Karate Tournament Team Excels at Nationals!

Eleven competitors from Peaceful Warrior Martial Arts attended the USKA Nationals Tournament March 30th and 31st in Albuquerque, NM. For five of the competitors, this was their very first Nationals Tournament, and most of them just started competing this point year! Our seasoned competitors did a great job as well.

The Nationals Tournament hosts the "best-of-the best"of USKA competitors across the country. In order to compete in this tournament, competitors must first qualify at the State or Regional Tournament, or by placing at Nationals the year prior. Since every single one of the Peaceful Warrior competitors placed (unheard of, by the way!!) they are all automatically qualified for next year's Nationals.

Here are the results:
Aditya Gunderia: 1st Weapons, 2nd Sparring, 2nd Team Kata, 3rd Kata
Allen Kratzer: 2nd Kata, 2nd Koshiki, 3rd Weapons, 3rd Sparring, 4th Musical Kata
Brent Armistead: 1st Sparring, First Koshiki, 1st Chanbara, 2nd Kata, 2nd Weapons, 2nd Team Kata
Cameron Kessner: 4th Kata
Chance Glover: 2nd Musical Kata, 2nd Team Sparring, 4th Sparring
Jasper Brown: 4th Kata
Julianna Chin-Tung: 3rd Sparring
Mackenzie Bouise: 2nd Kata, 2nd Weapons, 4th Chanbara
Max Bouise: 1st Team Sparring, 2nd Chanbara, 4th Weapons
Rachel Hostletler: 1st Sparring, 2nd Team Kata, 4th Kata
Sensei Poage: 1st Sparring, 1st Kata, 1st Weapons