The Okinawan Karate Academy in conjunction with High Voltage
Gym held their Annual Holiday Children’s Tournament on Sunday, December 2^nd
at the VFW in Royersford, PA.  There were
over 70 children ages 3 thru 14 that competed in open hand Kata, sparring and
weapons divisions.  Parents,
grandparents, siblings and friends were in attendance to watch the children
compete.  A free will donation jar was
set up to collect money for the local veteran’s facility in Spring city and
over $100 was collected.  This money will
be used to purchase personal care items for the veterans at this facility.  The following is the final results of the
tournament:

KATA:

Pre-School Ages 3 & 4: 1^st Kayla Gemp; 2^nd
Abarna Ramesh; 3^rd Audrey Acevedo; 4^th Dhanvant  Rajamohan

 White Belt  Ages 5 & 6: 1^st Jeremy Heflin;
2^nd Natalie Minn; 3^rd Gianna Lacy; 4^th April
Gemp; Particpants: Ava Benton; Morgan Sivel; Elizabeth Mintzer; Bryce McIlwain;
Dorothy Turner

White Belt Ages 7 – 9; 1^st Zoe Zabrenski-Bowe; 2^nd
Arnov Pallem; 3^rd Sophie Sterner; 4^th Mikey Suchowierski;
Particpants: Drew Brill; Eli Sivel; Nathan Gorshe; Ryan Ciano

White Belt Ages 10-12; 1^st Raul Ramos; 2^nd
Visruth Pallem; Noah Dalnodar; 4^th Dylan Mintzer; Particpants:
Samantha Lacy; Stephen Gorshe; Andrew Mintzer; Micah Symington

Yellow Belt  Ages 6
-8: 1^st Marco Klisch; 2^nd Nathan Iyoob; 3^rd
Zachary Brill; 4^th Dennis Clossin; Particpants: Austin Paravati; Dom
DeMito; Mitchell Barajas; John Turner; Susannah Boardman

Yellow Belt Ages 9 & 10: 1^st  Nathan Boardman; 2^nd Zachary Ryan;
3^rd Alexa Hanson; 4^th Rembrandt  Ryan; Participants: Alec Benton; Rachel
Leinhauser; Alexa Cullem

Yellow Belt Ages 11 – 13: 1^st Kaylee Scheirer; 2^nd
Frederique DeMito; 3^rd William Bray; 4^th Lexi Ciano;
Participants: Zachary Benton; Paige Scheirer; Jacob Sterner

Green & Brown Belts: 1^st Jared Hanson; 2^nd
Sadhana Ramesh; 3^rd Samir Tandon; 4^th Sam Leinhauser

WEAPONS I: 1^st Alexa Hanson; 2^nd Marco
Klisch; 3^rd Rachel Leinhauser

WEAPONS II: 1st Jared Hanson; 2^nd Samir Tandon; 3^rd
Sadhana Ramesh

SPARRING I: 1^st Jeremy Heflin; 2^nd
Sophie Sterner; 3^rd Drew Brill; 4^th Elizabeth Mintzer

SPARRING II: 1^ST Raul Ramos; 2^nd Noah
Dalnodar; 3^rd Zoe Bowe; 4^th Stephen Gorshe

SPARRING III: 1^ST Dennis Clossin; 2^nd
Austin Paravati; 3^rd Susannah Boardman; Nathan Boardman

SPARRING IV: 1^st Rembrandt Ryan; 2^nd
Alec Benton; 3^rd Rachel Leinhauser; 4^th Frederique DeMito

SPARRING V: 1^ST Sam Leinhauser; 2^nd
Sadhana Ramesh; 3^rd Samir Tandon; 4^th Jared Hanson

Congratulations to all of the students, you were very
impressive and have shown incredible improvement.