2009 USKA National Karate Championship
2009 - USKA - National Karate Championship
This year’s National Tournament was one of the most exciting yet, when a beginning student of Shinpu-Ren Family Karate brought home a Grand Champion Trophy. This is the first National Grand Champion ever for the school. Michael Collins, a 16 yr old student, who had only been training for five months, captured the coveted award for the Kata (forms) division at Nationals.
This year’s National Tournament was one of the most exciting yet, when a beginning student of Shinpu-Ren Family Karate brought home a Grand Champion Trophy. This is the first National Grand Champion ever for the school. Michael Collins, a 16 yr old student, who had only been training for five months, captured the coveted award for the Kata (forms) division at Nationals.
He had taken First in his bracket and then went on to repeat the performance when he competed again against all of the other division title holders for the Grand Champion Trophy. The team brought home 5 National Champion Titles, 15 top four placings and one Grand Champion.