Spring Coal Kickin' Tournament 2006
March 5, 2006 was the Spring Coal Kickin' Tournament in Tamaqua, PA sponsored by Master Bonner and Kevin Dillon at the Marion High School. This was the second time
GTK attended and Sadan Nim Virgil DeGarmo found the tournament to be well run with good quality competition. He would prefer that traditional katas be judged separately from open katas which include flips, cartwheels, gymnastics, etc.
Six students competed in all three divisions -- weapons, katas, and sparring. Joey Sydlo, Lorrell Daniels, Briana
Iatalese, Hillary Leach, Jerome Mazeikas and Jerome Betz. This was the first tournament for Joey, Briana and Hillary. Lorrell has competed at All Kids Tournament and Dynasty Intl. Jerome Betz has competed in past Coal Kickin, Dynasty Intl, Ganster, and Battle in the Valley, Poughkeepsie, NY.
| |
Kata |
Weapons |
Sparring |
| Jerome Betz |
** |
-- |
3rd Place |
| Hillary Leach |
3rd Place |
-- |
-- |
| Briana Iatalese |
** |
** |
-- |
| Jerome Mazeikas |
1st Place |
-- |
|
| Lorrell Daniels |
** |
** |
** |
| Joey Sydlo |
3rd Place |
-- |
** |
| Great work everyone! ** competed |