The next belt test will be February 18th @ 10am.

Name                Kyu
Elijah G.                 12
Max D.                   12
James O.                12
Panteleimon H.       12
Jordan J.                12
Kimiya M.               11
Griffin E.                 11
Nicholas Y.             11
Alex P.                   11
Kion M.                   10
Isabella R.              10
Jacob C.                 10
Connor N.               10
Jaida H.                  10
Sasha H.                10
Nektaria H.             10
William B.               10
Keegan R.              10
Nicolae G.              9
Jaden J.                 9
Tarek H.                 9
Alex D.                   8
Jennifer T.              8
Adison B.                8
Nour B.                   8
Michaela A.             8
Lilly F.                    7B
Max L.                    7B
Thomas C.              7B
Ryan T.                  7
Tyler T.                  7
Bjorn W.                 7
River T.                  7
Kingston T.             7
David J.                  7
Alan P.                   7
Ada T.                    7
Farah S.                 7
Joi S.                      6
Wayne A.                5B
Keegan G.              5
Luke A.                   4
Cole S.                   3
Lilah S.                   3
Isabella S.              3
Youssef S.              2
Yazan B.                 2
Ruby S.                  1

2011 Tournament Divisions

We had an incredible demo on Friday! It was very well done!!  I’m at the dojo every day and I thought it was very cool to watch. I can’t imagine what other people thought. Thank you to all who participated in the demo!! Many thanks to the parents as well for taking those in school out for a short time to participate!

Senpai Scott did a wonderful job at the microphone! He and his wife, Joi, were also instrumental in many behind the scenes preparation for the weekend. They were very successful in obtaining many of the donations we received. Also a big thank you to Sensei Nick & Sensei Saeed who drove fromLas Vegas to help with the demo!

Then we did the official ribbon cutting with help from the Sandy Chamber. Sensei
Marius cut the ribbon with a very cool and very sharp sword which was fun for everyone
to see. It would have been even better if the ribbon would have been tight! Ha!
We had a beautiful cake delivered by Sam’s Club, bagels from Einstein’s and
some light refreshments.

On Saturday we had two seminars taught by Hanshi Madani who flew in for only a few
hours. We really appreciate all the support we receive from IMA Headquarters in
Colorado and from other members of the IMA organization. Thank you Sensei McGavin and Jennifer for the beautiful flowers! We ended the event with a wonderful BBQ lunch specially prepared by Senpais Mr. Heise and Ken! Thank you SO much for cooking!! It was fun to have a BBQ right in front of the building!

We held a silent auction on Friday and some with no bids carried over into
Saturday. We also had a raffle on Saturday.

I’d like to thank everyone who donated items toward our silent auction and raffle!

The Cotton Blossom (Pham Family)
Platinum Car Wash
Century 16 –UnionHeights
Gift Certificate to dinner (Straaten Family)
Apollo Burger (Ziouras Family)
WestminsterCollege(Ken Meland)
Heise Engineering, LLC (Mr. Heise)

Below are the raffle winners! And thank you to those of you who like us on Facebook and spread  the word about our grand opening!

$10 g/c Apollo Burger & Dolica SmallCamera Bag –  Nino S.
$10 g/c Apollo Burger & Dolica SmallCamera Bag –  Vish S.
$10 g/c Apollo Burger – Jackie Casto (Facebook Entry)
$10 g/c Apollo Burger – Lauren B.
Lowepro Video Camera Bag – Mzia S. (Facebook Entry)
Dolica SmallCamera Bags – William B.
Dolica SmallCamera Bags – Tyler T.

Always a big thank you to Senpai Scott, Senpai Christian, Nino and Youssef for all your help at this test. Keep up the good work!

Mark your calendars! The next belt test will be November 19th @ 10am.

Name        Kyu
Alex D          9
Dave T          7
Ryan T          7B
Tyler T         7B
Bjorn W         7B
River T         7B
KingstonT       8
David J         8
Jaden J         10
Keegan G        5B
Ryan B          5
Joseph B        7
Amy F           8
Lilly F         8
AdaT            7B
Yianni Z        7B
Alexander Z     7B
Bridger G       5B
Gabriel L       6B
Farah S         7B
Nour B          9
Luke A         5
Thomas C        8
Brennon F      10
HarrisonS      10
Marcus T       10

Schedule of Events:

Friday, September 9
11:45 am Karate Demonstration
12:00 pm Ribbon Cutting
12:30 pm Free Food & Silent Auction
6:30 pm Competition Team Training (spectators welcome)

Saturday, September 10
9:00 am – 10:15 am Free Seminar – Sensei Catalin (Nick) Neagu, 5th Degree Black Belt (Las Vegas Karate-Do)
10:30 am – 11:45 am Free Seminar – Hanshi Cyrus Madani, 8th Degree Black Belt (IMA Founder)
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Free Barbeque & Raffle

I know many of these students trained daily for this test. What a huge accomplishment! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Please congratulate them next time you see that shiny new or really old black belt

Brittany P. -Nidan (2nd degree black belt)
Alex A. – Shodan (1st Degree black belt)
James H. -Shodan (1st Degree black belt)
Ken M. -Shodan (1st Degree black belt)
Nino S. -Shodan (1st Degree black belt)
Chance H. -Junior Black belt (black/white)
Levie S. -Junior Black Belt (black/white)

Nevertheless, these competitors deserve recognition and congratulations!

Farah Salama – 2 kumite, 3 kata

Tyler Thompson – 3 Kata

Ryan Thompson – 2 Kata, 3 kumite

Luke Andruzzi – 1 kata, 1 kumite

Alex Andruzzi – 3 kata

Chance Heise – 2 kata, 3 kumite

Brittany Pham – 1 kata, 1 kumite

Yazan Bader – 2 kata, 3 kumite

Youssef Salama – 1 kata, 1 kumite

We hope to see you next weekend, please register now and avoid the $20 late fee:

Athletes and Referees, register on line: http://www.karatetmaster.com/

Seminars, Weapons – and Competition Preparation, “Fit to Fight Seminars”  mail in your  name and your seminar fee to:
Park City Karate
1680 East Ute Blvd.

D-3
Park City UT 84098

For More Information visit the tournament site www.jeppersonkaratedojos.com

Always a big thank you to Senpai Scott, Senpai Christian, Senpai Brittany and all brown belts; Professor Ken, Mr. Heise, Nino, Levie, Chance, and Cayden, for all your hard work in the and helping at this test. Keep up the hard work! More pictures are posted on the gallery page.

Name ——–  Kyu
Isabella R      11
Jarrett E        11
Nour B           10
Damir K          9
Thomas C       9
Ada T               8
Dave T             8
Farah S            8
Ibrahim I        8
Lauren H        8
Mason J         8
Max L             8
River T           8
Ryan T           8
Tyler T           8
Yazan I          8
Joseph B      7B
Keegan G      6
Ryan B          6
Dillon S       5B
Haley S        5B
Luke A         5B
Skylar H       4
Sandro K      3
Yazan B         3
Youssef S      3
Cayden H      1

Brittany – 1st place in Elite Division Kata, 1st place in regular division Kata & 2nd place regular division kumite
Chance – 2nd place in kata
Cayden – 2nd place in kumite
Isabella – 1st place in kata & 2nd place in kumite
Lilah – 1st place in kata
Ruby – 3rd place in kata and kumite

Along with training such a great team, Sensei Marius tested and passed his exam for Kumite Referee B. (This means that he needs to take one more test to be a National Referee (A). AKA a very knowledgeable and trained kumite referee within the USANKF organization.)

Thank you to all the parents and family who support those who compete. They cannot be successful without such great support!