N.3-2010

24th June 2010

WUKO NEWSPAPER

NEXT EVENTS:

 

2nd Intercontinental Asia Wuko open Championships

 

Visakhapatnam (India) 10th - 13th February 2011

 

Info and contact: Shihan Selvaraj Kothandan

email: s_kothandan@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0091 94440 16180
In kata competition Wuko includes Budokan style.

 

 

PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

Dear friends,

starting from this edition we’ll change the layout of our bulletins. The new layout will be the following:

4 bulletin will be published yearly, approximately one every 3 months. At the foot of each bulletin we’ll introduce the “Last News”, including the most important breaking news, urgent communications, changes, innovations.

This is the pattern of the bulletins:

WUKO NEWSPAPER No. ……………… …………th WUKO CHAMPIONSHIP ……………..DATE……………AND SO ON TEST ……………………. …WUKO WORLD STAGE SHITO …………… DATE…………….AND SO ON “Last News” 1st: (supplementary news) 2nd: (supplementary news) 3rd: (etc.)

 

Thank you for your cooperation. In this way the Wuko will be able to improve its web page constantly and to become a real “Online Newspaper”.

The President

Carlo Henke

NEW WUKO WORLD CHAIRMAN

According to the Wuko Statutes the President can appoint a Chairman, s. Article 8, point 3:

Wuko Statutes Article 8 – PRESIDENT Point 3: The President can appoint a WUKO Chairman among the six Vice-Presidents and devolve on him, in full or in part, his functions and powers.

 

The President, considering the powers entrusted him by the Wuko Statutes, the various personal engagements and the great number of affiliate nations, decided to appoint a Chairman to support and aid him in its activity. The most suitable among the six Vicepresidents, also due to the available time and to the existence of a Personal multilingual Secretariat, seemed the 3rd Vice President

Shihan Luigi Aschedamini, 8th Dan 26019 Crema (Italy), Via Sabotino 4/b, Ph.: ++39-0373-81480, Fax: ++39-0373-85617

 

These are the contacts of the Personal Secretary of the new Chairman. For matters of routine administration you have to apply to him:

Wuko Chairman Secretary: Antonio Caridi, 6th Dan 20100 Milan (Italy), Via Montenero 82 Ph.: ++39-340-1825851, Fax: ++39-02-54116699, e-mail: acaridi@micronet.it

 

Remember that, in case of urgency or inability to reach the new contacts, the Wuko Members must always apply to the

1st Wuko Vice President

Mr. Didier Chiarla

didier@chiarla.fr

VIVA ARGENTINA!

From the 21st to the 25th July the Wuko World Championships Children, Cadets & Juniors will take place in Argentina: a great event for which almost 1000 athletes have already signed up.

It will be a fantastic event, excellently organized by the WUKO America Chairman

GUSTAVO ESTEBAN ZUPAN

Ph. 5411-43614161 / Fax 5411-52525700,

e-mail: presidencia-aka@hotmail.com

 

together with all the Wuko Members in South and North America. Extremely cheap accommodations: visit the World Championships or the A.K.A. Asociation Karate Argentina, one of the biggest in South America, web page.

EUROPEAN JUNIOR, SENIOR, VETERAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

Scotland abandoned the organization of the Wuko Championships 2010 for financial reasons. We received immediately the application of Germany, France and Italy.

The Wuko-DC aims to make this choice within the end of June and will considerate, in the interest of the Member States, following facilities:

 

- Proximity of airports with low cost flights

- Cheap accommodations

- Offer of the Wuko sponsor Oriente Sport to pay a double room B&B in the official hotel to 2 athletes for 2 nights for each nation and to award to the winner of each category a karate-gi Professional Hitachi, today one of the best on the market in the world.

Best Regards,

WUKO Secretariat Office

 

 

Dear friends, WUKO World Championship 2010 in Argentina, is making strides. Several countries in America, Europe, Africa and Asia have confirmed their presence, and are making reservations at hotels in the organization. Will be a great time and will coincide with the celebrations of the bicentennial of our nation, besides that in those days in our country and several from South America will be the school holiday.

We believe doing a good job and takes 18 months and will be reflected in the same World Championships. We will be happy to see you soon in Argentina.

Gustavo E. Zupan
AKA President
Vice-President WUKO

 

LAST NEWS

 

Dear friends,
with deep sadness we communicate you that Shihan Ángel Martínez Duato, Vice President of Wuko and President of Feuam, Federación Española Unificada de Artes Marciales, passed away yesterday 27th May 2010.

He was for all of us a great man and a true friend. He gave a great contribution to the development and promotion of the karate in Spain and in the world.

We will never forget his excellent work for the martial arts, his exceptional humanity and his marvelous behavior kept in all these years. He will stay forever in our hearts.

We all express the condolences to the family Duato.

Carlo Henke

 

 

3rd World Karate Championships children, cadets & juniors Buenos Aires, Argentina 

 

21th to 25th July, 2010

 

Select a language below for details:

English

Spanish

 

 

Wuko Categories

Wuko Entry Form Federations

Wuko Entry Form Individual

Wuko Entry Form Teams

 

 

N.2-2010

12th April 2010

WUKO NEWSPAPER

 

1st WUKO WORLD CUP for CLUBS: NICE, France, 9th – 11th April 2010

The Competition

82 Clubs coming from France, Italy, Scotland, Russia, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Reunion with an entry of 812 athletes, took part to the 1st Wuko World Cup for Clubs held in Nice, France, from the 9th to the 11th April 2010: the categories Children, Juniors, Cadets, Seniors and Masters were represented.

A short Referee Information Stage held by the Wuko Referees’ Officer Pierre Perez preceded the competition: 38 among referees and judges attended the stage and worked non-stop from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. respecting the scheduled time.

The technical level was high, with France dominating in the kumite and Italy in the kata: the only exception was the Russian team of M° Boris Skripachev, which presented a lot of strong athletes in both specialties. Fortunately there were no significant accidents, the organization of the event, looked after by the 1st Vice President Wuko Didier Chiarla, was perfect. These are the results obtained by the different Clubs:

 

Wuko World Cup: 1- ASBTP Nice (France), 2- Jitakyoei Cesano (Italy), 3- Gym Center Rome (Italy), 4- Dojo Kaisho Castelnuovo (Italy);

 

Wuko European Children Cup: 1- CSKS Liguria (Italy), ASBTP Nice (France), Nishikawa Dojo Moscow (Russia), Nenryu Verbania (Italy).

You can find the individual results on the Wuko web-site, in the next days you can also view the photos of the event.

 

 

 

 

Directing Committee Meeting

A Wuko Directing Committee Meeting took place in Nice. President Carlo Henke, Vice Presidents Didier Chiarla and Luigi Aschedamini, Treasurer Evro Margarita attended the meeting. These are the main decisions taken:

 

• Wuko European Referee Commission 2010 was appointed with Pierre Perez (France) as President, Ugo Botti (Italy) as member and Roy Fox (England) as secretary. On the occasion of the Children, Cadets and Juniors World Championship scheduled for the 22nd-25th July in Buenos Aires, Argentina, another meeting will take place. In this meeting the Wuko World Referee Commission will be completed with the appointment of one representative for Africa, one for Asia, one for North and one for South America, in order to have Wuko members in every continent.

 

• Wuko Technical Commission: the Wuko-DC elected master Ronnie Colwell, 9th dan, as “Supervisor of the Wuko World Technical Commission” to be appointed in Buenos Aires next July. Congratulations to our friend Ronnie and good job!

 

• Wuko Treasurer: Mr. Evro Margarita, 5th dan Karate, Director of the Bank Popolare of Vicenza, Chiavari Agency, was appointed as Wuko Treasurer. Congratulations and good job!

 

• Wuko World Cup of Clubs: it’s an Open World Championship, organized by the Wuko-affiliated nations and open to every world organization.

 

 

The Wuko members interested in the organization of this event are asked to apply for it by the Wuko Secretariat. The event will take place every year, national teams won’t take part to it but it will be open even to Clubs not joining the Wuko. The categories admitted are: Children, Cadets, Juniors, Seniors and Masters (Veterans), Men and Women, Individuals and Teams. The Wuko will give managerial and technical assistance, including the competition computer program, judges and the competition director. The logistic organization has to be looked after by the organizing city. The costs will be shared, together with the incomes of the entry fees, fifty-fifty between the organizing city and the Wuko. Applications have to reach the Wuko Secretariat within the end of June 2010 in order to plan the list of future events.

 

Competitions calendar:

 

2010: for the European Cadets, Juniors, Seniors and Masters (Veterans) Championship, two applications, one from Spain and one from Italy, reached us. In a few days we will let you know the location chosen.

 

2011: for the Intercontinental Asia Championship, Mr. Selvaraj Kothandan, Chairman Asia, asked what follows:

 

Name of the Championship:  “2nd Intercontinental Asia WUKO Karate Championships WELLFARE CUP - 2011”. Date & Venue: 10.02.2011 to 13.02.2011, Vishakhapatnam, India. WUKO Asia Chairman Shihan S. Kothandan should take charge correspondence & and all other WUKO matters.

 

His application has been accepted and the event is officially confirmed. The Organizing Committee will follow the same procedures followed in the "1st  Intercontinental Asia WUKO Karate Championships WELLFARE CUP - 2008”.

 

2011: World Cadets, Juniors, Seniors, Masters (Veterans) Championship: we received the application of France, for Cannes or Marseille: later on we will let you know the exact date.

 

2012: World Children Championship: we received the application of Spain, for Valencia or Mallorca.

 

Best regards!

 

 

 

N.1-2010

20th December 2009

WUKO NEWSPAPER

 

WUKO 2010

 

1st WUKO WORLD CUP for Cadets, Juniors, Seniors & Veterans (Master) and 1st WUKO EUROPEAN CUP for Children - FRANCE 2010

 

Wuko France, the Federation of the President Didier Chiarla, will organize in Nice (France) the 1st Wuko World Cup (only for Clubs no National Teams) for Cadets, Juniors, Seniors & Masters (Veterans) and the 1st Wuko European Cup for Children.

Info competition programs and hotels (English Version)

Info competition programs and hotels (French Version)

Wuko Categories World Clubs Cup

Wuko Categories European Cup for Children

Wuko Rules in French language | Wuko Rules in Spanish language

 

Download entry Forms below:

 

Wuko Entry Form Children

Wuko Entry Form Individual

Wuko Entry Form Teams

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention: Novotel communicates that the rates reported on the programs have changed. Correct rates are: Single € 90,80; Double € 104,60; triples € 118,40 per night

 

PARTICIPATION FEES WORLD CUP for Cadets, Juniors, Seniors & Masters: 

 

Individuals > 20 €uros for  kumité or kata 

Individuals > 25 €uros  for kumité and kata

Teams > 30 €uros

 

PARTICIPATION FEES EUROPEAN CUP for Children: 

 

Individuals > 15 €uros for  kumité or kata 

Individuals > 20 €uros  for kumité and kata

 

 

The Shotokan Cup of Tigers

 

10th to 11th September, 2010

 

Uitenhage Indoor Sports Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW AFFILIATIONS 2010

 

MALTA
SKSM Malta


President: Chris Galea

 

USA
United States Karatedo, Martial Arts & Krav Hagana Foundation


President: Mel Sayavedra

 

BRASIL
Nambei - Org. of South American Karate Goju Kai


President: João Batista Barbosa Matos

 

INDIA
Shotokan Karate Indian Federation


President: Sadayan Siva

 

INDIA
International Budokan Karatedo Organization


President: Ravinder Kumar

 

INDIA
Dev Goju Ryu Karate International


President: Dev Anand

 

BRASIL
CONFEDERACAO DE KARATE BRASILEIRA - CKB


President: Robervaldo Ribamar Pereira

 

TURKMENISTAN
Hemra Karatedo Shotokan Turkmenistan - HKST


President: Velmyrat Gurbanmyradov

 

SPAIN
Shindokai Karate Kobudo Asociacion - SKKA


President: Jordi Ferrando Bladé

 

CHILE
Organizacion Internacional de Karate Shoto Ryu - OIKS


President: Americo Encinas Marcelino

 

SPAIN
Federacion Catalana de Kyokushinkai - FCK


President: Joaquin Valcanera

CANADA
Rajaguru Martial Arts Academy Inc. - RMAA


President: Ravindran Thangappan

 

BRASIL
Name: Federação Brasileira de Karate - FBK

President: Marcio Fuscaldo

 

SPAIN
Name: Federacion Espanola Unificada de Artes Marciales - FEUAM

President: Angel Martinez Duato

 

QATAR
Name: International Shotokan Karate Kodokai Association Qatar ISKKA - Q)

President: Farookh Sensei

 

SWITZERLAND
Name: Swiss Traditional Karate Do and Kobudo Federation (STKF)

President: Dr. David Milani

 

 

3rd Wuko World Championships Guadalajara Mexico

 

Mr. Akira Okamura Management Consultant in Kobe, has been appoited

Wuko Honorary Member

at the 3rd Wuko Congress in Guadalajara.

Congratulations from Wuko Directing Committee !

 

 

Ronnie Colwell, 9th Dan Wuko Honorary Member

 

 

 

CONGRESS

 

On the 20th November 2009, in the Congress Hall of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, at 6 p.m., took place the Wuko Extraordinary Congress, called to elect the new Directing Committee, which will be in office for the next 5 years.

The Wuko Founding Members with vote’s right and, by proxy, the two outgoing Vice Presidents, Angel Martinez Duato and Roberto Bani, as well as the Delegates of following organizations, attended the meeting:

Roy Fox (England), Bill Hair (Scotland Ska), Luigi Aschedamni (Italy), Darryl Williams (Trinidad & Tobago), Didier Chiarla (France), Dereck Pollock (Scotland), Soren Helsted (Denmark), Victor Manuel Enriquez Gamino (Mexico), Francisco Bezerra (Brazil Cbkb), Julio Hernaez (Spain), Juliana Braga (Brazil Ckib), Gustavo Zupan (Argentina), Enrique Welcker (Israel), Paul Danos (Usa), Juan Antonio De Leon (Panama), Eiji Ogasahara (Japan)

The meeting was open to the outgoing President Carlo Henke, who explained the reasons why the Wuko was refounded and an Extraordinary Congress was called: the lack of regular tax and book-keeping records conforming with the laws in force in the nation where the Wuko was founded.

Then the President explained the financial situation: the takings of the year 2009 amount to Euro 20.093,00, coming from the memberships of old and new organizations joining the Wuko, including the registration fees for the Childrens, Cadets & Juniors Championship held in guadalajara (Italy) from the 12th to the 14th June 2009. Deducting all the expenses there is a balance of Euro 8.251,41. The Congress passed the budget. The President exhorts all members, to specify always the object of payments, because it is difficult for the Secretariat to trace the origin of payments.

The Congress elected then for the next five years (2010-2014):

 

President: Carlo Henke (Italy)

1st Vice President: Didier Chiarla (France)

2nd Vice President: Gustavo Esteban Zupan (Argentina)

3rd Vice President: Luigi Aschedamini (Italy)

4th Vice President: Angel Martinez Duato (Spain)

5th Vice President: Darryl Williams (Trinidad & Tobago)

 

Auditors: Enrique Daniel Welcher (Israel); Francisco Lima Bezerra (Brazil). Supplente: Wayne Gayandeen (Trinidad & Tobago)

Afterwards the Congress approved also the minor changes of the Statute required by law. 

 

DIRECTING COMMITTEE

In the Hotel Guadalajara Plaza, on the 21st November 2009, at 9 a.m., took place the 1st Wuko-DC. Following decisions were passed:

 

1.  Wuko Chairmen: following Chairmen were confirmed:

 

Europe: Didier Chiarla (France)

Asia: Selvaraj Kothandan (India)

Africa: Michael Kliment (South Africa)

Pan America: Gustavo Esteban Zupan (Argentina)

Oceania: vacant

 

2.  Wuko Delegates: all the Delegates appointed in 2009 are confirmed. The Wuko-Dc thanks in particular the Mexican Delegate Victor Manuel Enriquez Gamino for the great effort shown in the organization of this 3rd Wuko World Championship in only 4 months. Following New Delegates has been appointed: Scotland: Dereck Pollock; USA: Paul Danos; Panama: Juan Antonio De Leon; Canada: Steven Paris; Granada: Joseph Boca; Trinidad & Tobago: Virginia Seebaran; Dubai: Fairoz P.; Qatar: Farokh Sensei; Netherlands: Jan Knobel, England: Roy Fox;

 

3.  Treasurer: as a guarantee for all Wuko Member Nations, the Director of the Cooperative Bank of Vicenza, branch of Chiavari, where the Wuko opened its official current account, has been appointed as Treasurer. Thanks to the Director Evro Margarita, 5th karate dan, for the helpfulness shown.

 

4. Referee Committee: the Wuko World Superintendent for Referees, Pierre Perez, proposed to the Wuko-DC the Chief Referee Vincenzo Ferri as his assistant. The Wuko-DC accepted the proposal and appointed the assistant. All the Wuko Chief Referees appointed in 2009 are confirmed.

 

5.  Wuko Events: all Wuko Events 2010 are confirmed. For the year 2011, France asked and was given the opportunity to organize the 4th Wuko Senior & Master(*) World Championship. It will be held in the prestigious Nice, on the Côte d’Azur, only few kilometers away from the Principality of Monaco. The Wuko-DC compliments the Vice Presidente Didier Chiarla, responsible for the organization of the event. The Wuko Chairmen interested have to make their proposals for the remaining Championships, in Asia, Africa, Pan America and Europe as soon as possible. (*) The name of the Category “Veterans” has been replaced with “Masters”.

 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WUKO SECRETARIAT

 

The Wuko Secretariat apologizes for the delay in the transmission of these information to the Member States, but on his return in Italy from Mexico, President Henke was hospitalized in Milan for a surgical operation prearranged long time ago and couldn’t ratify the documentation of the Congress and of the Directing Committee. The operation was successful and the President has already been discharged. The article with the sports report of this World Championship will be published next week.

 

Best regards!

Wuko Secretariat Office

 

Spanish Version

 

3rd WUKO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Great success in Guadalajara (Mexico), the 21st and 22nd November 2009, for the 3rd Wuko World Championship: 18 federations and 246 participants. Follow the results of the event:

 

Chronicle of 3rd Wuko World Championship

Results Wuko 3rd World Championship

Medals Table

 

 

 

STUPIDITY HAS NO LIMITS The President of one of the many world karate organization born in the last times keeps on writing libellous letters to our members, full of insults, falsities and lies. This man must be really afraid of being abandoned by the organizations that decided to stay with him. Such a stupidity can’t be explained otherwise. The statement of false things without confirmation or the prediction of facts that do not come true, amounts to contradicting himself when data are demonstrated by numbers and by takings as well as confirmed by the presents. Last spring this man coming from nowhere, without any history that could prove his merits in the world of karate, wrote that the Wuko mark would have been struck off the official registers, that the Wuko Championship in Mexico would have not taken place and that the President Carlo Henke would have had to pay millions of Euro for damages against other organizations. The Wuko Championship took place in Guadalajara, the President Henke has never received damages claims. What will think of this poor man the devotee of karate in the world, seeing the Wuko carrying on calmly its activity in the year 2010, 2015, 2020 and in years to come? They will think that he is a poor devil, coming from nowhere, who has not understood yet, that the in the world of karate one reaches the top for his merits, with his work, with facts and not with lies. We will not write a world against his organization, we will go calmly ours way, supported by esteemed and famous personalities as our Honorary President Eiji Ogasahara, 9th dan, by dozens of awards for our activity signed by Heads of state and prominent personalities from all over the world. Best wishes for their future, to the friends that joined this new organization. We remember them with love, we hope that they won’t have damages or chagrins on the way they chose. Time will tell, and people are not stupid. They can see values, honesty and ideals of the executives, they have learned to understand the difference between the latter-dayparvenus and the ones that have made a fine contribution to the world karate history. To all the karateka able to recognize themselves in this values, my best wishes for a future full of satisfactions within reciprocal friendship and cooperation.   Carlo Henke

 

 

MESSAGE OF THE HONORARY PRESIDENT 

Dear friends, 

as Wuko Honorary President I send you my best wishes for this great World Championship. We all love karate-do. As a result, also our organization loves karate-do. Our love helps establishing peace in the world: this is the image of our Wuko. 

I practice karate since almost 60 years. I was born and I grew up in an International city as Kobe. This is why I had the luck to teach karate to diplomats coming from France, America and other foreign nations. In 1964, when the Olympics were held in Tokyo, the French Government honored me with the first official invitation to teach karate in France. 

In that occasion I met President Jacques Delcourt: together we went around France. In 1970, in the occasion of the 1st Wuko World Championship, the French National team trained in my dojo before taking part to the World Championship. 

Afterwards the Wuko had to change its name to pursue an Olympic dream, but now we all know well how things have gone. Today the new Wuko has become a great organization thanks to the efforts of its President Carlo Henke and of the many valuable managers of the Wuko executive.

      

Many thanks to the Mexican Federation and to its President, Victor Manuel Enriquez for how they have been able to realize this World Championship in Guadalajara. I hope that this Championship will be an occasion to forge bonds of friendship among us all! I thank you all another time and wish you all the best.

  

The Wuko Honorary President  

 

Eiji Ogasahara   

 

 

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT

 

 

Carlo Henke

Wuko President

MESSAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT DUATO

Dear all my friends of Karate,
I'm writing you this email to let you know that I have received an offer to develop my work and ideas about Karate together with my FEUAM team in WUKO, of which I'm a founder member as I am in WUKF.
We have come a long way together and shared really good times. I will keep them in my memory and in my heart. Now I believe it's time for me to move on and rejoin my work and my path in WUKO, where I see a big deal of challenges and growth ahead.
I hope to count on your friendship as you can count on mine for sure, independently of the Worldwide organisation where we are.
If you want to know the specific motivations that have led me to take this decision, please do not hesitate to contact me.
I wish you all the very best and hope to meet you soon and share more good Karate moments together.
Kind regards,

Ángel M. Duato
President of FEUAM and Vice-president WUKO