{"id":180,"date":"2021-06-09T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wkuworld.com\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2025-01-12T22:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T21:04:42","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/organisation\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00dcber Uns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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W<\/span>elcome to the GCO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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To give you an idea of the GCO events size and our regular participant\u2019s structure, I would like to give you basic information about the GCO World Championships 2006 in Spain and 2007 in Karlsruhe, Germany. You can find more information about our last Worldchampionship which was held in 2024 in Greece on following web page: 2024.wkuworld.com<\/p>\n

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Die Altersstruktur der GCO-Teilnehmer reicht von jungen Kindern bis zu Veteranen. Die offiziellen Alterskategorien sind:<\/p>\n

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Younger than 8 years (Pandas)<\/strong><\/p>\n

12 years and younger (Kids) \u2013 approx. 20% (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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13 and 14 years (Juniors) \u2013 approx. 35% (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Between 15 and 17 years (Teens)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Between 18 and 35 years (adults) \u2013 approx. 40% (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Older 35 years (veterans) \u2013 approx. 5% (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Male 65% – Female 35% (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Many laymen are under the impression that modern day kickboxing originated in Thailand, Japan or elsewhere in the Far East, in fact, the real origins of the sport are revealed by the real name by which it was known, full contact karate. During the mid-seventies various American tournament karate practitioners became frustrated with the limitations of the then rather primitive competitive scoring system. They wanted to find a system within which they could apply kicks and punches to the knockout. Full contact karate was born. Early bouts were fought on open matted areas just as ordinary karate matches were. Later events were staged in regular size boxing rings. These early tournaments produced kickboxing\u2019s first stars, Joe Lewis, Bill Wallace, Benny Urquidez and Jeff Smith. <\/p>\n

Later the Americans really wanted to test their mettle and sent teams of kickboxers to Japan under the banner of the GCO (Global Combat Sports Organization). From this point kickboxing developed in to a true international sport. Today the GCO is world\u2019s oldest and largest sanctioning body, and continues to grow. The new-look GCO website provides the latest information on all aspects of the sport and will be updated on a regular basis. <\/p>\n

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Zwei Junior-Vizeweltmeister im Kung-Fu-Formenlauf<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Kickboxer Eric Birr aus Dietlingen holt bei der WM Gold und Silber<\/a><\/h3>

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Neuer Kickbox-Weltmeister kommt aus Mannheim<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sarah Mester ist Deutscher Meister<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Kickboxerin des TV Grenzach...<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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MEIN MOMENT | Europameisterin
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Mit 300 Kicks
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Einmal Silber, zweimal Bronze<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\tBlack Belt Grading 14.06.2026 Germany\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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Welcome to the GCO To give you an idea of the GCO events size and our regular participant\u2019s structure, I would like to give you basic information about the GCO World Championships 2006 in Spain and 2007 in Karlsruhe, Germany. You can find more information about our last Worldchampionship which was held in 2024 in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":152,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-180","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6711,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions\/6711"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}