The Belgrade Trophy Ashihara Kaikan competition will take place at the “Mirko Sandić” Sports Centre in Vračar on Saturday, 17 October, under the auspices of the City of Belgrade’s Secretariat for Sport and Youth and the Sports Association of Belgrade. This year’s event will bring together around 100 competitors from 11 clubs.

Seven teams from Belgrade, along with teams from Montenegro and Switzerland, have announced their participation in the competition.

“The official opening is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Following the ceremony, spectators will have the opportunity to watch competitors across all categories in Ashihara Kata, as well as 50 Ashihara Kumite bouts,” said Saša Anđelić, President of the Ashihara Kaikan Association of Belgrade.

“When we established this competition 19 years ago, our aim was to give our youngest members the opportunity to experience the atmosphere of major international events by competing against one another. In addition to bringing clubs together in competition, we also wanted it to serve as an initial test for Belgrade’s top athletes ahead of the highly competitive international events awaiting us later in the year,” Anđelić said.