The North East Open is the only event of its kind in the Capital District as well as in upstate New York. This annual event brings together martial artists & enthusiasts of ALL styles for one big weekend of competition, demonstration and enlightenment.

Now in its third year, The North East Open is the most anticipated martial arts event in the region for 2009. While most new events take years to build a rapport, the extensive planning and community effort that went into last two years event set a standard that can now be looked forward to each and every year.

Many events exist for athletes of specific styles of martial arts, but few events bring athletes of
different training backgrounds together. Open tournaments have been around for years, but the
North East Open is the only one to currently take place in the upstate New York area.

In this day and age, there is an overwhelming amount of ego associated with the martial arts. Students tend to have almost too much pride in their school, style and instructors. Rather than offering a competition with the attitude of “finding out who is best”, our tournament’s goal is to open up competitors’ eyes to the beauty and strength of all different styles of martial arts.

With an open-minded approach, we have already started to change the way we think about martial arts training. All martial art styles, regardless of focus and origin, are a family. Martial artists focus on improving their character through physical and mental practices while building self defense skills. Each style just has its own approach, different ways and philosophies of accomplishing these goals.

All martial artists regardless of style, strive to build self-confidence, courtesy, modesty and better character. What better way to illustrate these than by meeting and performing in the presence of a diversity of martial artists.

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