By: Troy MacNeill
 
2023 AAU Karate Team Trials
Dates: April 16, 2023
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (April 13, 2023) – AAU Karate is ready for the second AAU Karate Team Trial in sunny West Palm Beach, Florida where athletes and coaches will compete to earn a spot on the AAU Karate National Team. This is the second of three open team trials for the AAU Karate Team with athletes traveling from all over the country, this time on the east coast.
 
Palm Beach Atlantic University will play host this weekend for the 2023 AAU Karate Team Trials & Trainings. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., athletes will go head to head with a spot on the National Team on the line. This event is open to all regardless, of experience, style, dojo or federation affiliation. The AAU Karate Team trials are open to advanced and intermediate karateka (athletes and coaches) interested in being a part of the AAU Karate Team competing at the 2023 WUKF World Championships and the 2023 ISF U15 Gymnasiade. Accompanying the Team Trials will be Team Trainings, to prepare athletes and get them into competition shape.
 
The 2023 WUKF World Championships will be taking place in Dundee, Scotland on July 13 – 16. If an athlete medaled in the advanced divisions at the 2022 AAU National Championship or the 2022 AAU Junior Olympic Games, they are in the team pool for the WUKF Championship. Participation in the team trainings to prepare for the WUKF team selection is encouraged.
 
The 2023 ISF U15 Gymnasiade are being held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on August 19 – 27. The ISF U15 Gymnasiade Team will be selected from the Team Trials only. In order to be considered for this team athletes must participate in one of the team trials.
 
More than 100 competitors, coaches, and officials will make the trip to Florida. Athletes from six different states will be represented: California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
 
AAU Karate will be holding one more team trial & training in the Midwest. The final event will be held in Chicago, Illinois on May 6. For more information on these events and important upcoming dates, visit aaukarate.org.
 
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