We knew we were in for an exciting night when James and Imran (aka "Team Pizzazz Representing Pro-Style Martial Arts and Walter Baric"), started their musical team Bo form to the tune of What is Love? to open the Canadian Open night show to wild applause.
After their spectacular opening, Imran kept up the excitement with a flawless performance competing in the boys musical weapons grands. Imran made it to the grands after winning his division on Friday night (probably the only competitor to take the bus to the tournament). He had a good chance of making the kata grands if he hadn't changed a front stance into a side splits on the slippery mats.
After wild applause to my introduction (albeit only from James and Imran) I provided the audience with a pleasant change of pace and made sure they could clearly see my Bo moving when I competed in the adult weapons grands (against Andrew Cabilan, Cedric Ferland, and Marie Eve Dicaire - thankfully Mike Bernardo introduced me as the "40+ winner" ;)
In the kata grands, I more comfortable. I accomplished my goal - performing on stage in the grands without dropping my Bo, tripping, or throwing up.
The night ended with the most exciting team fight, with Domenic from Team Aversa scoring a kick to the head a couple of seconds into overtime to win the Elite team fighting (and $3000) over Team United.Earlier in the day, Selina was outstanding, winning her fighting division and the junior fighting grands.
Results
- Imran - 1st pizzazz, 1st musical weapons, 2nd weapons
- James - 1st pizzazz, elite fighting competitor
- Selina - 1st fighting, grand champion fighting
- Dirk - 4th weapons, 2nd kata, 2nd korean forms
- Alison - 2nd fighting
- Norm - 1st weapons, 1st kata
- Jordan - 2nd weapons, 3rd kata, 2nd fighting
- Callum - 2nd kata, 4th fighting
- Ian - competed in kata, fighting
- Seran - competed in weapons, kata
- Brian - competed in weapons, kata
Update, March 30 - more photos and coverage have been posted at SportMartialArts.com
Update, April 4 - more photos and covereage have been posted at http://canadianopenonline.com/
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