Recent Updates

* New Insurance Documents
* KOA Minutes
* Updated Club Registry
* 2009 Proxy
* USA Open and North American Cup results
* Information on National Championships
* New NKA survey
* Updated Point Standings
* Ontario's carded athletes

New Insurance Documents

Proof of Insurance

Updated Insurance Handbook

Karate Ontario welcomes Audrey Chung to Board of Directors

Karate Ontario would like to welcome Audrey Chung to its Board of Directors. Audrey has volunteered to help with KOA initiatives and we are very excited to work with her.

Senior Pan-American Championships - Results

Download complete results here

Karate Ontario Minutes

KOA minutes - February 2009

NKA Proxies for 2009 AGM

The new national council has many great initiatives planned for the near future. Any Karate Ontario black belt who is unable to attend the upcoming AGM in Calgary may vote via proxy.

2009 Proxy

Ontario strikes gold in Las Vegas!

The 2009 USA Karate Open and Junior Olympics were recently held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. This highly respected and highly competitive championship hosted 35 countries and over 1350 competitors. Ontario athletes Chris de Sousa Costa and Saeed Baghbani both brought back gold medals in individual kumite and also contributed to the Canadian Men's Kumite Team winning gold beating USA in the finals.

In conjunction with the USA Open the North American Cup was also held in Las Vegas. The North American Cup saw Canada vs. USA vs. Mexico and was also a very exciting competition. Congratulations to the following athletes who all won medals at the North American Cup:

Goli Khalili - Silver
Ada Bratic - Bronze
Pat Grant - Silver
Leirick Chung - Bronze
Saeed Baghbani - Bronze
Chris de Sousa Costa - Bronze

View complete USA Open results here

View complete North American Cup results here

View complete Junior Olympics results here

Did you know? Becoming a member of Karate Ontario

Did you know that Karate Ontario is the only karate sporting association recognized by the Government of Ontario? Provincial championships are held under the supervision of the Canadian Olympic Committe and Sport Canada ensuring the best quality of competition and highest safety standards. Members of Karate Ontario follow the rules and regulations of parent organizations such as the National Karate Federation and World Karate Federation and have access to the best available karate information in the world. Although there are many karate organizations and "championships" the International Olympic Committee only recognizes athletes competing for KOA, NKA and the WKF.

If you would like more information on becoming a member of Karate Ontario click here ...

Information on upcoming National Championships

The following link provides information regaring the upcoming National Championships to be held in Calgary, Alberta:

View information here ...

New NKA survey

New survey here ...

Your password is: 2ABETTERNKA

Current Point Standings - Updated

View updated point standings here ...

Congratulations to Ontario's carded athletes!

Sensei Paul Oliver recently participated in a teleconference call with Sport Canada and the Athlete Assistance Program Officer and was happy to announce that Ontario's Saeed Baghbani and Nassim Varasteh are receiving carding status for the next two years.
Congratulations and thank you to the NKA administration for their hard work as well!

NEW WKF rules - modified

NEW complete set of WKF rules here

Summary of rule changes

Photos from Provincial Championships

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Letter from new NKA Council

A new National Council has been elected! It is important that our members in Ontario are familiar with the goals and initiatives of this council so we may contribute to building a stronger sporting association here in Canada. Please read the following letter from NKA president Rebecca Khoury:

Letter in English

Letter in French

NEW KOA rules - points and non-points divisions

New KOA rules here

Welcome home to our WORLD MEDALISTS

On behalf of Karate Ontario we would like to congratulate the following two athletes on their amazing accomplishments recently in Tokyo, Japan at the 19th World Karate Championships:

Nassim Varasteh - SILVER in Women's -60kg Kumite

Saeed Baghbani - BRONZE in Men's -70kg Kumite

Nassim and Saeed are both very deserving athletes and continue to inspire all of our members. Congratulations!!

2009 Membership Package

Karate selected for the 2010 ONTARIO SUMMER GAMES!

The Sport Alliance of Ontario has officially accepted Karate as part of the Ontario Summer Games in 2010.

More information here

Varasteh and Baghbani in the National Post

Read the article here ...

World Wado Kai Championships update

The Wado Kai World Championships were recently held from August 21st to August 23rd in Vancouver, British Columbia. There were many countries that attended this event, including Japan, Russia, USA, Scotland, New Zealand, Ireland, and a handful more. The Canadian team consisted of some athletes from the national team. Leivin Chung, Leirick Chung and Marc Talbot were the only athletes from Ontario who represented Canada for this championship.

The results are as follows:

Leivin Chung: SILVER in Mens -60KG
BRONZE in Men's Team Kumite

Leirick Chung: BRONZE in Mens Team Kumite

Leivin and Leirick also joined Canada’s men’s team kumite along with a couple athletes from the Quebec team and a couple from the British Columbia team as well. The team fought hard throughout all the round robin fights, and with no breaks in between consecutive team fights, they still defeated the tough Russian team who ended up becoming this year’s champions. It was a close decision for Canada to have made it to the finals, but due to a slight shortage of total victories, Canada finished third place, and Russia defeated Japan in the finals.

It was a new and great experience for Leivin and Leirick and they found it very rewarding to have competed with karatekas from all over the world, especially with competitors from Asia and Europe. This was a great accomplishment for the both of them. Congratulations!

Thank you also to Sensei Howard Crocker who attended this championship as a coach for the Canadian contingent!

Newsflash! Canada to host 2010 Jr. Pan-American Championships

At the Congress of the Pan American Karate Federation in Caracas, Venezuela on May 29, 2008, National Karate President, Mr. Norm Gillies, made an appeal to the Congress to award the 2010 Junior Pan American Championships to Canada. The Congress voted with a large majority to accept Canada’s request. The 2010 Championships will take place in August of 2010 at a venue to be decided.

Letter from WKF regarding Olympics

Read the letter here ...

New Safety Measures for Combat Sports in Ontario

"The government shares a commitment with all PSOs to ensure that their athletes are training and competing in the safest possible circumstances and each PSO that has received formal recognition status from the Province of Ontario is required to ensure that appropriate safety standards are applied at each competition held under the auspices of a recognized PSOs."

Read the official letter here ...

KAO is Now Accepting Sponsorship Partners

KAO promotes the ideals of excellence and fair play. Our sponsors share the prestige that such alliance with KAO association conveys. Our primary method of communication with our membership is through our website. Traffic on www.KarateOntario.org continues to grow. It is currently 20% over last year with an increase to 4500 unique visitors per month achieving upwards of 100,000 impressions. This is an average of 22 pages per visitor per month making KAO’s website a valuable and integral part of its dedicated membership. For the 2007/2008 season, KAO is offering our sponsors an opportunity to share their message by providing ad space on our website.

Interested parties may download our sponsorship package here: