On June 15th, 2010 Gary Sabean was announced as the first ever karate athlete to be selected as an inductee to the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame.  Official ceremony is October 30th at the World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax, more details will follow.

On the weekend of September 24-26/2010, Karate New Brunswick is hosting, for Atlantic Canada, the biggest karate Canada technical clinic Atlantic Canada may ever see. The father of karate in Canada, O’Sensei  Masami Tsuruoka [10^th dan] and his first black belt, Sensei Shane Higashi [9^th dan] will be conducting karate Canada Dan testing and technical clinics for Atlantic Canada. This is possibly the last time that we will have had the two most senior & prominent instructors of karate in Canada together in Atlantic Canada. It was over 35 years ago, that these two masters visited Atlantic Canada together, for the purpose of conducting a karate seminar. This is a once in a lifetime chance to train with these elite karate masters.

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This is a notice that Karate Canada will present the Karate Canada Summit 2010 in Toronto on sep 9th to 12th.
 
Officials Committee training and education
 
LTAD and NCCP training and education
 
Oliva Seba Clinic
 
High Performance committee training (by invitation only)
 

Check in at Sheraton Toronto is Thursday Sep 9th checking out Sunday Sep 12th
seminars start friday and finish sunday at noon. Registration deadline is Aug 25th.

If you have any questions please contact Cherry Whitaker at whitaker@ns.sympatico.ca 

Three NS athletes will be attending the Junior Pan American Karate Championships in Montreal, Canada on August 20-22, 2010. All three were selected to the Canadian Junior Karate team by placing at the Canadian National Karate Championships which were held in Toronto, Ontario in March 2010. Ian Armour, from Windsor, Nova Scotia, won the 18-20 year old Men’s +78 kg division in kumite (sparring) at the Canadian Nationals. Ashley McIntyre of Kentville, NS came second in the 16-17 Girls -48 kg division as did Tyler Deveau of Church Point, NS who was in the 14-15 Boy’s -63 kg division.

For more information on the Pan American Karate Federation's  XXI Junior Karate Championships visit http://www.pkfjunior.com/

To View Recorded Video feed of the event go to:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9045216  (day 1)

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9071292 (day 2)

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9094159 (day 3)

Final Results

Final Standings

More Details to follow.