Karate Experts To Visit Nigeria

Karate Federation of Nigeria, KFN, will be receiving some Japanese karate experts into the country for one-day training programme and demonstration.

The programme, courtesy of the Japan Embassy in Nigeria and Japanese Foundation, is slated for 22 October at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos.

KFN Secetary General, Clement Iyaluegbeghe, in a letter written to invited associations and instructors said the programme ‘is a unique opportunity for Nigeria’s budding karatekas to receive firsthand training in the sport.

Henry Kurumeh, a karate coach, in a chat with P.M. Sports said that the coming programme is the adrenalin the sport needs to grow in the country.

“This programme will no doubt have a positive impact on the sport in Nigeria, considering the calibre of people that would be coming. For this reason, I enjoin our karatekas to avail themselves of this rare opportunity by partaking in the programme,” said Kurumeh.

He said the training programme will raise the standard of the sport in Nigeria and improve the performance of Nigerian karatekas whenever they go for international tourneys.

“This programme will improve the standard of the sport in Nigeria. Nigeria did not win any medal at the last All Africa Games in Maputo because the sport is still young in the country. But the situation will change for better after the programme,” Kurumeh added.

—Bimbo Ajayi