This past weekend Mady's Karate School in Cookstown took a team of 12 students and 9 competitors to New York State to the 15 th Annual American International Karate Championships in Rochester . The Cookstown School accompanied the main school, Mady's Karate School from Windsor . Between the two schools their was a total of 25 competitors, with 17 Full Contact Knock Down Fighters, and 6 Full Contact Bare Knuckle Knock Down Fighters, 5 Point Fighters and 15 Kata Competitors. The team brought back 40 trophies in total.

Over the weekend of November 11th, 12th and 13th, Thunder Bay played host to a tremendous seminar on traditional Ryukyu Kobudo.

The Seminar was taught by Don Shapland Sensei, one of the first Isshinryu instructors in Canada, who most recently spent 12 years living on Okinawa. Shapland Sensei was kind enough to share not only his knowledge of Ryukyu Kobudo, but also his personal experiences living on Okinawa as they related to the martial arts include proper decorum on Okinawa.

A great showing for Isshinryu in Thunder Bay at the Open Tournament.

Open Kata - Jordan Tennier 1st, Austan Whitehurst 1st
Musical Kata - Austan Whitehurst 1st
Traditional Kata - Black Belts - Jesse Hill 2nd, Jeff Long 2nd
Traditional Kata - Travis Spivak 2nd, Austan Whitehurst 1st, Jordan Tennier 1st, Al Brown 1st
Weapons - Jesse Hill 1st - Jordan Tennier 1st, Austan Whitehurst 2nd
Point Fighting - Black Belts - Jeff Long 2nd, Jesse Hill 3rd
Point Fighting - Travis Spivak 1st, Al Brown 2nd, Brock Borody 2nd, Austan Whitehurst 3rd

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