Sowing Karateka Seeds from Bali

The open karate championship will be held in Denpasar City, 19-21 April 2024. The regional championship will be a selection of athletes.

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The Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024 was held at the Lila Bhuana Sports Hall in Denpasar, Bali, on April 19-21, 2024. The atmosphere at the Lila Bhuana Sports Hall on Saturday (April 20, 2024) during the kumite competition was intense.

Cheers filled GOR Lila Bhuana, Denpasar City, Bali, Saturday (20/4/2024) afternoon. Encouraging shouts could be heard from the stands, who watched pairs of athletes fight on the sparring or tatami arena at the 2024 Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship in GOR Lila Bhuana.

Three sparring arenas or tatami were prepared at the arena on Saturday (20/4/2024). Three pairs of karate athletes competed in the kumite beginner class category on Saturday afternoon. Each competes to get the most points and beats their opponent in about three minutes in each match. It felt like adrenaline was flowing in the arena, both in the men's and women's karateka groups.

"At first I was nervous," said Bagus Arya Ananda Giri (13), class I junior high school student from Dojo (place of study) Galaksi, Sesetan, South Denpasar District, Denpasar City, who competed in the beginner class kumite category. "When I compete, I feel happy," said Bagus after playing his first match on Saturday afternoon.

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The Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024 was held at the Lila Bhuana Sports Hall in Denpasar on April 19-21, 2024. The karate championship featured both competitive and festival events, with participants from the junior and senior categories. The atmosphere at the Lila Bhuana Sports Hall on the second day of the competition, Saturday (4/20/2024).

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Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024 was held by Gendo Law Office, an advocate office in Denpasar City, Bali, 19-21 April 2024. In the open karate championship, which is also supported by the Indonesian Karate-Do Sports Federation (Forki) Bali, competitions for achievements and competitions for festivals were held with participants from junior and senior levels. The committee prepared trophies for the winners of the overall champion category and the best of the best category, in addition to medals.

In a press conference at GOR Lila Bhuana, Wednesday (17/4/2024), managing partner at the Gendo Law Office Advocate I Wayan "Gendo" Suardana as the person in charge of the 2024 Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship said, This national level karate championship is motivated by the hope of the emergence of karate athletes as well as a place for karateka to gather. The karate championship was held by the Gendo Law Office in conjunction with the office's 10th anniversary.

Originally planned to involve around 1,150 karate practitioners from Bali and outside of Bali, ranging from children to karate athletes as well as athletes from the legal, police, and military professions, who will participate in the championship. Head of the Organizing Committee for the Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024, Putu Chris Budhi Setyawan, stated that the total number of participants reached 1,200 people.

"We appreciate the enthusiasm and presence of our fellow participants in this championship," said Putu Chris.

"They are enthusiastic because this championship is something new. In addition to competing in performance and festival categories, there is also a special class for legal professionals," said Putu Chris, who is also in charge of development and achievement at the Bali Province Forki Management.

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The Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024 was held at the Lila Bhuana Sports Hall in Denpasar on April 19-21, 2024. The karate championship featured both competitive and festival events, with participants from the junior and senior categories. The atmosphere at the Lila Bhuana Sports Hall on the second day of the competition, Saturday (4/20/2024).

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When opening the Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024 at GOR Lila Bhuana on Friday (19/4/2024) afternoon, Acting Governor of Bali, Sang Made Mahendra Jaya, expressed his appreciation and welcomed the holding of the karate championship. In his speech, Mahendra hoped that the event could be continued and made a regular agenda in Bali.

This national-level karate championship is driven by the hope that karate athletes will emerge while also serving as a karate practitioner gathering. The karate championship is held by Gendo Law Office as part of their 10th anniversary celebration.

"The more championship events, the better it will be for the progress of sports and will make athletes more enthusiastic about training," said Mahendra.

"This championship is also a means of promotion for the development of karate in the future," said the Acting Governor of Bali.

Apart from being attended and opened by the Acting Governor of Bali, the opening event of the Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024 was also attended by representatives from KONI Bali, Forki Bali, and the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda) of Bali, including those from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Bali Regional Office.

This open karate championship has the theme "Ksatrya Mahayu Hayuningrat", namely upholding the spirit of sportsmanship and cultivating noble character through karate championships.

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The open karate championship titled Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024 was held at GOR Lila Bhuana, in Denpasar City, on April 19-21, 2024. The atmosphere at GOR Lila Bhuana was bustling on Saturday (April 20, 2024), during the kumite category matches.

Bali is among the active provinces in sending athletes to join the Indonesian national karate team. In the present era, there are names like Cokorda Istri Agung Sanistyarani, or affectionately known as Coki, Gusti Ayu Rahadian Pradnyani Parameswari or Ayu Dian, and Ni Made Dwi Kartika Aprianti or Ade Kartika. In the era before Coki and friends, there were names like R Ardy Ganggas and Bun Suriasih as well as I Putu Supangkat.

The karateka from Bali has also brought honor to the region and the nation, as well as contributed medals, both at the national level and in world championships or regional sports events in Asia.

Meanwhile, in the press release of the Gendo Law Office Open Karate Championship 2024 organizing committee on Sunday (21/4/2024), a number of senior karateka including Ardy Ganggas, Supangkat, Bun Suriasih, and Putu Chris as well as Gendo Suardana, participated in the veteran class competition in the open karate championship.

Ardy expressed that his participation in the veterans class was to spread the spirit of remaining persistent and not stopping training even though he was getting older.

"This veteran class is also a moment of nostalgia, a reunion among fellow karateka, and a chance to cure the longing for stepping on the tatami and competing against former athletes," said Ni Nyoman Ayu Sukarsih, a Balinese karateka who is now a teacher at a junior high school in Denpasar city.

Ayu Sukarsih said that even though they were competing, the former athletes were not just looking for victory. The senior karateka, according to the national referee license holder, also set an example of karateka behavior and spread the spirit of never giving up (oshinobu) and enlivened the open karate championship .