WTKA World Championships &

Martial Arts Marathon 2009

November 4-8, 2009

CarraraFiere Complex

Marina di Carrara, Italy

Dear Members & Friends,

We are proud and honoured to invite you to the 5° edition of WTKA Open World Championships that will

be held in Marina di Carrara, in the beautiful CarraraFiere Complex, from 4th to 8th November 2009.

With 5000 competitors coming from 78 countries from all 5 continents:

Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda,

Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameron, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,

Holland, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo,

Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,

Palestine, Peru, Philippine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia,

Slovenia, South Africa, Spain,  Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan,

Venezuela, Wales.

You are officially invited to attend the Championships with your Teams.

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 a beautiful location!!!

Marina di Carrara is located in Tuscany very closed to Pisa, Florence, Genova, Turin, Rome, Bologna and

Milan Airports.

Marina di Carrara is closed to beautiful Pisa, Florence, Lucca and above all "the Cinque Terre" (under the

Patronage of Unesco),they are a kingdom of nature and wild scents maintained as in the past. To visit the

Cinque Terre means to visit five villages suspended between sea and earth, clinging on to cliffs and

surrounded by green hills.

And again Lunigiana a very particular land that keeps intact the evidences of its feudal history and, at the

same time, preserves an unspoilt nature, quite completely free from industrial pollution.

Genoa with the famous Acquario di Genova, Europe's largest aquarium is one of Genoa's biggest draws

and a must-see for travelers with children. The structure alone is remarkable, resembling a ship and built

alongside a pier in the old harbor.

And Turin with its great history and the world famous Egyptian Museum. The Museo delle Antichità Egizie is the only museum other than the Cairo Museum that is dedicated solely to Egyptian art and culture. Many international scholars, since the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jean-François Champollion, who came to Turin in 1824, spend much time pouring over the collections. It was Champollion who famously wrote, “The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin”.   Competitions will start officially Thursday 5th November 2009 after the Opening Ceremony. You might already know that, 2 day prior to the start of the event, Officials Seminars will be held to define the guidelines for refereeing.   The Opening Ceremony will be more beautiful than the last years.   We are reserving a lot of surprises on that occasion as usual.

The Sport Halls is “CARRARAFIERE” complex:

the great and innovative building of last here!

CarraraFiere Sport Hall is a great and modern building with more than 30.000 cover square meters. It is

famous in the world thanks to its services and events that are organized inside. Here you will find

Restaurants, Bars, Meetings Rooms, Bank Services, Wi-Fi area and every kind of support. And again

Stages, Seminars, Dan Grading Examinations, Exhibition Tournament, Miss World WTKA and

Oscar Gala will be held over a great platform with a beautiful Oriental Choreograph and all Exhibition

performances will be recorded by main Italian and international televisions as last year.

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.

These are the specialties:

- Kata

- Kumite

- Karate Self Defense

- Kobudo

- Point Karate

- Point Fighting - Semi Contact

- Continuous Fighting - Light Contact

- Continuous Low Kick Fighting- Low Kick Light

- Full Contact

- K 1

- Muay Thai

- Traditional Forms (with and without weapons)

- Free Styles Forms (with and without weapons)

- Extreme Forms (with and without weapons)

- Traditional Self Defense

- Scenic Self Defense

- Street Self Defense

- Weapons Fighting

- Total Free Light Combat

- Submission Wrestling

- Breaking

- Iaido

- Traditional Forms (with and without weapons)

- Fighting

- Tai Chi

- Traditional Forms

- Fighting

AND MANY OTHER EVENTS THAT WE ARE ORGANIZING FOR ALL DELEGATIONS !!!!

For any info please visit our website: www.wtkainternational.com In few days the official World

Championships website will be online. Here you will find all necessary information.

Or contact our offices.

Tel. +39 0585 861280

Tel & Fax +39 0585 240851

Mobile +39 339 4117737

Here you will find always someone of our Staff ready to help you in any way.

See you all again in November!

Dr. Michele Panfietti

WTKA President

Dr. Cristiano Radicchi

Organizing Committee
 

- From the WTKA with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

Subject to change

(2/14/09)