At the 51st FEW Cup, the European Championships of the Federation of European Wado Kai, Rebels Karateclub won two bronze medals. Edvin Kuric finished third in Seniors Kumite +84 kg and took a second bronze with the Austrian team. Lorenz Hellmer placed fifth in Seniors Kumite −75 kg.
The competition was held on Sunday 27 September 2026 in 
Agios Dometios near Nicosia. Around 17 nations took part, the event ran on four tatami, and registration and the flag parade preceded the competition day. Wado-Kai is one of the four major Japanese karate styles; the FEW Cup was held for the 51st time in 2026.
All Results
- 🥉 Edvin Kuric – 3rd, Seniors Kumite +84 kg
- 🥉 Austria (Kuric, Hellmer, Arbeiter, Kalcher) – 3rd, Seniors Kumite Team
- 🥉 Lukas Arbeiter – 3rd, Seniors Kumite −84 kg
- Lorenz Hellmer – 5th, Seniors Kumite −75 kg
Kuric: Bronze in the Heaviest Weight Class
Edvin Kuric, chairman and head coach of Rebels Karateclub, fought his way to third place in Seniors Kumite +84 kg. Two weeks after taking gold in veteran kumite at the Irish Open in Dublin, he added another international medal in Nicosia — and at European Championship level, the more valuable one. At the ceremony he wore two bronze medals, one from the individual event and one from the team.
Hellmer Fights His Way to the Bronze-Medal Bout
Lorenz Hellmer drew one of the eventual finalists early in Seniors Kumite −75 kg — which is exactly what took him back into the competition through the repechage. From there he fought his way into the bronze-medal bout, where the last step to a medal was missing. Fifth at a European Championships for the reigning vice Austrian champion in the weight class — as it was for his team-mate Christian Kalcher, who also finished fifth in the same category.
Team Bronze: 2:0 Against Cyprus, 1:2 Against Wales
In Seniors Kumite Team, Austria lined up with Edvin Kuric, Lorenz Hellmer plus Lukas Arbeiter and Christian Kalcher of Karateclub Fürstenfeld. On Tatami 2 the team beat hosts
Cyprus Wado Kai 2:0 in the quarter-final. In the semi-final against 
Wado-Kai Wales the 1:2 left them one bout short of the final — a lost semi-final means bronze.
Arbeiter also took bronze in Seniors Kumite −84 kg, so two of the four team-mates stood on an individual podium as well. The squad was looked after by Edita Rados, a coach at Rebels Karateclub.
More from the season: Irish Open 2026 in Dublin · Austrian Championship 2026 · Vienna State Championship 2026 · Styrian Open 2026 · All athletes
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Rebels Karateclub trains karate in Vienna at every level, from the beginners’ course to performance training. Times and locations are on the training page; students can start through the USI course.