Itosu Kai Nationals

Come and learn from one of the top male kata athletes in the world today. Olympic bronze medalist Ariel Torres Gutierrez comes to NOX Dojo to share his passion and secrets of sport kata. Just $165 for 4 hours. Register now.

New Update for Karate Ontario Kata Team Members

All of our journeys begin with the first step. It may seem easy for some but for others stepping out of one’s comfort zone is an enormous challenge. Our youngest athlete Nolan, competed in the U12 elite in the Karate Ontario Team Trials 2 on Sunday, October 23rd. He is only 9 years old competing in a division for up to 11. Just learning Anan Dai a few weeks prior, he was already nervous. While many of us are concerned about medals, we were only concerned that he finishes the division.

Representing his nation and all of his Senseis, he competed in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this past summer. He was joined by his Club Seiryu teammate Zachary Chin. As they are both in the same division, the biggest fear would be that they have to eventually compete against each other. They were in separate pools at the start of the tournament. As fate would have it, they both made it to the bronze medal round. Unlike in nationals where they were in different pools the entire time, in Birmingham, they had a face off together for bronze in their final round. Because of this, only one Canadian would bring home a medal. Both chose Suparimpe. The highest level kata in the Goju Ryu system. On this day, Noah took the match for the bronze.

Good luck to Zac and Noah as they compete at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England tomorrow morning at 4:00AM Toronto time. The end of the last and the beginning of the new season is blurred due to a continuous schedule of competitions throughout the summer. For the sake of this report, let’s call the Pan Ams as the finale of 2021/2022 and the Commonwealth as the beginning of 2022/2023.

On August 25, 2022, Cadence embarked on a new chapter in her life as a competitor representing a nation under the Canada’s Non-governmental Sport Organization, Karate Canada. The organizer, Panamerican Karate Federation (PKF) is one of the five regional representatives of the World Karate Federation (WKF). The other organizations being Asia (AKF), Europe (EKF), Africa (UFAK), and Oceania (OKF). There are multiple international karate organizations in existence however, the WKF is the only association that represents Karate worldwide under the International Olympic Committee (IOC).