Thursday 1 January 2015

Web Links

Here are some links to web sites that may help you in pursuing your officiating & karate career:

Please support the campaign for karate into the Olympics for 2020 in Japan:

The Book

http://www.wkf.net/pdf/karate-into-the-olympics.pdf

I am a member of Kofukan England & Kofukan International
Tani-ha Shito-Ryu Karate-do Shukokai Organisation.
Kofukan England are founder members of the English 
Karate Federation the national governing body for karate
in England affiliated to the European (EKF) and World 
Karate Federations (WKF) who are in turn the only 
world body recognised by the International Olympic 
Commicssion (IOC).
Kofukan England:  http://www.kofukankarate.com/

Kofukan Intl logo
Kofukan International:  http://www.kofukaninternational.com/



This link below gives the history of the WKF - the foremost 
Karate association in the world from 1970 as WUKO to the 
now IOC (International Olympic Commission) recognised 
WKF - fascinating!
http://www.wkf.net/thebook/images/background/top-section-bg.jpg



The link below gives the WKF official YouTube channel for 
WKF karate with over 10 million hits!  Here you will find 
videos from the 22nd WKF World Karate Championships 
held in Bremen in Nov 2014.
WKF Youtube Channel
http://www.wkf.net/imagenes/banners/pastilla_youtube.jpg

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English Karate Federation:  
http://www.englishkaratefederation.com/
BKF Logo
British Karate Federation: 
http://www.britishkaratefederation.co.uk/
Euro KF Logo
European Karate Federation 
http://www.europeankaratefederation.net/



Doshisha Uni Logo
Shihan Tomiyama 8th dan is our joint Chief Instructor 
(along with Shihan Naoki Omi 8th dan in Paris) and is 
graduate of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. He has
regular visits to the honbu dojo of the late Hiroshi Fujimoto 
Sensei.  
Doshisha Uni Karate Club







Kofukan England compete in the ten year anniversary 
tournaments of the Shukokai World Karate Union in 
Japan.  I referee'd at this huge tournament in 2009.



My club Kofukan Karate Loughborough have a new web 
site (Dec 2014) on which you will find much information
on our activiities along with archive photos, videos of 
Sensei Tomiyama & Sensei Omi, events etc, etc.  
Please check it out on:
https://sites.google.com/site/kofukankarateloughborough/home

Kofukan Karate Loughborough also have a separate Google 
Blog page on which new activity is posted.  This is located 
under:



John Wynd 3rd dan & Kofukan England Referee has his 
Leicester Kofukan Karate club page under::
http:\\www.Leicester Kofukan.co.uk/


Tracey Archer 3rd dan & British Referee operates a new 
club at Newark as well as one at Welton in Lincoln. 
She has a page on Facebook under:
Newark/Welton Kofukan Karate Club:
www.welton.kofukan-karate.co.uk/
https://sites.google.com/site/kofukannewark/home

Denis Koltsov 5th dan runs Lancaster & Morecombe 
Kofukan Karate Clubs in Lancashire.  See:
http://www.kofukan.info/lancaster/

Garry Petitt 6th dan has his Lincoln club page under:
http://lincoln-karate.co.uk/




UK Sport
UK Sport - The UK's High Perfomance Sports Agency: 
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/
Sport & Recreation alliance Logo
Sport & recreation Alliance:  
http://www.sportandrecreation.org.uk/   Speak on behalf of 320 Governing Bodies, 
150,000 Clubs and 8 million sports practioners across the UK
Baku Logo
1st European 'Olympic' Games featuring WKF karate:  
http://www.baku2015.com/en/sports/Karate 
Sport Data logo
 SportData.org
Sport data is a website used to manage all top level karate 
competitons.  The site includes downloadable bulletins for 
each tournament, ticket details, hotels, timetable, registration
details, live stream details, categories, competitor entries, 
referee entries, official entries, coach entries, top athletes, 
draw sheets, results, competitor stats, medal stats and is a 
mine of really useful information.  If you want to find a 
competition anywhere in the world then this is the web site 
to find it.
.
Emilio Merayo - Emilio is a fellow Referee on the 
international EKF/WKF tournament circuit and Shito ryu 
karateka with Sensei Inoue's Inoue-Ha Shito ryu Keishin 
Kai - a World qualified kumite and kata official.  
He operates a web site which is 'truly finger on the pulse' 
with all the latest updates from WKF, EKF, K1 results, 
IOC news, etc, etc.  

Emilio
Check it out:
https://emiliomerayo.wordpress.com/ 


Peter Bibby is Commission Secretary for the EKF Referees 
Department.  He has set up a web site with allthe latest 
WKF Rule updates, score sheets, kata lists and other useful 
bits of information such as listings of all qualified officials 
at English, British, European & World level.  Find it under:
http://www.ekfreferee.com/









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