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Dallas Tournament Results

The reports are in for our four competitors that completed at Sr. Master Sustaire's tournament in Allen, Texas. They were K. McDill Sr., competing for the first time alongside son K. McDill Jr., 2008 State Champs Z. Huskey and C. Kim.

Here's the wrap-up:

Z. Huskey - 3rd in Weapons, 2nd in Sparring
K. McDill Jr. - 2nd in Forms and Weapons, 3rd in Sparring

K. McDill Sr. and C. Kim did not place at this tournament, each facing a tough ring and competition category. Everyone, keep up the training and hard work will pay off!

Bringing home trophies...

The results are in for our three students that competed today at the Littleton, Colorado tournament.

Congratulations are in order for new competitor K. Kim, and returing state champs C. Kim and Z. Huskey. Great job showing up in Colorado and taking care of business early in the competition year. Hope you have closet space for all those thropies coming back!

Here's how they placed:

K. Kim - 4th in Forms, 1st in Weapons
C. Kim - 1st in Forms and Weapons
Z. Huskey - 1st in Forms and Weapons, 2nd in Sparring

In School Tournament Announced

Mark your calendars! The date has been set for our first in-school tournament of the new year where once again we can come together with our Phoenix school (GilBride's ATA) in friendly competition.

MBBA will host this tournament event on: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

This is an official ATA sanctioned tournament of which earned points shall count towards state / world champ rankings. This tournament is open for ALL MBBA and GilBride's ATA students.

Competition categories will include forms, weapons, and sparring. Stay tuned for more details coming soon.

Black Belt Tournament Results

On Saturday, August 2nd, the ATA Arizona Region hosted the first tournament of the year, a BLACK BELTS ONLY tournament event. This tournament proved to be a great benchmark for our new black belts that participated which included state champs Z. Huskey and C. Kim.

Also competing for the first time in a long while was Mrs. Delgadillo, Mr. Garcia (myself), R. Nguyen, J. John, and E. Sezen.

The competition was tough in many aspects but it gave us all the opportunity to preview what the tournament year might look like, things we need to work on, and fellow competitors we need to keep an eye on.

Here are the tournament results for our students that placed in competition:

Mr. Garcia - 2nd in Forms
J. John - 4th in Forms and 4th in Sparring
C. Kim - 3rd in Weapons and 4th in Sparring
Z. Huskey - 4th in Weapons and 2nd in Sparring
R. Nguyen - 2nd in Forms & Weapons and 4th in Sparring
E. Sezen - 2nd in Forms, and 3rd in Sparring