UConn Husky Cup

On Saturday 11/05/2022, we had the pleasure to attend the UConn Husky Cup Karate tournament hosted by Sensei Bob Jacobs and the UConn Karate club. This is a tournament that we used to attend prior to COVID putting a stop to many in-person activities. This year, it was a great opportunity to help bring almost 30 Karate students from Boston to compete. The UConn Husky Cup’s tradition is to provide an educational tournament where students get a chance to learn about how a tournament is structured and what judges look for, as well as for judges to practice their judging skills.

Vazrik Sensei helped judge throughout the day in one of the tournament courts, while our students achieved a total of 31 podium awards from the beginner all the way through the advanced levels! We are grateful to Sensei Bob Jacobs and Sensei Mike Jacobs for their efforts to provide such opportunities to students of all skill levels to practice their Karate, develop more solid fundamentals, and to meet other Karateka in a fun environment.

We look forward to attending the UConn Husky Cup tournament again next year!

It was absolutely incredible to see a great turnout of our collegiate teams at the tournament! Everyone did very well, but we are especially proud of our current undergraduate Karateka - many of whom competed for the first time at this tournament. Many of our alumni probably remember the Husky Cup as their own first experience competing.

Garen Chiloyan - UCONN Brown Belt Men Division

Sophia Peña - Wellesley College Brown Belt Women Division

Maya Pensa - Boston University 7/8 Kyu Division

1st Place - Sasiru Pathiranage BU

3rd Place - Hirotaka Fujii BU

3rd Place - Hirotaka Fujii BU

3rd Place - NIkita Patil U Texas 3rd Place - Sofija Obradovic BU

Place - Sofija Obradovic

1st Place - Ayusha Ariana Wellesley

3rd Place - Sophia Peña Wellesley

4th Place - Sophia Igarashi BU

1st Place - Sophia Peña Wellesley

2nd Place - Nikita Patil University of Texas

3rd Place - Athena Zheng BU