The full flyer can be found here: http://metamoramartialarts.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/illinois-valley-karate-tournament-2011.pdf
This is a Professional Karate Commission sanctioned event. We’ve never attended a PKC tournament before, so it should be interesting to compare it against UKA, AKA and AOKA tournaments. I checked out the PKC event schedule and it looks packed full of tournaments, manyof them within a four hour drive (with no large bridges in sight). So, if it’s a good event, we may be attending more.
At first blush, it looks like a tournament designed specifically with adult karate-ka in mind:
- Most of the prizes for the events/divisions are etched glass mugs or medals (instead of trophies). I know that there’s kind of a one-upsmanship thing going on with tournaments: each one strives to give out the biggest and best trophies. But, adult karate-ka get frustrated with storing trophies. It’s seems like an interesting choice and I can’t wait to see them in person. (Even if I only get to see them displayed at the judges table.)
- There are family discounts. (Woo-hoo!) Competitors (non PKC members) pay $40 to compete. The first additional family member pays a reduced rate of $30 and the second additional family member pays $25.
