get the latest information; find the rules and all EKO Refrees can upload your referee profile by yourself.
EKO REFEREE COMMITTEE
Michael Söderkvist Chairman
