2026 STATE FINALS set for Saturday and Sunday, November 21-22nd

Saturday and Sunday Schedules

TKO/TNT State Finals 

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You are cordially invited to the 28th Annual TKO/TNT STATE FINALS! Located in Houston at the Marriott Hobby Hotel Grand Ballroom! This 2 day event promises to bring top Competition from throughout our great state. We hope you can come and enjoy a weekend of fun and exciting martial arts competition. BOOK ROOM  at the Marriott Hobby Houston

 

SATURDAY TKO DIVISONS

DOORS OPEN: 8:00 am

SATURDAY::  9:00 am—D-1 (Demonstration Division) ‬‬‬‬

 

9:30 am—All Weapons, Creative Forms, Traditional Kata, All Demo, Self Defense, Demo Team. Handicapable, Team Kata,  Traditional forms, and Breaking. This includes all adult Black Belt Katas, Adult Black Belt Weapons, and Adult Black Belt Point Sparring divisions.  IMPORTANT- There is no restart at State!  Complete uniforms are required for traditional forms

 

12 Noon—Tag Sparring and Open Weight

 

6:30 pm—Awards Ceremony and Night Finals (All Black Belt Grands will be on Stage)

 

Saturday Night Finals -

Doors open at 6:00 pm and starts at 6:30 pm - This year’s night finals and ceremony is open to everyone!  For our ceremony we will be recognizing and awarding on stage:

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-All TKO/TNT State Qualifiers for 2026 will walk the stage and be awarded with an award on stage
-2026 Competitor of the Year "Top Gun"
-"TOP GUN" Open Rank Point Sparring Winners (Title Belts Awarded)
-Special recognitions awards

For our night finals, we will have Black Belt overall Grand Championship for:

· Junior Open Forms—Grand Champion (GIANT RING)

· Junior Traditional Forms—Grand Champion (GIANT RING)

· Adult Open Forms—Grand Champion (GIANT RING and $200)

· Adult Traditional—Grand Champion (GIANT RING and $200)

· Adult Women Sparring Grand Champion (GIANT RING and $200)

· Adult Men Sparring Grand Champion (GIANT RING and $300)

· Adult Executive Men Sparring Grand Champion (GIANT RING and $300)

 

SUNDAY:  TNT Grappling/Sport MMA and TKO Stick, Point Sparring and Continuous Sparring

8 am—Doors Open (all TNT and Continuous must weigh in before 9:30 am at the Awards Booth)

8:30 am—Stick Combat

9:30 am—All Under Belt Point Sparring, Junior Black Belt Point Sparring and Continuous Sparring

Seeding and Bracketing - Brackets will be split and start with a run-off "division" composed of all competitors except the #1 Top Ranked seed from each of the North and South. Standard seeding rules apply, i.e., highest rated against lowest rated, second highest vs second lowest, etc. The winner of the run-off will then compete in the "Division Grand Final" with those two first seeds to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The winner of the run-off will compete against the lower ranked of the top rank seed from the North and the South.  TNT Grappling and Sport MMA will have “ONE” #1 seed in the Grand