The online registration of athletes for the 22nd World Senior Championships in Bremen has now closed and the names of the participants are disclosed.Over the next week, all karate eyes will turn to Bremen, Germany.

    From Wednesday 5th to Sunday 9th of November, around 900 athletes from at least 107 nations will compete to become the new World Karate Champions of one of the 16 existing categories. In individual categories, 8 champions of the last edition in Paris two years ago, will fight to hold on to their title of world champions, namely Alexandra Recchia (France, Fem -50Kg), Lucie Ignace (France, Fem -55Kg), Kayo Someya (Japan, Fem -68Kg), Nadège Ait Ibrahim (France, Fem +68Kg), Antonio Diaz (Venezuela, Male Kata), Magdy Hanafy (Egypt, Male -67Kg), Luigi Busa (Italy, Male -75 Kg) and Enes Erkan (Turkey, Male +84Kg).Along with the reigning World Champions, most of the Grand Winners of 2014 season will also be present in Bremen. The French Alexandra Recchia is the only athlete with both titles.

   The other Grand Winners, Sara Cardin (Italy, Fem -55Kg), Anita Serogina (Ukraine, Fem -61Kg), Inga Sheroziya (Russia, Fem -68Kg), Helena Kuusisto (Finland, Fem +68Kg), Vu Duc Minh Dack (France, Male Kata), Luca Maresca (Italy, Male -60Kg), Dome Szegedi (Hungary, Male -67Kg), Stanislav Horuna (Ukraine, Male -75kg) and Berat Jakupi (FYR of Macedonia, Male -84Kg), will thus fight to win their first world title in the senior category.