Karate-Club Wohlen

The first training sessions led by Werner Schenker in November 1973, then still known as Karate Club Freiamt, laid the foundation for what is now Karate Club Wohlen. After various locations in Freiamt, the training evenings finally arrived in Wohlen in 1975, where this martial art in the Kyokushinkai karate style continued to gain popularity and increasing interest. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Werner Schenker, hundreds of people of all ages learned the skills of this Far Eastern martial art. In August 1977, training sessions for school-age girls and boys were held for the first time, which are still attended by many young people between the ages of 9 and 16 with great interest. In addition to his commitments to his own club, Schenker was also heavily involved at national level in the Swiss Kyokushinkai-Kan Karate (SKK) association, of which the Karate Club Wohlen was an important member. After many years of disagreement, the Wohlen Karate Club left the SKK in 1990 and belonged to the Swiss Oyama Karate Organization (SOKO) until 1996. In May 1996, as a result of closer and good cooperation with various clubs that had left the SKK in previous years, a new association, the International Federation of Karate Switzerland (IFK), was founded, to which the KC Wohlen has belonged ever since. This association is affiliated internationally with the IFK England.