2021 was a stand-out year for the SportMartialArts Virtual Tour that also showed a lot of change and progress in the sport as a whole. We all started the year with virtual events being our main focus. But, as the year progressed, many in-person events were able to resume, albeit with care and some new innovation on all sides. However, as we all transitioned into another “new normal” we were able to see many athletes from the Virtual Tour start to make waves in other competitive circuits. It was wonderful to see their successes and know that part of it was due to the SMA Virtual Tour acting as a testing ground, practice arena, and safe space to try out new ideas, different forms, and kick a fair amount of toilet paper