KNB Grand Prix December 5, 2009

The 3rd KNB tournament was held in Saint John and our school had the following results: Lynne Arsenault (1st place kumite, 1st place team kata, 3rd place individual kata), Nathalie Arsenault (1st place individual kata, 1st place team kata, 3rd place kumite), Julie Arsenault (1st place team kata, 2nd place individual kata), Mackenzie Carter (3rd place individual kata). Congratulations!

KNB Grand Prix November 14, 2009

The 2nd KNB tournament was held in Frederiction with the following results: Jasmine Gaudet (2nd place team kata, 2nd place individual kata), Celine Gautreau (2nd place team kata, 2nd place individual kata), Emilie Gaudet (2nd place team kata, 1st place individual kata). Great job!

KNB Grand Prix October 17, 2009

We had a great showing at the 1st Karate NB tournament, held in Dieppe.
Back Row: Sempai Doug Atkinson (coach), Lynne Arsenault (1st place kumite, 2nd place team kata, 3rd place individual kata), Nathalie Arsenault (1st place individual kata, 2nd place team kata, 2nd place kumite), Julie Arsenault (2nd place team kata, 3rd place individual kata), Sensei Oscar Leger (coach).
Front Row: Jasmine Gaudet (1st place team kata), Celine Gautreau (1st place team kata), Emilie Gaudet (1st place team kata). Congratulations to all!

Tsuruoka National Karate Tournament, August 14-15, 2009, St John’s, Newfoundland

A great showing for our school at the 2009 Tsuruoka Nationals held in St. John's, Newfoundland on
August 14th and 15th.  The Tsuruoka National Championships are held every two years in a different province. 
For a second time, the New Brunswick Team won a Gold medal.  Four of the five members of the winning
Kumite team are from our school.  Winning team members included:  Jean-Robert Bourgeois (Moncton),
Paul Arsenault (Moncton), Serge Kerry (Pokemouche), Marcel Daigle (Moncton), Emmanuel Leblanc
(Moncton) and Coach Oscar Leger (Moncton).

The photo shows the members of our school who participated in the tournament:

Front Row (left to right):
Danielle Haché (Bronze medal in Individual Kata, Bronze medal in Open Division Individual Kata, Silver medal 
in Individual Kumite), Lynn Arsenault (Bronze medal in Team Kata), Amélie Renaud (Silver medal in Individual
Kata, Gold medal in Individual Kumite), Nathalie Arsenault (Bronze medal in Individual Kata, Bronze medal in
Team Kata), Céline Gautreau (Gold medal in Individual Kata), Nicole Gautreau (Silver medal in Individual
Kata, Silver medal in Open Division Individual Kata),

Second Row (left to right):
Julie Arsenault (Bronze medal in Team Kata), Marcel Daigle (Bronze medal in Individual Kumite, Gold medal
in Team Kumite), Josée Dion, Emmanuel Leblanc (Bronze medal in Individual Kata, Silver medal in Team
Kata, Silver medal in Individual Kumite, Gold medal in Team Kumite and Official at the tournament),

Third Row (left to right):
Jean-Robert Bourgeois (Gold medal in Team Kumite, Official at the tournament), Jean-Pierre Haché (Official
at the tournament), Bill Ross (Official at the tournament)  Paul Arsenault (Silver medal in Team Kata, Gold
medal in Team Kumite), Oscar Leger (Head Coach of the Moncton and New Brunswick Teams).

At the banquet held on August 15th, O'Sensei Masami Tsuruoka graded the following members of our school:  Nicole Gautreau to Black Belt, Marcel Daigle to 3rd Degree Black Belt, Bill Ross to 5th Degree Black Belt,
and Malcolm Ross (absent) to 5th Degree Black Belt.