Day 2 of the World Karate Championships was definitely an exciting and successful day for Team Canada; it seems like we will have a Canadian Competitor in almost every final event!
Our Bernardo Karate students had another great day of competition as well:
Alexa Littleton 'axe kicked' her way into the Gold medal finals for her 'light contact' 13-17 years, -50 kg kickboxing division. Alexa will also be going for Gold at the end of the week in the Junior Team forms division with her weapon's partner Mark Santoro (from Windsor, Ontario).
Nicole Triplett fought a tough battle against a competitor from Scotland. In this -45 kg, 'light contact' 13-17 kickboxing division, Nicole pressed forward and fought with alot of determination and finished the day with an impressive Bronze medal. Way to go Nicole!
Our Men and Women fighters switched out of their boxing gloves to start the eliminations for their point fighting divisions in today's competition.
Stephanie Jones' timing was 'on' today, winning her first two matches by 8 or more points in the Women's 18-34 years, -60 kg division. She ended up fighting a Canadian competitor from Ottawa in the semi-finals and finished the day with a bronze medal. Way to go Stephie!
Sempai Jeff Muir fought very well in the Veteran's +35 years, -85 kg division point fighting division. He had a tough fight in the semi-finals against a British Competitor and finished the day with a Bronze medal. Sempai Jeff had some amazing kicks in his fights today and now he needs to rest up for his forms divisions tomorrow. Congratulations Sempai Jeff!
Nasrudeen Muhammed did an amazing bo form in his Junior boy's 'Non-musical weapons' division and will be competing for Gold at the end of the week. The top 4 competitors in all forms and weapons divisions advance to the finals.
Gilles Doiron (Men's 18-34, -70 kg), Katie Reid (Women's 18-34, -55 kg) and Murray Schumacher (Men's Veterans, 35+ years, -75 kg) all competed well in their point fighting divisions. These students fought hard and we're proud of their efforts and how they handled themselves in the ring.
Today was an exciting day as well for Team Fights. Both of our Men's and Women's teams are advancing to the Gold medal finals on Friday....and both Team fights will be against Team Germany!
Shihan and I are very proud of each and every one of our students representing Team Canada. The competition is tough this year and we're excited to watch all of you compete! It has been an extreme pleasure coaching our students and students from other parts of Canada.
Wednesday's eliminations start at 8 am with adult forms and weapons, boys light contact kickboxing and girls point fighting. Team Canada will definitely be a dominating force on Day 3 of competition of the World Karate Championships.
Time to squeeze a few more hours of sleep in! It's been tough to sleep....I've been nervous for all of our students! :-)
I've updated a few more pictures in our photo gallery. Enjoy!
Sempai Tammy
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