tournaments

[Azmyth]

Hey, quick question. If your school didn't really have any form of tournaments or what not. How would you go about competing in some anyway?

[Scott James]

Just do it.

Do a web search for local tournements or local circuts.

You may want to aks one of the instructors. They may not promote competitions in class, but I am sure some one there knows about local competitions.

[Zorba]

Also check if your school is ok with tournaments.

My old ITF club did not beleive in competition, so if i wanted to compete (which i wanted to, but didnt know how to go about it) i would have to enter as an individual, without a club, and also get a blank gi/dobok to compete in

[cleung]

You can find where open tournaments are in your region very easily on the internet these days. Just get some info from the promoters - get them to mail you a flyer. And then show up. You can either watch toget a feel of how things are or jump right in to compete.

good luck

[aefibird]

It is really quite easy to find out about torunaments and the like - google is your friend!

I usually look up karate and TKD or open MA tourneys on the web & let my instructors know about them. Even if no-one from my club goes then I still go anyway (sometimes, that is!)

If you really want to be more into competitions, though, then you might be better off searching for a school that likes competition fighting and promotes it. Occasional comps are fine, but if you want to be a serious competitor then you'd be better off in a competition-orienated school.

[cleung]

You can also check the NASKA and NBL websites. Also karatetournaments.com which also lists a lot of events.