Annual Round Rock Karate Invitational Tournament

2025 RRKA Invitational Tournament

3^rd Annual Round Rock Karate Invitational

When: September 13^th, 2025
Where: Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
3001 Kalahari Boulevard, Round Rock, TX 78665 (Map)

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Early Registration Opens July 15, 2025!
Last date to register – September 6, 2025

The registration for the tournament is not yet open. Please reach out to roundrockkarateacademy@gmail.com for any questions or information.

Dear Studio Owners, Students & Parents:

I am honored to invite you to our 3^rd Annual Round Rock Karate Invitational Tournament. Tournaments are a fun and exciting way to challenge yourselves, make new friends, and expand your martial art, and I encourage all of our martial arts family members to participate in what I hope will be a positive and rewarding experience for all in attendance.

Safety and integrity are our top priorities and as such all competitors, studio owners, volunteers, and spectators will be held to the highest standards of sportsmanlike conduct. This tournament is an opportunity to learn and grow as a community and we expect all in attendance to conduct themselves with utmost respect toward themselves, one another, our shared art, and the event itself.

We are requesting that all Dans planning to attend the tournament sign up to volunteer as well. We will need your assistance with judging, scorekeeping, timekeeping and other duties. Judges and ring assignments will be determined in advance and given out at the Officials’ meeting at the start of the event. We will ensure that all Dans who are also competing will have ample time to eat, warm up, and practice before their competition divisions begin.

Early registration will open on July 15th and will be available through Saturday, August 16th, 2025. We highly recommend registering during this time to take advantage of the lower registration fee. Late registration will take place from August 17th – September 6th. All applications must be submitted by the final deadline of Saturday, September 6th, 2025. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept any applications after the final deadline.

Thank you for your continued support and participation in this event!

Tang Soo!!

Senior Master Daniel Delenela , 7^th Dan
Round Rock Karate Academy

Important Tournament Information

DEADLINES AND FEES

Early registration is available through Saturday, August 16, 2025. FREE Tournament T-Shirt Included!!

All applications must be submitted by the final deadline of Saturday, September 6, 2025. We will not accept any applications after the final deadline. All registrations include a competitor swag bag, a tournament t-shirt, and one raffle ticket. No Tournament T-Shirts will be available with Late registrations.

Early registration fees are as follows:

Tiny Tiger/Little Dragon: $50
Gup/Dan: $75 (includes Forms and Sparring)
Gup/Dan Weapons: additional $10
Gup/Dan Breaking: additional $10

Registration fees AFTER August 16, 2025:

TinyTiger/Little Dragon: $60
Gup/Dan: $85 (Forms and Sparring)
Gup/Dan Weapons: additional $10
Gup/Dan Breaking: additional $10

RULES & ELIGIBILITY

Complete rules and regulations governing this tournament can be found here . An Officials’ meeting will be held for all dans before competition begins to ensure competition rules are understood by all judges. General rules are listed below –

This tournament is an invitational event. All competitors, instructors, and studios must be invited by and be considered in good standing with Round Rock Karate Academy.
Competition is open to all students ranked Sam Dan and below who are members in good standing of one of the studios invited to participate.
All judges, officials, and competitors must wear traditional dobak and their current rank belt. All dobaks must be clean and in good repair.
Competitors are responsible for supplying their own materials, such as sparring gear, weapons, etc. The exception to this is the Little Dragon/Tiny Tiger competitors, whose sparring gear will be provided.
Proper discipline, attitude, and etiquette must be shown at all times.
Good sportsmanlike conduct is expected from all competitors, officials, and spectators.
Judging decisions are final and may not be appealed by competitors.
The tournament arbitrator will be responsible for resolving any issues that cannot be resolved by the judges.

JUDGES

All dans attending are asked to sign up to volunteer. We will ensure that all dans who are also competing will be relieved of volunteer duties with time to eat, warm up, and practice before their competition begins.

COMPETITION EVENTS

Gup and Dan events:

Traditional Forms
Sparring
Traditional Weapons Forms
Breaking

Tiny Tiger/Little Dragon events:

Forms
Belt Sparring

Divisions will be assigned after registration has closed. Competitors will be notified of their assigned divisions at tournament check-in.

AGES

Tiny Tigers/Little Dragons (under 7)
Youth (7-17)
Adult (18 years and up)

Event Overviews

Sparring

All sparring at this competition will be light contact.

Sparring matches will be two minutes long or first to 3 points.

In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken by a sudden death round. The first competitor to score a point in the 2-minute sudden-death round is the winner.

All sparring will be single-elimination. This is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match (or round) is eliminated from the tournament. Conversely, the winner moves to the next round until only one winner is left.

In order to compete in sparring, all competitors must wear a headguard, handguards (must cover fingers), and footguards (must cover toes). If competitor is using a face shield, mouthguards are optional. If competitor is sparring without a face shield, a mouthguard must be worn. Male competitors must also wear a groin protector. If desired, competitors may also wear a chest guard, face shield, forearm guards, or shin guards. Center judges are responsible for ensuring that all competitors are wearing the appropriate safety gear.

All jewelry must be removed for sparring.

Target Areas for Points

The following areas are allowed targets for both hand and foot techniques:

The front and sides of the body below the neck and above the belt
The sides of the head

Legal/Illegal Techniques

Legal hand techniques: straight punch (jab or reverse), side punch, cross punch, back fist, and ridge hand are allowed to any legal target area

Legal foot techniques: any valid kick is allowed to all legal target areas

Refer to the RR Karate Invitational Tournament Rulebook for more details.

Forms – Traditional and Weapons

For traditional forms, students may compete with any form required to achieve their current rank or their next rank.

Students must introduce themselves to the judges prior to performing and include at least their name, school, and form.

Once given permission to begin, the student will complete their form, then stay in the ring while the judges score their performance. Once scoring is complete, the student may exit the ring

WEAPONS

Traditional weapons allowed include Bo-staff, knife, and sword. No other weapons will be allowed
Forms must be traditional Tang Soo Do weapons forms
Competitors must be a minimum rank of 6th Gup
All weapons must be competition or training weapons. No live blades will be allowed.
For knife and sword forms, students must present their weapon to the center judge for inspection.

Refer to the RR Karate Invitational Tournament Rulebook for more details.

BREAKING

Competitors to supply their own boards. Boards will be available onsite for purchase too (Limited supply)
All breaks must be 1” thick wooden boards
Boards must be 6” wide for competitors under age 10, 8” wide for competitors ages 10-12, 10” wide for competitors 13 and older, and 10” wide for ALL Dans regardless of age
Gups may use a maximum of 4 boards in total
Dans are not limited to the number of boards
Board holders must be either a dan or an adult. Adult dans are preferred. As much as possible, competitors should provide their own holders
If any supports are used, the competitor must supply a tarp or other protective floor covering

PRESENTATION

Competitors will have 2 minutes to set up their presentation
Competitors will have 2 minutes to complete their presentation
Gups
- Gups are allowed a maximum of 3 techniques
- Gups are allowed 3 attempts per technique
Dans
- Dans are allowed a maximum of 4 techniques
- Dans are allowed 2 attempts per technique

Refer to the RR Karate Invitational Tournament Rulebook for more details.

AWARDS

Tiny Tiger/Little Dragon competitors are not scored and all competitors in each event will receive a participation medal.

All Gup and Dan divisions will award 1st, 2nd, and two 3rd place medals.

GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

This tournament will award the following Grand Champion trophies:

Male Gup
Female Gup
Male Dan
Female Dan

based on the total accumulation of points according to the following system:

First Place – 10 points
Second Place – 8 points
Third Place – 5 points

Breaking competition points are NOT included in the totals for Grand Champions.

2024 RRKA Invitational Tournament

2^nd Annual Round Rock Karate Invitational

When: November 2^nd, 2024
Where: Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
3001 Kalahari Boulevard, Round Rock, TX 78665 (Map)

Participants

9 Participating Dojangs with 125 Competitors spanning all ranks and ages!

Round Rock Karate Academy, Round Rock, TX
Austin Karate Academy, Austin, TX
Church’s Karate Academy, New Orleans, LA

Karate Masters, Spring, TX
Rockhold Karate, Cedar Park, TX
Salado Creek Martial Arts, Salado, TX

Texas Tang Soo Do, San Antonio
Texas Academy of Martial Arts, Buda
The Texas Academy of Karate, New Braunfels

The Wall of Winners

Grand Champions

Left to Right: Dan Female Grand Champion Kenzie Sharp (Karate Masters), Gup Male Grand Champion Ethan Nocentini (Round Rock Karate Academy), Gup Female Grand Champion Roma Anand (Austin Karate Academy), Dan Male Grand Champion Saurabh Gupta (Round Rock Karate Academy)

Division Winners

Division 1 : Little Dragons /Tiny Tigers

Enzo Fortunato (RRKA), Layla Hariyani(RRKA), Jonathan Maravi (RRKA), Jerry Aguilera(RRKA)

Division 2 : Breaking

1st – Logan Dinh
2nd – Ethan Nocentini
3rd – Luke Baker
3rd – Joseph Nguyen

Division 3 : Breaking

1st Brie Bartels
2nd Sumay Kaushal
3rd Ann Maria Tigin
3rd Avanish Magar

Division #4 Breaking

1st Niyanth Raghuram
2nd Ishaan Sharma
3rd Ammaar Jabbar
3rd Colton Switzer

Division #5 Breaking

1st Roma Amand
2nd Daniel Pedersen
3rd Jennifer Whatley
3rd Gracie Taylor (Not in Picture)

Division #6 Breaking

1st Joseph Collins
2nd Ethan Whatley
3rd Lily Silvas

Division #7 Forms

1st Kaarthikeya Yarra
2nd Savannah Shetty
3rd Simon Saleman
3rd Krithin Kanutala

Division #8 Forms

1st Leo Laughlin
2nd Eva Trybul
3rd Daniel Stokes
3rd Alexis Jenkins

Division #9 Forms

1st Ava Shrestha
2nd Mukundansaai Nagarajan
3rd Aarushi Thapaliya
3rd Rajah Yarra

Division #10 Forms

1st Ethan Nocentini
2nd Luke Baker
3rd Marcin Golenkevitch
3rd Logan Dinh

Division #11 Forms

1st Darsh Patil
2nd Arjun Kanutala
3rd Chiranth Mallempati
3rd Ammaar Jabbar

Division #12 Forms

1st George Hendricks
2nd George Martin Jr
3rd Logan Jenkins
3rd Gabriella Powell

Division #13 Forms

1st Brie Bartels
2nd Cooper Boyd
3rd Colton Dinh
3rd Niyanth Raghuram

Division #14 Forms

1st Luniva Karmacharya
2nd Gwen de Villa
3rd Collier Carsrud
3rd Jeremiah Pintal

Division #15 Forms

1st Andrew Mata
2nd Nathan Arzola
3rd Roma Amand
3rd Buthmini Dissanayake

Division #16 Forms

1st Amit Dongol
2nd Shirish Patil
3rd Nathan Camp
3rd George Martin Sr

Division #17 Weapons

1st Ethan Nocentini
2nd Luke Baker
3rd Mukundansaai Nagarajan
3rd Marcin Golenkevitch

Division #18 Weapons

1st Jeremiah Pintal
2nd Nicole Golenkievitch
3rd Gabriella Powell
3rd Vihaan Kalra

Division #19 Weapons

1st Deva Tripathi
2nd Colton Dinh
3rd Brie Bartels
3rd Jackson Rodgers

Division #20 Weapons

1st Andrew Mata
2nd Nathan Arzola
3rd Roma Amand
3rd Amit Dongol

Division #21 Sparring

1st Leo Laughlin
2nd Vianey Munoz
3rd Husaina Jamnagerwalla
3rd Savannah Shetty

Division #22 Sparring

1st Sumay Kaushal
2nd James Glen
3rd Mukundansaai Nagarajan
3rd Julia Bonfante

Division #23 Sparring

1st Luke Baker
2nd Ethan Nocentini
3rd Ali Camp
3rd Bihaan Karmacharya

Division #24 Sparring

1st Darsh Patil
2nd Chiranth Mallempati
3rd Aiden Buentello
3rd Hasidhu Fernando

Division #25 Sparring

1st Jeremiah Pintal
2nd Ishaan Sharma
3rd Gabriella Powell
3rd Algy Irvin II

Division #26 Sparring

1st Leo Maloney
2nd Jackson Rodgers
3rd Cooper Boyd
3rd Niyanth Raghuram

Division #27 Sparring

1st Roma Amand
2nd Buthmini Dissanayake
3rd Nidhi Arjarapu
3rd Gwen de Villa

Division #28 Sparring

1st Nathan Arzola
2nd Andrew Mata
3rd Gracie Taylor
3rd Gene Ferguson

Division #29 Sparring

1st Nathan Camp
2nd Amit Dongol
3rd Jennifer Whatley
3rd George Martin Sr

Division #30 Forms

1st Ziva Kaul
2nd Prisha Gupta
3rd Wyatt Baker
3rd Parker Stokes

Division #31 Forms

1st Kenzie Sharp
2nd Nichole Fazio
3rd Jordan Walchuk
3rd Evan Picart

Division #32 Forms

1st Peter Sun
2nd Saurabh Gupta
3rd Mitch Baker
3rd Erin Walsh

Division #33 Weapons

1st Evan Picart
2nd Nichole Fazio
3rd Noah Fazio
3rd Wyatt Baker

Division #34 Weapons

1st Kenzie Sharpe
2nd Jordan Walchuk
3rd Saumitra Gupta
3rd Saurabh Gupta

Division #35 Sparring

1st Wyatt Baker
2nd Prisha Gupta
3rd Ethan Whatley
3rd Parker Stokes

Division #36 Sparring

1st Kenzie Sharpe
2nd Aryanna Picart
3rd Nichole Fazio
3rd Compton Boyd

Division #37 Sparring

1st Mitch Baker
2nd Saurabh Gupta

Thanks to our wonderful Volunteers and the RRKA Family for coming together and making this tournament possible

Thanks to our generous sponsors for their support and encouragement

2023 RRKA Invitational Tournament

1^st Annual Round Rock Karate Invitational

When: August 26, 2023
Where: Chasco Family YMCA,
1801 N Interstate Hwy 35, Round Rock, TX 78664 (Map)

Participating Dojangs

Round Rock Karate Academy, Round Rock, TX
Austin Karate Academy, Austin, TX
Church’s Karate Academy, New Orleans, LA

Karate Masters, Spring, TX
Rockhold Karate, Cedar Park, TX
Salado Creek Martial Arts, Salado, TX

Texas Tang Soo Do, San Antonio
Texas Academy of Martial Arts, Buda
The Texas Academy of Karate, New Braunfels

The Wall of Winners

Grand Champions

Gup Overall Grand Champion Nathan Arzola and Dan Overall Grand Champion Nichole Fazio with the Masters