Thank you very much to Gillianne Richards for her work on this video about Sensei Taneda and the Dojo.
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2011 Karate BC Provincial Championships
On November 26th, 27th the Zone 2 karate team took 56 members to represent the Thompson Okanagan at the 2011 Karate BC Provincial Championships at BCIT in Burnaby.
In total 38 medals were won by Zone 2 athletes. Kata (forms) and Kumite (sparring) were the two competition events.
The Taneda Karate dojo earned 7 gold, 8 silver, and 17 bronze medals. 6 athletes were double medal winners; 7 year old Simarjit Kaloty with her silver / bronze win, Mike Michaud with gold / silver, Avneet Kaloty silver / silver, Michela Russo gold / bronze, Will Wright gold / bronze, and Coulson Boothe winning a silver medal in the 18 to 20 Kumite division and the men’s under 67 kilo kumite division.
Gold medals winners were Emily Jones, Katie Becker, Nick Tomey, and Claire Boothe.
Joe Watson and Jackson Tribe were both silver medalists in their kumite events.
Bronze medal winners were Darren Harpe, Taylor Hunter, Ian Jones, Jasper Looman, Kira McNeely, Brett Michaud, Chas Moore, Victoria Moore, Parker Reed, Destiny Szalka, Madeline Harrison, Sukhresh Kaloty, Danielle Kumalae, and Anne Ross.
Kelowna Tsuruoka Karate Club won 4 medals. The Obst family lead the way with Rie, Jackson and Chelsie Obst all winning bronze medals. Annika Jensen also won a bronze in her division.
3 team members from the Rodney Hobson Karate Academy competed with Michael Barriault winning silver in his Kata division and Bronze in Kumite.
Malaki Vandas competed in the 14/15 year old Kumite division and Gabriel Wilkinson entering the 8/9 year old group. Both athletes were from the Kamloops Renshikan dojo.
Michela Russo, Claire Boothe, Avneet Kaloty, Coulson Boothe, Sukhresh Kaloty, Madeline Harrison, Danielle Kumalae, Will Wright and Jackson Tribe have earned an opportunity to compete at the BC Team selection tournament in January. Top competitors from the elite divisions will fight for a spot to represent BC at the Nationals Black Belt Championships in March.