The April 25th Karate Tournament is an annual event held in Maia, Portugal since 2001 that promotes karate competition among young students and celebrates Portuguese national freedom. Over 1200 athletes typically register from Portugal and other countries like Spain, France, and Morocco. The 2010 edition will take place on April 17-18 at the Pavilhão Municipal do Corim in categories for kata and kumite across various age groups and belts. Registration is open on the Clube de Karaté da Maia website until early April, and the event includes prize money for some senior divisions.

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2. Whatisit? April 25th KarateTournamentisaneventorganizedby Clube de Karaté da Maia since 2001, withthepurposeofpromotingcompetitionamongyoungstudent (under 13), as well as promotingkarate as anall ages sport. Nowadaysitisconsidered as oneofthebestnationalprivatetournaments, havinginpreviouseditionsanyearly total ofover 1200 athletesregistrations, whichgaveit a placeinthetop biggestkarateeventsinEurope. EachyearthebestPortugueseathletesregister, as well as PortugueseNational Teamandseveralteamsfromothercountries (i.e.: Spain, France, Marroco, Holland, SouthAfrica). About3000 peopleattendtheevent, amongfamily, friendsandsportsfans. ThisisalsooneofthefewKarateeventsin Portugal withTV coverage, with a 20’’ interview. Note: April 25th isPortuguesenationalfreedomholiday.

3. Pastyears: Howwasit? Watchthevideos: http://ckmaia.org/video/20080425modalidades_web_201.wmv http://ckmaia.org/video/modalidades_web_50.wmv http://ckmaia.org/video/modalidades_web_27.wmv Photosofpreviouseditions: http://ckmaia.org/photos/torneio_25_abril_-_histrico/slideshowpro.aspx

5. 600 under 13

6. 125 clubs

7. 6 nationalities

8. PortugueseNational Team

9. InternationalTeams

10. 70 Referees

11. 40 staff members

12. 3.000 attendees

13. 10 Katatatamis

14. 8 kumitetatamis

15. certificates for everyparticipant

16. 600 snacks for everyathleteunder 13

17. 600 individual participationmedals for everyatheleteunder 13

18. 64 podiumprizes

19. Prize Money for SeniorOpenWinners

20. TV coverage

21. TV Record

22. Newspapers

23. Regionals

24. Nationals

25. Brochure

26. Internet coverage

27. A Bola

28. O Jogo

29. Infordesporto

30. Modalidades.net

32. José Alberto Reis (Singer & karatepratictioner)

33. Fernanda Ribeiro (OlimpicAthletismChampionin 1996, Bronze in 2000)

34. Prof. Campos (OlimpicCoach)

35. Cândido Barbosa (Ciclism)

36. Reinaldo Ventura (Hockey)

37. Carlos Resende (Handeball)

38. Pedro Solha (Handball)

39. Eng. Bragança Fernandes (Maia CityMayor)

41. 2010: WhereandWhen? Location: Pavilhão Municipal do Corim – Maia – Portugal(about 10km from Porto Airport) Date: 17 & 18 April 2010 Schedule: 17/04 :: 14h00 – 22:00 kumite (over 13) seniorkata 18/04 :: 09h00 – 13h00 kata (under 13) (by style) Note: after registrations end, CKM will announce on the site the detailed schedule.

42. 2010:Categories The categories are as follow: KataKumiteKumite [M/F] Under 9 14-15 F -54kg (*) 16-17 M -65kg [M/F] 10-11 14-15 F +54kg (*) 16-17 M +65kg [M/F] 12-13 14-15 M -63kg (*) +18 F -61kg (**) [M/F] over 18 14-15 M +63kg (*) +18 F +61kg (**) 16-17 F -53kg +18 M -70kg (**) 16-17 F +53kg +18 M +70kg (**) Allcategories are bothfemaleandmale. There are no mixcategories! Under 13 willbesplitbystyle (Goju, Shoto, Shito, Wado). Winnersparticipatein a all-style final. (*) the cadete categories are reserved for national & regional champions, orwithgood curricula. Registrationinthesecategories are thereforesubject to validation. (**) thechampionsoflowerandhigherweightmeetin a Open FinalwithPrize Money!

43. 2010:Rules Therules are thoseof WKF, both for KataandKumite, apartfromtheexceptionsbelow. Thekatas for Kids are thoseofthelistby FNKP (PortugueseNationalFederation). Instedofthe WKF eliminationsystem , eachkidhas to do 2 Katas, judgedbypointsscore (insteadofflags). WinnersofKata (kids) ofeachStylemustperform na extra Kata for the “AllStyle Final”, alsoevaluatedbypointsscore. NOTE: ShiteiKatamustbethoseoftherelatedstyles, SaifaandSeipaifromGoju, JionandKanku Dai fromShoto, andsoon, and are evaluated as Tokui.

46. 2010:Prize Money The Senior Kumite category has a Prize Money which is disputed between the winners of lower and higher weights. Over 18 Male OPEN 1st place: 250€ 2nd place: 100€ Over 18 Female OPEN 1st place: 150€ 2nd place: 100€

47. OurContacts César Silva Clube de Karaté da Maia Website: http://www.ckmaia.org/ Email: cesar.silva@ckmaia.org Mobile: +351 91 820 78 88 Fax.: +351 22 832 88 23 Address: Av. Lidador da Maia Edifício das Finanças – 2º andar - Sala 8 4425-116 Alto da Maia - Maia NIPC: 506023583 Affiliations: Associação KenkyukaiKaraté Portugal (AKKP) Federação Nacional de Karaté – Portugal (FNK-P) Goju-RyuKarate Internacional (GKI) Liga Portuguesa de KaratéGoju-Ryu (LPKG) Support:

48. Register and Join this Magnificent Event!