Organizational Events

A Word About
Tournaments
CMAC made a conscious decision several years ago to stop running
tournaments within the organization. With the growing fad of mixed
martial arts and UFC we know not all people are looking for competitive
martial arts. Tournaments do not fall into the philosophy of classical
martial arts training. Unfortunately our state of society identifies
itself to this concept of competition; of ‘winning’ at the cost of
someone losing or ‘proving to be better’ than the other. We hope
individuals, through their martial arts training, understand they are
not learning the martial arts to prove they are better than other
martial artists but they are learning to better themselves and achieve
their personal best in all they do in everything in life.
“The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in
defeat or victory, but in the perfection
of the character of its participants.” --
Supreme Grand Master Gichin Funikoshi
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Classical Martial Arts Canada
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