All our tournaments are FREE to watch!! Come out and check out the action!!
For more details contact the Tournament Co-ordinator Cary Hollett (tournament@karatens.org)
All karateka in KNS and other associations under the Karate Canada and WKF are entitled to compete at Karate Nova Scotia sanctioned tournaments. The tournaments are organized for all those interested in competing. Tournaments allow those interested, to compare their skill with other folks in the province, and outside the province, to see how their individual training is going. For others it is another aspect of Karate that keeps the training interesting. For the younger ones it is a chance to introduce them to the competitive and sport side of Karate. It is also a venue that is used to annually select our Provincial Karate Team to represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian Championships.
We follow the WKF rules with some minor changes found here: KNS Competition Rule Set
Coaching requirements for tournaments:
Karate Nova Scotia will be implementing new coaching requirements to be able to coach at KNS Sanctioned Tournaments (Grand Prixs, Atlantics, etc.). The implementation will be a multi year process, starting with getting all coaches taking basic coaching courses:
1) At the start of the 2023/24 Grand Prix season and every season thereafter, all coaches must be wear a club jacket/hoodie or a Provincial Coach jacket, track pants and sneakers.
2) Starting from the 2023/24 season onward, all coaches much have at a minimum the Make Ethical Decisions (MED) course and evaluation, Making Headway in Sports and Safe Sport Training.
For those needing to attain these courses, here are your paths:
Making Ethical Decisions – this is a free course, and NS Coaches can see the next offerings here: https://www.coachingns.com/nccp-online-virtual-learning
Making Headway in Sports – this is a free course, and you can do online here: https://thelocker.coach.ca/onlinelearning#MHW-SP-E
Safe Sports Training – this is a free course, and you can do online here: https://thelocker.coach.ca/onlinelearning#SS
Divisions
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- Novice is any athlete who has just started karate; has up to one year of training; has graded 2 or less times within their karate style; no dan ranks permitted.
- Intermediate is any athlete 1 to 3 years of training; has 3 to 6 grading’s within their karate style; no dan ranks permitted.
- Advanced is any athlete with 3 plus years of training; 7 plus gradings.
- Elite is for any competitor on or trying out for any Provincial Karate Team, or for those who wish to compete at higher level.
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