2025 STATE FINALS set for Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23rd

Saturday and Sunday Schedules

TKO/TNT State Finals 
You are cordially invited to the 27th Annual TKO/TNT STATE FINALS! Located in Dallas inside Hilton Anatole Hotel Grand Ballroom! This 3 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 Hilton Anatole

SATURDAY—TNT GRAPPLING and SPORT MMA

DOORS OPEN—8 am
WEIGN IN:   8:30 am—There will be a weigh in area for grappling and sport mma divisions.  If you do not make weight, you will lose your seeding,
 

COMPETITION BEGINS:   9:30 am

 

SATURDAY TKO SPORT KARATE DIVISONS

DOORS OPEN: 8:00 am

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

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COMPETITION BEGINS: :  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
 

Tag Sparring and Open Weight:  12 Noon

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

This year’s night finals and ceremony is open to everyone!  For our ceremony we will be recognizing and awarding on stage:

-All TKO/TNT State Qualifiers for 2025 will walk the stage and be awarded with an award on stage
-2025 Competitor of the Year "Top Gun"
-Special recognitions awards
-State Championship Ring to all 1st place winners (pictures taken).

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)

"TOP GUN" Open Rank Point Sparring Divisions!!! (Title Belts Awarded)

 

SUNDAY: 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