November 22-23, 2013 brought sport karate to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with the Toronto Tournament of Martial Arts Champions. The event was rated by NASKA and the event highlighted the wide variety of sport karate teams in Canada and the love of the sport. On Friday evening, the musical, extreme and creative forms were held along [...]
The final evening of WAKO Kickboxing at the 2013 SportAccord World Combat Games involved the medal rounds for the three disciplines of low kick, full contact and point fighting. The finals took place October 25, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. FULL CONTACT In the full contact contest, the women opened up the competition with Tonje [...]
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - It was the day of semi-final competition for kickboxing disciplines at the World Combat Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Winners today would move into the final medal round and a chance at becoming declared the World Combat Games gold medalist. Only 4 competitors remained in each discipline and the competition [...]
World Combat Games kickboxing competition starts again tomorrow with the semi-finals in point fighting, low kick and full contact. Here are our predictions for the semi-finals. Add your comments and your predictions and get ready to tune in! POINT FIGHTING -60k Women Point Fighting Shauna Bannon is a strong Irish competitor with some real success [...]
The quarterfinals for point fighting, low kick and full contact were held on the first day of World Combat Games Kickboxing competition and there were some surprises, especially in the women's competition. Favorite female point fighting competitor Chelsey Nash of Canada was eliminated in a close match with Italy's Gloria de Bei. Adriann Kades of [...]
During the evening of October 20, 2013 at the World Combat Games, kickboxing completed draws to set the match-ups for the semi-final eliminations to be held on the first day of competition. Over 32 countries are represented in three categories of competition at this SportAccord hosted event being held in St. Peterburg, Russia from October [...]
The 2013 Diamond Nationals, held October 4-5, 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota was an incredible event for some of the top competitors in the world - and for some new faces. One of the longest running, best known and best organized sport karate events in the world, the 2013 Diamond Nationals did not disappoint. The event [...]
The AKA American Open hosted in beautiful San Diego, California has been one of the fastest growing tournaments in America. This up and coming event has made huge steps every year. Some of the best competitors from southern California and several NASKA world champions were in attendance the weekend of August 23-24, 2013 at the [...]
US Capitols Classics is always a classy event. Held at the beautiful Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Maryland over the weekend of August 2-3, 2013, the event boasted a sophisticated venue and some excellent competition. As always, some faces from the past were on hand to attend the event with appearances by Linda Denley, [...]
Hailed as the largest sport karate event in North America and, quite possibly the world, the US Open ISKA World Martial Arts Championships was held July 5-6, 2013 in Walt Disney World, Florida. More than 45 countries were represented at the event including lesser-known nations like Qatar. Large contingencies were on hand from nations like [...]
