European Karate Championships

In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which was at that stage, an associated member of the Judo Federation.

In 1963, he invited six other known European federations (Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Spain) to come to France for the first-ever international karate event.

[2] By 1965, the European Karate Union was created with Jacques Delcourt voted in as President.

With opinions ranging from excessive violations of rules to lack of conditioning and blocking skill, this problem was addressed in some part, at the first referee course held in Rome.

The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 2000 European Karate Cadet, Junior and U21 Championships: