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Chase Sisters
The Chase Sisters are 2013 NBL Supergrands World Champions! Congrats to the Chase Sisters! Bess Chase, Hope Chase and Brigid Chase represented Pittsburgh Sport Karate’s all-star Team Kumite at the 2013 World Games aka the NBL Supergrands in Charleston, South Carolina. Team Kumite started the week off capturing Jr. Girls team sparring world championship (Sara
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Team Kumite of Pittsburgh, PA proved to be one of the most successful sport karate competition teams at the 2013 NBL Supergrands World Games in Charleston, South Carolina. Special thanks to team Captain Billy Leader for leading the crew. World Champions: Chase Sisters: Brigid Chase & Hope Chase, Ali Viola, Dominic Leader and Rookie of
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Pittsburgh was represented at the 23rd Sport Karate World Games aka the NBL National Black Belt League Super Grands by Team Kumite. Ali Viola claimed her 4th continuous sparring World Title and Championship in Buffalo New York over New Years. She defeated international competitors from Canada, Guatemala and Mexico in the finals. Team Captain Billy Leader
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Here we go Pittsburgh Karate! Champions Bleed Black & Gold and Team Kumite Classic is known as Pittsburgh’s top sport karate competition team and home to the only NBL World Champions in the Pittsburgh region in the past decade. The open martial arts travel team represents Western PA and Pennsylvania at the NBL Super Grands World Games
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Kumite Classic champions represent Pittsburgh Sport Karate and martial arts on the Hines Ward Show. WPXI host Alby Oxenreiter, Brett Keisel and Hines were on hand for the program that features Positive Athletes in Pittsburgh. PKRA Karate champion Connor Burns, NBL World Champion Dominic Leader, and Coach Bill Viola Jr. all represented sport karate and
DetailsAli Viola Karate Star to Soccer Star
Pittsburgh’s top female sport karate champion, Ali Viola, has made a successful crossover from Sport karate into D-1 Athletics as the Goal Keeper for the Youngstown State University Girls Soccer Team. As an NBL World Karate Champion she has made a name for herself as one of the toughest and dominant continuous sparring competitors in the country. That
DetailsPittsburgh Sport Karate
Champions bleed black & gold. Since the 1960s the Pittsburgh area has produced some of the top karate champions in the country. Pittsburgh “Sport Karate” is regions top ranked fighters in open karate, tae kwon do, tang soo do, kung fu etc. The best of best in Japanese, Chinese, Korean competitive martial arts. For upcoming
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