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It followed this with a second world championships a year later in Tampa, Florida. During the 1980s the world championships were held every other year except for in 1985 when a feud within the W.A.K.O. organization led to two versions of the championships being held on the same date – one in London, the other in Budapest. [2]
WAKO World Championships 2007 Belgrade (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "WAKO Amateur World Championships events" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
List of WAKO Amateur European Championships This page was last edited on 10 March 2011, at 22:14 (UTC). Text is ...
WAKO holds a world championship every two years, with youth (18 and under) and adult (18–45) championships in separate years; only national teams are accepted. Each member country can present only one competitor in each weight class.
The first W.A.K.O. Amateur European Championships were organized by George Bruckner and held in Vienna in 1977 [1] and between 1977 and 1982 the organization held a European Championships each year. W.A.K.O. began to change the timing of the championships after 1982, making sure that they were every two years, thus (generally) falling between ...
Similar to the European championships, the worlds had seven weight divisions for amateur men only, with all bouts fought under Full-Contact kickboxing rules. More detail on Full-Contact's rules-set can be found at the W.A.K.O. website, although be aware that the rules have changed since 1978. [4]
It was the third world championships to be held in London, involving amateur men and women from twenty-eight countries across the world. There were three styles on offer; Semi-Contact, Light-Contact and Musical Forms, and for the first time since Milan 1981, there would be no Full-Contact kickboxing competition at a W.A.K.O. world championships.
The championships were open to amateur men and women from across the world, with about roughly 48 countries providing around 350 athletes (although some would be denied Visas), who all attended despite initial fears about potential terrorist attacks. [1] [2] There were three styles on offer at Agadir; Low-Kick, Thai-Boxing and Musical Forms ...