June 18-22, 2008
47th AAKF National Traditional Karate Championship
The competition will be held June 19-22 in the Washington DC area and hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Region
To AAKF Members,
Registration
deadline: May
20th, 2008. All the forms and fees must be returned to
the AAKF National Office and Mid-Atlantic Region no later than
this date and must go through your regional directors.
Hotel reservation
deadline: May
28th, 2008. You should make your reservation by this
date or else you will lose the group discount rate. Please
refer to the pdf.
The Mid-Atlantic Region is pleased to host the 47th AAKF
Traditional Karate National Championships in Annandale,
Virginia, on June 21 & 22, 2008, with a Judges Refresher
Course on Thursday and Friday June 19 and 20th. This
long-standing annual Budo tradition will showcase some of the
best practitioners of traditional karate in the country.
The purpose of this event is to preserve and perpetuate the
heritage of traditional karate in the United States. Under the
leadership and guidance of Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama, this
championship has taken great strides since its beginning in
1961. Using the current International Traditional Karate
Federation competition rules, six individual and five team
events are scheduled along with demonstrations from AAKF senior
instructors.
Each year the AAKF has improved its national championship and
the organization around it. The Tournament Organizing
Committee and the Mid-Atlantic Region have been planning this
event for the past year, and look forward to honoring the goals
of the AAKF.
The tournament will be held on the campus of The Northern
Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia.
Located just outside of the Nation’s Capital,
participants will be able to enjoy the nearby sights of
Washington D.C. Our volunteers have worked very hard to
make this event a memorable experience, and look forward to
hosting this year’s elite athletes.
Please call (301) 254-8884 or e-mail JSKAINTL@aol.com for
further information.. In addition, you can visit the Mid-Atlantic
Region website and click on “2008 AAKF National
Championship” to download information and registration
forms for the Nationals. We are requiring all registration
information and fees be received no later than May 20,
2008. Please send all forms and correspondence
to:
47th AAKF Championships
Tournament Organizing Committee (TOC)
c/o JSKA Int’l
P.O. Box 7009
Silver Spring, MD 20907