1st PBDKC 2017

“1st Purba Bardhaman District Karate Championship 2017 & Selection for KAB State Selection for KAI National” organised by BARDHAMAN KARATE-DO ASSOCIATION was held at Sri Aurobindo Stadium, Badamtala, Bardhaman on 27th October, 2017.

This is the one and only authentic, recognised, approved & official karate championship in Purba Bardhaman District. 

After the division of Bardhaman District in April 2017 into Purba & Paschim Bardhaman, this was the first District Karate event in Purba Bardhaman District Karate History which took place.

75 karate athletes from 3 Sub-divisions participated in the inaugural edition of PBDKC.

The event was inaugurated by Mr. Bonbehari Jash (General Secretary of Bardhaman District Volleyball & Basketball Association) in presence of other distinguishable guests. Mr. Gouri Shankar Bhattacharya (General Secretary of District Council for School Games & Sports, Burdwan), Mr. Subhas (In charge officer, SGFI Burdwan), Mr. Partha Gupta (Sports Lover) were also present to grace the occasion.

Bardhaman Sadar North clinched the top position in the sub-division standings with total 79 medals including 25 Gold followed by Katwa & Bardhaman Sadar South at the second & third position with 9 Gold & 1 Gold respectively.

Players of different styles [Purba Bardhaman Seishinkai Shito-Ryu Karate Association (AISSKF), Bardhaman Shotokan Karate-Do School (AISKS), JKA Shotokan Karate Academy (JKAWF), Shotokan Karate Institution (ISKF) & Shotokan Karate-Do West Bengal (JKAI)] participated in this season to showcase their talent in Kata, Kumite & Team Kata events in different age and weight categories.

We are very much thankful to KAB President Hanshi Premjit Sen & General Secretary Kyoshi Joydeb Mondal for their guidance & blessings.

We appreciate the leadership of Mr. Kamal Chandra Ghosh (BKA President) & Sensei Debasis Kumar Mondal (BKA General Secretary) to make this event successful.

We are also thankful to Sensei Debasish Mondal (Asian Karate Federation Judge) of Murshidabad was sent by KAB for transparency & impartiality in judging decisions.

Special thanks to Sensei Ramkrishna Nath, Sensei Ajay Biswas, Sensei Aakash Hazra, Sensei Sudipta Konar, Sensei Avishek Dey, Sensei Niranjan Kumar Shaw, Sensei Jony Ram, Sensei Nibedita Das, Sensei Debnil Mondal & other instructors for their hard work to complete the event successfully.

Lastly, we are also thankful to all the guests, medical staffs, officials, referees, judges, athletes, coaches, guardians, EC Members, Commission Members, medical team, support staff and media friends for their support to make this event a grand success.