1st KNB Grand Prix October 6, 2007

Junior and Senior Tournament Participants with coaches.

Junior Winners from left to right:
Amelie Renaud - 1st Place Individual Kata, Julie Arsenault - 2nd Place Team Kata, Lynne Arsenault - 2nd Place Team Kata, Natalie Arsenault - 2nd Place Team Kata & 2nd Place Individual Kata, Celine Gautreau - 1st Place Individual Kata, Mackenzie Carter - 2nd Place Individual Kata.

Seniors won 1st Place Team Kata.
Front row: Josee Dion, Nicole Gautreau, Danielle Hache. Back row: Paul Arsenault, Jean-Pierre Hache.

2nd KNB Grand Prix November 3, 2007

Céline Gautreau - 1st Place Individual Kata, Julie Arsenault - 1st Place Individual Kata, Maxime Renaud - 1st
Place Individual Kata, 1st Place Team Kata and 1st Place Kumite, Nicholas Gautreau - 2nd Place Individual
Kata, 1st Place Team Kata and 3rd Place Kumite, Amélie Renaud - 1st Place Individual Kata and 1st Place
Team Kata.

3rd KNB Grand Prix December 1, 2007

Mackenzie Carter - 1st Place Individual Kata, Celine Gautreau - 1st Place Individual Kata, Nicolas Gautreau -
1st Place Individual Kata, 1st Place Team Kata and 1st Place Kumite, Maxime Renaud - 2nd Place Individual
Kata, 1st Place Team Kata and 3rd Place Kumite, Amélie Renaud - 1st Place Individual Kata, 1st Place
Team Kata and 1st Place Kumite.

Tsuruoka National Karate Tournament, October 26-27, 2007

Thirteen members of our school recently participated in the Tsuruoka International Karate Tournament in
Kelowna, B.C., earning 19 medals, five of them gold.  The team also won eight silver medals and six bronze
medals with every member returning with at least one medal. Our students, ranging in age from under nine to
over 40, competed against 180 competitors, the vast majority from across Canada, in four categories:
kata, kumite, team kata and team kumite.

First Row: Sensei Oscar Leger, Coach (promoted to 7th Degree Black Belt-October 27, 2007), Nicolas
Gautreau- Bronze medal for Kata, Silver medal for Kumite, Silver medal for Team Kata,  Marilyn Ross-Silver
medal for Team Kumite, Lynne Arsenault-Silver medal for Team Kata, Natalie Arsenault-Gold medal for Kata,
Silver medal for Team Kata, Jean-Pierre Hache-Silver medal for Masters' men's Kata and Silver medal for
Masters' Team Kata, Doug Atkinson (coach).

Second row: Bill Ross (official), Nicole Gautreau-Bronze medal for Kata and Silver medal for Masters' Team
Kata, Julie Arsenault-Silver medal for Team Kata, Amelie Renaud-Gold medal for Kata and Silver medal for
Team Kata, Maxime Renaud-Bronze medal for Kata, Silver medal for Kumite and Silver medal for Team Kata, Josee Dion-Silver medal for Masters' Women Kata and Silver for Masters' Team Kata, Danielle Hache-Bronze medal for Masters' Women Kata, Silver for Masters' Team Kata and Bronze for Kumite, Emmanuel Leblanc
(official).

Third row: Jean-Francois Hache-Gold medal for Black Belt Kata, Gold medal for Black Belt Kumite and Gold
medal for Black Belt Team Kumite, Paul Arsenault-Bronze medal for Masters' Kata and Silver medal for
Masters' Team Kata.

Jean-François Haché won three gold medals and was named top male grand champion of the tournament. He
his pictured above with the winner of the trophy for best athlete from BC and female grand champion of the
tournament, Michelle Taneda.

The other two gold winners were Natalie Arsenault and Amélie Renaud.  This is Amélie`s third medal in the past three national tournaments which are held every two years.

This year’s tournament was special as it marked the 50th anniversary of Karate in Canada with O’Sensei Masami Tsuruoka, considered the founder of Karate in Canada, present at the tournament. Sensei Oscar Leger who has been practising Tsuruoka-style Karate since 1971 was also promoted to seventh-degree black belt at the tournament.

Congratulations to all!