US Open ISKA World Martial Arts Championship
The US Open ISKA World Martial Arts Championships is one of the largest martial arts tournaments in the world. The tournament is held every July at Disneyworld in Orlando , Florida / USA . The martial arts event is carried out by the world martial arts association ISKA . The US Open are considered a valuation tournament for the ISKA World Championships . They are broadcast by the US TV station ESPN .
Disciplines
The disciplines of this tournament consist of the disciplines karate , semi-contact kickboxing , full contact kickboxing and Thai boxing and the secondary disciplines self-defense and breaking test. The competitions are offered for men and women.
There is a multitude of style systems for form running, where a distinction is made between traditional (including Karate and Kung Fu ) and extreme (including XMA, Freestyle Karate).
Weight classes
There are a total of twenty weight classes in the ISKA competitions. These are:
- Super atomic weight -50.5 kg
- Flyweight 50.6-51.8 kg
- Super flyweight 51.9-53.2 kg
- Bantamweight 53.3-54.5 kg
- Superbantamweight 54.6-56.4 kg
- Featherweight 56.5-58.2 kg
- Lightweight 58.3-60.0 kg
- Super light weight 60.1-62.3 kg
- Light welterweight 62.4-64.5 kg
- Welterweight 64.6-66.8 kg
- Super welterweight 66.9-69.5 kg
- Light middle weight 69.6-72.3 kg
- Middleweight 72.4-75.0 kg
- Supermiddleweight 75.1-78.1 kg
- Light heavy weight 78.2-81.4 kg
- Light cruiser weight 81.5-84.6 kg
- Cruiser weight 84.7-88.2 kg
- Super cruiser weight 88.3-91.8 kg
- Heavyweight 91.9-96.4 kg
- Super heavyweight + 96.5 kg