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