It was more than 50 people that took part in the autumn referee seminar of the BKKF between the 9th and 11th of September, which was hosted by karate kyokushin club “Kyokushin” – city of Shumen.
The first day was dedicated to theory as the drill was to refresh memory on main situations from the official rulebook. The discussion focused on the different aspects of refereeing in international organizations.
The second day started with a climb of the 1300 stirs to the monument “Founders of the Bulgarian State” and after that the practical training began with reviews of close calls from past competitions. All referees stepped on the tatami and led a few improvised matchups each. This was courtesy to the karateka of the sports club “Kyokushin” – city of Shumen, who went on for an hour of sparring pretending it was a real competition.
In the evening there was an unplanned general assembly of the BKKF members who voted three new clubs in. These are: SC “Nihonto” – city of Varna, headed by Zahari Damyanov, SC “Kyokushinkan – Nesebar” – town of Nesebar headed by Tihomir Petrov and Georgi Vasilev and SC “Dojo” – town of Silistra headed by Stanimir Mihalev. With the newly admitted members, the count of clubs at the BKKF reached 42.
The new karate season started explosively – on September 17th in Veliko Tarnovo the National Tournament for the “Tsarevets” Cup will be held for children between 12 and 14 years of age. On October 1st, the town of Pernik will host, for the very first time, the kyokushin karate competition for children between 8 and 10 years old – kumite. In parallel to that, in the city of London a part of our male and female teams will try its chances for medals at the British Open Championship. We expect a very strong competition, which will be attended by many European Championship prize winners. Only a week after that, the town of Gabrovo will host the national Championship for men and women, after that we will see the “Cherno More” Cup in the city of Varna on the 22nd of October for junior men and women, cadets up to 21 years old and male shiken – shobu. In the same time, a part of the National Team of junior male and female will take part in a highly contested tournament in Hungary.
The preparation for the Fifth World Championship for children and juniors of age between 12 and 17 years old, which will be co-hosted by the Bulgarian Karate Kyokushin Federation and the Kyokushin World Union, which will be held in the “Congress” arena at the Palace of Culture and Sports of the city of Varna on December 3rd and 4th.
