World Championships begin!

Last night was the first event in the 2006 USKA World Karate Championships here in Dallas, Texas. Continuous Sparring is a small event as many of the competitors are not arriving until today. It is also done a bit differently than the way we do iri kumi in our dojo. Instead of judging who dominated the match and fought most effectively, the judges kept track of individual points using clickers.

From our dojo, only Trevor Maas and Daniel Prewett had chosen to compete in this event. Both sparred quite well. Trevor was in the intermediate/advanced division and demonstrated that he could hold his own against brown belts. He won his first match and lost his second one by a small margin. Daniel fought his way to third place in his division.

We're off to a good start!