Outline of the Tournament
Name: The 7th World Karate Championship in Weight Categories
Date: September 24 & 25 (Sat. & Sun.), 2022.
Venue: Hala Legionów, ul. Leszka Drogosza 2, 25-093 Kielce, Poland. OBS Samma hall för både tävlingen och WKO Seminarium.
Organizer: Organizing Committee of the 7th World Karate Championships in weight categories,
NPO World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai, Polish Shinkyokushinkai Karate Federation
Competitors: 204 selected fighters (136 men and 68 women) from 10 regions of the world
Tournament Style: Full Contact Karate tournament in weight categories
General Schedule
September 21st (Wed.)-Arrival of WKO Board Members, Auditors, Committee Members in Poland September 22nd (Thu.)-WKO Board Meeting, Committee Meetings, arrival of Branch Chiefs/Contacts and Competitors in Poland
September 23rd (Fri.)-Referee Meeting, Information Meeting & Weighing for Competitors
September 24th (Sat.)-Tournament 1st Day (early rounds, bouts on 2 courts)
September 25th (Sun.)-Tournament 2nd Day (late rounds to Final, bouts on 1 court), Sayonara Party September 26th (Mon.)-WKO General Assembly, Competitors check-out and depart Poland
September 27th (Tue.)-World Karate Seminar 1st Day, Branch Chiefs/Contacts not participating in the seminar check-out and depart Poland
September 28th (Wed.)-World Karate Seminar 2nd Day (Grading Exam)
September 29th (Thu.)-World Karate Seminar participants depart Poland (no training on this day)
Official Hotel 1 (for WKO Board, Auditors and Committee and competitors):
Hotel Binkowski, Wojciecha Szczepaniaka 42, 25-043 Kielce, Poland (100 m from Sports Hall).
Official Hotel 2 (for Branch Chiefs/Contacts and competitors):
Grand Hotel, ul Sienkiewicz 78, 25-501 Kielce, Poland, (2 km from the Sports Hall).
* Both hotels are within a 30 minute walk (approximately 3 km) of each other.
Please confirm that the price for the World Karate Seminar was decided as USD$350.
This means that the 30% cancel charge will be USD$105, and the 50% cancel charge will be USD$175.
SWEDISH KARATE KYOKUSHINKAI
Michael Söderkvist
Country Representative