10 REASONS TO CHOOSE THE AMERICAN WARRIOR TOURNAMENT

1. ALL WELCOME.
   Open to ALL ages, ranks, schools and martial art styles (proper attire is required for all competitors).
2. LESS EXPENSIVE.
   American Warrior entry fees are less expensive than many other tournaments. It is one of the best organized and efficiently managed tournaments in the country. Registration runs very quickly and a typical American Warrior Tournament starts at 10:00 am and ends approximately by 2:00 pm.
3. TRADITIONAL.
   The American Warrior is one of the rare few remaining traditional martial arts tournaments. Positive character and healthy behavior is what every parent wants for his/her children. Because Grand Master Lewis believes in this so strongly, he has made every competitor’s character and behavior a part of the judging and refereeing criteria in every American Warrior Traditional Martial Arts Tournament
4. HONEST & FAIR.
   Judges and Referees (officials) are to be respected for their ranks and years of experience and in turn they convey respect, concern and care to each competitor and his/her performance. Officials give all competitors their unbiased, focused, non-distracted attention and a consistency and continuity in scoring and refereeing for all performances. Non-compliant officials are replaced. Disrespectful competitors are disqualified.
5. SAFE.
   Injuries are extremely rare. Should an injury occur, it will be the result of an accident, NOT anger or a premeditated act. Any violator is disqualified immediately. No exceptions.
6. NO POLITICS!
   Students compete for personal betterment, not political benefit.
7. UNIQUE JUDGING.
   It uses a revolutionary judging system created over a decade ago, by Grand Master Lewis, that is unique to the American Warrior only. The totality of a competitor’s performance and behavior (5 elements) is taken into consideration for scoring… not just a number pulled out of the air, with no rhyme or reason.
8. FAMILY ORIENTED.
   All competitors tournament day are each others symbolic family. For the duration of the tournament, they are each others spiritual brothers and sisters. They compete to the best of their ability, while being respectful, protective and supportive of each other.
9. EDUCATIONAL.
   Competitors are comforted and assisted by tournament judges and referees. They are given unbiased advice and direction that will help them become better future competitors.
10. CUSTOM AWARDS.
    The American Warrior awards are custom made medallions, NOT cheap, generic medals, which are common in many other tournaments.