Purple Dragon Karate 2013 Championship – Cayman Islands

The Purple Dragon School of Martial Arts is hosting the Cayman Islands Karate 2013 Championships on April 27 and is inviting all karate schools to participate. The event is taking place at the St. Ignatius Catholic School from 1pm.

This will be a light contact tournament using international open circuit sport karate rules to ensure that no advantage will be given to any particular karate discipline. The competition will take place across all categories– sparring, katas, self- defense and weapons – across all age groups and abilities children from 4 to 18 years and adults 18 years and over.

Sensei Floyd Baptiste, a fifth degree Purple Dragon Black Belt and head of the Cayman Islands Purple Dragon Dojo, is organising the event.  “I am extremely excited for the Purple Dragon Karate 2013 Championships. It is a wonderful opportunity for the martial arts community of Cayman to compete against new opponents outside their own club, whilst having fun and learning from each other.  I really want to encourage all karate schools large or small to come out and take part.”

Any martial arts student can enter and show that they have what it takes to be crowned a Cayman Islands karate champion, visit the Purple Dragon website for more information at www.purpledragon.ky/ and register through the Cayman Active website.  Registration is $25 for 2 categories, with a $5 charge for each additional category. Online registrations must be complete by April 19th.

Tower Marketing and Sprint have already signed up as corporate sponsors of the event.  There are several sponsorship packages available with sponsorship going towards funding the event and additional funds raised will go towards the Purple Dragon child sponsorship programme. This programme gives Cayman underprivileged children the opportunity for personal growth through training in self-defense and self-discipline in Purple Dragon.

Purple Dragon martial arts school is located inside the Mirco centre, 294 North Sound Way Industrial Park they can be reached by phone on 946-1241 or via email at [email protected]