The Lebanese Karate Federation will open the 2023 season by organizing the Lebanese Junior Championship on Sunday January 15th, at the Palazzo dello Sport – Mont La Salle, which will also host the Lebanese Adult Championship on January 22nd, which will be held under the auspices of the Japanese embassy. The two tournaments are overseen by Lebanese-Canadian international referee Nabil Taqo, who has the highest referee rank in the world (Kumita Referee A and Kata Kata A Judge). Tako will also lecture in a specialized course for referees organized by the Lebanese Federation in the General Security Room (Camille Chamoun Sports City) on Friday and Saturday 12 and 14 of this year, during which he will deal with the latest developments in the international Federation regulations of Karate (WKF) relating to the laws of kata and kumite (fighting).
