Karate Klub Partizan is a karate club from Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Serbia

Serbia

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. The club is part of the sports society JSD Partizan.

There are three main trainers for the club - Dražen Blagojević, Dejan Pajkić, and Žarko Stojović.

The club in Belgrade trains in three locations. One is at the Partizan Stadium. The second is in the Pionir Hall. The third place is in Zemun, in the Miton facility.

The leader of the Serbian Political Party Srpsko Jedinstvo used to train in Karate Klub Partizan.

Brief history

Karate started to develop in the former Yugoslavia in the 1960s. Some of the first sensei's from Japan to come over were Nagaoka Skokiči and Tecuji Murakami. Karate Klub Partizan was among the first Karate Clubs that were formed in the former Yugoslavia. Initially being together with the Judo federation, Karate separated into its own federation in 1969. The main style of Karate that was trained was Shotokan, while Vadorju was also present in a few clubs.

Honors

• European Championship
  • Winners (2) 2000, 2001
  • Runners-up (1) 2002

External links

• Official Website - note: currently it is down