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Time: registration starts at 8:30 competition starts at 9:15
Place: Peachland Community Center
Price: FREE! – we will be taking donations for the Ride to Conquer Cancer
Registration Deadline: Monday May 28th
Who can participate: White-Green Betls 12 years and under

Sensei and the Dojo participated in the original Rick Hansen Man in Motion World Tour in 1987. For more information please call our office 250-768-2241. Additional information is also available at the 25th Anniversary Rick Hansen Relay website.

Boothe, competing in her third national championships, had a great tournament. Competing in the final event of day two she had the entire B.C. team behind her cheering her on. With all the support of the team behind her she was able to win every one of her four fights on her way to winning gold and becoming national champion. The gold medal match was entertaining and went back and forth for the entire match.

Tribe, in his first nationals, had a breakthrough tournament. The way the draw worked out Jackson had to do four fights in a row with little break in between. Tribe won the first two easily and managed to hang on to win the third. By the fourth fight Jackson was getting pretty tired but he managed to take an early lead in the fight. His opponent managed to tie the fight and even take the lead with 15 seconds to go. This put Tribe in a tight spot trailing the fight with 15 seconds to go and no gas left in his tank but he managed to find the energy he needed to score a nice punch at the buzzer to tie the fight. Unfortunately Tribe lost the referee decision that would have put him in the gold medal match. Tribe dug deep at the end to even make it to the referee decision. Tribe ended up with the bronze medal.

By placing in the top three both Boothe and Tribe have qualified to be members of the Canadian National Team. As members of the National Team Boothe and Tribe are both eligible to represent Canada at the Pan-American Championships in Cancun Mexico at the end of August. Boothe will also represent Canada at the North America Cup in Las Vegas on April 5. Both Boothe and Tribe will represent Canada at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas on April 8.

The members of the Taneda Karate Dojo were coached by Mike Ditson of the Taneda Karate Dojo. Ditson has been a member of the B.C. Team coaching staff for four years. He will also be coaching these athletes at the North America Cup, Junior Olympics and U.S. Open in Las Vegas next month.

It is our pleasure to invite you to the 2012 Chito-Ryu Friendship Tournament and Clinic.Over the years we have made many new friends and strengthened our old friendships. We look forward to seeing you this year.

Tournament Info

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

Location: Penticton Lakeside Resort – 21 Lakeshore Dr. West, Penticton (Main Ballroom)
Registration and weigh in: 8:15 am
Tournament begins: 9:00 am
Cost $20.00 per division, Team Kata – $30.00 per team. (Or $10 per person if more than 3 people)
*Divisions will be no larger than 12. If there are 13 or more we will make 2 equal groups.
*Divisions may be combined if there aren’t enough competitors.
Registration Dead Line: 12:00pm March 26th, 2012
Instructors please send one cheque for your Dojo payable to the Taneda Karate Dojo
*Gold medalists from every division will have their name entered into a draw for a prize. The winner will be announced at the banquet Saturday night.

Clinic Info

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Location: Penticton Lakeside Resort – 21 Lakeshore Drive West, Penticton

Location: Main Ballroom
Topic: The clinic will be divided between Kata and Kumite.
Fee: $60
Time: 9:00 – 3:00

Rules of Competition

Kumite: We will be using a modified version of the WKF rules. (No 10 second rule for any division and modified repechage or round robin for all divisions). 3 minutes stop time for Male Black Belt divisions and 2 minutes stop time for everyone else. All competitors will wear body Bogu gear. If your Dojo has body Bogu gear, please bring it. Please be aware of the changes to the WKF rules. The current rule book version is 7.1

Kata: Scorecards will be used. We would like to use more officials to allow more experience for our judges. If possible we will use 7 judges instead of 5. Only Chito-Ryu Kata will be allowed.

Team Kata: Teams can be all boys, all girls, or mixed. There will not be separate divisions for boys and girls. * If teams are of mixed rank they will compete in the division of the highest-ranking team member. (I.e… if a team consists of 2 Yellow belts and 1 orange belt they would compete in the Orange/Green belt division)* Ask the teams to make up a team name. This name will be used to call them into the ring.

Referees: All black belts please bring clothes for refereeing. We prefer grey pants, white shirt and a navy blue tie. Referees may wear navy blue blazers as well. Bring your own whistle.

Banquet Info

Location: Penticton Lakeside Resort – 21 Lakeshore Drive West (Ball Room #4)
When: Saturday March 31st.
Time: 6:00pm gathering. Dinner is at 6:30.
Price: $30 – all tickets for the banquet are to be paid to the Okanagan Chito-Ryu Society. A separate sheet has been attached. Please use this for the banquet ticket sales. Instructors please send one cheque for your group.
Dance: There will be a DJ playing music after dinner so we can all have a good time!

Hotel Info: The hotel we are using for this event is the Penticton Lakeside Resort. All events on the weekend will take place here. For more information please check out their website.
Rate: $85 + tax per night (up to 4 people per room) Ask for the Taneda Dojo group rate.
Deadline: February 29th, 2012
Phone #: 1-800-663-9400 toll free
For more information on any of the listed events please contact our office at your convenience

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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. Six 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.

Three 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.

Stay tuned for upcoming Society news and events!