On
March 31 2012, the Edmonton
Kyokushin Karate Club once again
hosted the Alberta Open Kyokushin
Karate championships. This year’s
event saw 85 competitors from
Alberta and B.C make up 150 entries
in kata, non-contact and knockdown
fighting. We were also happy to
Welcome Shihan Stuart Corrigal to
the event. The event was a great
success, with spectacular fights,
beautiful kata, and trademark
Kyokushin spirit, effort and
sportsmanship. The final fight of
the day featured an amazing finish,
with Brent Williams of Edmonton
winning an ippon victory in the open
division through an ura ushiro
mawashi geri.
The Edmonton Kyokushin Karate Club
would like to thank all the
competitors, spectators, officials
and volunteers that made this event
such a success. We hope to see you
all again next year. OSU!
Results
Kata 8 & under white &
orange belts
Kata & under
white & orange belts
Gold – Leo Gillespie –
Calgary Gold –
Jaden Neeves - Edmonton
Silver – Taylor Strong –
Edmonton Silver –
Brandon Shermack – Calgary
Bronze – Nathan Van Kosh –
Calgary Bronze –Jackson
Mackey – Calgary
4th – Kieran Paauwe –
Calgary 4th
- Daniel Bisson - Calgary
Kata 12 & under blue –
green belts
Kata 13 & over
white & blue belts
Gold – Max Gillespie –
Calgary
Gold – Cody Fonda – Dawson Creek
Silver – George Di Paola –
Calgary Silver –
Kyle Kalin – Calgary
Bronze – Simon Treppenhauer –
Banff Bronze - Jessica
Sauerwein – Calgary
4th – Tyler Meckelborg –
Calgary 4th
– Robin Meckelborg – Calgary
Kata Open division
Gold – Mark Fonda – Dawson Creek
Silver – Doug Potter – Calgary
Bronze – Craig Meckelborg - Calgary
4-6 year old non-contact
division
12& under non
contact under 60lbs
Gold – Tia Luedemann -
Edmonton Gold –
Laila Johnston - Edmonton
Silver – Austin Dziekan - Edmonton
Silver – Dipesh
Aggarwal - Edmonton
Bronze – Emma Alvarez -
Edmonton Bronze – Alex
Boothman - Edmonton
Bronze – Nicolas Johnston –
Edmonton Bronze – Andrea
Alvarez - Edmonton
12& under non contact
61-80lbs
12& under
non-contact 81 + lbs.
Gold – Kira Johnston -
Edmonton Gold –
Max Gillespie - Calgary
Silver – Nathaniel Howat -
Edmonton
Silver – Natalia Howat – Edmonton
Bronze – Kai Luedemann -
Edmonton
Bronze – Benjamin Gonzalez-Bruna - Edm
Bronze – Spencer Gillespie -
Calgary
Bronze – Carter Vuksa -
Edmonton
6-7 Knockdown
Gold – Laila Johnson - Edmonton
Silver – Leo Gillespie - Calgary
Bronze – Tia Luedemann – Edmonton
Bronze – Luca Vuksa - Edmonton
8-9 Knockdown
10-11 Knockdown
Gold – Brandon Shermack -
Calgary Gold – Cam
Sedore - Calgary
Silver – Spencer Gillespie -
Calgary Silver –
Simon Treppenhauer - Banff
Bronze – Kira Johnston -
Edmonton Bronze –
Natalia Howat - Edmonton
Bronze – Brad Sauerwein -
Calgary Bronze – Max
Gillespie - Calgary
12-13 Knockdown
14-15
Knockdown
Gold – Patrick Smith - Calgary
Gold – Ty
Pecsi - Banff
Silver – George Di Paola - Calgary
Silver – Andrew
Sedore - Calgary
Bronze – Kole Collins-Tompkins – Stony
Plain
Bronze – Ricky Helfmann - Calgary
Bronze – Brianne Dean –
Calgary
Bronze – Conner Lindsay – Stony Plain
Girls 16-17 Knockdown
Boys 16-17
Knockdown
Gold – Tilly Di Piaola -
Calgary Gold –
Alex Sedore - Calgary
Silver – Jessica Foster -
Calgary
Silver – Dan Pederson - Calgary
Bronze
– Matthew Doyle – Stony Plan
Women’s Colored belt
Senior Men
Gold – Melanie Smith -
Calgary
Gold – Alexey Atrazhev – Edmonton
Silver – Amber Enokson – Stony
Plain Silver – Adrian
Di Paola – Calgary
Men’s Colored belt
OPEN DIVISION
Gold – Brent Williams -
Edmonton Gold –
Brent Williams - Edmonton
Silver – Scott Potter -
Calgary Silver –
Doug Shermack - Calgary
Bronze – Kyle Noel Puyat –
Edmonton Bronze – Mark
Fonda – Dawson Creek
Bronze – Kegan
Plett –
Calgary Bronze -
Kyle Kalin - Calgary






















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