WTKA – 2008 Marathon of Martial Arts
Posted on | March 28, 2008 | 5 Comments
I’m proud and honoured to invite you to the 4° edition of WTKA Open World Championships that will be held in Marina di Carrara from 21st to 26th October 2008.
With 5000 competitors coming from 78 countries from all 5 continents:
JAPAN, ITALY, GEORGIA, ENGLAND, IRELAND, BELGIUM, MACEDONIA, USA, SPAIN, HOLLAND, BRASIL, MEXICO, GERMANY, SWEDEN, FINLAND, DENMARK, ARMENIA, FRANCE, SCOTLAND, SOUTH AFRICA, CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, ISRAEL, CHILE, POLAND, SWITZERLAND, KOSOVO, BANGLADESH, ROMANIA, CANADA, CATALONIA, SLOVENIA, SENEGAL, IRAN, PALESTINE, AFGHANISTAN, AUSTRALIA, GREECE, HUNGARY, RUSSIA, EGYPT, ALBANIA, DOMINICANA REPUBLIC, UZBEKISTAN, PERU, NEW ZEALAND, COLOMBIA, BERMUDA, ARGENTINA, CAMERUN, NIGERIA, ECUADOR, PHILIPPINE, JORDAN, INDIA, LITUANIA, PAKISTAN, PORTUGAL, SRI LANKA, VENEZUELA, CROATIA, AUSTRIA, BULGARIA, TURKEY, SERBIA.
The greatest Martial Arts Tournament all over the world!!!
You are officially invite to attend the Championships.
The Championships will be Open to all Federations, Clubs and Organizations, Associations with an unlimited number of competitors without any restriction.
2008 WTKA World Championship will be held in Italy Marina di Carrara the beautiful location of last year.
Competitions will start officially Wednesday 22nd October after the Opening Ceremony.
You might already know that, 2 day prior to the start of the event, Referees Seminars will be held to define the guidelines for refereeing.
The Opening Ceremony will be more great than the last years. We are reserving a lot of surprises on that occasion as usual.
The Sport Halls is “Carrarafiere” complex: www.carrarafiere.com the great and innovative location of last year.
Carrarafiere is a great innovative building with more than 30.000 cover square metres. It is famous all around the world thanks to its services and events that are organized inside.
But this year we will have a more big competition area: 14.000 square metres! Because we are waiting 5000 competitors from any part of the world!!! So we will have at our disposal 2 great areas: pavillon “C” and pavillon “D”.
The pavillon “D” will be reserved to held “Exhibition Tournament”, some Fighting Finals, Miss WTKA, Demonstrations and other spectacular activities for the Televisions and Magazines.
Exhibition Tournament will be held over a great platform with a beautiful Oriental Choreograph and all Exhibition performances will be take by televisions and WTKA Film cameramen.
This year you will attend not only the WTKA World Championships but also the great “Marathon of Martial Arts” with 220 Official and 25 competition areas and 2 ring!!!!!!!!!
40 World Championships will take place: Karate, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Taekwondo, Traditional Forms, Free Styles Forms, Extreme Forms, Nippon Kempo, Breaking, Self defence Scenic, Street and Traditional, Submission Wrestling, Nunchaku Fightning, Weapons Fighting, Iaido etc.
Marina di Carrara is located in Tuscany in the middle between Sea and Alpi Apuane mountains closed to Pisa, Florence, Genova, Rome, Bologna and Milan Airports.
These are the specialties:
KARATE
? KATA
? KUMITE
? KARATE SELF DEFENCE
? KOBUDO
? POINT KARATE
KICKBOXING/THAI
? SEMI CONTACT
? LIGHT CONTACT
? KICK LIGHT
? FULL CONTACT
? LOW KICK
? MUAY THAI
? MUAY THAI LIGHT
? K 1
? K1 LIGHT
? SAVATE
ALL STYLES
? TRADITIONAL FORMS (with and without weapons)
? FREE STYLES FORMS (with and without weapons)
? EXTREME FORMS (with and without weapons)
? SELF DEFENCE
? SELF DEFENCE SCENIC
? STREET SELF DEFENCE
? WEAPONS FIGHTING
? NUNCHAKU FIGHTING
? NIPPON KEMPO
? SUBMISSION WRESTLING
? BREAKING
? IAIDO
KUNG FU
? TRADITIONAL FORMS (with and without weapons)
? FIGHTING
? TAI CHI
TAEKWONDO
? TRADITIONAL FORMS
? FIGHTING
You will find not only competition but also a lot of Special Events free of charge:
1. WTKA FILM “OVER THE TRIP” ABOUT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2. EXHIBITION 5000 $ PRIZE!!! “NEW RULES”
3. MISS WTKA!!!
4. WTKA OSCAR NIGHT GALA
5. OPENING CEREMONY
6. DAN GRADING EXAMINATION
7. STAGES
8. WTKA GRAN CHAMPION
9. NEW TROPHYES AND MEDALS
For any info please visit our website: www.wtkainternational.com here you will find all detailed information. Or contact our offices. Here you will find always someone of our Staff ready to help you in any way.
See you all again in October!
Sincerely your
Dr. Michele Panfietti
WTKA President