From November 11 to 13, with a great success, the “III JKA Pan American Karate Championship” took place in Santiago, Chile at the facilities of the Chilean Olympic Committee supervised by the South American JKA, which is the first international event to be held after the C19 pandemic.

The JKA National Teams of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and guests from North America, Mexico and the Unites States.

The championship was organized by JKA Chile, its Chief Instructor Jaime Agliati being the President of the Organizing Committee.

The event was fully covered by a broadcast via streaming for all of America and was supervised by Shihan Mitsuo Inoue, President of the South American JKA, accompanied by Shihan Yoshizo Machida and Isami Shiroma.

The work and commitment of the large number of participants from the 12 countries that attended the competing in all the official categories of JKA/HQ from Junior, Youth and Adults and Senio´s as well as Instructors, Judges and Managers of each country are recognized.

JKA CHILE congratulates the winners and all those who were part of this great event, highlighting the participation of the Adult categories (21-39 years old).

 

ADULT CATEGORY RESULTS

Female Individual Kata

1.  Manuela Spessatto (Brasil)
2. Aimi Larrosa (Paraguay)
3. Cristiane Babinski (Brasil)

Female Individual Kumite

1. Samanta Martello (Brasil)
2. Barbara Huaiquiman (Chile)
3. Constanza Paredes (Chile) – Amanda Escobar (Chile)

Male Individual Kata

1. Federico Hussein (Argentina)
2. Marcelo Monzón (Argentina)
3. Carlos Ferreira (Argentina)

Male Individual Kumite

1. Rodrigo Rojas (Chile)
2. Marcelo Monzón (Argentina)
3. Diego Andrade (Brasil) – Oscar Arancibia (Chile)

Female Kata Team

1. Brasil
2. Argentina
3. Chile

Female Kumite Team

1. Chile
2. Brasil
3. Uruguay – Argentina

Male Kata Team

1. Argentina
2. Chile
3. Brasil

Male Kumite Team

1. Chile
2. Brasil
3. Uruguay – Argentina