The Ocean State Grand Nationals is one of the top martial arts events on the East Coast. This NASKA 5A World Tour event is also a KRANE 5A+ rated event and it draws competitors from all around the world. Hosted by Team Paul Mitchell head coach Don Rodrigues and his legendary wife Christine Bannon-Rodrigues, the [...]
Compete Nationals is a NASKA 6A rated event that was held February 22-24, 2013 in Ontario, California near to Disneyland. The weather was mild and the event attracted a number of martial arts celebrities like Mike Chat, Steve Terada and Disney XD’s Leo Howard. One of the highlights of the event was the return of [...]
Competitors are getting ready to head out to major events in 2013 with many of the events requiring cross-country or even trans-atlantic travel. United States competitors heading to Compete Nationals in California the weekend of February 22-24, 2013 may have flights of 3-4 hours in length. Competitors traveling to the Irish Open in March or [...]
The 2013 NASKA season started with a huge turn-out in the windy city February 1-2, 2013 with the AKA Grand Nationals in Chicago, Illinois. With eleven teams in men’s team sparring, junior fighting teams and large women’s fighting divisions, the tournament that normally is considered a “forms and weapons” event, was a great battleground for [...]
Written By: Andrew Cabilan Photo Credit: Mike Palitti, Linda Young, Jason Grenier MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA (Nov 17-18, 2012) – As the year approaches the end, many Sport Karate competitors wind down their tournament schedule and look forward to the challenges which lie ahead in the New Year. November serves as a month where most competitors’ [...]
The report back from the 2012 Diamond Nationals was that attendance was the highest it has been since 2004. The turnout was evident in the men’s Superfight divisions with the divisions being split into various rings to get through all of the competitors. Boys black belt forms and weapons divisions were also packed, with competitors [...]
The west coat has a reputation for great martial arts but very few NASKA events. Joe Ellis has joined Mohammad Jahanvash in bringing talented forms competitors to California with his AKA American Open event. Held Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 1, 2012, the AKA American Open is proving itself to be on the upswing with [...]
Promoter Dennis Brown and his family are the epitome of classy and beautiful and this is reflected in their US Capitol Classics and China Open tournament. A NASKA 6A World event, competitors were treated to a first-class hotel and competition arena along with being surrounded by not only the NASKA competition but also the beauty [...]
For many competitors and spectators, the U.S. Open Martial Arts Championships started with a ride from the Orlando airport on Disney’s Magical Express to the tournament hotel and ended with a return on the same bus. However, each of the thousands who participated in the event had a different experience, held July 13-14, 2012 at [...]
If you like sparring, the Battle of Atlanta is the tournament for you. The event has a long history of the promotion of sport karate fighting that goes back to 1970. The events origins are rooted in the career of the legendary Joe Lewis when Lewis won the grand championship title at the first Battle. [...]