Mesa Tournament Results

What a great turnout to the Mesa Tournament on Saturday, September 27, 2008. Here are the tournament results for all competitors from Maricopa Black Belt Academy who participated:

Kevin McDill Jr. - 1st forms, 3rd sparring, 1st weapons
Rachel Hall – 1st forms, 1st sparring
Haylee Menter – 3rd sparring, 1st weapons
Caitlin Kim -3rd forms, 3rd sparring, 1st weapons
Kyle Kim – 1st forms, 3rd sparring, 2nd weapons
Zachary Huskey – 3rd forms, 3rd sparring, 2nd weapons
Ambrelle Abbott – 2nd forms, 1st sparring
Ashelle Abbott – 3rd forms, 1st sparring
Kevin McDill – 2nd sparring, 3rd weapons
Justin McBride – 1st weapons, 1st sparring
Taylor Griffen – 1st form, 1st sparring, 2nd sparring

UPDATE: Unleash the Champion Within

On Saturday, September 6, 2008, GilBride's ATA (Phoenix) and Maricopa Black Belt Academy (MBBA) participated in an in-school tournament hosted at MBBA. The inter-school rivalry continued as GilBride's ATA sent over 30 students to try and take the inter-school tournament title from MBBA.

What a great time had by all and a huge thank you to everyone that participated; you all made our first in-school tournament of the year a huge success and a great experience. There were many close matches, intense sparring, impressive free-style weapon forms, and plenty awards and prizes given away.

The numbers are still being tallied but it does appear the MBBA will be keeping the home the school trophy so GilBride's ATA: start polishing it up!