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The Maritime IKD will host a tournament on May 3 at Cumberland North Academy in Brookdale, NS.

2025 Maritime IKD Tournament Information

Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ Cumberland North Academy, Amherst, NS

Registration deadline:              Tuesday, April 29 by 9pm

Registration details:   Name, Dojo, Rank (specific Kyu/Dan), Age (on May 3), Gender

Online Registration Form:      https://forms.gle/vsDkFnvfHa5Nhswt7 

Cost:    $10 PER PERSON (paid to Instructor before event)

Schedule:          9:00 am setup for tournament

                            9:30am – 5:00pm Tournament

                              Tentative order of events:

• Black Belt Adult events
• Team Kata
• Team Bunkai
• Individual Kata
• Individual Kumite

Volunteers needed to do scorekeeping and timekeeping.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: (Separate Youth VS Adult and some by gender and/or rank depending on age/level and registration numbers)

Beginner: 9^th Kyu (White), 8^th Kyu (Yellow)7^th Kyu (Orange)

• Kata elimination: Heian Shodan flag system (2 perform simultaneously)
• Kata Finals: Tokui kata point system
• Kumite: Sanbon – jodan, chudan, gedan/counter attack (right leg back)
• Flag Kumite: Age 9 & under

Intermediate: 6th Kyu (Green), 5th Kyu (Blue), 4th Kyu (Purple)

• Kata elimination: Heian Yondan flag system
• Kata Finals: Tokui kata point system
• Kumite: Ippon – jodan, chudan, mae-geri (no kekomi attack, no penalty for same counter attacks) (right leg back but if tie then left leg back)
• Flag Kumite: Age 9 & under

Advance: 3rd Kyu, 2nd Kyu, 1st Kyu (Brown)

• Kata elimination: Heian Nidan to Tekki Shodan flag system
• Kata Finals: Tokui kata point system
• Kumite eliminations: Jiyu ippon kumite (no contact allowed); no kekomi/mawashi-geri attack, no penalty for same counter attacks; Favorite sides for each attack. However, once announced attacker cannot change sides.
• Kumite Finals: Jiyu kumite (no contact allowed)
• Flag Kumite: Age 9 & under

Black Belt:

• Kata elimination: Heian Nidan to Tekki Shodan flag system
• Kata Finals: Tokui kata point system
• Kumite Eliminations & Finals: Jiyu kumite

TEAM EVENTS:

Team Kata & Team Bunkai

• Tentatively by age group Youth and Adult
• Mixed Genders/ranks allowed

GROUPINGS OF AGES AND/OR RANKS WILL DEPEND ON REGISTRATION NUMBERS

The Maritime IKD 2025 Spring Clinic took place this weekend. This time we had the opportunity to train with Shihan David and Shihan Janice Pyke as well as Sensei Roy Stuart and Sensei Norm Robitza.

The classes were fun and challenging.

Congratulations to everyone that tests, especially to all the new Black Belts.

The IKD has announced the 2025 Canada Cup from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

The date for the tournament has been changed. It will now be on October 17-18.

More details coming soon.

The International Karate Daigaku has announced the return of the IKD World Karate Camp. This is a great event that you dare not miss.

This year, the camp will be returning to Haliburton, Ontario but at a new venue: YMCA Camp Wanakita. The event will take place from June 13-15.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!!!!! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!!

The Maritime IKD Spring Clinic will take place on March 21-22.

The event will be held at NBCC Moncton, 1234 Mountain Rd.

The instructors for this years clinic will be:

• Shihan David Pyke, 8th Dan
• Shihan Janice Pyke, 8th Dan
• Sensei Roy Stuart, 6th Dan
• Sensei Norm Robitza, 6th Dan

The schedule and fees are on the attached poster.

The Maritime IKD Fall Clinic & Examinations will take place November 28-29 at NBCC Moncton.

Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai, 10th Dan and, possibly, his son Shihan Ken Woon-A-Tai, 7th Dan will be the guest instructors.

More details to come.

The Maritime IKD is planning a tournament, tentatively, for May.

Tentative location: Cumberland North Academy in Brookdale, NS.

More details to come.

Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai made a visit to the Maritimes to conduct a special clinic and grading.

With approximately, 100 students testing it was a long day. Congratulations to everyone that was promoted to their next belt.

This was a much different grading than usual, especially on Friday night where Sensei Norm Robitza was tested for his B Level Examiner license.

Congratulations to all the new Black Belts, they will be added to the Maritime IKD Black Belt Club soon. Special congratulations to Shihan Janice Pyke who was promoted to the rank of 8th Dan. As usual, she worked very hard to make this weekend a success. She had to focus on her rank promotion also organized the entire weekend. Thank you Shihan for all the hard work.

The IKD in the Maritimes seems to get stronger every year.

The Maritime IKD has incorporated. The organization announced its officers over the weekend.

• President: Shihan David Pyke
• Vice-president: Sensei Isabelle Bordage
• Executive Secretary & Treasurer: Shihan Janice Pyke
• Board Members:
• Sensei Roy Stuart
• Sensei Norm Robitza
• Sensei Angie Leblanc

The Maritime IKD is proud to welcome IKD Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai, 10th Dan back to the region.

Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai, the founder of the International Karate Daigaku, will be in Moncton to conduct a special training clinic and examination from November 29-30. The clinic will take place at the New Brunswick Community College.