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Shogun Dojo wins big at WKC provincialsq

Martial Artists take home 48 medals from Williams Lake competition
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Dave Percy fights during the WKC championships in WIlliams Lake

Two dozen martial artists from the Smithers Shogun Dojo won more than 40 medals at the World Karate and Kickboxing Council provincial championships in Williams Lake last weekend against competitors from around the province.

“I was very impressed with every single athlete, not only mine, but the ones from the rest of the province as well,” Smithers Shogun Dojo instructor Marwan Abu Khadra said.

“When someone wants to go to a tournament, I set a goal for them and I try to guide them all the way through, to the top.”

Though many of his students stood out at the competition, Khadra singled out one in particular, Chloe Garcia, who won gold in team kata and silver in single kata and extreme fighting

“Chloe Garcia worked extremely hard, she gave 100 per cent effort,” Abu Khadra said.

“She put in so much training time to get ready.”

Other standouts included Tareq Abu Khadra, who looked dominant all weekend lon,g and Browyn Hobson, who won gold medals in point fighting, kata, weapon and freestyle.

Up next, Shogun Dojo members are getting ready for nationals, which will be held in late May.

“We want to win, we always go in with that mindset, to beat everyone from the other provinces, but we also want to have fun,” he said.

“Returning from a competition with medals is a bonus.”

Abu Khadra is expecting 15 to 20 of his athletes to attend nationals. If they place in the top four of a given discipline, they will have the option of going to the world championships in Dublin, Ireland later this year.

Last summer, Dave Percy, Lisa Ramos and Martin Roberge all competed at the world championships in Taranto, Italy.

Roughly 85 competitors, or ‘starters’ as they’re called within the sport, from Cranbrook, Penticton, Williams Lake, Terrace and Smithers took part in the event.

Results:

Dave Percy: gold in continuous fighting.

Tareq Abu Khadra: gold in point and continuous fighting.

Browyn Hobson: gold in point fighting kata, weapon and freestyle forms.

Brooke Delwisch: gold in kata, extreme form and team kata.

Chloe Garcia: gold in team kata and two silver in single kata and free extreme style.

Karim Abu Khadra: gold in kata, point fighting and continuous fighting

Tristan Hunt: gold in kata point fighting and continuous fighting.

Nathaniel Peterson: gold in continuous fighting and point fighting and third in kata.

Emily Clougher: gold in Point fighting, team kata and gold in single kata.

Sage Lawson: gold in team kata, gold in point fighting and a silver in kata.

Kyra Abu Khadra: gold in kata andteam kata.

Conner Muir: silver in point and continuous fighting.

Kyle Muir: gold in point and continuous fighting.

Jordan Ehalt: gold in team kata and  silver.

Conner Ehalt: silver and bronze.

Suzi Garcia: gold.

Ben Glanz: gold in point and continuous fighting and silver in weapons.

Thomas Glanz: silver in point fighting.

Cheryl Griffith: gold in kata.

Rob Henry: gold in point and continuous fighting.

Riley Tchida: silver in point fighting.

Jacob Pinheiro: gold in point fighting and silver in continuous fighting.