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2021 AOK State Championships
The Omni Hotel in Dallas, where the 2021 AOK State is one of the classiest places to have an event. The hotel is centrally located in downtown where many prime attractions are. One of my […]
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The 2019 AOK State Championships
This year’s December 6th and 7th event was held at the downtown convention center in Abilene Texas. My impressions of Abilene are of a hometown atmosphere full of pleasant and polite people. I was comfortable […]
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2019 Battle of the Piney Woods
The latest addition the all-star lineup of Texas AOK promoters is the champion Arlandus Chimmney of Lufkin Texas. It was the inaugural listing of this event as an AOK tournament. This event was held at […]
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2019 Space City Open
This tournament has got to be one of the longest running Texas AOK tournaments. I personally have competed in it for most of its 41 year history. In years past it was held in several […]
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2018 Battle of Texas
This year’s 40th Battle of Texas was held at the beautiful San Luis Convention Center in Beautiful Galveston, Texas. There’s been so many tournaments there I lost track several years back. The Cindy Benavidez family […]
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2017 BMA NW Karate Championships
This year’s October 21st 2017 BMA Championships was one of the best. It was held at the Harvest Time Church in North Houston. The event was produced by Barry and Mitzi Benton. The competitors came […]
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4th Annual Texas Finest Nationals
The Texas AOK is one of the longest running karate circuits in the country. Its tournament schedule dates back to the late 1960’s with tournaments that boasted competition by the greatest martial artist of all […]
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2017 Sunset Open
Austin, Texas is one of the most beautiful cities in the country with an accent on preserving the natural beauty of the hill country. It’s always a pleasant place to attend a tournament there because […]
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2017 Houston Internationals
After having participated in this tournament for the last 20 years I can only say that 2017 was one of the best. D.E Chambers produced this AOK triple A rated event and gave the competitors […]
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2011 DFW karate Championships
Saturday October 8th 2011 was the date of this 12th DFW Karate Championships. Dewey Sutton once again out did himself. With the help of his army of helpers and AOK officials he was able to […]