Today was our busiest day of the year.
Held at Costa Mesa High School with a capacity crowd.
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| Judges assignments ...Ring 6 |
After vocal, traditional Japanese Dance, kata, kumite,
taiko, batto and kobudo-kumite demonstrations ...
team kata and junior competition began.
The Nisei Week Queen and Princesses were on hand
to award medals to the winners of each division.
Tournaments require some patience and waiting.
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| Curtis Yamasaki |
Six rings running
concurrently
from 10 - 6:30 PM
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| Mens kunite winners. Brian Hilliard (L) USA National Champion, 1st place. |
Demura Sensei presented a Tokaido gi, as
Outstanding Competitor Award to Brian Hilliard,
1st place Men's Black Belt Kata and Kumite.
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| Brian Crismas, Kansas Instructor |
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| Tournament Director, Dave Hines |
The tournament goes smoothly, because of
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| Cam Steuart, Chief Instructor - Canada |
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| Byron Fennema, Instructor - California |
Demura Sensei's many dedicated Instructors ...
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| Kumi Akiba, Japan & California |
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| Greg Collier, Announcer&Instructor, CA. |
from all over the world.
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| Swabe Sensei, Japan and Sakamoto Sensei, Chief Instructor - Honduras |
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| Mrs. Nishiki & Ken Nishiki, Japan Instructor/Coach Mrs. Nishiki, Sensei of Traditional Japanese Dance. |
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| Fan used in traditional Japanese Dance, performed by Mrs. Nishiki. |
A great day!
2 comments:
hooray karate!!
Hooray Henry! I needed a comment. We missed you!
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