{"id":8295,"date":"2026-02-14T00:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/?p=8295"},"modified":"2026-02-22T20:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:09:06","slug":"2026-alberta-kata-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/2026-alberta-kata-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Alberta Kata Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upcoming Support to Kata in Alberta <\/b>(subject to available funds)<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Open drop-in practice at Tolide Judo Club conducted by Keith Bibbey in Fort Saskatchewan on Sundays at 3 to 4:30pm to help kata teams refine their kata.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Open training practice on Friday April 10 (6-9pm) at Ishiyama Club conducted by Gord Okamura to help kata teams refine their kata before the Provincials<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Conduct in-person sessions at Tokugawa 6-7:30pm, and on-line sessions with Gord Okamura (for novice teams by appointment only)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Fund kata participants attending March 6 Edmonton International Kata Championships <\/span>(Note 1)<\/span>\n
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    1. Reimburse registration fee for one kata $40 per person<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Provide Travel allowance up to $200 per club outside Edmonton and surrounding area based on registered team (receipts required)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Fund participants attending April 11 Provincial Championships in Airdrie <\/span>(Note 1)<\/span>\n
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      1. Reimburse registration fee for one kata $60 per team<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      2. Fund participants attending May 14 National Kata Championships in Calgary <\/span>(Note 1)<\/span>\n
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        1. Reimburse registration fee for one kata $120 per team<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        2. Fund judges attending March 5-6 Judges’ Certification Clinic in Edmonton <\/span>(Note 1) <\/span>conducted by Gerald Poirier and James Kendricks<\/span>\n
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          1. Reimburse $80 registration fee\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          2. Hold kata session at Barracuda Club in Pincher Creek on February 24 &25, 2026 by Wes Enns<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Note 1 \u2013 National Grading Syllabus identifies participation points and competition points available for yudansha gradings.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Upcoming Support to Kata in Alberta (subject to available funds) Open drop-in practice at Tolide Judo Club conducted by Keith Bibbey in Fort Saskatchewan on Sundays at 3 to 4:30pm to help kata teams refine their kata.\u00a0 Open training practice on Friday April 10 (6-9pm) at Ishiyama Club conducted by Gord Okamura to help kata(…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8311,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8295\/revisions\/8311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}