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Irish Blood Is Making Big News – Dean Barry

By |August 4th, 2016|Categories: Competitors, Personalities, Road Traveled, Team Update, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , |

Europe is making a substantial impact on sport karate in the United States, and Irish fighter Dean Barry is part of it. Dean Barry appears a quiet, reserved Irish guy and then you start to [...]

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Top Ten Movies/Shows With Sport Karate People

By |July 30th, 2016|Categories: Competitors, Entertainment, Personalities, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , |

Sport martial arts is not just part of karate competition. Competitors have become a part of the entertainment industry appearing in movies and shows. Sport martial arts competitors are entertaining to watch in the [...]

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Underbelt Finals Are The New Standard

By |July 27th, 2016|Categories: Competition 101, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Finals shows for underbelt competitors are popping up at tournaments across the United States. Black belt "grand championships" are part of most sport karate tournaments. Grand champion competition matches divisional winners against each other for an overall champion [...]

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Sport Karate Well Received on ESPN

By |July 22nd, 2016|Categories: ISKA, NASKA Event, NASKA World Event, Open World Tour, Tournament, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Television broadcast exposure for sport karate like ESPN is essential to the growth of the sport. The US Open ISKA World Martial Arts Championships is held annually at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The US Open [...]

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Amazing Martial Arts at 2016 US Open

By |July 10th, 2016|Categories: ISKA, NASKA Event, NASKA World Event, Open World Tour, Tournament, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

It’s considered the biggest martial arts event for open sport karate competition in the world and the 2016 US Open lived up to the hype. Thousands of competitors and spectators converged on Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort [...]

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Think Fighting – 2016 Battle of Atlanta

By |June 20th, 2016|Categories: NASKA Event, NASKA World Event, Open World Tour, Tournament, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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Higher Education and Martial Arts

By |June 9th, 2016|Categories: Competition 101, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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New England Open: Sport Karate In The East

By |June 5th, 2016|Categories: NASKA Event, NASKA World Event, Tournament, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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. [...]

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Mexican Open 2016 Cancelled

By |May 31st, 2016|Categories: Tournament, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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All Stars Win the First Pro Kumite 10K

By |May 29th, 2016|Categories: Tournament, Tournament Review|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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