Bahamas Karate Championships get underway on Saturday

By TENAJH SWEETING Tribune Sports Reporter tsweeting@tribunemedia.net

THE Bassai Bahamas

Karate-Do will host the second edition of the open karate tourney this weekend at the Kendal G L Isaacs Gymnasium.

The Bahamas Karate Championships is expected to begin at 10am as the competitors will look to compete for the lightweight and heavyweight championship belts. The tourney will be open to various styles of martial arts, whether locally or internationally.

Also, the championships will include divisions such as Kumite point fighting, Kata, weapons, and the matchup for the Covenant Masters Cup.

Sensei Shawn Smith Sr, chief instructor for Bassai Bahamas Karate-Do International, talked about the purpose of this year’s open karate tournament.

“The purpose of these tournaments that we hold every year is to provide the opportunity for competitors to compete and foster goodwill and sportsmanship with other karate schools in the Bahamas,” Smith said.

He said they are about building a whole community of martial artists that would come from a number of different schools to compete at the highest level.

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