Name: Bristol Open 2025
Start: 2025-10-17T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-19T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Bath University Sports Training Village

We have the pleasure in formally inviting you to the Bristol Open 2025 taking place Fri 17th to Sunday 19th October in the beautiful town of Bath England.
This year marks the 15th annual event since the competition was reborn in 2009 from its former glory in 1990’s. Year on year the event has grown and developed and last year we witnessed 1750 starts from 20 countries making it one of the UK’s most prestigious sports martial arts competitions and ranking amongst the top events in the European calendar. The tournament follows WAKO rules and offers divisions in point fighting, light contact, Kick light, full contact and forms. The competition continues to attract the very best competitors and teams from the all over Europe and the USA.
We are also making a number of improvements to increase the platform and profile for both our competitors and officials. We are hand selecting the finest referees from all Europe and the competition is taking place at a fantastic city centre location. The new venue and new arena lay out will feature 10 tatamis and we will be using the latest sport data event technology to make sure that registration, scheduling, draws and communication are all user friendly and easily accessible for both our competitors and officials.
We are very committed to providing a first class competition for starters to the very best athletes at all age ranges. Bath is a beautiful city to visit and easily accessible via Bristol airport that is both an Easy Jet and Ryan Air hub making travel costs very affordable from most European destinations. There are a number of superb hotels that are just minutes from the arena, very affordable and walking distance to the city’s finest shops, bars and restaurants. We really hope that you and your team will register for the event and please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need any assistance with travel, registration or clarification with any other event information.