Japanese Dominate the Kata World

Japanese Dominate the Kata World Championships

18th June 2011.

 At the Kata World Championships, Japanese athletes have shown their supremacy very clearly.

They won all five kata competitions and this with a large margin, proving that they are still the reference in that domain. The Iranian team showed also some strong skills, winning the most medals overall. Behind Japan and Iran, the medals were "expensive", and only Italy with two medals, Romania and Spain, each with one, could reach the podium.

A total of 121 couples from 25 nations took part in the five kata competitions.

Nage No Kata (Final)                                                                                                          

1 - JPN   SAKAMOTO Michito - YOKOYAMA Takayuki

2 - IRI      NODEHI Mohammadali - FARZANEH HESARI Amir

3 - IRI      FARIDIVOSOUGH Fathollah - KARIMINASER Hamidreza

Katame No Kata (Final)                                                                                                     

1 - JPN   KOMURO Koji - TAKANO Kenji

2 - IRI      BAJELAN Mojtaba - ROUHANI ES FAHANI Sayed Reza

3 - ITA    PROIETTI Stefano - DI LELLO Stefano

Kime No Kata (Final)                                                                                                          

1 - JPN   TAKEISHI Kenji - UEMATSU Koji

2 - IRI      VALINIA Amir - GHADERI GARAKANI Jafarali

3 - IRI      MAHMOODI Seyed Hossein - ROSHANAIE Hassan

Juno Kata (Final)                                                                                                                 

1 - JPN   YOKOYAMA Etsuko - OMORI Chigusa

2 - IRI      SALARI Mohammad Hasan - SAHRAEI Mohammad Reza

4 - ROU  ZAHARIA Alina - CHERU Alina

Goshin Jutsu (Final)                                                                                                           

1 - JPN   HAMANA Tomoo - YAMAZAKI Masayoshi

2 - ITA    VOLPI Ubaldo - CALDERINI Maurizio

3 - ESP  VERANO  Jesus - GONZALEZ  Maximo