The 4th Belarus Karate Championships was held at Grodno on April 2, 2016, organized by IKO Belarus Branch Chief Sensei Vasili Maksimov. 210 participants, aged from 8 to 42 years old, attended the championships from 5 countries including Belarus, Russia, Poland, Moldova and Ukraine. The following day, April 3, 2016, IKO Honbu representative Shihan Artur Hovavhannisyan conducted a training seminar for over 100 participants. Osu