Objective

INNOVATIVE IDEAS + PROFESSIONALISM = FUTURE OF OUR SPORT

Kumite International (KI) is a non-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to the growth and advancement of martial artists and its governing bodies.

Outlined are the 4 main objectives and current programs in operation.

1. Education

Initial Program: KicKiss KICK (competitive) KISS (leadership)

Premise: Offer leadership and competitive incentive based scholarships

Progress: Honored Lynn Swann (President Bush’s Chairman for Physical Fitness and Sports) into the Kumite International Hall of Fame. Awarded 5 Lynn Swann Scholarships.

2. Recognition

Initial Program: Kumite Quarterly

Premise: To gain media exposure and mainstream recognition & acceptance

Progress: Working with The American Sports Network (Televised Sport Karate)

3. Unification

Initial Program: Team KI

Premise: Harness the areas top competitors forming an All-Star team to represent Western PA and the tri-state area. Develop advancement opportunities that do not shelter, but embrace challenges and competition

Progress: Team KI has gained national and international experience

3. Competition

Initial Program: Kumite International Sanctioned Events

Premise: For sport karate to grow, the sport must evolve. Raise tournament standards with an emphasis on professionalism. Develop a complete circuit of rated tournaments and seminars with a focus on fair play and innovative ideas

Progress: Tournaments now sanctioned in USA, Mexico, and Canada

"BUILDING CHAMPIONS IN LIFE"

· To offer marital arts programs that instill high moral and civic standards

· To provide a safe environment for youth, in order to occupy their time in a positive manner

· To provide scholastic scholarships and financial aid for underprivileged youth

· To retain participation and offer training, coaching, and support for karate athletes

· To uphold the integrity, ethics, and spirit of fair-play within sport karate

· To provide physical fitness and good health habits through marital arts and sport karate

· To implement the first scholarship based rating system in America for sport karate (KicKiss)

· To administer youth leadership programs, workshops, events and competitions

· To recognize and support potential champions and rising stars

· To honor the unsung heroes of marital arts, and pave the way for future champions

· To provide advancement opportunities for youth though the establishment of a travel teams

· To conduct demonstrations with emphasis on self-esteem, self-confidence,

· To encourage youth to build cultural relationships with the community and abroad

· To organize sport karate on a high-school and collegiate level

· To promote and protect the art of karate, its athletes, and its positive way of life in the USA

· To accomplish all the above purposes for the benefit of all youth and martial artists equally.