Member News
October 21, 2007
U.S.
Open Kata Championships Results
(Duluth, Ga.)
– The U.S. Open Kata
Championships were held on Sunday at the
Gwinnett
Center
with athletes from the
United States,
Colombia
and
Cameroon
participating.
Three different katas (forms) were contested in men’s, women’s
and mixed divisions.
Complete results are as follows:
Women’s Nage no Kata
1. Margarito Castano
(COL)
Liliana Ibarra
(COL),
947.5
Mixed Nage no Kata
1. Mary Wakabayashi
(Aliso
Viejo, Calif. /
Bunasawa
Kai Judo Club)
Scott Pakiser
(USA)
820
2. Marcelline Mkpegue
(CAM)
Benoit Ondobo
(CAM),
798.5
Men’s Nage no Kata
1. Gustavo Londono
(COL)
Henry Diaz
(COL),
979.5
2. Robert Mita (
Skokie
,
Ill.
/ Kiku Judo)
Keith Tanaka (
Glenville
,
Ill.
/ Kiku Judo), 886
3. Joseph Vukson (
Pittsburgh
,
Pa.
/
Kodokan
Judo
School
of
Pittsburgh
)
Thomas Vukson (
Pittsburgh
,
Pa.
/
Kodokan
Judo
School
of
Pittsburgh
), 876.5
Women’s Katame no Kata
1. Claudia Smith (
Houston
,
Texas
)
Carla Martin (
Houston
,
Texas
/
Houston
Budokan), 479.5
2. Margarita Castano (
COL
)
Liliana Ibarra (
COL
)
Mixed Katame no Kata
1. Mary Wakabayashi (
Aliso
Viejo
,
Calif.
/ Bunasawa
Kai Judo Club)
Scott Pakiser (
USA
), 429
Men’s Katame no Kata
1. Gustavo Londono (
COL
)
Henry Diaz (
COL
), 472.5
2. Roberto Alvarez (
Miami
,
Fla.
/ A. Kolychkine Judo
Foundation)
Louie Pejic (
Miami
,
Fla.
/ A. Kolychkine Judo Foundation), 441
Women’s Ju no Kata
1. Margarita Castano (
COL
)
Liliana Ibarra (
COL
), 428
Mixed Ju no Kata
1. Michelle Holtze (
Minnetonka
,
Minn.
/
North
Star
Martial
Arts
Academy
)
Robert Mita (
Skokie
,
Ill.
/ Kiku Judo), 462
Men’s Ju no Kata
1. Gustavo Londono (
COL
)
Hentry Diaz (
COL
), 460 |
