New in Vienna. And you want to keep competing.
Whether you are here for one semester or for good – train the way you did at home. Separate kumite and kata sessions, athletic preparation, coaches in your corner at tournaments.
Moving cities should not cost you a season
You are moving to Vienna to study or to work, and you want to keep training karate and competing at championships? We support you in that and provide the conditions you need.
We train competitors. Whoever walks into the hall on a Tuesday evening stands on the mat with people who are fighting at the weekend. Nobody here will ask why you want one more round of randori.
You would not be the first
Competitors from several countries have trained here after moving to Vienna for study or work. Alongside them are Austrian competitors who came in from other provinces for exactly the same reasons.
So we know what such a move involves: a new group, a new training rhythm, and open questions about club transfer and eligibility. We sort that out with you before you enter anything.
Training is run in German, and the whole coaching team speaks fluent English (and a few other languages).
Karate athletes from many countries
What training looks like
Kumite five days a week
Monday to Friday, kumite is a session of its own: distance, timing, counters and full competition situations under pressure.
Athletic preparation
Strength, speed and coordination, planned around the competition calendar and built by a state-certified athletics coach.
Coaching at tournaments
Our coaches travel with the team, coach from the corner and go through the fight with you afterwards. The season is planned together.
Access outside class hours
Preparing for a competition means getting into the hall outside the scheduled sessions too: extra rounds, athletic work, technique in peace. The conditions should depend on you, not on the timetable.
Training partners from national teams
Karateka who were or are on national teams have trained here and still do. It raises the level in the room, and you feel it in every round.
Training times
Adults train kumite and kata separately. On Mondays and Thursdays both run in parallel, so you choose what you work on that week.
- KumiteMonday 19:00–20:00Tuesday 18:30–20:00Wednesday 18:30–20:00Thursday 18:30–20:00Friday 17:30–18:30
- KataMonday 18:30–20:00Thursday 18:30–20:00
- Juniors TeamMonday 17:00–18:00Wednesday 18:30–20:00Friday 15:30–16:30
The Juniors Team is our competition group for children and teenagers. Athletes join by invitation from the coaches.
Competing out of Vienna
We are a member of the Austrian Karate Federation (Karate Austria – ÖKB), which in turn belongs to the World Karate Federation (WKF) and the European Karate Federation (EKF). Across the year our athletes compete at national and international championships, to test themselves and to gather experience.
Entries go through the club. If you are coming from another club, another province or another country, we look at what is open to you – transfer, eligibility, deadlines – and then you start where it makes sense.
Federations and memberships
Tell us when you get here
Send us a short message: where you trained before, which events you compete in, and how long you will be in Vienna. Your first session is free.
Friesgasse 12, 1150 Vienna · office@nippon-wien.at · +43 650 4156067