RMA LEAVES A MARK AT SMAC KARATE TOURNAMENT

Five martial artists from RMA Karate Centres in Barrie took park in a martial arts competition in Niagara Falls, New York on the weekend.  The SMAC Internationals had competitors from across Canada and the United States taking part at the event and RMA Karate represented their school and city of Barrie well.

Red belt Katie Belliveau gave a strong performance with improved stances placing 6^th in musical weapons and was a finalist in the forms, weapons and sparring division.

Blue belt Sale Berube placed 1^st in traditional weapons, 3^rd in creative weapons, 3^rd in forms, 5^th in musical forms, 6^th in Korean forms and finalist in sparring.

Blue belt Liam North placed 1^st in point sparring, 1^st in forms, 2^nd in traditional weapons, 2^nd in creative weapon, 4^th in Korean forms and finalist in musical weapons and continuous sparring. 

Black belt Tressa Young competed in the 18 years plus men/women division and placed 2^nd in musical weapons, 2^nd in traditional forms, 3^rd in musical open and 4^th in the traditional weapons.  Young also placed 1^st in the women’s fly weight sparring division.

Black belt Linda Young returned to the tournament circuit after a seven year break competing in the 45 years plus men/women division and placed 6^th for traditional forms.