Karate K-1 Premier League Comes to FloCombat

Karate K-1 Premier League Comes to FloCombat

Karate K-1 tournament takes over FloCombat this weekend with Kumite style action.

Jan 28, 2017 by Tony Reid
Karate K-1 Premier League Comes to FloCombat
For the sixth time in the organization’s history a Karate 1 Premier League event will be held in Paris. This monumental martial arts showing is so epic it spans not one but two days this weekend, both Saturday,

Jan. 28th and Sunday, Jan. 29 th, and comes to you live from the Pierre de Coubertin Stadium in Paris.

The global showcase brings some of the world's best combat sports athletes face-to- face for supremely high-level hand-to- hand and foot-to- foot karate competition.

The series was put in place by the WKF to bring together the best of the best and it will do just that. The Karate 1 Premier League is the most influential and important organization in the world of Karate. It comprises of a number of the most prominent Karate competitions to bring together the best Karate athletes in the world in open championships of unprecedented scale and quality.

The organization was founded in 2011 with the first two tournaments held in Paris and Istanbul. The league has since seen exponential growth in terms of magnitude and status in its six years of existence.

The tournaments, as well as the number of participants and countries represented, grows by leaps and bounds with every passing event.

The tournament and organization is truly one with a worldwide reach, as the schedule shows the organization will visit the Netherlands, UAE, Morocco, Spain, Germany, Turkey and Japan in the coming year.

Tune in this weekend to see which competitors, both men and women, at various weight classes will leave Paris with the honor of being known as the Kata and Kumite champions.

The live stream is available exclusively on FloCombat and only in North America all weekend. Catch all the action beginning Saturday at 4 p.m. EST. Preliminary highlights from the day's best performances will be on full display.

The action begins early Sunday at 4 a.m. EST and ends around noon eastern. Tune in for the live Bronze medal matchups, the finals and even more highlights.