Announcements
01/30/10 We've been working hard planning for the 2010 Festival, and it's going to be a good year. We've learned a lot of lessons about how to put on such a large event, and we're looking forward to everything finally coming together for this year's Festival.
There is a monthly planning meeting open to anyone who is interested in getting involved with the process on the third Sunday of each month. See our MeetUp.com listing for more information.- 02/28/10 We're continuing to move forward with the planning and preparation for this year's Festival, and are very excited to start hearing from more people in the martial arts community.
If you have an idea for the Festival, or would just like to be involved, let us know. You can reach us through the Contact area of this site. - 02/29/10 Regular admission tickets should be available for sale in the next week, or two. We are going to be working with a great ticketing company called Brown Paper Tickets to provide ticketing services this year!
Purpose
The Austin Martial Arts Festival is a registered Texas non-profit corporation organized for the purposes described below.
To produce an annual amateur martial arts tournament of multiple martial disciplines that:
- Follows standardized competition rules related to respective martial arts disciplines.
- Insures competitor safety in contact competitions, grouping events by class and skill and requiring safety gear as described in the Festival's competition rules.
- Staffs the amateur tournament with impartial referees, judges, scorekeepers and timekeepers who are knowledgeable and skilled in their tasks for the respective martial arts competition event.
- Encourages competitors to increase skill and technique through awards and special recognition.
- Supports participating schools and groups with special recognitions and links at www.AMAFest.org for their sponsored tournaments and festivals.
- Expands appreciation for the various martial disciplines with demonstrations by masters and by participating clubs or schools.
- Describes the cultures associated with martial arts in dance and music presentations.
- Offers opportunities to dialogue with exhibitors and presenters on subjects such as history, culture, healing arts, ethics, precepts, and current associations and organizations.
