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Type of tournament

The Martial Arts has two segments: a Martial Arts competition and workshops.We will organize different workshops that give you a good opportunity to experience other combat sports. The different workshops are Thai boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Krav Maga, kata, wrestling and martial arts. The wrestling and martial arts competitions are still on our programme.                                                        

More information about the trainers will follow soon, so check our website on a regular basis.

Categories and assignment

For semi-contact men and women have their own competitions. The participants will be divided based on their level and their weight. If the number of participants is low we will combine several levels and/or weight groups. The winner of each duel goes on to the next round. The one who loses a duel can repeat in the lucky-loser system.

In the Kata competition, men and women compete together.

The different Kata disciplines are:

Anticipated number of participants

70

Event conditions

With a combination of several combat disciplines, we organize a very diverse Martial Arts tournament. Participants can sign themselves in for Semi-contact as well as for Kata.

Schedule

Timespan: 2 days

Thursday  and Friday 8 and 9 August

A more detailed schedule will follow soon.

During this competition there are also wrestling and Brazilian jiu jitsu competitions. These four sports (judo, karate, wrestling and Brazilian jiu jitsu) form the semi-contact competition. To finish we have a Kata competition open for all the participants of the Martial Arts and Wrestling competition.

Governing and sanction rules*

The international rules will follow soon.

Venue

Sporthal Kattenbroek
Kattenbroek 14£
2650 Edegem - Antwerpen

Anyone who is seeking a cheap sleeping place will find this here. For €15/night (including breakfast), you can stay overnight. Showers and toilets are available. 

You have only to provide your own sleeping material (sleeping-bag, sleeping-mat, camp-bed). 

Be careful: the number of overnight guests here is strictly limited to 80 people. If you'd like to make use of this, you'll find the information soon at our Hosted Housing page.

Sporthal Kattenbroek

Transport

This location is accessible by public transport. Once the travel times from the bus company for 2013 are known, this information will be communicated on our website.

Accessible for wheelchairs?

No

Prize distribution

For each competition in each age category there will be a bronze, silver and gold medal.

What is martial arts?

This sport aims to combine different combat techniques from different combat disciplines. The objective is to reach the most effective combat sport. Based on well-formulated rules it is possible to combine these disciplines and to achieve a spectacular result.

Contact:

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