OSTRAVA GRAND PRIX is now bigger than ever before. The tournament as the one of the  most significant tournaments in Czech republic has been placed among the qualifying tournaments for Czech National Championship Up to 13 years and Senior categories. We expect  for this year even more superior participation than in the last year and we believe that Saturday, 25th October 2008 will turn into the real celebration of Karate we will all remember for a long time. ***

This competition is organised by karate clubs VSK VSB – TU Ostrava and KARATE TYGR SHOTOKAN from the city of Ostrava.

Both clubs teach the SHOTOKAN style and are members of the Czech Physical Training Union (CSTV), the Czech Karate Federation and the North Moravian Karate Union. They closely cooperate, especially in development of talented youth, jointly organise competitions, training camps, exhibitions and many other events. Members of both clubs mutually visit each other’s practice sessions. Similarly, exchanges of coaches have taken place. Establishing a joint successful kata team, named IPPON team after its sponsor, is an outstanding credit to this cooperation.

Cooperation of both clubs has also resulted in introduction of series of competitions for karate novices called North Moravian League of Karate Talents in which already nine North Moravian clubs take part. The two clubs cooperate also with other clubs. Recently cooperation with the Polish club SHINDO Cieszyn and some Slovakian clubs has promisingly developed.
 

Karate VSK VSB - TU Ostrava
 

The club’s practice sessions take place on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays from 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm in the gymnasium of the Department of Physical Training of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava at Hladnov.

During its existence, the club has trained hundreds of karate fighters, many of whom have been successful even at international level. Currently the club is focused to work with children within their leisure time activities and can boast of outstanding achievements in this field too. The club has organised many competitions, among others, it has regularly organised also this tournament.

Vladimir Ryska (4^th Dan, second class coach, first class Czech Karate Federation grading examiner, member of the North Moravian Karate Union) is the chairman of the club.

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Club members take regularly part in competitions and achieve very good results (you can find detailed information on this website).

The club has, at its costs, created and administered websites of the North Moravian Karate Union, North Moravian League of Karate Talents and also the website dedicated to this tournament.

Michal Geller is the chairman of the club and Lukas Miklo (2^nd Dan, second class couch) is the main coach.

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