Tomorrow, December 1st 2018, members of the Canadian Senior National Team Roster members selected to participate in the 2018 North American Cup taking place in Los Cabos, Mexico. This competition, between Canada, USA and Mexico, will serve as a regional qualifier for the 2019 Lima Pan Am Games. Karate Canada will be represented by a...

Karate Canada would like to congratulate Thomas de Freyman, Yoshie Furumoto and Trevor Walmsley for successfully getting their Kumite Judge A WKF Officials' licenses while at the 2018 Sr World Championships in Madrid, Spain. Only 9 individuals in Canada currently hold a WKF license and Karate Canada wants to salute their dedication in striving to...

Montréal, QC – Karate Canada is pleased to announce that, following its recommendation, the World Karate Federation (WKF) has approved a new version of the rules which will allow all athletes to wear a head covering during competition for religious reasons. Prior to this change, only female athletes were permitted to wear a head covering. This decision,...

Last fall, Karate Canada set up an official volunteer Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Committee including Jim Jennings (Chair), John DeVicentis, Rodney Hobson, Angelo Mendoza and Timothy Suzuki. The Committee as already had three meetings and is actively working on updating the Karate for Life booklet. The Officials’ Committee also added three new members to its...

Intellectually Impaired finals of the 2018 Sr World Championships were held today in Madrid, Spain. Natalie Olson (AB) was going against Charlene Odin from France for the third place. Olson beat Odin with a score of 42.2 and won the bronze medal! Patricia Wright (ON) was facing Salma Alaaeldin Ebrahim (EGY) in the gold medal...