Red belt Isabelle R won fourth in musical forms and was a finalist in the weapons and forms division. Fellow red belt Katie B won third in musical forms and fourth in forms.
Blue belt Liam N won first in musical forms, second in continuous sparring, third in point sparring, fourth in weapons and fourth in forms. Fellow blue belt Sale B won first in weapons, second in musical forms and fifth in both the forms and sparring divisions.
Advanced brown belt Brooke Z won fifth in both the forms and weapons divisions.
The highlight of the Canadian Open was the black belt divisions where the high ranking martial artists were not only hoping for bragging rights after earning top place, they were also looking forward to the tough competition from across North America.
Black belt Tara K did extremely well continuing to show steady improvement winning two thirds in the forms and weapons divisions. Black belt Samantha M gave a strong performance after healing from an ankle injury winning second place in continuous sparring and third place in the musical forms division.
Black belt RMA instructor Tressa Young proved to her opponents that she has earned her place in the adult divisions winning first place in the elite men/women’s weapons division, women’s weapon divisions, women’s forms divisions, women’s point sparring division and women’s musical weapons division. Young also won second in the elite men/women’s forms division. The highlight of Young’s weekend competition was winning grand champion title in men & women’s forms division and winning grand champion title in the men & women’s elite weapons division.
Liam, Sale, Brooke, Tara and Samantha along with RMA instructors Tressa Young and Linda Young will be headed to provincial trials in hopes of advancing to the WKC Canadian National team trials in Ottawa May Victoria long weekend.
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