Think Fighting – 2016 Battle of Atlanta
Fighting, fighting and more fighting – combat was on the mind for the 2016 Battle of Atlanta. The event, held June 17-18, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, delivered. Top teams were on hand to compete for the team sparring challenge and both the adult and youth sparring divisions were filled with amazing match-ups, victories and defeats. The event was the debut [...]
Higher Education and Martial Arts
You join martial arts at age four and diligently study and practice, earning your black belt with a love of martial arts growing every day. You start competing and find great satisfaction in competition and then, you turn 18 and it is time to go to college. All your friends played soccer, basketball and football and they are trying to [...]
New England Open: Sport Karate In The East
Great competition and a well-run tournament made the New England Open a successful event. The New England Open is known for innovative divisions and a well-run event. In 2016 it lived up to the reputation. The tournament was held June 3-4, 2016 in Manchester, New Hampshire this year. Daytime eliminations and grand championships on Saturday were completely finished by 4:00 [...]
Mexican Open 2016 Cancelled
2016 Mexican Open cancelled due to violence in Acapulco, Mexico Amidst repeated reports of drug related killings in the city of Acapulco, Mexico, promoter Luis Jimenez cancelled the Mexican Open event that was scheduled for September 2-3, 2016 in Acapulco. In April, 2016, the United States State Department banned all travel for employees to the city of Acapulco after 136 [...]
All Stars Win the First Pro Kumite 10K
History made with the first Pro Kumite 10K as Team All Stars wins The 2016 Kumite Classics, held May 27-28, 2016 in Pittsburgh, PA, made huge changes in 2016. It became an independent event and offered the largest prize money purse for team sparring in recent history - a whopping $10,000! This kind of cash drew some of the top [...]
Team Paul Mitchell Adds Two More Hungarians
Team Paul Mitchell expands its men's fighting team by looking overseas. In a bold move, Team Paul Mitchell fighting added two established fighters from the country of Hungary. Beginning immediately, Tamas Imre and Ritchie Veres will join the ranks of Team Paul Mitchell fighters. This increases the current stable of available active 18-29 male fighters to six and the number [...]
Ten Cool Tournament Divisions You Need To Try
Check out unique and fun new divisions at a tournament near you. Sport karate tournaments today are not the same as what your instructor experienced back in the 90s with simple forms, fighting and weapons divisions. Promoters are working hard to come up with new and unique divisions to keep competitors excited about competition and to make their events more [...]
Competition 101: 5 Reasons to Compete Locally
Local events are a great place to start competition. Training in a martial arts school is probably enough for most people who get involved in the martial arts. Practicing kicks and punches, memorizing routines and self-defense techniques and the camaraderie of classmates is sufficient. But there are also a lot of people who want more out of their martial arts' [...]
The Road Traveled: Competitor Jeff Doss
Sport karate competition has been part of Jeff Doss' life since age 4; read about where it has taken him. Jeff Doss has been competing since age 4 and has won titles in nearly every league out there - NASKA, NBL, WKA, ISKA and PKC to name a few. He's won tricking competitions against some of the best but stands [...]
Rules Review: What Rank Can I Compete At?
Rules Review: Competing at a different rank reviewed It happens all the time and in some leagues, it is allowed by the rules: people move up in divisions in competition to challenge themselves. For instance, a brown belt is winning constantly in the advanced division and decides to move up to the black belt division for more competition. Is this [...]
Competition 101: Starting to Compete Step 1
Step 1: Competition Starts With Learning So you were browsing the web and found some great videos of amazing people doing point sparring or amazing martial arts tricking performances and now you're hooked. You want to compete in sport karate. The next question is, how to get started in competition. All of the people you see competing at events started [...]
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This Week in Sport Karate – August 23-29, 2021
It was a busy week of competition and [...]
WKC USA National Martial Arts Tournament: 2021 Highlights and Recaps
"The WKC is not just a league, it is [...]
This Week in Sport Karate Competition – August 14-22, 2021
Sport karate is hot right now with former competitors [...]
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AKA Warrior Cup: Windy City Excellence
Karate tournaments are large and chaotic events. Organizing them involves getting hundreds of martial artists from all over the Nation, and World, in the same room [...]
NAIKC 2016 Tournament Brings Energy
This year's North American International Karate Championships (NAIKC) were held in Dearborn, Michigan at the Edward Village Hotel and Conference Center the weekend of September 16-17, [...]
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Karate Tournament Survival Kit
It's always hard to know what gear, snacks, and equipment you need to bring when you go to a karate tournament. Whether this is your first [...]