Both the Deaf Karate and Taekwondo World Championships are taking place alongside each other in Tehran, Iran.

Details of schedules, competitors and competitions can be found on their websites.

We must make a caution, that our browser indicates that both websites are not secure, so visiting will be at your own risk.

Also, the 1st World Deaf Judo Championships took place last month in Versailles, France. This was also a shared-venue completion, held along side the 1st CISM championships.

CISM ( International Council of Military Sports) See video clip at foot of page.

Two Big Ears are very pleased to see International Deaf Sports organisations working closer to their International Federations and being included with parallel events – makes good use of resources and creates opportunties to raise the profile of Deaf athletes.

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