Sunday, March 29th, 2026
Start of the tournament at 7.45 am.
Session will start at the time declared for respective category (first category will start at 8.00 am).
At: La LIGA Sports Complex
1107 Finch Ave West, Toronto, Ontario M3J 2P7 (about 650 meters west from Dufferin & Finch intersection) https://maps.app.goo.gl/5yZBPooXoRAm518CA
North York Open Tournament is a Karate community Recreational and High-Performance event for all. This event has the intention to give opportunity for recreational and HP athletes to experience a high-quality competition experience without actual selection tournament pressure and stress. North York Open Tournament is part of Amateur Karate Circuit (weareakc.com).
North York Open Tournament will consist from following types of contests:
Individual Kata (forms),
Individual Kumite (sparring),
All Kata and Kumite categories will be divided by:
- gender: boys and girls, men and women
- age: -6, -8, -10, -12, -14, -16, -18, 18+, 40+
- levels: : Recreational Novice (white to orange belt or 10 to 7 kyu, 0 – 2 Years of practice), Recreational Intermediate (green to purple belt, 6 to 4 kyu, 2 – 4 Years of practice), Recreational Advanced (brown to black belts, 3 kyu and up, more than 4 Years of practice) and HP (High Performance, highest level of preparation and experience in respective category (minimum 3 years of practice for Kumite and 4 years of practice for Kata or ranked top 16 in province or state associations))
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT CATEGORIES: We will try to accommodate as much as we can all participants. In event of less than 4 participants enrolled we will try to create combined categories there possible, in that process we will use for selection judging following criteria: age, level of competence and general common sense. In event of such category modification we will announce Dojo instructor as soon as possible. To facilitate that process please submit all the applications on time. Final draws and approximate timetable will be published on this website https://yorkcentrekarate.com/nyot/ not later than Thursday, March 26, 2026, 11.00 pm, last change in the draws can be made only by Friday, March 27, 2026, 10.00 pm (no changes can be made after that time or onsite). ADDITIONAL NOTE: The participation in HP and Recreational division of the same type is not allowed, the only exception is if athletes participate in HP Kata division and want to participate in Advanced or Intermediate Kumite instead, or other way HP Kumite and Advance or Intermediate Kata, that can be allowed.
Types of Draws: In all categories we will use modified double elimination, except for HP Kata. In case if category will have enrolled more than 16 participants we will divide respective category in 2 categories and will use following criteria to do that: age, level of competence and general common sense. We can modify type of draw due to time or other restrain and will inform all involved participants and coaches as soon as possible.
There will be 4 medals in each category with different colors: Gold for 1st place, Silver for 2nd place, two Bronze for 3rd and 4th places (except for the case when 5 or less persons are enrolled in category, in this case we might reduce number of medals by case). Each participant will obtain participation certificate.
Canadian Shiai Karate Association accepts application from any Karate club which embrace same philosophy. One of additional scopes of that event is to allow kids to make friends from different clubs.
Event Fee:
Participation fee – Recreational Categories – $65 CAD/person. Fee includes maximum one kata and one kumite category. HP Categories – $80 CAD/main division, +$10/ additional one division i.e. kata (if your main is kumite) and kumite (if your main is kata). NOTE: we cannot guarantee a time gap between Categories. If for some reason your 2 HP Categories or HP and Recreational Advanced or Intermediate will be scheduled same time, please let us know by the Friday, March 27, 2026, 10.00 pm and we will remove/refund additional category (which was scheduled same time with main one) fee only, main one will stay the same and non-refundable. No onsite registration is available for this event.
Spectators fee: $5 CAD/person (cash) for Youth/Adults (12+), kids 11 years old and younger – free
Please arrive 30-40 minutes before your category starts to have a proper time to check out your registration, change attire and warm up.
Please notice all fees are non-refundable
Club’s applications must be received with complete payment (Please make all payments to “Shindokan Canada”, preferred method of payment e-transfer to cshkarate@gmail.com) NO LATER THAN Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
NEW This YEAR 2026 Edition: ONLINE APPLICATION ONLY through SPORTDATA (please note you will have to submit application through SPORTDATA, but pay for all of them at once to cshkarate@gmail.com).
REGISTRATION WILL START ON MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026.
Please note: we will not accept applications on site.
Payments only accepted by:
a) Preferred method of payment (Interac e-Transfer): Interac e-Transfer to the e-mail: cshkarate@gmail.com from your online web banking. Please make the transaction for all the club’s athletes at once.
Other methods of payment: b) Money Orders, c) Certified Cheques, d) Cash by appointment,
For Cash payment in person (by appointment only):
Monday to Friday from 5 pm till 8 pm and Saturday from 9 am till 11 am at Shindokan Canada dojo: back of the plaza, 2 Allaura Blvd Unit #4, Aurora, ON L4G 3S5 https://goo.gl/maps/oXVdfRxAALghXRTV7 ) or other types like money orders etc. can be sent to:
Tournament Director
151 Meadow Vista Cres., Holland Landing, On, L9N 0T5
(e-mail: cshkarate@gmail.com), Phone: (647) 963-1290
Please notice all fees are non-refundable.
Club coaches must be registered with organizers. Only officially registered club’s coaches can initiate an appeal procedure and assist athletes during the bouts. You can register with us by sending your information along with picture by e-mail to cshkarate@gmail.com. Note: We will accept one coach application per 5 athletes ratio, i.e. if you register up to 5 athletes you are entitled to one coach pass, if you registered from 6 to 10 athletes up to 2 coach passes, from 11 to 15 – 3 coach passes etc. If for some reason you need more coach passes than the one allowed by ratio, please contact us separately at cshkarate@gmail.com and please let us know the exact reason for that. If you have valid Karate Ontario coach pass for the club you represent, we will recognize such without additional registration.
Athletes and Officials once you are participating in North York Open Tournament, you are giving the rights to Publish your Name, Pictures and Videos online and in Media.
Photographers and other media: Parents are allowed to take pictures and video only for their kids; others must have explicit permission from Canadian Shiai Karate Association to do that.
Please ensure that all competitors’ information and their names are printed clearly in appropriate forms.
Tournament Package with all details and forms can be downloaded here
Tournament Poster in pdf format can be downloaded here Tournament Poster
THIS CONTEST IS SANCTIONED BY AN ORGANIZATION OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Tournament is insured by
Tentative Schedule
(there are always possibilities of delays)
Draws for All Categories
(tentative before Friday March 27, 2026, 10.00 pm; after that time all draws become permanent and cannot be changed)
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