400 participants including athletes and their coaches, England, Malta, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary, Croatia, Netherlands and Palestine,

for the first WTKA stage!

Three days of intense trainings, distributed in morning and afternoon sessions with great masters of international level such as Giorgio

Petrosian, Alfio Romanut, Armen Petrosian, Iwao Yoshioka and Raul Gutierrez.
Thursday afternoon, the sport hall is already

equipped: about 1000 square meters of tatami

laid out ready to receive the trainees. Plus two

halls of  300 square meters

Friday afternoon the first session start with master

Iwao Yoshioka for Karate, Raul Gutierrez for

personal defense and Adriano Mazzini for Muay

Thai and Kickboxing.

The classes love this so much so that the work

took over the time limit set in the program.

Then everybody ready for dinner in the central

square and finally the disco of the village.

Saturday morning begins early.

The sports hall is invaded by the participants. Giorgio, Armen and Alfio arrive. The boys go into ecstasies, autographs and photos

are a lot. The three are a great example of humility and availability and, on the tatami, three examples of professionalism.

Just as great Iwao Yoshioka and Raul Gutierrez, two figures of first order that  for three days enchant the audience with lofty lessons.

We start with a brief ceremony and presentation of the Masters.

The morning passes quickly, a lunch break and at 16.00 resumes activity.

All styles of defense together, followed from lessons of our teachers. Open the lesson Sergio Pulimeno, chief of Global Self Defense,

then Rosario Citarda for Krav Maga, Giacomo Vinci of Shorinji Kempo Ryu and finally Giuseppe Romeo, chief of Warpeedo sector.

The four express the best of their technical background, the three hours of joint activity are an important moment of cultural and

technical interchange linked to the world of personal defenses. Gutierrez appreciates the work the same.

Karate class alternate Yoshioka, Croatian Petar Turkovic, dutch Theo Theloesen and italians Alessandro Fasulo and Matteo Monnetti.

And also Saturday afternoon flowing nicely.

Sunday morning begins with the graduation of participants. A picture all together and ready for business.

Six areas of work: Karate with Yoshioka and Master Walter Meneghini, Kickboxing with the amazing trio of wonders Giorgio, Armen and

Alfio, self-defense with the excellent Gutierrez and for Street Fighting and ground fight masters Roberto Geri, Cesare Belluardo and Luca

Aiello. The great Luis Piqueras from Spain for military personnel defence. And finally Yoga and Shaolin with Shi-Heng Ding-and-Shifu

Shi Heng-Chan.
Cohesion spirit of true and sincere friendship have

characterized these three unforgettable days. What

happiness to see various groups and various

teachers and professors sharing their technical

opinions, sweating together on the tatami moved

from passion and meeting in the evening at a table,

laughing and joking like old friends.

WTKA continues to advocate these values that

distinguish and make ready for a great family and

gratifying, as it should be, all those who live martial

arts and combat sports at a time of aggregation,

friendship, exchange of values with a pure

competitive spirit and fair and respectful.

Thanks to all participants, carers, teachers present. And especially to friends from other countries especially to new friends in Malta,

Hungary and England.