According to IRNA; General Assembly of the Karate Federation, on Monday, with attendance Seyyed Mohammad Poladgar Deputy Minister of Championship Sports Development, Ministry of Sports. Kikavos Saidi representative of the National Olympic Committee, Arash Farhadian The head of the federations’ joint affairs office, Seyyed Hasan Tabatabai The President of the Karate Federation, other officials of the Federation and members of the assembly were held.
Poladager said during this forum: “We are very sorry that this discipline was removed from the Olympics and I hope it will enter this big event again.” For the return of karate to the Olympics, the activity of only one country is not useful, and the international community must make a decision, and if it prevents the dispersion of styles, this will happen again.
The Vice-Chancellor and Professional Sports Development of the Ministry of Sports stated: There are issues in karate that I want Tabatabai to follow up. Five provinces have supervisors, and he determined the tasks of these provinces and took action for them. It is a pity that karate, as a popular discipline, has problems under the supervision of some boards.
Poladager stated: As an Iranian, I know that the presence of karate in the Olympics will make us successful, but this multiplicity of styles in karate is a tragedy and we must help to eliminate this multiplicity of styles.
Then Tabatabai, the president of the Karate Federation, said: Last year was full of ups and downs for Karate, and of course, by participating in the Olympics, it was a historic year, and fortunately, we won the best medal. We became the world champion many times and we became the world team committee champion three times, which is due to the efforts of the coaches and the karate community.
He added: In December, we sent the national teams to the Asian Games in Kazakhstan under the conditions of Corona and with special protocols. Usually, competitions for basic and adult categories are held separately, but due to the bubble created in this course, we saw the holding of competitions for teenagers, youth, Omid and adults at the same time. We sent a caravan with 107 people and luckily we won the championship.
The president of the karate federation said: We have the world championships of the basic categories in December and the Asian championships in January, and the camps will start gradually. There is not a week that we don’t have different competitions and selections within the camp. We organized the Super League and Karate Ones, which are held at the basic levels throughout the country.
He continued: “Wherever we encountered problems, the Ministry of Sports helped us.” I would like to thank Seyed Hamid Sajjadi personally as Minister of Sports. In the Olympic Committee, Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri was always by our side, and I congratulate the election of Mahmoud Khosraviwafa, which happened yesterday.