Upcoming Tournaments:

October 28, Ruston, La (Louisiana State Championships)

November 11, Cotton Valley, La

December 9, The Colony, TX

November Birthdays
Nicholas Lacoste, 11/2      Joshua Lajaunie, 11/2
Carson Cromartie, 11/3    Summer Malanders, 11/7
Rachel Waesche, 11/10     Beatrice Waesche, 11/10
Sandy Cheung, 11/12       Kohl Preston, 11/14
DAnn Stephens, 11/18      Michaela Hill, 11/29
Grace Hebert, 11/29         Peyton Cuccia, 11/29
 

November Promotions

New Blue Belt: Lori Lafont

New ADVANCED WHITE BELTS W/Yellow STRIPES: Olivia Ansardi, Ryan Sandoz, Leo Arnet, Jack Bonaldi, Ashton Burger, Michaela Hill, Michael Lagarrigue, Jacob Lofaso, Joey Medina, Geordie Stokes

New White Belts: Benjamin Campbell, Tyler Gegenheimer, Michael Harrison, Madison Hodges, Derek Mangieri, Kaleb Vead

       New Yellow Stripes

Front (left): Olivia Ansardi, Leo Arnet, Michael Lagarrigue, Ryan Sandoz, Geordie Stokes.

Middle (left): Jack Bonaldi, Ashton Burger, Michaela Hill, Joey Medina, Jacob Lofaso

Back (left): Instructors - Joe Dupaquier, Brandon Pohlmann, Jeffrey Pohlmann

       New Yellow Stripes

Front (left): Miguel Labrador, Kohl Preston, Kayla Paternostro.

Back (left): Instructors - Brandon Pohlmann, Jeffrey Pohlmann

New Blue Belt: Lori Lafont.

                                                                        Lori lands a reverse punch on her journey to blue belt

Lori Lafont breaks a board with a sidekick.

October Promotions

New GREEN Belts: Jonah Boudreaux, Tyler Wittner

New Blue Belts: Taylor Foreman, L.J. Aurelio

New Advanced Yellow Belts: Johnny Anderson

New Yellow Belts: Jon Garrett, Melissa Carbajal, Cathy Hunter, Joseph Wolff, Austin Fontenot, Curry Badeaux, Aaron Hunter

FRONT ROW (left): Aaron Hunter, Austin Fontenot, Jonah Boudreaux, L.J. Aurelio, Joseph Wolff, Johnny Anderson, Curry Badeaux

MIDDLE ROW (left): Cathy Hunter, Taylor Foreman, Tyler Wittner, Melissa Carbajal, Jon Garrett

Recent Tournament Results

18 fighters for our dojo participated in the 2006 La State Karate Championships in Ruston, La on Oct 28:

Sandy Cheung: 1^st Weapons, 1^st, Sparring, Grand Champion Forms,   Eric Pohlmann: 1^st Sparring

Christopher Danner: 4^th Forms,  Christian Dietz: 1^st Sparring, 1^st Forms,  Kyle Dozier: 3^rd Sparring, 2^nd Chanbara 

Kristin Dupaquier: 4^th Forms,  Allison Gilmore: 1^st Sparring, 1^st Forms,  Bart Loomis: 2^nd Weapons

Brandon Pohlmann: 3^rd Weapons, 2^nd Sparring, 2^nd Forms,  Sophie Goodgion: 2^nd Forms, 3^rd Sparring, 2^nd Chanbara 

Summer Malanders: 2^nd Sparring, 1^st Forms,  Dallas Matamoros: 4^th Sparring, 3^rd Sparring

Jay Miceli: 3^rd Forms, 2^nd Sparring,  Matthew O'Brien: 3^rd Forms, 1^st Sparring

Jeffrey Pohlmann: 4^th Forms, 4^th Weapons, 2^nd Sparring,  Ryan King: 3^rd Weapons, 4^th Sparring

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