Registration

Choose what you are registering.

Note: Participants must 1) Register their own School / Dojo and 2) Register your Sensei / Coach before registering themself here. The same applies to a Sensei registering on behalf of their students, or use the bulk registration table for multiple students. This is because your School and Sensei are required fields, so each needs their own registration too — the minimum total cost is 3× your chosen tier's participant fee (your fee plus your School's and Sensei's), and up to 5× if you participate in 3 Kata events.

Competition participant

Individual karateka registering to compete in a kata event.

Bulk registration is for senseis / coaches: fill the on-screen table, or download the CSV template, fill it in Excel, and upload it back — up to 10,000 participants.

1School / Dojo

Register your school or dojo so senseis and participants can select it. Registering here is not free — the one-time registration fee follows the competition tier (USD 10 / USD 100 / USD 200 per tier), whether registering yourself or on someone's behalf. Payment is taken at registration.

2My Sensei / Coach

Students or club representatives register their sensei / coach. Registering here is not free — the one-time registration fee follows the competition tier (USD 10 / USD 100 / USD 200 per tier), whether registering yourself or on someone's behalf. Payment is taken at registration. Senseis are also warmly encouraged to join as Participant Support — help fellow karateka while staying close to the action.

3Sensei / Coach self-registration

Senseis and coaches register themselves. Registering here is not free — the one-time registration fee follows the competition tier (USD 10 / USD 100 / USD 200 per tier), whether registering yourself or on someone's behalf. Payment is taken at registration. Senseis holding 3rd Dan and above are encouraged to also register as Referee/Judge to earn extra commission, and every sensei is warmly encouraged to join as Participant Support too.

Self-register as sensei

4Referee / Judges

Register as a kata referee or judge. USD 100 deposit per competition tier. Referee/judge work starts after the event deadline: you have 2 weeks after the deadline to submit your scores — after the 2nd week, unscored recordings are re-assigned, and the re-assigned referee/judge gets 1 week. If a score is still missing, the organizer takes over in the 4th week, before the winner announcement date. Senseis holding 3rd Dan and above are encouraged to register as Referee/Judge.

5Audience / Onlooker / Visitor / Spectator

Sign in to watch — USD 10 / USD 100 / USD 200 per competition tier, per sign-in. Don't stay idle for more than 25 minutes: after 30 idle minutes the site automatically signs you out. We encourage signing in once Winners are announced, so one sign-in shows you every recording AND the judges' scores. Signing in during the competition shows only what has been submitted so far, with no judge scores — judge scores become available only after Winners are finalized.

6Organizer / Participant Support

Apply to join the organizing or support team. Reviewed by the organizer.

Apply to the team

Winners

Winners for each competition are announced 30 days after its registration deadline, on the next working day (Monday–Friday) in Malaysia, at 00:00 Malaysia time.

Malaysia Open IKO Goju-ryu Kata Championship 2026 — USD 10 TierWinners will be announced on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 00:00 Malaysia time.
Malaysia Open IKO Goju-ryu Kata Championship 2026 — USD 100 TierWinners will be announced on Monday, 30 November 2026, 00:00 Malaysia time.
Malaysia Open IKO Goju-ryu Kata Championship 2026 — USD 200 TierWinners will be announced on Wednesday, 30 December 2026, 00:00 Malaysia time.

What Your Payment Unlocks — Access Comparison

Every registration type side by side, so you can see exactly what you get for your fee.

Access	Participant	School / Dojo	Sensei / Coach	Referee / Judge	Audience	Organizer	Participant Support
Fee	Tier fee per kata event (USD 10 / 100 / 200)	One-time tier fee (USD 10 / 100 / 200)	One-time tier fee (USD 10 / 100 / 200)	USD 100 deposit per competition tier	USD 10 / 100 / 200 per competition tier, per sign-in	By application	By application
Kata Arena	Own competition tier	Own school's students only — their tier & kata events	Own students only — their tier & kata events	All recordings	All recordings	All recordings	All recordings
Judge-by-judge scores	Round status + total only	Round status + total only	Round status + total only	Every judge's score	Only after Winners are finalized	Every judge's score + detail	Every judge's score
Record & submit kata / viewing scope	Record & submit own event(s)	View own students' events only	View own students' events only	View own assigned events	View all events	View all events	View all events
Score recordings	No	No	No	Assigned recordings	No	Any recording (override)	No
Judging area (assignments, workload, Full View)	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes — full control	Yes — view only
Admin panel listings	No	No	No	View	No	Full control	View + payments + codes
Commission	—	10% of student fees at 10+ participants	10% of student fees at 10+ participants	10% per judged student	—	—	—
Telegram groups	Own category	School group	School group	All groups	Audience group	All groups	All groups
Sign-in allowance per competition tier	Unlimited (own recording)	Unlimited once fee paid (own school's recordings)	Unlimited once fee paid (own participants only)	Unlimited once approved	Paid per sign-in, per competition tier (USD 10 / 100 / 200)	Unlimited	Unlimited once approved

Why does Participant Support get view access that Schools, Senseis, Participants, Audience, and Referees don't? Because they are the help desk: to answer a registrant's or referee's question they must be able to see the same screens the person asking is looking at — payments, registrations, and judging status. They can look things up and mark payments, but they can't score, delete records, or change the competition setup.