Ontario Grand Nationals - Results

Sorry it's taken so long, but the results are still worth reporting! Two carloads went down to London, Ontario for the 21st annual Ontario Grand Nationals (my original karate club, Bernardo Karate, was the host) and all four of us did very well.

Our newcomer, Shivani Sivabalan, competed in the kyu belt children's divisions, getting a fifth in weapons, and doing very well with Bassai Dai in forms, earning a second place!

In black belt, I got a fourth in 30+ forms (bleech), but a second in 30+ weapons and third in 30+ fighting (yes, I'm getting back into fighting, finally). Sensei Imran put in a good performance too, with a third in kata and two seconds (weapons and musical weapons). The best results of the day were from Sensei James, with two firsts, in musical weapons and sparring. He lost in the final elimination round of the sparring grands, but not before demolishing his opponents in the first two rounds; great job!

Results:

• James - 1st musical weapons, 1st fighting
• Imran - 3rd kata, 2nd weapons, 2nd musical weapons
  
• Dirk - 4th kata, 2nd weapons, 3rd fighting
• Shivani - 2nd kata, 5th weapons