After a great championship with a multitude of starters covering five disciplines, which had been broadcasted by Bavarian TV to give the viewers an understanding of it, the president of the BKB, Wolfgang Weigert and the Vice-President of the BVS, Herbert Holzinger, were both of the same opinion - something terrific will be growing.
The chairman of WKF of the German Karate Federation for Handicapped, Ernes Erko Kalac, had been providing the preparatory work and so he could rejoice the signing of an up to now unique cooperation. In Bavaria the BVS acknowledges Karate as official disability sport and enables the BKB to exercise Karate as a rehabilitaion sport accepted by all health insurance companies. Additionally, financial means will be provided.
This is a milestone not only for karate for handicapped but also for karate in general: karate will be acknowledged as rehabilitation sport.
