Alton Karate Parents and Students,

Here is the list of upcoming tournaments we will be participating in and some you are more than welcome to attend to since I don’t know alot about them.

Approved Tournaments:

Sat March 17, 2018- Auvenshines- Springfield, IL

Sat April 6-7, 2018 Samurang Games- Friday/Meet the Masters/Sat- Tourney- Palatine, IL suburbs of Chicago this is a very highly recommended tournament lots of fun for the kids, so many different events to do and/or see. Most parents make it a small early family vacation.

May 5, 2018- AAU Ozark Regional Qualifier: If you don’t want or like Olympic Sparring you can register for Point Sparring and/or Sword Sparring or both.  Tough Competition in forms.  Top 7 in each division qualify for nationals.  Good tournament to see how a AAU tournament is run.

Sat August 3-4 , 2018- Vera Harrison’s-Douglas Grosse Memorial- Peoria, IL Nice Small Tournament run out of a church gymnasium.  Unique trophies and awards especially for Black Belts.

Tournaments for extra experience

Sat March 23, 2018- Woo Sops Show Me Cup-Fenton, MO- Nice Run Tournament.

Sat April 15, 2018- Moo Do Kwan-Crestwood, MO- This ended up being a nice small tournament, less than 150 competitors

Sat June 2, 2018- St. Louis Open- St. Louis, MO- We didn’t go went to NAGA instead.

If you would like more info on any of these tournaments see Bill Cathey- Kalebs- Grandpa after class.

September 30, 2018- Willow Invitational- Must be an AAU Member

November 15-16- Sharps Invitational- Bloomington, IL