Results from the 39th annual Steveston Invitational Tournament

This past Saturday saw many of our experienced and tournament newcomers get together for a long and eventful event at the Steveston Martial Arts Centre. There was a small team from Alberta along with a strong delegation from California that made this event enjoyable and a great learning experience for all the students at the dojo.

The results are as follows.

-7 years old Kumite (sparring)

Jimmy Z. Gold medal Boys All Belts
Balreen S. Gold medal Girls All Belts

8/9 Years old Kumite

Devon I. Bronze medal Boys Novice

10/11 Years old Kumite

Cassia K. Gold medal Girls Advanced/Black Belt
Michael P. Silver medal Boys Intermediate
Ben S. Bronze medal Boys Intermediate

12/13 Years old Kumite

Jordani M. Gold Medal Boys Novice
Zoe F. Bronze Medal Girls Intermediate
Melissa C. Bronze Medal Girls Intermediate
Alex Z. Bronze Medal Girls Advanced/Black Belt
Jai S. Bronze Medal Boys Advanced/Black Belt

14/15 Years old Kumite

Vanessa Vung Silver Medal Girls Advanced/Black Belt
Joey Dipietro Bronze Medal Boys Advanced/Black Belt
Brenden Ly Bronze Medal Boys Advanced/Black Belt

16/17 Years old Kumite

Izzy Chan Bronze Medal Girls Advanced/Black Belt
Derek Chan Gold Medal Boys Advanced/Black Belt
Callan Evans Silver Medal Boys Advanced/Black Belt
Cedomir Vasic Bronze Medal Boys Advanced/Black Belt

Mens

Derek Chan Gold Medal -70kg Elite
Matt Ly Silver Medal -70kg Elite

Womens

Reid Lofstrom Gold Medal Womens Open Weight

Izzy Chan Sparring in the 16/17 Black Belt division

BC Games Paricipants

Congratulations to those students who will be representing BKA and Zone 4 at the BC Games tournament.

The BC Winter Games is a bi-annual tournament held all over BC for many sports, including, Karate, Judo, Wrestling, Hockey, Skiing and many other sports. We have a long history of competing at this tournament, as it is a precursor to the BC Team program. Currently the Winter Games is a tournament for 12 and 13 year olds.

From our dojo we have the following students participating

Zoe Fong
Melissa Chan
Cassia Kitaoaka
Aya Kitaoaka
Pawan Sidhu
Alex Zaborniak
Kieran Quan
Joel Tai
Masaki Soehardhi
Jai Sanghera

Special Thank you to Sensei Matt who had the Wesburn and Kensington students well prepared for the selection tournament, where over 24 athletes competed for 10 spots.

The tournament will be held in Vernon on the last weekend of February.

Good Luck!

Tournament Packages

Hi All,

Here are the links for the tournaments coming up.

Jan 28th Steveston Invitational
http://users.telenet.be/Test-Area/Uchiage-Kai/images/2012-Tournament.pdf
Registration Due Jan 21

February 11th Washington State Invitational
                       Contact me for info

February 18th Sato Cup
http://www.shitoryu.net/SATO_CUP_2012_Registration__e_.pdf
Registration Due Feb 11

Results for BC Team selection Tournament!

Hi All,

The BC Team selection tournament happened on January 14th, here are the results for the Burnaby Karate Academy.

The selection tournament was a round robin tournament that had the top four participants from the Provincial Championships battle to get the two spots available for the National Championships. The National Championships will be in Richmond this year in March.

Here is the team representing BKA

14/15 Boys

-52kg Joey Dipietro, Isaac Mand
+70kg Brenden Ly

14/15 Girls

-47kg Vanessa Vung, Isabel Chan
+54kg Aya Kitaoka

16/17 Boys

-61kg Derek Chan
-68kg Jag Sandhu
-76kg Callan Evans, Matt Ly
+76kg Daniel Zhang, Cedomir Vasic

16/17 Girls

+59kg Harpreet Sidhu, Reid Lofstrom

18-20 Boys

-68kg Derek Chan
-78kg Dylan Robinson, Matt Ly

18-20 Girls

-53kg Jusleen Virk

Men

-60kg Derek Chan, Cody Martin
-75kg Arash Beytoei, Matt Ly
+84kg Shaun Dhillon

Women

-50kg Jusleen Virk
-61kg Andrea Maikawa

Congratulations to everyone!

Testing Videos for Jan 2012

Hi All,

Here are the links for the Jan 2012 Test.

Test dates will be Jan 25, Jan 30th and Jan 31st at the Kensington location.

Please see Sensei Matt and Sensei Andrea for confirmation on Wesburn location.