Dennis Brown is considered one of the classiest event promoters in the world and his event, the U.S. Capitol Classics and China Open, follows suit. Spectators were able to mingle with today’s top martial art competitors as well as heroes from the past and movie stars. The tournament also kicked off the Open World Tour [...]
The ISKA US Open World Martial Arts Championships is not just a tournament – it is an experience and in 2014, it was an experience that made history. The event was packed with talent as nearly all of the top competitors in the world traveled to Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida to go [...]
It was all Raymond Daniels of Team All Stars with the glory at the 2014 Battle of Atlanta as Daniels took both the Extreme Warrior Challenge title and men's sparring grands. Boasting the Extreme Warrior Challenge, the Battle has grown in numbers and excitement over the past few years. The weekend of June 20-21, 2014 [...]
The Bestfighter tournament is a WAKO rated event that is one of the WAKO World Cup events - meaning one of the largest and most prestigious. The 2014 event, held June 4-6, 2014 in Lignano, Italy boasted higher attendance and some intense competition on all levels. The event included full contact, low kick, continuous and [...]
The upper midwest is becoming a strong center for sport karate, especially for the National Black Belt League (NBL). Part of this growth comes from the long-running Kumite Classic, this year held May 23-24, 2014 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh lies right on the border of the eastern edge of the Midwest and the 2014 event [...]
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 [...]
