Board of Directors

Board of Directors

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Larry Carnahan: President (Minnesota)

Bob Leiker/Mark Russo (Kansas, Philadelphia)

Charlie Lane (Florida)

Clemont Poulin (Quebec City, Canada)

Dennis Brown (Washington D.C.)

Dewey Earwood (North Carolina)

Don Rodrigues/Christine Rodrigues (Rhode Island)

Greg Beaver (Texas)

Joe Corley/Greg Ruth/Lynn Scott-Gregory (Georgia)

Joe Greenhalgh (Massachusetts)

John Sharkey (Illinois)

Lee Ireland (New York)

Manny Reyes Sr. (Florida)

Mike Sawyer/Mike McCoy (Florida)

Mohamad Jahan-Vash (California)

The promoters of the NASKA World Tournaments make up the Board of Directors. These board members make up eight committees and one executive committee. The eight committees are: 1) Sanction; 2) Rules and Divisions; 3) Officials and Certification and Recruitment; 4) Sponsorship/Media; 5) Ethics/Community Relations; 6) Marketing/PR; 7) Membership/Ratings; and 8) Merchandising/Branding. The governing body of NASKA is the Executive Committee that is comprised of the eight chairpersons from the committees and the President.

NASKA is an “Open” rating organization, which means its sanctioned/rated tournaments are open to all martial arts individual, all martial arts organization, and all martial arts schools. We rate competitors based on age, division, sex, and belt rank levels. It does not matter what style of Martial Arts you study. Its matters that you can compete on a fair, equal level that allows all competitors to strive to do their best and receive their proper rewards base on their skills and efforts.

NASKA rates tournaments from the highest five-A World rating to the lowest B-Regional rating. Competitors earn a certain number of points based on their placement in the divisions they enter and the rating level of the tournament. Competitors acuminate points for all the tournaments they enter on a calendar year, January through December. (See Rating Rules for details)

NASKA rates 143 minimum under black belt divisions and 181 Black Belt Divisions from 9 years and younger boys and girls to 50 years and older men and women in Form, Weapons, Fighting, Team Form, Team Demonstration, and Team Fighting. (See Divisions for details).