Following the 2014 World Karate Championships in Bremen (Germany) this past November, Karate Canada will be continuing the drive forward with the motto “Everyone is Karate” at the 2015 National Championships in Vancouver, BC.

This year Karate Canada will host an exhibition competition event for any athlete who qualifies and would like to participate

Qualifications / Eligibility
• Be a member in good standing of their Provincial or Territorial karate Association.
• All participating athletes must also be Canadian Citizens or permanent residents (landed immigrants). Participating athletes must bring proof of citizenship (current valid Canadian passport or birth certificate) or permanent resident status (official permanent resident card) with them, and may be asked to provide such proof upon request.
• Must submit physician’s certification of disability. Categories
• Intellectual Challenges – Athletes with an IQ below 69, Severe Hyperkinetic disorders, Downs Syndrome, Cerebral
Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, etc.
o Male Junior (age 12-17)
o Female Junior (age 12-17)
o Male Adult
o Female Adult
• Physical and Visual Limitations – Athletes with physical
limitations: wheelchair user, amputees, Cerebral Palsy*,
Multiple Sclerosis* etc. *without cognitive impairments and
Athletes with visual limitations: Blindness, severe visual
impairment.
o Male Junior (age 12-17)
o Female Junior (age 12-17)
o Male Adult

Registration
• Submit application to the AWAD Committee. Please send all required information by email to Mr. Joshua Drury (Chair of the AWAD Committee), at : jdrury@rogers.com as soon as possible and no later than January 12, 2015. Thank you.

• The AWAD Committee reserves the right to request further information regarding the athlete