Dear Instructors, Competitors, Coaches, and Officials:

Okamoto’s Karate warmly invites you to attend the 2025 Alaska Open Martial Arts Championship

and St. Jude’s Kick-a-Thon on May 17th, 2025. This event will feature 90 divisions of forms,

sparring, and weapons, with large custom medals in all divisions for 1st to 3rd place. Participation

medals will be given to all competitors who give it their all, but fall short of placing. You and your

school can look forward to good competition in a friendly environment that will honor the spirit

of fairness, order, and safety.

 

Please note that this year the Alaska Open will be held at the UAA Seawolf Sports Complex, on

the UAA Campus in Anchorage, Alaska. The tournament will begin promptly at 9:30 am, with

competitor check in at 8:30 am. Enclosed are tournament registration forms, please feel free to

make additional copies as necessary. All registration and payment is due no later than

May 3rd! This will help us to streamline division bracketing and in the overall operation of the

tournament. Online registration and general admission tickets are available on our website:

akopenmartialarts.com. This year, we are excited to announce that tournament apparel will be

handled by the ASAA official apparel provider, Northwest Designs Ink Inc.! They will have a

wide array of product options, from short and long sleeve t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, and sweat

pants; and in variety of colors as well. All products will be available on site.

 

Our event will also be helping to raise funds for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital by

conducting a kick-a-thon at the tournament. We would appreciate any level of support or

participation by you and/or your school. Printable Kick-a-Thon Forms, as well as a direct link to

an online registration page for the Kick-a-Thon are available at akopenmartialarts.com. There are

a variety of awards exclusively from St. Jude’s that will be given to those who participate. It is our

hope that our combined efforts will go a long way toward helping this worthy cause and show how

the Alaskan martial arts community can come together to help in the search for a cure for childhood

cancer.

 

If you have any questions regarding the event, please contact us at 907-562-5662 or at

okamotoskarate@gmail.com or visit us at akopenmartialarts.com .

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Warm Regards,

Yoshihiro Okamoto

Tournament Director

(907) 562-5662