The AKA American Open Martial Arts Championships is a community based multi-discipline martial arts international championship tournament featuring over 800 NASKA World Tour Black Belt Divisions, NASKA / AKA Under Belt Divisions, Kung Fu Magazine.com Championship Chinese Divisions, American Open Japanese, Korean, and Kenpo Traditional Empty Hand Forms Divisions; and this year, the PUI Specially Challenged Divisions, and in addition to the NASKA Point Sparring Divisions, will be offering the American Open Continuous Sparring Divisions. The event has received top national sanctions from NASKA, AKA, TPA, SMAA, PUI, BASKA, IMAC, endorsed by SCKF, and is structured to appeal to the seasoned competitor and to those new to competition, alike.

The AKA American Open is a spectator friendly event, open to the public that culminates to a spectacular night show. The night show is a superb presentation that features the American Open Overall Grand Championship competition and performances by some of the most respected martial arts performance groups in the world. Be sure to check out the video sampler of last year's show on the Home page of this web site.

The event is back at the beautiful Town and Country Resort and Convention Center on Friday, September 2 & Saturday, September 3 of Labor Day weekend. Located in Mission Valley, the heart of San Diego and the center of our community's transportation systems, the resort is minutes from San Diego International Airport, the "Downtown Gas Lamp District", San Diego Harbor, our beaches and lots of shopping, entertainment and much more. To help you make the AKA American Open your end of the summer vacation, the hotel's concierge has arranged discounts for our guests to several attractions like the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Logo Land and more. For more information be sure to check out the Venue page of this web site.

The AKA American Open will received full coverage by Kung Fu Magazine, TournamentNewsOnline.com, SportMartialArts.com, and USADojo.com, four of the highest respected magazine and media companies covering national and international martial arts tournament competition; as well as our local news media. Additionally, TournamentNewsOnline.com will be internationally live stream broadcasting the Night Show.

The San Diego Padres and the AKA American Open Martial Arts Championships have partnered again to celebrate the Padres Third Annual "Martial Arts Day" at Petco Park on Saturday, August 18. This is an amazing event featuring demo performances from local San Diego area schools in the "Park at the Park" and a pre-game on the field performance of a few of the 2011 AKA American Open Martial Arts Champions. Be sure to check out the Padres "Martial Arts Day" on the main page of this web site for the special ticket discounts being offered in celebration of the event.

Everyone associated with the AKA American Open, from the organizers, judges and score keeper's to the staff and the many volunteers are working hard to assure you again, a professionally run and well judged tournament as apart of an overall pleasant event for everyone, competitors, their families, judges, score keepers, volunteers and spectators alike.

Please come be a part of the 2012 AKA American Open Martial Arts Championships,

The AKA American Open Organization Committee