WKF President Mr. Antonio Espinós supervised the official visit to the city of Linz where the 2016 edition of the Karate World Championships will be held in October. 

WKF President Mr. Antonio Espinós headed the official visit to the city of Linz, where the 2016 edition of the Karate World Championships will be held in October. The WKF delegation inspected the venue of the host city of the big Karate event of the year, and received the progress report from the organising committee.

The TipSport Arena in Linz will be the venue of the 2016 Karate World Championships from October 25-30. The Austrian city will host the quest to crown the new kings and queens of Karate to be staged in four thrilling days of competition.

As the Karate 1-Premier League in Salzburg was ready to start, the WKF delegation, together with Austrian Karate Federation president Georg Russbacher travelled to Linz to hold a series of meetings with the organising committee of the 2016 Karate World Championships. Coordinated by the heads of the organising board Mr. Ewald Roth and Mr. Hans W. Streicher, the organising team communicated the excellent work of preparation which is being implemented in the Austrian city ahead of the outstanding event in October.

The top quality of the venue where the competition will take place as well as of the convention center which will hold the WKF World Congress, together with the intense and effective actions carried out by the local organisers guarantee the memorable event to cause a sensation next October.

(Picture: From left to right: The heads of the organising committe Mr. Ewald Roth and Mr. Hans W. Streicher, WKF President Mr. Antonio Espinós and Austrian Karate Federation President Georg Russbacher)