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Latest BKF News
A BKF Thank You to Blitz
The
British Karate Federation would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Blitz for
its sterling support of our recent International Open Championships (held in
Motherwell) as well as our forthcoming BKF Four Nations scheduled for May
2020 in Peterlee. Notably, Blitz has kindly gifted eight sets of Tatami mats
to the BKF.
Blitz have also clothed a select team of BKF athletes and
coaches - each has an excellent Gi, track suit and a full set of Kumite
pads.
Hence, Blitz has helped the BKF to host excellent Championships
and facilitated our athletes and their supporting team to attend
international tournaments.
BKF Championships Dates and Venues Announced
The
dates and venues for the BKF Four Nations Championships and the BKF
International Open Tournament have been released.
The BKF Four Nations will take place 16-17th May 2020 at East Durham College.
The BKF International Open will be held in the amazing Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Park, London, on Sunday 27th September ...
BKF Achieves Tier 2 UK Sport Code for Sports Governance
The BKF
President, Roger Williams, has today been informed that the British Karate
Federation has successfully completed and now complies with Tier 2 of the UK
Sport Code for Sports Governance.
Congratulations to the BKF President, the BKF Board and team involved for all their hard work in making this possible. This is a huge step forward for the BKF and we look forward to working more closely with UK Sport.
Announcement of National Coaches for Olympic Qualification Tournament
The
British Karate Federation following their recent recruitment process are
delighted to announce the appointment of the two performance coaches for the
up coming Olympic Qualification tournament ...
Junior World Medals from Chile 2019
Congratulations
to Scotland's Jacob Smart and Niamh Junner plus England's
Brandon Carr on winning Bronze Medals at the 2019 Junior World Karate
Championships held in Santiago, Chile...
New Independent Directors appointed to the BKF Board
The
BKF President and Board would like to welcome the new independent directors
to the BKF, Marina Hallworth, Andrew Price and Ben McLean.
The new directors bring a wealth of experience to the Board and the BKF looks forward to working with the new directors...
Selection Criteria for Olympic Qualification Tournament
The British
Karate Federation announce the selection criteria for Paris 2020
Qualification Tournament.
With the Olympic Games less than one year away the BKF have published its criteria for selection for the 2020 Olympic Qualification event taking place in Paris in May....
British Karate Federation seeks to appoint coaches for the Olympic Qualification process
With the Olympic Games less
than one year away the BKF have commenced a
process to identify and recruit coaches to support the Olympic qualification
process for Great Britain athletes...
European Games 2019 - BKF Chief Referee Report
It
was a privilege to be classed in Europe’s best 22 Referees and to be
selected to represent Britain at the European Games...
Minsk 2nd European Games 2019
Joe Kellaway and Amy Connell made history by being the first British senior athletes to qualify for the
European Games which were held in Minsk. These games are a continental event with multiple sports participating.
To give you an idea of the scale of this event, there was over 4200 athletes, 2000 performance staff,
18000 accredited people (volunteers, village staff, transport etc) it is
the second biggest IOC event behind the summer Olympic Games. The WKF
described the games as “the most important for karate” and “the spotlight of
the IOC is upon us”...