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Year of the Dragon: Ocean State Grand Nationals 2012

By |April 15th, 2012|Categories: KRANE, NASKA World Event, Tournament Review, WAKO|Tags: , , , , , , |

Tournaments in New England are unique because the area is a blend of old school karate and new innovation. The 2012 Ocean State Grand Nationals offered this unique combination at its 32nd Annual [...]

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Jefferson Owns Golden Gate Internationals 2012

By |March 29th, 2012|Categories: NBL, NBL WestPac National Conference, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , |

It was new location for the best sport martial arts tournament on the bay - the Golden Gate Internationals - as it was hosted at the convenient Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, a stone’s [...]

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2012 Irish Open becomes largest fighting event in the World

By |March 4th, 2012|Categories: Tournament Review, WAKO|Tags: , , , , , |

The 2012 Irish Open is the pinnacle of fighting and is, actually, the largest fighting tournament in the world. Nearly 2500 competitors attended this pre-registration-only event, the event's highest number of entries in its [...]

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Extreme Men and All Stars stand out at 2012 Compete Nationals

By |February 26th, 2012|Categories: NASKA World Event, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , |

Compete Nationals stands out as the first 6A level World Event in the (North American Sport Karate Association) NASKA tour as well as the only West Coast event in the upper echelon of NASKA [...]

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Alejandro Brings Back Virginia’s Best Challenge Tournament

By |February 10th, 2012|Categories: Tournament Review|Tags: , , , |

By Katie Thompson For the first time in nearly seven years, Edwin Alejandro's Virginia's Best Challenge returned to the sport karate tournament circuit on January 28, 2012. Alejandro's EWO Team worked hard this [...]

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Karns, Liu and Levine Ring in the New Year at AKAs

By |January 17th, 2012|Categories: NASKA World Event, Tournament Review|

2012 opened with the AKA Grand Nationals in Chicago, Illinois to start the North American Sport Karate Association (NASKA) season. The talk of the event was Micah Karns who moved into the adult [...]

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2011 NBL Supergrands crowns grand champions

By |January 1st, 2012|Categories: NBL, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , |

The Grand Finale Super Show at the Super Grands allows competitors to receive numerous awards and watch the new world champions  squaring off against one another for overall titles.  After the new world [...]

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The last Grand Finale at 2011 NBL Supergrands

By |December 31st, 2011|Categories: NBL, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , |

The last official grand finale of the Super Grands was filled with adults, vying for the right to be called World Champion.  The first event of this evening was the Hard Choreographed Musical [...]

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Youth on stage in Supergrands Grand Finale 4

By |December 30th, 2011|Categories: NBL, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , |

The fourth finale was all juniors and the young guns were excited to show off what they could do.  The first division up was 11 and under Hard Choreographed Musical Forms.  Zach Gaona of [...]

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