The Barrie Dragons martial arts team were in Burlington (February 28) taking part in the Ontario Provincial Open competing among several other martial artists from across the province.
The Dragons train out of the RMA Karate Centres in Barrie under the instruction of world champion Tressa Young and national coach Craig Ridout. Tressa Young, a third degree black belt, is an expert instructor as well as a high qualified, technically focused trainer with a proven competitive and professional background to help develop the Dragon team.
Twenty-year-old Young, an established world champion in kickboxing and karate helps lead the team. “We take care to devise a competitive training programme that will enable our team members to develop their physical fitness working on boosting strength, stamina, coordination and flexibility.”
Second degree black belt Tara Krale won first place in women’s sparring and fourth place in traditional weapons.
Junior black Belt Sale Berube won first place in traditional weapons and second place in musical forms. This was a big mark in Sale Berube’s competitive career winning her first – 1st place trophy as a black belt.
Brown belt Sam Stubbs won second place in sparring, fourth place in weapons and finalist in forms.
Purple belt Shamus Berube won second place in sparring and second place in forms.
Blue belt Jacob Allen won fourth place in the forms division. Blue belt Alyson Caron won third place in weapons and was a finalist in both the forms and sparring divisions.
Green belt Jaxon Jones won second place in musical forms and was a finalist in both the forms and sparring divisions.
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