Four athletes from the Budo Karate Dojo located at 165A Chelsea Street were selected for the Karate Team USA, but only three managed to travel Sunday, December 4th. At the moment they are in Warsaw from where they will go to Lublin, Poland, where the World Karate Championships will take place on December 9th, 10th and 11th.
The athletes, Kawan Almeida Dias, Natanael Oliveira, José Victor Segundo and Hadassa Dias have been practicing karate for approximately 8 years and were national champions in Saint Louis, Missouri in May 2022.
Sensei Tony Almeida claims that the athletes are very well prepared not only physically, but also psychologically and that they have great possibilities of winning Gold in this event.