Athletes Honored at INNER DOJO Sparring Tournament

Michael Claycomb, Xena Mohammed and Karina Cisneros were the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Finalists respectively at AOK Duarte's Sparring Championships last Friday the 18th of april 2008.

Everyone who participated displayed great improvement and demonstrated tiger-like attitude in their desire to win the gold. Needless to say, this was the best performance from our students and the most entertaining and exciting event we have experienced at AOK Duarte to date. 

It was the 4th Inner-Dojo Tournament in Duarte and the 2nd sparring competition overall.

 

Our next competition will be the KATA Championships on Friday May 30th, 2008.  We look forward to intense and thrilling performances from all or our  athletes.

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Black Belt Magazine Photoshoot

Upon the return from the US Open Karate Championships at Caesar's Palace, Sensei Claycomb was invited to assist in a photo-shoot session at Black belt Magazine with Sensei John Fonseca.

Sensei Fonseca is the Current USA National Karate Team Captain as well as the the owner and Chief instructor of Fonseca Martial Arts . Sensei Fonseca has earned many national and international competition awards, He is the only male athlete in the world to win repeat gold medals at the Pan American Championships, as well as the only American karate athlete to win the Paris Open.

The Photoshoot took about three hours to complete, but after alot of action shots and sparring combination thrown it was all over with. Needless to say, the shoot was a great success and many of the shots came out very impressive.

Look for Sensei Fonseca's Article in Black belt magazine in the next few editions. It will be covering Winning Kumite Combinations for tournament sparring.

Below is a video clip of Sensei Fonseca in Action! Check it out!