WKA World Karate Association

[ialwaysgethit]

hi every one, has any one hear of the WKA, World Karate Association, of so what are your thoughs.

 

Is any one going to their world championships in november is so what is the standard like.

 

i have been invited to go and i am debating weather to go or not.

 

help me

[Chado]

Not sure where your from and what not...here you have to goto a provincial qualifer (which I am going to on Saturday) and if you place top 3 in your division you move on to the Canadian Nationals (in quebec) and if you place top 3 there you are part of the canadian national team and get to go to the worlds in Niagara Falls (where I used to live...about an hour and a half from where I am now) and compete at Casino Niagara in november as you said.

 

Unless your a ranked competitor as it is and you just got invited? I'm not so I dont know about those sorts of things...but I'm hoping to do well on Saturday. I have a post in the Karate forum asking if anyone has been to one of these before as well...the rules are a bit different then I am used to. So if I dont do well I wont be to upset because it will be a good experience for me anyway.

 

Hope someone else contributes in here, I'd like to know more about what kind of event this is...I usually have a lot of fun at tournaments, and hopefully this will be the same...but the rules are written pretty loosely so if someone isn't a good sport the possibility of getting hurt seems to be much greater then what I'm used to.

 

Oh well I'll post back after the qualifier on Saturday if no one else contributes.

 

Chado

[ialwaysgethit]

good Luck on saturday then.

 

I got third at the English WKA nationals a month or so ago behind Jason Baird and Lee Tiffany.

 

I think jason is going. So i might see u there in canada, its just alot of money

 

Oli

[Chado]

Well I made it to the nationals (this was the provincials). So in May I compete in that...and i make that then I'll hopefully see you there! If you can figure out plane fare I can try and help you find some cheap spots in Niagara...since that's where I used to live (and I still train there).

 

Chado

[larsenator]

Here is an article posted on the MAN-Magazine webzine som months ago: http://www.man-magazine.com/MAN2.1/?showstory=183&issue=6

[Chado]

Here is an article posted on the MAN-Magazine webzine som months ago: http://www.man-magazine.com/MAN2.1/?showstory=183&issue=6

 

They don't seem to think to highly of it.

 

To be honest I wasn't very impressed with the kata judging...bad calls are quite possible in sparring and I'm sure some were made, but with the contact rules as they were it was pretty easy to 'show' you hit the guy in a target area. But I haven't found any tournaments (WKF aside) where I thought the kata judging was up to par...I saw people with thumbs out (thumbs out on open hand and thumbs sticking out over there fist when they were punching) who got much high scores then people who had everything in tight all nice like it's supposed to. Maybe I just don't understand how they are grading the kata's...but from the rules well it seemed like that was part of it. Oh well I didn't enter that anyway I just did Kumite and it was alot of fun, whether they are there just making money or not...I got to have a fun day of sparring new people, and at the Canadian Nationals even more new people =)

 

Chado

[lucifersdad]

well, done on your qualification!

i saw your kata and im always impressed!

its cos of guys like you i only enter korean now! lol

but i must say although he is good, i thought you should have beaten jason!

but on the upside at least paul law isnt competing anymore! (i got third in japanese last year but only the top two qualifed, i thought it was gonna be the same this year so i didnt enter, but hey, you live and learn.

see you on the curcuit.

[ialwaysgethit]

hi there

thank very much, that means alot to me.

You should enter japanese as well, you never know who will or wont turn up, or make a mistake.

i am trying to beat jason, in the process of trying to train at the moment, but to much work to do.

Yeah c u on the curcuit all the best

[aefibird]

Congratulations ialwaysgethit and Chado!

Good luck Chado for the National competition.

[calgarian]

Hi there,

wondering if anyone knows where to look for results of the WKA Canadian championship held last week at Hull, Quebec.

thanks a million!