The purpose of the FSKL is to provide quality traditional karate events which serve to enhance American Karate by bringing Florida Karate athletes up to Olympic standards.
All FSKL sponsored tournaments use the same rules of competition set forth by the World karate Federation and the USA National Karate-Do Federation.
The second FSKL tournament of the year will be the Sunshine State Games held in Lakeland, FL on June 23rd in the Lakeland Center. For more information on the event, including online registration - you can click here - Sunshine State Games.
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The Katsu Challenge is a traditional karate tournament hosted by Katsu Dojo. It is held each year in March on the University of Florida Campus in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville. This is the first and largest FSKL event of the year. Click to get more information on the Katsu Challenge. |
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The Sunshine State Games is the Olympics for the State of Florida with over 25 different amateur athletic events including karate. Each year the games are held in a different city in the state of Florida. Visit the Florida Sports Foundation web site for more information by clicking on the Sunshine State Games. |
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The Tora No Maki Challenge is a traditional karate tournament hosted by Shotokan Kenkojuku Karate Dojo. It is held each year in November in Perry. This is our last event of the year. Visit Shotokan Kenkojuku Karate Dojo website to get more information on the Tora No Maki Challenge. |
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World Karate Federation The WKF is the international karate federation that is recognized by the IOC. |
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Pan American Karate Fed The PKF is recognized by the WKF as the governing body for sport karate in the Western Hemisphere. |
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USA National Karate-Do Fed The USANKF is recognized by the USOC as the governing body for sport karate in the US. |
Luca Valdesi of Italy performing Unsu at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan on October 16, 2009.
Rafael Aghayev of Azerbaijan highlights at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan on October 16th, 2009.
The FSKL uses the sport karate rules established by the WKF and USANKF. All tournaments sponsored by the FSKL use the same format and rules. You may click below to get a brief synopsis of the FSKL Rule modifications and Event formats. You can download the complete rule book from the USANKF for kata and kumite under the Offical Rules Section.
If you have any questions about the Florida Sport Karate
League, or would like to be added to our email distribution list - please send us an email to info@floridakarate.org. You may send any correspondence to:
Florida Sport Karate League
2531 NW 91st Drive
Gainesville, FL 32606
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