JKA SKDI Tournament at Worcester State University

On October 1, 2022, we took several students to compete at the JKA Tournament hosted at Worcester State University. There were youth competitors all the way through senior ranks joining to compete, and we brought a team of collegiate Karateka to compete in both kata and kumite. Vazrik Sensei volunteered his time and helped judge using his official judging license he earned in New Orleans this past summer.

Congrats to all of our students who competed and gained experience from this tournament, and congrats to the students who gained podium spots. A special congratulations to Lorraine Sin who reached the final round of kata after a challenging Sentei Kata elimination round and competed with a strong showing of Gojushiho Sho. Also, a special congratulations to Hanamei Shao who won 1st place in Women’s Black Belt Kumite. Hanamei fought several challenging matches but demonstrated an excellent understanding of distancing (maai) and timing and showed proper Shotokan Karate kumite techniques to score.

Well done everyone!

We thank Sensei Bob Jacobs and Sensei Toryu for extending the invitation to us for this tournament. It was well organized and a great learning opportunity for our students.