Trinidad and Tobago Karate Union

Karate in Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago Karate Union
Sport	Karate
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	TTKU
Affiliation	World Karate Federation (WKF)
Regional affiliation	Panamerican Karate Federation

The Trinidad and Tobago Karate Union (TTKU) is the National Governing Body for the sport of Karate in Trinidad and Tobago.^[1]^[2]^[3] The TTKU is affiliated to the World Karate Federation (WKF) which is the only world karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee.

Founding member clubs

Wesley D. Shim - IKDTT (TKA)
Neville Mason - S.K.I.F.T.T.
Anthony Sydney - GKD
Cosmos Simpson - TTSKD
Zaid Mohammed - JKO Trinidad
Selwyn TomPack - UWI Karate Club

TTKU member clubs

UWI Karate Club - Selwyn Tompack
Trinidad Assosciated Schools of Karate (TASK) - Anthony Peters
Tobago Shotokan Karate Club (TSKC) - Arthur Morris
Trinity Almighty Karatekas (TAK) - Simeon Stanisclaus
Kachi Make - Curtis Carrera
Shotokan Karate International Federation of Trinidad & Tobago (S.K.I.F.T.T.) - Neville Mason
OSKK - Cuthbert Hicks
Taekajudo Martial Arts Academy (TMAA) - Junior Codrington
Trinidad and Tobago Shotokan Karate Dojo (TTSKD) - Cosmos Simpsom
World Karate Association - Trinidad & Tobago (WKA-TT) Ricardo Wooding
International Karate Daigaku of Trinidad & Tobago (TKA) - Wesley Dexter Shim
International Shotokan Karate Federation Trinidad & Tobago (ISKF-TT) - Michael Alexander
Kanazawa Shotokan Karate International Federation - (KSKIF) Andrew Patrick
Shuko-Kai International Trinidad & Tobago - Archie Leiba
Shotokan Karate Kobudo Kai - Rae Johnson
Trinidad and Tobago Sport Martial Arts Elite (Team Elite Karate) - Barry Winter

International competition

The TTKU since its inception has fielded formidable international competitors. In 2001, Trinidad hosted the PKF Pan American Junior Championships with 2 athletes, Richard Djerf and Brendon Strong winning gold in kumite. Strong also won a silver medal in kumite at the Pan American Senior Championships in 2005.

In 2006 TTKU won its first medal for karate at the Central American and Caribbean Games in the women's team kata, capturing a bronze medal. In the 2010 games a silver was captured by Kwame Kinsale in the +84 kg kumite division which then qualified him for the Pan American Games in 2011, a first for Trinidad and Tobago karate.

In 2011 Trinidad amassed a total of 10 medals at the Central American and Caribbean Karate Federation Championships in Barbados. That same year, Zachary Alexander represented Trinidad at the Welsh Open winning a bronze medal in adult male kata.

References

^ "Karate Union looks towards the future". 6 August 2015.
^ "Karate Union ban it's [sic] members from Pan Am Cup – USPORTT". usportt.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08.
^ "TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO KARATE UNION". Team TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee. 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

External links

Official website

National members of the World Karate Federation

Countries, teams, association and federation actively joining WKF World Championships.

Europe (EKF)

ALB
AND
ARM
AUT
AZE
BEL
BGR
BIH
BLR
CHE
CYP
CZE
DEU
DNK
England
ESP
EST
FIN
FRA
GBR
GEO
GRE
HRV
HUN
IRL
ISL
ISR
ITA
KOS
LIE
LTU
LUX
LVA
MCO
MDA
MKD
MLT
MNE
Northern Ireland
NLD
NOR
POL
PRT
ROU
RUS
Scotland
SMR
SRB
SVK
SVN
SWE
TUR
UKR
Wales

Asian (AKF)

South-East	BRU CAM INA LAO MAS MYA PHI SIN THA TLS VIE
West	BRH IRI IRQ JOR KUW LIB OMA PLE QAT KSA SYR UAE YEM
East	CHN PRK KOR JPN TPE HKG MAC MGL
Central	KAZ KGZ TJK TKM UZB
South	AFG BAN BHU IND MDV NEP PAK SRI