Irish Open Kickboxing Championships this weekend
The Irish Open in Kickboxing will be held at the CityWest Hotel, Dublin this weekend.
More than 4,000 athletes from all over the world will be gathered. This year Peace and Sport will collabroate with WAKO, the world governing body organizing, developing and promoting Kickboxing worldwide.
This year, once again, athletes, referees and the martial arts community participating in Europe’s largest kickboxing tournament accepted to donate the event’s profits to the ISPCC, Ireland’s national child protection charity. In the last three years alone this event has raised over €46,000 for the Children's Charity. In a sporting arena international fighters and young athletes have the opportunity to compete against fighters of the same level.
Roy Baker, Chairman Irish Open Organizing Committee is proud to welcome Joël Bouzou, President-Founder of Peace and Sport. He will attend Irish Open together with WAKO President Borislav Pelevic.
During the event WAKO will do the 'WhiteCard' campaign for Peace and Sport. It's a symbol of commitment to peace efforts worldwide through sports.
About Peace and Sport
Peace and Sport - L'Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport is a neutral and independent organization based in the Principality of Monaco, which works to promote sport as a tool for peace. Founded by current President Joël Bouzou in 2007, Peace and Sport is a global initiative under the High Patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco. Peace and Sport acts to put sport at the heart of concerted, effective and relevant political action, to make sport a catalyst for peace.
About WAKO
WAKO is the world governing body organizing, developing and promoting Kickboxing worldwide.
WAKO has got 127 affiliated members with over 4 million practitioners in all five continents. More than 80 countries are recognized either by their NOC or by their national sports authority.
With its different disciplines kickboxing offers the possibility to both men and women to choose “your own style” according to weight, age, sex or physical condition of each individual.
Except having active members creating numerous events and educative activities, WAKO organize and coordinate mechanisms to ensure gender equality, youth development, referee education, fair play, communication, social responsibility, solidarity, social and education programs for athletes present and future after their sport career.
WAKO is officially recognized and member of CIFP, AIMS, SPORTACCORD, IWGA, Peace and Sport, OCA and are fully compliant with WADA.
WAKO will participate in World Games in Wroclaw 2017 as an Invitational Sport.