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.
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- 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.