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Tournaments

 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

NEW – 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, culminating with all coaches needing NCCP Karate Canada Training:

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) For the 2023/24 season, all coaches much have at a minimum the Make Ethical Decisions (MED) course and evaluation, Making Headway in Sports and Safe Sport Training.

3) For the 2024/25 season, in addition to the MED, Making Headway in Sports and Safe Sport courses, coaches will need to be NCCP Karate Canada Instruction Beginner Trained.

4) For the 2025/26 season, in addition to the MED, Making Headway in Sports and Safe Sport courses, coaches will need to be NCCP Karate Canada Competition Introduction Trained.

5) For the 2026/27 season, in addition to the MED, Making Headway in Sports and Safe Sport courses, coaches will need to be NCCP Karate Canada Competition Introduction certified.

After the 2026/27 season it will be expected that all coaches have the MED, Making Headway in Sports and Safe Sports courses and be NCCP Competition Introduction Certified.

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

Karate Canada Instruction Beginner Training – KNS will offer these courses yearly, if there are enough participants available to take the course. There are plans to have one in the Fall of 2023. Information will be sent soon with details on the course, dates and pricing.

Karate Canada Competition Instruction Training – KNS will offer these courses yearly, if there are enough participants available to take the course. There are plans to have one in the Spring of 2024. Information will be sent soon with details on the course, dates and pricing.

If you have any questions, please contact td@karatens.org.

Divisions

Divisions are based on the combination of karate rank and experience.

    • Novice is any athlete who has just begun and up to one year of training.
    • Intermediate is based on 1 to 3 years of training and/or no competition experience.
    • Advanced is any athlete with 3 plus years experience or any athlete trying out for Provincial Karate Team.

Categories

Ninja Turtle (Ages: 5 to 8) – Meant to be a fun introduction to Kumite without contact. This is offered to give the kids who do not compete in Kumite a fun event to compete in.  Sometimes known as Flag Kumite.
 
 
 
Kata (Ages: 5 and up)  – This is for individuals to compete with each other without contact. They show the routines or Kata’s that they learn in their dojo’s and they are judged on understanding of technique, stance, KIME, focus, timing, speed, and balance. The ability to tell a story through their movements, convince the judges that there is a real opponent.
 
Team Kata (Ages: 5 and up) – This allows competitors to get three students together and show how they can think as one. The judges are looking for uniformity and the same qualities as above in the Kata. These are three person teams with one person named as the captain.
 
Kumite (Ages: 7 and up) – This is where karateka compete one on one in an elimination format. There is a whole point system that allows competitors to score one, two or three points. One point is scored when a technique is scored by the hands on a valid scoring area. Two points are scored if you Kick someone to the body above the waist but below the head; if you were to punch someone to the back of the head after you have taken them off balance; cleanly score with a combination of punches. Three points are scored for kicks to the head or proper sweeps and takedowns. These are very vague descriptions of points. There is a lot more detail and different scenarios that can be learned in your dojo.
 
Sample Blank Draw Sheets for modified repecharge