The Spanish national Kata teams, male and female, will be in Lanzarote from June 3 to 7, when they will prepare for their next international events. On June 3, the Spanish kata teams in the absolute category will arrive on the island to carry out a concentration framed within their start-up for upcoming events.
Damián Quintero, Sergio Galán, Raúl Martín and Salvador Balbuena, in the men's team, and Raquel Roy, María López and Nuria Escudero, from the women's team, will train under the guidelines of the RFEK technicians José Antonio Albuquerque and Francisco Salazar. Nieves Escalada, who will be the therapist who will ensure the good condition of the athletes, will be part of the National Federation's expedition.
This concentration in Arrecife has been possible after the agreement between the Department of Sports of the capital's City Council and the Canary Karate Federation, chaired by José Pérez, under which, in addition to the presence of the world kata champions, a open training for all karatekas on the islands who want to train with these elite competitors. A training that will be held next Friday, June 7, between 11:00 and 13:00. All national team training and the championship will take place at the Titerroy Municipal Pavilion facilities.
It should be noted that Spain was proclaimed, a few weeks ago, European Champion in women's team kata, and European runner-up in men's team Kata, in the European Championship held in Zadar (Croatia), where, in addition, Damián Quintero also obtained the European runner-up in individual men's kata. These achievements add to the list of world and European championships obtained by Spain in Kata, both by teams and in the individual category, and both in the men's and women's categories.
