British Karate Federation News
European Technical Commission Chairman, Mike Billman, steps down
During the Congress meeting at the 2023 European Championships in
Guadalajara, President Espinos gave a speech to the audience which ended
with him announcing that the Chairman of the European Technical Commission,
Mike Billman, had recently given notice that he was having to resign his
position for personal reasons.
The President gave praise to Mike for
the work he had done in the commission for the benefit of European karate.
After a round of applause he then asked Mike to come on stage to say a few
words himself.
Mike came up and started his speech by thanking the
President and then stating to the audience that it had been a very difficult
decision to make. He then explained that his commission, which involved some
of the top people in karate, Dominique Sigillo, Dusana Augustovicova, Gilles
Cherdieu, and Luca Valdesi, who had introduced many rule changes over the
years, all to the benefit of karate.
Finally, Mike wished to thank
the President and the members of his commission, plus some specific
Executive board members that he had worked with, and finally finished his
speech by thanking everybody present for their past support.
He then
shook hands with the President while the audience gave him an outstanding
round of applause.