International Sport Karate Association

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The International Sport Karate Association ( ISKA ) or International Sport Kickboxing Association is a martial arts organization. Kickboxing fights and the ISKA world championships are held here. ISKA's headquarters are in Newberry , Florida . The president is Cory Schafer. President of ISKA Germany is Davut Sidal. Current officials include Jürgen Leidel (full contact national trainer men) and Tina Schüßler ISKA national trainer women (ringsports).

history

Christine Theiss with the ISKA and WKU belts

The first karate organizations such as the WAKO , the WKA or the PKA came into being in the early 1970s . At the beginning all martial arts were called karate , until later a more precise differentiation was made, e.g. B. in Thai boxing , kickboxing or K-1 .

After various disputes in the Professional Karate Association (PKA), the ISKA was founded in 1985 by former PKA members. The first director was Mike Sawyer. The ISKA was able to establish itself quickly, and those responsible managed to address a large audience with the US TV broadcaster ESPN . ESPN previously had a TV contract with the PKA.

Every summer, ISKA holds the US Open ISKA World Martial Arts Championships in Disneyworld . It is considered to be one of the largest martial arts events worldwide.

After the fall of the Iron Curtain , the ISKA was the first kickboxing association to spread to Eastern Europe .

In 2012 the martial arts event Steko's Fight Night was carried out according to the rules of the ISKA world association. The Steko's Fight Night is the largest kickboxing event in Germany.

Disciplines

Florian Pavic ISKA World Champion 2012

In the ISKA, the competition disciplines semi-contact kickboxing , light contact kickboxing and full contact kickboxing are fought. It is fought with hand and foot protectors. A groin guard and face mask are compulsory in competition. There are also the disciplines of form skating with music ( kata ), aero kicks, MMA , sanda and grappling . The most famous ISKA world champions are currently Christine Theiss and Florian Pavic .

Weight classes

There are a total of twenty different weight classes for men in ISKA. These are:

  • Super atomic weight ≤50.5 kg
  • Flyweight 50.6-51.8 kg
  • Super flyweight 51.9-53.2 kg
  • Bantamweight 53.3-54.5 kg
  • Superbantamweight 54.6-56.4 kg
  • Featherweight 56.5-58.2 kg
  • Lightweight 58.3–60.0 kg
  • Super light weight 60.1-62.3 kg
  • Light welterweight 62.4–64.5 kg
  • Welterweight 64.6-66.8 kg
  • Super welterweight 66.9-69.5 kg
  • Light middle weight 69.6-72.3 kg
  • Middleweight 72.4-75.0 kg
  • Supermiddleweight 75.1-78.1 kg
  • Light heavy weight 78.2-81.4 kg
  • Light cruiser weight 81.5-84.6 kg
  • Cruiser weight 84.7-88.2 kg
  • Supercruiserweight 88.3-91.8 kg
  • Heavyweight 91.9-96.4 kg
  • Superheavyweight ≥96.5 kg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ISKA website. Retrieved on October 25, 2012 (English, see logo).
  2. ↑ ISKA EUROPE | International Sport Kickboxing Association. Retrieved on October 25, 2012 (English, see logo).
  3. ↑ ISKA ASIA. Retrieved October 25, 2012 .
  4. ↑ http://iskaworldhq.com/contact/
  5. ↑ iska-german
  6. ↑ stekos-fight-night , accessed on October 25, 2012.
  7. ^ Iska-Florian Pavic