BARRIE DRAGONS WIN AT PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT

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 – 1^st 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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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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MARCH BREAK CAMP in Barrie

RMA Karate Centres NORTh Barrie location is excited about their upcoming March Break Camp for children age 4 years & up.  The karate school started receiving registration in January, a result of their past camp successes.

There are only 7 spots left for the upcoming March Break Camp.  This is a great camp full of fun, extreme martial arts including flips, tricks and acro, karate and more!  A great camp for all children.  Book individual days or the full week.

Visit www.rmakarate.com/marchbreakcamp2015flyer.pdf to download the registration form.  Call 705-716-8014 for more information or to register.

New Belts for Karate Kids

The new year started off great for 19 martial artists from RMA Karate Centres who tested on January 25th for their new rank and after passing, were presented with their belts. The students demonstrated their skills in front of RMA instructors Craig Ridout, Tressa Young and Linda Young. They were tested on their technique, form, self-defense, martial arts history and knowledge.


“It was great seeing everyone work so hard giving their own personal best. It was a special day for all of the students who were testing especially Sale Berube who has worked so hard leading to this day to be presented with her junior black belt rank. She has grown into a confident young lady and I have no doubt she will continue to do great things in the martial arts. The best part at the end of the testing was hearing shouts of joy from her parents and a round of applause from everyone watching Sale receiving her black belt rank”, Ridout said.

RMA Karate Centres is proud to announce the 2015 competition team, the RMA Dragons who will be representing the karate school with pride when participating in several tournaments this year.  

RMA Karate Centres, instructors and competition coaches are very excited for the new team and are ready to help them reach their sport karate goals!  

The Competition Team member bios are available on the official RMA website page on the website at http://www.rmakarate.com/eliteteam.html .

RMA Instructor Kicks It on Film Set

One of RMA's main instructors, third degree black belt Tressa Young has been busy on the sets of many tv ads and music videos.  

Here's the latest music video Sensei Tressa did the stunt work on. It's great how film can make it look like the other girl is doing it but if you look at the video and slow it down at 2:50 you will see Sensei Tressa's face clearly while doing the sweep.  Great job Sensei Tressa!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSbuJo8sOQ