Pool Party

Congratulations to all competitors who competed at the IKF tournament in Sacramento.   Our Elite Team performed with great spirit and skill.  We are proud of your efforts in preparing for this tough competition.

10  GOLD,  8 SILVER,  10 BRONZE

• Shashank Thapa (5  years old Novice) – Kata: Gold
• Eamon Helding (6 Beginner) – Kata: Bronze, Kumite: Bronze
• Aneesh Chakravarthala (8 Novice) – Kumite: Silver
• Lindsay Ly (8 Intermediate) – Kata: Bronze, Team Kata: Silver
• Hannah Mauricio (8 Intermediate) – Kata: Gold, Kumite: Silver, Team Kata: Silver
• Elisabeth Balicanta (8 Intermediate) – Kumite: Gold, Team Kata: Gold
• Giselle Helding (9 Novice) – Team Kata: Silver
• Will Lavanakul (9 Intermediate) – Kata: Bronze, Kumite: Gold
• Amanda Mount (9 Intermediate) – Team Kata: Gold
• Johanna Abello (10 Intermediate) – Kata: Silver, Team Kata: Gold
• Jacob Mauricio (11 Advanced) – Kata: Bronze
• Kyle Acma (12 Beginner) – Kata: Bronze
• Matthew Looney (13 Intermediate) – Kata: Silver
• Gabby Crisologo (14 Novice) – Kata: Gold, Team Kata: Bronze
• Shiela Angulo (15 Novice) – Kata: Gold, Kumite: Silver, Team Kata: Bronze
• Jantzen Abello (15 Advanced) – Weapon: Bronze, Team Kata: Bronze
• Aria Sikaroudi (15 Advanced) – Kumite: Gold

• Saturday, 6/12 – Sacramento Karate Championships – Sensei Limcaco (Sacramento)
• Sunday, 8/22 – Back to School Pool Party (San Ramon Olympic Pool and Aquatic Park)
• Sunday, 9/19 – Inter Dojo Tournament (Dubline Senior Center)
• Sunday, 10/10 – Fall Classic Championships – Sensei Miladi (Yuba City)
• Saturday, 11/6 – Ryukyukan Karate Tournament – Sensei Ernest (Dixon)
• December – USANKF Zone Tournament – Sacramento

Great news! We had a very successful Brown & Black Belt promotion day. We are proud of all of them for their fine efforts the past several months preparing for this examination. The names of members that were awarded new belts are listed below.

Nidan (2nd Degree):
Stephen Hicks

Shodan (1st Degree):
Michael McCann
Sarah Finn
Neal Sanghvi
Cristian Holzer

Shodan Ho (Interim Black Belt):
Chikako McCann
Deepak Matharu
Mandeep Matharu
Roshan Ramankutty
Madison Suko
Sam Alizadeh
Rod Alizadeh

1st Kyu Brown Belt:
Denise Fisher
Johanna Abello
Amanda Mount
Rushan Vipani
Kaushik Kasi
Dustin Mai

2nd Kyu Brown Belt:
Sam Hicks
Abhijay Paturi
Will Lavanakul
Anuj Sanghvi

3rd Kyu Brown Belt:
Chaida Dasari
Lindsey Ly
Hannah Mauricio
Meredith Williams
David Williams

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Shihan Hultin

Here are the tournament results from Yuba City. Our great Elite Team performed with outstanding spirit and skill. We had a great time with all the families supporting the athletes.

19 – Gold
11 – Sliver
9 – Bronze

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!!

Shashank Thapa(5 yrs, Beginner) Kata: 1st, Kumite: 2nd
Eamon Helding (5 yrs, Beginner) Kata: 2nd,
Sophia Raudez (6 yrs, Novice) Kata: 2nd, Kumite: 3rd
Justin McDaniel (7 yrs, Beginner) Kata: 2nd, Kumite: 3rd
Lindsay Ly (8 yrs, Novice) Kata: 4th
Chaithanya Dasari (8 yrs, Novice) Kata: 3rd
Hannah Mauricio (8 yrs, Novice) Kata: 1st, Kumite: 2nd
Jeremy McDaniel (9 yrs, Novice) Kata: 3rd
Elisabeth Balicanta (8 yrs, Intermediate) Kata: 1st, Kumite: 1st
Joshua Sahgal (9 yrs, Beginner) Kata: 1st, Kumite: 3rd
Giselle Heolding (9 yrs, Novice) Kata: 2rd, Kumite:3rd
Amanda Mount (9 yrs, Intermediate) Kata: 2rd, Kumite: 2nd
Johanna Abello (9 yrs, Intermediate) Kata: 1st, Kumite: 1st, Weapon: 1st
Syed Razzaque (12 yrs, Beginner) Kata: 3rd, Kumite:1st
Matthew Looney (13 yrs, Intermediate) Kata: 3rd, Kumite: 3rd
Navid Mahboubi (13 yrs, Novice) Kata: 1st, Kumite: 1st
Gabi Crisologo (15 yrs, Novice) Kata: 2nd, Kumite: 1st
Shiela Angulo (15 yrs, Beginner) Kata: 1st, Kumite: 2nd
Aria Sikaroudi (15 yrs, Advanced) Kata: 1st
Jantzen Abello (15 yrs, Advanced) Kata: 2nd, Kumite: 1st
Jantzen, Gabi, Shiela (15-17) Team Kata: 1st
Johanna, Amanda, Elisabeth (7-9) Team Kata: 1st

Hello Members,

It makes me very proud and happy to announce the results of our October promotions including our newest brown and black belt members.

We had a great performances of karate skills by all the candidates young and old alike.  The courage and fortitude required for these newly promoted members is to be regarded at the highest level.   Thank you. 

Shihan Hultin  

Nidan (2nd degree)
Alex Kulikov
William Fuentes
Christopher Louie

Shodan (1st degree)
Andy Bru

Shodan Ho (Interim Black Belt)
Michael McCann 
Mike Elliott
Sarah Finn
Raj Borra
Jacob Mauricio

1st Kyu Brown Belt
Chikako McCann
Roshan Ramankutty
Ray Ohhashi
Madison Suko

2nd Kyu Brown Belt
Denise Fisher
Dustin Mai
Matthew Looney
Amanda Mount
Johanna Abello
Rushan Vipani
Kaushik Kasi  

3rd Kyu Brown Belt
Will Lavanakul
Anuj Sanghvi

Congratulations to all our athletes!!  

19 Gold, 11 Silver, 4 Bronze, Total: 34

They were all winners, learned a lot and had a great time.  Parents did great also.  We appreciate your time and support!!

• Sophia Raudez -  Kata: Gold, Kumite: Silver Read the rest of this entry »

West Coast Shotokan Championship/Yuba City - Sunday, 10/11

October Promotion Seminar – Friday, 10/16 – 7PM

Brown & Black Belt Fitness Test – Friday, 10/23 – 7PM

Brown & Black Belt Promotion – Saturday, 10/24 – 10AM

Picture Day – Monday, 10/26 & Thursday, 10/29 – 4PM to 8:30PM

Ramtown Karate Invitational/Dixon – Saturday, 11/7

2009 Back To School Pool Party

Below are the results of last Saturday’s karate competition in Sacramento.  The competition was at a very high skill level for all the belt levels.  Many of the competitors came from Hawaii and Southern California.  Our Elite Team did a great job especially our first time competitors.  Congratulations to everyone!!

Darina Wolfe – Kata: 3rd, Kumite: 1st  Read the rest of this entry »