Under the direction of hanshi Julian Shiroma and sensei Wilbur Mina, 24 International Karate League members from the Big Island competed at a regional tournament of champions on July 20 in San Francisco.
Under the direction of hanshi Julian Shiroma and sensei Wilbur Mina, 24 International Karate League members from the Big Island competed at a regional tournament of champions on July 20 in San Francisco.
Top-three island finishers
—Kala’e’kai Kuanoni-Jacobs, Captain Cook Dojo, first, kata, junior green belt
— Tristan Deaguiar, Captain Cook Dojo, first, kata, junior blue belt
—Julie Blackhat, Captain Cook Dojo, first, kumite, women’s colored belt
—Jordan Matsuno, Keaau Dojo, first, kata, blue belt
—Kaiya Bannister, Captain Cook Dojo, first, kumite, junior green belt
—Tristan Deaguiar, Captain Cook Dojo, first, kumite, junior blue belt
—Mason Fukunaga, Kailua-Kona Dojo, second, kata, junior blue belt
—Kaipo Kailiawa, Kailua-Kona Dojo, second, kata, white/green belt
—Julie Blackhat, Captain Cook Dojo, second, kata, blue belt
—Nuuhiwa Beatty, Kailua-Kona Dojo, second, kumite, green belt
—Mason Fukunaga, Kailua-Kona Dojo, second, kumite, junior blue belt
—Wailana Medeiros, Captain Cook Dojo, third, kumite, junior blue belt
—Jordan Matsuno, Keaau Dojo, third, kumite, men’s colored belt
—Blossom Kuanoni, Captain Cook Dojo, third, kumite, women’s colored belt
—Jeremy Gambing, Kealakehe Dojo, third, kumite, brown belt
—Tyler Haunga, Keaau Dojo, third, kata, junior green belt
—Blossom Kuanoni, Captain Cook Dojo, third, kata, blue belt
—Jeremy Gambing, Kealakehe Dojo, third, kata, brown belt
—Britt Hurley, Captain Cook Dojo, third, women’s black belt
—Kawika Keana’aina, Kailua-Kona Dojo, third, kumite, junior green belt
Submitted by Naomi Shiroma