West Bengal Kyokushin Karate Championship 2023: Participating Clubs, Key Athletes, Schedule

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Clubs from all across the state, from Alipurduar in the north all the way to Thakurpukur in the southern fringes of Kolkata, have confirmed participation in the first-ever West Bengal State Full Contact Karate Championship 2023.

The competition is scheduled between December 16-17, 2023 at the city's Kishore Bharati Krirangan.

Mike's Martial Arts, a participating club as well as the hosts and organisers, also released the fixtures for the championship, which will see under-14 category bouts on day one Saturday, while all above age-group categories including adult category bouts will take place on Sunday.

The Championship is being supported by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, the Government of West Bengal and the FIT India Movement.

Clubs participating in the West Bengal Karate Championship

Some prominent Kyokushin (full contact Karate style of stand-up fighting originating in Japan) Karate clubs whose Karatekas will descend at the Kishore Bharati over the weekend in the City of Joy.

Some of the eminent teams and clubs include Bankura Martial Arts Club, Karate & Fitness Academy (Birubhum), Kyokushin Kan India (Raniganj, Paschim Bardhaman), TPG Public School of Kumite (Kalyani, Nadia), Masutatsu Oyama Karate Organization (North 24 Parganas), Mas Oyama Karate Do Academy (Purba Bardhaman), Kyokushin IOK Sonoda (Panihati, Kolkata) as well as teams from Kharagpur and Alipurduar.

Besides the hosts Mike's Martial Arts, five other clubs from Kolkata including Mukundapur Karate Academy, Northern Park and Full Contact Martial Arts Academy have also confirmed participation.

The two days will see close to 200 Karatekas, including black belts in the adult categories, compete in the 48-event categories. All of the top four players in each category will be awarded with prizes.

Key Participants

Rishika Banerjee (Female), Sneha Samanta (Female), Babu Biswas, Akash Sarkar, Debapriya Mondal, Suman Das, Akshay Mondal, Akhilesh Modak, Kaushik Mandal, Aparajita Banerjee (Female), Jemari Munda (Female) and Swaralipi Chatterjee (Female) who is a junior black belt are among the prominent competitors who will be taking part in the tournament.

All these black belts will be fighting and competing in various categories including a "black belts only" kata event.

(with inputs from agency)