Over the past twenty years, Kumite Classic has hosted tournaments, competitions, expos and conventions highlighting action sports and fitness including:  Crossfit, powerlifting, strongman, wrestling, teen strength, (body building, fitness, figure, physique, bikini, model competitions) and it’s signature Kumite Classic Martial Arts.

Since its inception, the company has become an industry leader in the martial arts and fitness world.  The “Classic” is a series of combat sports tournaments, championships and competitions that includes open and traditional sport karate, grappling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kung Fu, Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do and other martial arts.  Each year the company produces the annual self-titled “Kumite Classic” and the annual Pittsburgh Fitness Expo.

After winning the Arnold Classic martial arts  competition in 1998, Viola Jr. met Arnold Schwarzenegger who inspired him to follow in his footsteps and establish his own version of a multi-sport convention in Pittsburgh. The Arnold Sports Festival is the largest fitness expo in the world, with bodybuilding firmly set at the cornerstone.  The show was electric, but martial arts were just window dressing. Kumite Classic followed a similar blueprint, but instead crowned karate as king of the convention center.