World Karate Federation’s Continuous Efforts & Poker
World Karate Federation’s Continuous Efforts
The World Karate Federation has been steadfast in not just promoting Karate as a sport but also an essential tool for the development and increased performance of many individuals. In a recent report in WKF.net, “For the first time, a German Sports Federation (the German Karate Federation), will sign an agreement to cooperate with 16 000 youth fire-brigade bases in Germany.” It is also ongoing in its efforts to include Karate as a competition sport for the 2020 Olympics. “At the next IOC Executive meeting in late May in St. Petersburg, our martial art is given the opportunity to reapply with the rings as well as other applicants sports squash, baseball / softball, rock climbing, roller sports, wakeboard and wushu. A final decision on which sport is the future at the Olympics, then falls during the vote at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in September,” reports Karate.de, the official website for the German Karate Association.
Sports is already something inculcated in humanity, and the more we develop, the more different sports get re-evaluated, reinvented, and even recurring in the popularity spotlight. The International Olympic Committee has been having both commendations and criticisms for their recent decisions regarding many sports as can be seen in the report by the German Karate Association and other Karate-themed news sites. Along with Karate aiming to be part of the next Olympic line-up of events, already well-respected sports like baseball and squash are in competing bids to join the world’s biggest competition of brawn and skills. On another side, aspiring sports like poker, which have been gaining vast momentum in European countries like Germany, France, and the UK, have been gaining ground being recently recognized by the International Mind Sports Association which is highly regarded by the IOC. “I am delighted to welcome the International Federation of Poker into membership of IMSA,” said IMSA President Jose Damiani in a report by PokerNewsDaily.com. “Poker’s participation alongside bridge, chess and other mind sports in the annual IMSA events will demonstrate to the world that poker is indeed a mind sport of strategic skill.” Efforts by many community sites like de.partypoker.com/ are certainly paying off, since it’s them who mostly provide easier yet safer access to poker competitions online and conducting internationally recognized tournaments in Berlin, Paris, Cannes, and almost all parts of the world.
In more recent positive developments, Tom Degun of InsideTheGames.biz reports, “The World Karate Federation (WKF) campaign to join the 2020 Olympics programme has received a boost after the national teams of Turkey, Japan and Spain, the three countries bidding to host the 2020 Games, pledged their support.” Germany, through it’s Karate Association website, is also asking for support so to help Karate’s bid to be considered as an Olympic sport. If that’s not active enough for karate in Germany, WKF reports, “With the slogan ‘Fit for fire - through Karate’, the Coaches of the German Karate Federation will instruct the 260 000 members of the youth fire fighters and will prepare them for tasks in the future as fire fighters.”