TRADITIONAL KARATE CLUB MUKS IPPON BYTOM
MUKS IPPON BYTOM IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL KARATE CLUBS IN POLAND. IT WON MEDALS DURING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND POLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ALL CATEGORIES. IT HAS MORE THAN 400 ADEPTS AND COMPETITORS EVERY YEAR.
THE BEGINNINGS WERE NOT EASY. THE CLUB'S FOUNDER, JANUSZ SOWA, RENTED GYMS IN SCHOOLS. THERE WAS NO KARATE MAT, THERE WERE NO KARATE KIMONOS ON THE MARKET AND THE NEAREST TRADITIONAL KARATE CLUBS WERE SITUATED IN KRAKÓW AND KLUCZBORK. HOWEVER, THANKS TO HIS AMBITION, DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK THE FOUNDER AND HEAD COACH OF BYTOM KARATE BEGAN TO PURSUE HIS GOAL, I.E. PROMOTION OF THE DISCIPLINE THROUGHOUT BYTOM AND HIGH SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE BREAKTHROUGH YEAR FOR MUKS BYTOM WAS 2011, WHEN THE BYTOM ATHLETES CAME BACK WITH 3 GOLD MEDALS FROM THE EUROPEAN CADET CUP. SINCE THEN, MUKS PLAYERS HAVE BEEN DELIVERING MEDALS FROM WORLD, EUROPEAN OR POLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS EVERY YEAR. ALREADY A YEAR LATER, DURING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, MARIA WYSOGLĄD AND ANNA KUŚNIERZ WON THE FIRST GOLD MEDALS OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE CLUB'S HISTORY (YOUTH TEAM KATA AND CADET TEAM KATA COMPETITIONS). IN 2018, DURING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN ST. JOHNS IN CANADA, MICHAŁ SOWA WON THE FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE HISTORY OF KARATE IN SILESIA REGION IN THE SENIOR CATEGORY.
IN 2020, THE CLUB WAS A CO-ORGANIZER OF THE EUROPEAN KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE COMPETITION HELD IN THE KATOWICE GATHERED MORE THAN 2,000 ATHLETES AND ENDED IN A SPECTACULAR SUCCESS, BOTH IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATION AND SPORTS.
CLUB'S SUCCESSES:
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: 32 MEDALS INCLUDING 12 GOLD MEDALS
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: 49 MEDALS INCLUDING 25 GOLD MEDALS
EUROPEAN CUP: 4 TITLES
