2024 Compete Internationals: New and Old
Participation in the martial arts increases annually with over 6 million people in the United States attending at least one class a year. An important part of training is martial arts tournaments where martial artists from different backgrounds and schools can test their skills and [...]
2024 AKA Warrior Cup: The Start of a Year of Growth
Participation in the martial arts increases annually with over 6 million people in the United States attending at least one class a year. An important part of training is martial arts tournaments where martial artists from different backgrounds and schools can test their skills and [...]
Extreme Men and All Stars stand out at 2012 Compete Nationals
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 tournaments. This year, Compete Nationals was celebrating its 25th anniversary and promoters Mohamad and Amanada Jahan-vash were excited to see an increase in pre-registrations for [...]
Alejandro Brings Back Virginia’s Best Challenge Tournament
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 year to promote the return of one of Virginia's premier karate events and the results were phenomenal. If you don't believe me....just ask the Lynchburg [...]
Karns, Liu and Levine Ring in the New Year at AKAs
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 divisions this year. After dominating in the 14-17 divisions for the latter part of 2011, Karns opened up the new year with a grand champion [...]
2011 NBL Supergrands crowns grand champions
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 championship rings are dispersed, the select few champions storm the stage and compete for the honor to be named World Grand Champion and to receive [...]
The last Grand Finale at 2011 NBL Supergrands
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 Forms division, contested by Jeff Doss and Ghandi Lewis. A slight stumble by Doss allowed Ghandi to capture his first individual title in a few [...]
Youth on stage in Supergrands Grand Finale 4
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 Team International faced off against Hayden Smith of Team Strike Force for the honor of becoming champion. Gaona came away with the close victory over [...]
Adult weapons and fighting dominate Supergrands finale 3
Finale three was adults-only competition and it proved incredibly exciting. The first division was the Hard Choreographed Musical competition. Jeff Doss and Josh Durbin renewed their WestPac rivalry on this night and they both performed very well. But in the end, Durbin’s tricks and flips were too much for Doss to overcome. The next division was the senior [...]
Contemporary weapons and youth point sparring in Supergrands finale 2
Day three of the Super Grands was as exciting as the last two. Creative, traditional and point fighting were all on hand for those in attendance. Raymond Daniels and Jamal Albini wildcarded their point sparring divisions and made it all the way to the finals. Jeff Doss and Josh Durbin edged Darrell "Ghandi" Lewis to make it to the finals [...]
Team Proper and Team All Stars dominate team divisions at NBL Supergrands
The NBL Super Grands are always an exciting end to the competition season, and that start to this year’s event proved no different. Already on the first day, Team All-Stars were knocking people out showing off who the number one fighting team in Sport Karate is. Also, Nick Cain will take the stage later this week to defend [...]
Fourth Wins for Firouzi, Daniels, Nash and Csoka at 2011 Diamond Nationals
It was bigger, it was better, it was more glamorous than it has been in the past two years at the 2011 Diamond Nationals, held September 30-October 1, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Despite all the economic woes being experienced in our country, Friday night was packed and Saturday was wall-to-wall with competitors. And the event boasted one of [...]
2011 US Capitol Classics – Bringing Back the History
In 2010, the US Capitol Classics and China Open moved to a new location in National Harbor, Maryland at the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center. The mammoth and beautiful building that encompasses the Gaylord Resort was again the setting for the 2011 US Capitol Classics and China Open. Held the weekend of August 5-6, 2011, the event promoters [...]
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Sport Karate News
U.S. Open: Creativity and Community
Corey Holzman2017-11-24T21:08:22-06:00August 7th, 2017|1 Comment
The U.S. Open has been a banner event of [...]
AmeriKick Internationals: Sport Karate Spectacular in the City of Brotherly Love
Corey Holzman2017-11-24T21:08:22-06:00April 14th, 2017|Comments Off on AmeriKick Internationals: Sport Karate Spectacular in the City of Brotherly Love
The AmeriKick Internationals have always been a staple of [...]
AKA Warrior Cup: Windy City Excellence
Corey Holzman2017-11-24T21:08:22-06:00February 3rd, 2017|Comments Off on AKA Warrior Cup: Windy City Excellence
Karate tournaments are large and chaotic events. Organizing them [...]
Competition News
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Action from the 2016 Compete Internationals
Great competition from the 2016 Compete Internationals The Compete Internationals is the only world level tournament on the West Coast for the North American Sport Karate [...]
The 2016 Long Island Winter Open Starts the Year
The 2016 tournament season started with the Long Island Winter Open in New York. This event was a WKC Qualifier and a chance to test skills [...]
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Diamond Nationals 2016 – Welcome to the Best of the Midwest!
Corey Holzman2017-11-24T21:08:23-06:00October 10th, 2016|Comments Off on Diamond Nationals 2016 – Welcome to the Best of the Midwest!
This year’s Diamond Nationals was held at the Double Tree Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. Diamond Nationals has been a staple of Midwest martial arts excellence for [...]