Sisters hosts martial arts tourney

SOAR Taekwondo will host the sixth annual Sisters Open Karate Championships on Saturday, June 22.

The event will begin at 10 a.m. in the Sisters Elementary School gym.

The event has grown each year and this time 100 competitors from various martial art styles will compete in point fighting, weapons and forms divisions.

This is not a full contact event and, according to SOAR Taekwondo Director Tim Davis, the tournament is mostly geared towards the kids from karate schools throughout Oregon.

However, adults will be featured in Black Belt competition.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for kids; children under six are free.