KarateForums.com Awards 2025: Winners Revealed!

[Patrick]

Hello,

Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com.  

After a month and a half of nominating and voting, the 24th edition of the KarateForums.com Awards have come to an end. It is now time for us to announce the winners!

Before I do so, I wanted to once again congratulate everyone who was nominated. Regardless of whether or not you won the award, the fact that you were nominated means that, when asked to identify a member who really stood out in the past year, your fellow community members thought of you. In the history of this community, only 169 members have ever been nominated for an award.

To be nominated is pretty cool, and you should be proud. If you did not win or were not nominated, please don't take it badly. These awards do have meaning, but they are also for fun and not everyone can win or be nominated. Please join me in congratulating our winners.  

I would like to specifically thank everyone who participated in the process by nominating and voting. It is the community that selected the nominees and decided the winners. There are no KarateForums.com Awards without you.

In fact, a majority of our nominees took the time to vote in categories where they were nominated. Since you can't vote for yourself, your choice is to vote for someone else or not vote at all. Though I can't reveal who voted for whom, please know that I appreciate everyone who thoughtfully voted in the categories where they were nominated. It says a lot about you, and I love to see it.

Without further ado, here are our winners:

1. Member of the Year: @KarateKen

2. Community Spirit Award: (tie) @bushido_man96 (for the 9th year and 2nd consecutive!) and @DarthPenguin

3. Staff Member of the Year: (tie) @bushido_man96 (for the 9th year and 2nd consecutive!) and @Wastelander (for the 3rd year and 2nd consecutive!)

4. Funniest Member of the Year: @KarateKen

5. Karate Contributor of the Year: @Spartacus Maximus

6. Health and Fitness Contributor of the Year: @bushido_man96 (for the 5th year!)

7. Instructors and School Owners Contributor of the Year: @Wastelander (for the 4th year!)

Congratulations to bushido_man96 (3 wins!), KarateKen (2 wins!), Wastelander (2 wins!), DarthPenguin, and Spartacus Maximus!

bushido_man96 has now hit the milestone of 25 wins over the history of the KarateForums.com Awards, currently with 27, which is 2nd all-time. Wastelander reached and surpassed the 10 win mark, now with 11, good for 5th all-time. Finally, DarthPenguin now has 5 wins, T8th all-time. Congrats all around.

For past winners and all of the awards historical data, please check out: http://www.karateforums.com/awards.php

Thank you for reading and for supporting the KarateForums.com Awards.

Sincerely,

Patrick

[Wastelander]

Thank you to everyone who voted, and congratulations to all of the winners!

[bushido_man96]

Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to all the voters!

[sensei8]

Thank you to all voted!! Congratulations to all the winners!!

[KarateKen]

Member of the Year AND Funniest Member of the Year?  What an honor! Thank you to all who voted and awarded me this, and congratulations to all who won and were nominated.