March 21, 2026 | Yonkers, New York In Collaboration with Karate For Change – All Female Karate ConferenceThe Guardian Girls event was successfully held on March 21, 2026, in Yonkers, New York, as part of the Karate For Change All Female Karate Conferen...
The USA Karate US Open, JIC, and U21 Team Trials event held April 2-5, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas, was a tremendous success with nearly 100 officials participating at the event! The four days went very smoothly, allowing athletes, referees, coaches, an...
Caregivers often think their job is shielding athletes from all stress. But board-certified family physician and TrueSport Expert, Deborah Gilboa, MD, says stress is a vital tool for building resilience. Instead of avoiding it, help athletes embrace st...
We are looking forward to another fantastic US Open/JIC and U21 Team Trials on April 2-5, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas! This is our first signature event of the year, and many domestic and international athletes will be participating in the four-day even...
2026 kicked off with our Inaugural Referee Training Camp in January!Over 40 referees attended the weekend camp, and several also took the opportunity to test for referee and judge licenses. The camp was extremely beneficial for drilling-down on recent ...
Tournament in a Box, the industry-leading tournament management platform trusted by martial arts organizations nationwide, has officially launched Tournament in a Box 2.0 — a completely rebuilt and modernized online experience designed to make event ma...
Miami, FL — January 18, 2026 — USA Karate kicked off the 2026 season by hosting the largest National Team Training Camp in the organization’s history, held January 16-18, 2026, in Miami, Florida. The event brought together nearly 100 athletes from all ...
Colorado Springs, CO — USA Karate has announced an updated eligibility structure for participation in the USA Karate National Championships, reinforcing the role of the National Tournament as the culminating event of the competitive season.Beginning wi...
Athlete Bios
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blo...
