{"id":344,"date":"2021-07-14T10:29:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T08:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wkuworld.com\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2025-02-16T18:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T17:33:08","slug":"wku-womens-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/organisation\/wku-womens-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"WKUWORLD Initiative f\u00fcr Frauen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I<\/span>nternational Women
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\n\t\t\t\tWe don't plan for it, we have it...\u00a0\nThe International Women in Martial Arts Initiative - provides support to women in martial arts as well as bringing in new women into the sport. The initiative offers seminars, keynote speaking events, workshops, and self-defence classes and other fundamental martial arts for women of all ages.\n\u00a0\nWithout the many successful women currently in our organisation, the GCO\/WKUWORLD would not be what it is today. Whether it be in our rules committee, in our country representatives, in the main office, as a promoter or as a referee, we are continuously building and investing into the next generation.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Efi Selliou<\/h3>

WKUWORLD & ISKA
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Dr. Yvonne Thorhauer<\/h3>

WKUWORLD Black Belt Programm<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lori Lantrip Stanley<\/h3>

WKUWORLD President of Forms
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\n\t\t\t\t\u201cOpponents would look at me and say, \u2018You\u2019ve got to be kidding! She can\u2019t be a fighter!\u2019 \u201d \n
For some, that observation was a gross miscalculation. According to Houston\u2019s Larry Ritchie, who\u2019s officiated several of Lantrip\u2019s bouts, \u201cYou can get hurt worse just refereeing one of her matches than you can competing in black belt fighting.\u201d Lantrip began practicing judo at the age of five under her father and switched to karate in the mid-1970s. Not long after came her turning point. \u201cIn 1980,\u201d she explains, \u201cwhen I got my black belt, I made a decision one day, at the last minute, to fight in a tournament. I even had to borrow sparring equipment. By the beginning of 1982, I was nationally ranked.\u201d And she\u2019s been ranked among America\u2019s top ten fighters ever since.\n\n

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Leonie Rosin<\/h3>

Youngest WKUWORLD President
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Patricia Dalton<\/h3>

WKUWORLD President of Light Contact \/ Kick Light
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\nTreasurer Irish TaeKwon-Do Council<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\"My Taekwon-Do journey was never straight but rather dotted with potholes and diversions\u2026 I am so grateful for some incredible people who traveled with me. Their support, encouragement, friendship and love means so much. ...decades of friendship make great team mates and working colleagues.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Christine Theiss<\/h3>

WKUWORLD Professional Kickboxing World Champion<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\tBut what is it about kickboxing that appeals to her? \u201cThere are several aspects,\u201d says Theiss. The training with different elements is varied and challenges the whole body. \u201cIn competition, it's the challenge of 'man against man' or 'woman against woman' - without any equipment or teammates playing a role,\u201d she says. She also feels very comfortable at the martial arts center where she trains and continues to develop every day.\n
\nTheiss was born in Greiz, Thuringia, in 1980. Her parents, both doctors, left the East Germany in 1984 and moved to Bayreuth. She studied medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich from 2001 to 2007. She switched to professional kickboxing in 2006 after becoming amateur world champion.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Cigdem Kutlu<\/h3>

WKUWORLD EVENT Manager<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nadine Fl\u00f6per<\/h3>

WKUWORLD Trainer Education<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Airene Landes<\/h3>

WKUWORLD Marketing<\/p><\/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<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Women in Martial Arts Initiative We don’t plan for it, we have it…\u00a0 The International Women in Martial Arts Initiative – provides support to women in martial arts as well as bringing in new women into the sport. The initiative offers seminars, keynote speaking events, workshops, and self-defence classes and other fundamental martial arts […]<\/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-344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344","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=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6814,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkuworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/6814"}],"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=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}