karate tournaments

[poisendhearts]

hey, i wanted to know what are some good tournaments that have sparring to join, because the only one ive heard about is the Arizona IMPACT Nationals, so please tell me some good ones, i like sparring!!!!

[bushido_man96]

You could look into some TKD tournaments, if you want a little different breed of sparring.

[Rateh]

Most major open tournaments now also have tkd sparring devisions, bushido.

[bushido_man96]

Most major open tournaments now also have tkd sparring devisions, bushido.

Cool. Does that mean they are seperate sparring events? Like, a TKD sparring event, and then a different sparring event?

[Rateh]

Yes, there are generally three catagories for sparring; point sparring, continuous sparring, and tkd sparring.

[Rateh]

Oh, n poisendhearts, I'm not sure when different competitions are this year, as I'm not competing so I haven't been paying attention. Usually when I do compete though, I go to the san deigo open tournament. Its generally around February I beleive. Once you go to one tournament, you'll find out when all the others are just because there are always fliers. Also you could try going to a naska website and seeing when their tournaments are, or another major circuit. (Naska is the only one I can think of atm) The most major tournaments are also often for more than one circuit, so they will be listed on more than one webpage.

Edit: heres the naska listings (the only one I've done is "Compete) http://naska.com/html/2007_world_tour.html

and heres a website you might be able to find more through... http://www.sportmartialarts.com/index.cfm?action=maslinc.home

[poisendhearts]

ya, i wanted to enter into jiju(knockout) sparring no limit to where you strike ill look into the tkd sparring though bushidoman

[juey palancu]

Poise, what you're looking for is called MMA