Step 1: Competition Starts With Learning So you were browsing the web and found some great videos of amazing people doing point sparring or amazing martial arts tricking performances and now you're hooked. You want to compete in sport karate. The next question is, how to get started in competition. All of the people you [...]
Cancellation of an event can result in emotional and financial cost: how to recover. Minneapolis, MN (SMA) – The recent cancellation of the 2016 Gator Nationals has left competitors and families wondering how to recover emotionally and financially. The Gators cancellation is not the first time a major event has been taken off the books. [...]
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 hands from the iconic Clermont Poulin to the trio of David Bossinotte, Claire Cocozza and Samuel Gagnon. In 2016, the event grew in size and produced what can only [...]
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 email on Saturday announcing the event cancelation. The email of April 30, 2016 read as follows: “Subject – Cancellation of the 2016 Gator Nationals It is with great regret [...]
The Grand Slam Open Nationals offered amazing performances and family-friendly atmosphere The Grand Slam Nationals prides itself on a true family affair for karate. This tournament had grown from a regional event, to a national stop on the NBL tour that the Doss family can take immense pride in. Held near historic Richmond, Virginia the [...]
The 2016 Ocean State Grand Nationals (OSGN) burst onto the Spring sport karate tournament scene on April 8th - 10th in Warwick, Rhode Island. This event is known for bringing out the top martial artists from the Northeastern United States to Canada to see whose training has paid off over the long winter. This year [...]
The 2016 Amerikick Internationals impressed and improved again. In sport karate as in all sports, evolution is critical. We must push the boundaries of yesteryear in order to excel to new heights. The same thing applies to tournament promoters. Your tournament must evolve if you want to stay relevant. This is one lesson that Amerikick [...]
The 2016 Canadian Open tournament took place on a blustery winter day in beautiful Ottawa, Canada on March 19, 2016. This event was one of the qualification events to become part of the Canadian WKC army to take on the world in late October. If you haven’t had the chance to see the amazement that [...]
“The biggest risk, is not taking any risk” - Mark Zuckerberg At the end of 2015 the Cain family decided to take a risk in promoting the 2016 SMAC Internationals. They decided to go independent. It was not an easy decision to make and it came with many complications and uncertainties. Fortunately, for the Cain [...]
The Irish Open was bigger and better than ever! The 2016 Irish Open was bigger and better than ever. Held the weekend of March 4-6, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland, promoter Roy Baker was proud to announce that in 2017 he may have to limit the number of entrants due to size! The prestige of the [...]
