2026 Treasure Valley Karate Championships

🥋 YOU’RE INVITED TO THE 6TH ANNUAL TREASURE VALLEY KARATE TOURNAMENT! 🥋

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026
📍 North Junior High School
1105 N 13th St, Boise, ID 83702

A Tournament for Everyone — Come Compete, Learn & Grow!

The Treasure Valley Karate Tournament is designed to be more than just a competition. Our goal is to provide a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment where karateka and martial artists of all experience levels can compete, learn, build confidence, and enjoy the camaraderie of the karate/ martial arts community.

Whether this is your first tournament or one of many, you are welcome here. We also encourage coaches, referees, instructors, families, and volunteers to use this tournament as an opportunity to learn, grow, connect, and support one another.

Modified AAU Karate rules will be used.

🛎️🛏️Hotel Room Block Special Rate Offer:
23 min from Tournament Venue
Travel through the heart of Downtown Boise to get to the venue.
HIlton Garden Inn Boise/Eagle
$219 per night for each room. Limited quantity of rooms available.
To make a reservation please click below:
After you click, press the button that says take you to your destination.
https://bit.ly/TVKCHotel2026

🥋 TOURNAMENT DAY SCHEDULE

• 7:45 AM – Doors Open & Athlete Check-In
• 8:00 AM – Mandatory Referee & Coaches Clinic
• 9:30 AM – Black Belt Divisions Begin
• 11:00 AM – Opening Ceremony
• 11:30 AM – Youth & Adult Under-Belt Competition Begins

Black Belt Kata and Kobudo divisions will begin first.
Youth and Adult under-belt divisions will begin following the Opening Ceremony.
Those divisions will run with Kobudo, Kata & Kumite in the same ring. Competitors please make sure you bring all items you need to the ring.

⭐ FEATURED DIVISIONS

My 1st Tournament Division
Designed specifically for Beginner-rank competitors who are new to tournament competition and have never competed before.
• Open to all ages
• Beginner ranks only
• Must be within their first two tournaments
• Must not have tournament experience within the past year

Inclusive Divisions
Adaptive competition opportunities for athletes with physical and/or cognitive challenges.

Flag Kata
This is a new division for 2026.
For those interested in gaining experience in mandatory kata but with modified rules
It will run with AAU Karate Modified Rules.
Available to black belt competitors
2 categories - ages 16 - 21 yrs old and 22 - 34 yrs old
Must not repeat kata from previous round having and A, B, A kata rotation within the rounds.

Black Belt Grand Champion Awards
• Junior Kata
• Adult 18+ Kata
• Junior Male Kumite
• Adult Male Kumite
• Female Kumite

🏅 DIVISIONS & AWARDS
Kata – Scorecard - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Awards
Flag Kata - Black Belt 16 - 21, 22- 34 yr – Flag - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Awards
Kobudo – Scorecard - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Awards
Kumite – Single Elimination - 1st, 2nd & Double 3rd Place Awards

🧠 MANDATORY REFEREE & COACHES CLINIC
Promptly begins on Saturday at 8:00 AM
All individuals who plan to coach on the competition floor or referee must attend the clinic.

Coaches:
• Coaches Reg. Fee $25
• Must attend the entire clinic
• Must sign the Coaching Agreement
• Must receive and wear their Coaching Credential
• Coaching Credentials must match the individual coach
• Coaches without a valid credential will not be permitted on the competition floor

Referees:
• Review modified AAU rules and procedures
• Review scoring, signals and ring management
• Receive hands-on experience and mentorship
• Opportunity for regional referee ranking and advancement

The clinic helps provide consistency between rings and creates a fair and supportive environment for all competitors.

💻 REGISTRATION — ONLINE ONLY

No at-the-door registration.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
Ends September 16 at 11:59pm
• $75 First Event
• $8 Each Additional Event

REGULAR REGISTRATION
September 17th, 2026 – September 25th, 2026 at 11:59 PM MST
• $85 First Event
• $10 Each Additional Event

LATE REGISTRATION
September 26th, 2026 – October 2nd, 2026
• $95 1st Event
• $15 Each Additional Event

EMERGENCY/LATE REGISTRATION
October 3rd, 2026
• $125 First Event
• $20 Each Additional Event

🎟 SPECTATOR ADMISSION
• Ages 7 & Older – $5
• Children 6 & Under – FREE

⚠️ PLEASE VERIFY YOUR REGISTRATION!
Please carefully check:
• Name
• Birthdate & Age
• Rank
• Experience Level
• Divisions Entered

$30 Change Fee may apply for last-minute registration or division changes.

📊 RANK / EXPERIENCE KEY
• Beginner: 0–1 year
• Novice: 1–2 years
• Intermediate: 2–4 years
• Advanced: Black Belt

Divisions may be combined at the discretion of tournament administration.

🧡 COMPETE • LEARN • GROW • CONNECT
Following the developmental spirit of AAU Karate, we want everyone to leave this tournament having gained something from the experience.

For some, that may be earning a medal. For others, it may be stepping onto the competition floor for the first time, improving a skill, learning to referee, becoming a better coach, supporting a teammate, or simply making new friendships within the karate community.

Competition brings us together. Learning, growth, camaraderie, respect, and Budo spirit are what we hope everyone takes home.

We welcome competitors, coaches, referees, instructors, families, volunteers, and supporters from all schools and experience levels.

Come compete. Come learn. Come support one another.

We look forward to seeing you at the 6th Annual Treasure Valley Karate Tournament!