TKC's Olympic-style Karate Development Course
In 2007, TKC initiated a unique, specialized program – Sport Karate Curriculum. Our enhanced program was especially designed to condition and train athletes for WKF-style rules kumite & kata competition that are used nationally and internationally. This type of competition karate is likely to become Olympic-style Karate in the future. The sport of Karate narrowly lost it's Olympic bid for the Summer 2016 to Golf after 4 intense rounds of voting. Our curriculum is an Olympic development program design.
This program is being offered to the general public – TKC and non-TKC students alike. Non-TKC students may be from any martial art discipline with the noted exception that we will not accept independent or unaffiliated individuals – you must formally study martial arts somewhere. We offer this exclusive program from September through July when it culminates at the USA-National Karatedo Federation (USA-NKF) Nationals July 9th ~ 11th, 2009 in Greenville, South Carolina.
Membership in TKC’s Sport Karate Program is not only for competitors – you are not required to compete in any tournaments at all. Students ages 5 & older can enjoy the intensity of the workouts and the extra fighting knowledge. Our program is offered with several levels of
kata (forms) and
kumite (fighting) to separate students according to similar ages and/or skill levels. Regardless of the level, excellent preparation will be available to dedicated, hard working students.
The Sport Karate program is divided in to two separate categories:
kumite and
kata. Each one is preparing students for WKF-style competition rules (including the WKF-modified rules used for under Black Belt level competitors by the USA-NKF at their sanctioned events).
Enrollment in our Sport Karate program is on a first-come-first-served basis – please register as soon as possible to reserve your placement. Please note that TKC students receive a substantial discount over non—TKC student enrollment. Please remember that since this is specialized training for amateur athletic competitions – our non-profit organization (NPO): TOMORROW'S KARATE CHAMPIONS FOUNDATION can be utilized to fund your child’s Sport Karate participation through individual or corporate sponsorship.
World Karatedo Federation (WKF)
The website for the World Karatedo Federation (WKF) is www.WKF.net. Admittedly their history page is lengthy but only chronologs upto the early 1970's.
The important things to know:
Their rules of competition - which are downloadable from their site (or from the USANKF's site as well...) They are the group that is sited in the IOC applications and reports They are the group that provides the officials and their guidelines
US Olympic Committee (USOC)
The USOC is currently interacting with the management of the USA-NKF to prepare karate to become "Olympic".
You will only find the USA-National Karatedo Federation's website when you click on the sport of "Karate" on the USOC's website.
USA National Karatedo Federation (USANKF)
About the USA-NKF The USA National Karate-do Federation (USA-NKF) members are among the ranks of thousands of Karate practitioners and enthusiast who enjoy the highest caliber support system of Karate in the United States.
The USA-NKF has within its technical, administrative, referee, medical and athlete corps an impressive group of competent, internationally certified, world class Karate-ka of the highest integrity.
These men and women are dedicated to the promulgation of Karate-do, to the educational and financial support of its athletes, and to the dissemination of our experience and skill in the martial arts to the community at large.
The USA-NKF has within its ranks some of the finest Karate athletes in the world. A USA-NKF athlete has garnered every World Championship Medal won by the United States in the past 15 years. In addition our membership includes eight United State Olympic Committee Karate Athletes of the Year, five World Championships Individual Bronze and Silver Medallists, and countless other internationally acclaimed junior and senior medallists.
As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, the USA-NKF depends upon the talent and efforts of its volunteer corps who are mutually vested in the welfare and future of America's Karate participants. If you are not a member of the most influential Karate Organization in the United States, please take the time to first acquaint yourself with our Organizational structure and then please join us as a member. We look forward to your involvement.
Background On April 14th, 1996, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Board of Directors upon the recommendation submitted by the USOC Membership and Credentials Committee voted to sanction the newly formed USA National Karate-do Federation (USA-NKF) as a member. This membership met with unanimous approval.
As the National Governing Body for the sport of Karate in the United States, the USA-NKF responsibilities include:
The development and fielding of Junior and Adult Karate Athletes to international events and competitions representing the United States Serving all membership classes represented on the Board of Directors Representing the United States within the designated International Federation (I.F.) under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.). National Championships As the largest Karate Organization in the United States in "nature, quality, scope and strength" as determined by the Amateur Sports Act and the USOC, the USA-NKF remains a nonprofit 501c3 organization open to all martial arts practitioners. It is an organization dedicated to the growth and promulgation of all types of Karate in our country.
Some of the competitive opportunities through the USA-NKF include: The World Championships The Pan American Games The Pan American Championships The World Cup The World Games The University Games The Police Games The Jr. Cadet International Championships The Jr. World Championships The Jr. Olympics Goodwill Invitational Tournaments
