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Austria? Mozart, the Alps, Wiener schnitzel…    The last thing coming to my mind is Taekwondo, and it’s understandable.  “Unfortunately, Taekwondo isn’t that popular. Austrians love skiing and playing football” — explains Carmina, the only girl representing this sport on behalf of the University of Vienna.   There are a lot of..

Karate is a sport with the most competitors in Zagreb, so the day in Bojan Stranić” hall was full of interesting fights and katas.    Athletes from 31 countries and 183 universities are competing in karate. Kate female team competition was the first competition of the day and the girls from Montenegro and the Turkey Celal Bayar University of..

On the first day of the EUSA Combat Championship, judo players competed in four female and three male categories. The matches were held on three tatamis at the "Dom Sportova, 1" in Zagreb.   In the male 60kg competition, Raoul Theo (UPD) took first place, beating down the rival Samotug Kyryl (SST), followed by Milić Nemanja (NIS) and Mendes..

The European University Championship has officially begun, covering for the first time in history four sports - kickboxing, judo, karate, and taekwondo. Kickboxing matches were fought by 197 competitors from 101 Universities and 19 countries. Men fought 13 categories and women in 9.     Qualifying and quarterfinal fights in both competitions..

European Universities Championship in Taekwondo started with competition in Recognized and Freestyle Poomsae. On the tatami at “Trešnjevka” Sports Hall boys all around Europe showed their technical and acrobatic skills in both categories.   In Recognized Poomsae first place won Henry Chiu from Loughborough University, the second..

First day of European Universities Championship in Taekwondo which started with the competition in recognized Poomsae for girls was exciting. Participation in this event took 16 athletes, and in freestyle Poomsae, we saw the performance of six contestants.   Gold medal in Recognized Poomsae won Judit Lopez Blas from the Autonomous University of..

What Spiderman and karate have in common? How does one week look like for professional karate athlete alongside with studying? Read the interview with Uğur Aktaş, currently one of the best karatekas in the world, about these topics, his beginnings and future plans.    Uğur Aktaş is 23 years old Turkish national karate representative as well..

In a solemn opening ceremony held on 31. July at 20:30h in Volleyball Home „Bojan Stranić“, the first edition of EUSA Combat Championship officially started. In the next three days, Zagreb will be home for 1300 participants from 404 different universities and 36 countries.    “Zagreb is the unique city on the map of the universities..