Irish Open 2014 – Forms, Weapons, Fighting Divisions Update
After the excitement of team sparring at the 2014 Irish Open on Friday night, the weight class eliminations began on Saturday. 2014 was the largest ever Irish Open and divisions boasted 70+ competitors in many. Winning meant everything and competitors were ready to put in maximum effort. At the same time, junior forms and weapons were running with the largest [...]
2014 Irish Open Friday Team Sparring Updates
Day two of Irish Open International has begun. Last night had some crazy fighting in men's and women's team sparring and full contact eliminations. In 2013, Hungary's Team Kiraly won men's teams and Top Ten Europe won women's teams. In 2014, Team All Stars put out a great line up consisting of their usuals of Robbie Lavoie and Jack Felton [...]
Compete 2014: The Kids Are Alright
Los Angeles, California is home to one of the largest events in North America - the Compete International Martial Arts Championships, a North American Sport Karate Association (NASKA) 6A Rated World Level event. Held February 21-23, 2014 at the Ontario California Convention Center, the event drew thousands of competitors of all ages and belt levels for fun, exciting competition. The [...]
AKA Grand Nationals Opens 2014 With A Great Event
The 49th AKA Grand Nationals could only be described with one word - MORE. More competitors, more hospitality, more divisions, more effort and a bit more snow! Held in Chicago, Illinois the weekend of January 31 - February 1, 2014, the event opened with the NASKA awards banquet the evening of Thursday, January 30th. A bit of a winter blast [...]
Toronto Tournament of Champions 2013
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 with team competition and a [...]
WAKO Kickboxing medal rounds at the 2013 SportAccord World Combat Games
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 Sorlie of Norway facing Thi [...]
2013 SportAccord World Combat Games: Day 2 of WAKO Kickboxing
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 was becoming more fierce. [...]
2013 World Combat Games SportMartialArts.com semi-finals predications and match-ups
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 in WAKO fighting under her [...]
Kickboxing competition begins at World Combat Games
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 Hungary was also eliminated by [...]
Kickboxing draws for fighting match-ups at World Combat Games
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 18-26, 2013. Over the next five [...]
2013 Diamond Nationals – An Unforgettable Event
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 was run efficiently, the participation [...]
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2019 Irish Open International: Excitement In Ireland
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Quebec Open 2016 Features Top Competition
The 2016 Quebec Open Is Canada's Premier Open Martial Arts Event Quebec City, Canada (SMA) – It is the second year after the Quebec Open changed [...]
Gator Nationals Promoter Cancels 2016 Event
Promoter offers apology and announces cancelation of the 2016 Gator Nationals. Tampa, FL (SMA) - Competitors preparing for the 2016 Gator Nationals were shocked to receive an [...]
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Who Says Traditional Can’t Win? 2018 US Capitol Classics
The root of martial arts is traditional techniques and self-defense. Practitioners complain that competitive martial arts erode the tradition of the style. With acrobatics and extreme [...]