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

British International Open Karate Championships 2010 *UPDATE*

After a long wait we have now obtained more photos from the championships. We apologise for the wait and hope you enjoy them [More Info]

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

Obituary - Pauline Laville Bindra 8th Dan

We are saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Pauline Bindra who passed away suddenly after suffering a brain aneurism. [More Info]

British International Open Karate Championships 2010

After a very successful weekend you can now find all the results here. You can also view a selection of photos here. Mike Billman has also supplied a report and some testimonials which can be found 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.

Montenegro International 2010 report

On Friday the 5th March 2010, for the first time in fourteen years, a British Karate team assembled in preparation for a trip to Montenegro.

Meeting at London Heathrow's Terminal 4, the party was headed by myself, Mike Billman (England) Vice-President of the BKF, special guest Ticky Donovan OBE (England), referee Chico Mbakwe (Wales) and, in the absence of Wayne Otto OBE, squad manager Gerry Fleming (Scotland.) [More Info]

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]

British International Open Karate Championships 2010

The full bulletin for the Championships in Glasgow, Scotland running from 10th-11th July 2010 can be found in PDF or WORD format. A dedicated section will be created shortly on this website.

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.

British Karate Federation Championships 2009 Results/Testimonial

The results for the championships can be found here.

Dear sir/madam,

May I take this opportunity to congratulate you on a very well run, and successful championships held at Meadowbank stadium this year.

2 things I would like to note, which are hugely admirable and which I have never seen either at a Karate competition before, is the disabled Kata and the big push on the chosen charity, Help for Heroes. Very heart warming, and very worthwhile. Just to take a minute to think, and most of us really don’t realise how lucky we are.

Yours

David Jardine

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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