MORE THAN WINNING

The students at RMA Karate Centres train in preparation for the many competitions they attend throughout the year.  The competition team instructors at RMA stress the rewards of competition that go beyond the ring but into the student’s daily life.   Understanding that competition is character building, teammates and instructors provide support at the events cheering and giving advice for improvement.

“The most important key to our competition team members success is for them to train and when training to give their best so that when at the competition they are prepared and can demonstrate their best skill to the judges.  Yes the students go to compete but the best part is when they cheer on their fellow team mates and when they socialize with so many other martial artists their own age from across the country.” RMA instructor and competition team coach Craig Ridout said.

The RMA Dragons competition team recently attended a martial arts Tournament in Mississauga (NMAC) where they did extremely well for their first event of the year.  

First degree black belt Tara Graham won second in traditional weapons and fifth in traditional forms.  Junior black belt Sale Berube, who competed in the black belt divisions for the first time, won second in sparring, third in Korean forms, third in musical forms, fourth in traditional weapons and fourth in traditional forms.

Brown belt Sam Stubbs won second in weapons and fourth in forms.  Purple belt Shamus Berube won second in forms and second in sparring.   

Blue belt Jacob Allen was a finalist in both the forms and weapons division.  Blue belt Alyson Caron won third in forms, fifth in weapons and fifth in sparring.  Green belt Jaxon Jones won second in sparring and fourth in forms.

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