Yushen Lai's Taekwondo Academy http://www.laitkd.com Martial Arts Training, Sparring, Forms, and Self-Defense Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:24:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The 15th Annual Yushen Lai’s Invitational Taekwondo Championship http://www.laitkd.com/2012/01/the-15th-annual-yushen-lais-invitational-taekwondo-championship/ http://www.laitkd.com/2012/01/the-15th-annual-yushen-lais-invitational-taekwondo-championship/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:34:11 +0000 MasterLai http://www.laitkd.com/?p=322 The 15th Annual

Yushen Lai’s Invitational Taekwondo Championship

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Torodome Gym

California State University, Dominguez Hills

Carson, CA

Register online now!

Click here for tournament info

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Pictured here are the Students of the Year, Fitzgerald Pate, Al Terrado, Jacqueline Blatt, and Erika Gonzales (not pictured). Competitors of the Year were Josh Mojica, Jenae Javier, Jerie Mae Ibale, and Blaze Villalon. Family of the Year, the Agura Family; Dela Cruz Family; Parent of the Year, Yvete Espiritu; Ramos Family. Academic Achievement Awards were also presented to a large group of students! Usually we have one Master and one Instructor of the Year but this year all of the Masters and Instructors were recognized and awarded for their dedication, and hard work for training the students at the Academy.

The food was fantastic – house special lobster, honey walnut shrimp, french style beef, house special fried chicken, sweet and sour fish, house special fried rice, seafood soup, fruit, and a special cake provided by Master Lai’s sister.

We also roasted Master Lai for his birthday with stories through the years of knowing him. A slideshow “Then and Now” chronicled the early beginnings from 1983 to present. Besides seeing Master Lai in his 20′s it was great to see the growth of students from white belts to where they are today.

Sr. Master Ron kept the party entertained with his outstanding MC skills, DJ Dre (Chief Instructor Andre Echave) and Master Mikey Lim kept the music going for the raffles, games and dancing. Thanks to our Instructor Team for organizing and setting up all the equipment at the party and to Sr. Master Perry for the wonderful DVD he created.

Thank you to all the parents, students, friends and family for your support and participation in making this such a wonderful and memorable event.

Go the the Photo Album to see all the pictures from the event.

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View the gallery to view the album of photos.

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Costume contest winners.

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Name Events Poomsae Kyoroogi
George Orduno Poomse/Kyoroogi Gold Silver
Casey Cuyugan Poomse/Kyoroogi Bronze Silver
Jerie Mae M Ibale Poomse/Kyoroogi Gold Gold
Christopher Mario Correia Poomse/Kyoroogi Silver Bronze
Vincent Paul Rodriguez Dela Cruz Poomse/Kyoroogi Bronze Silver
Margott Fellisse Rodriguez Dela Cruz Poomse/Kyoroogi Silver Bronze
Estelle Vargas Zamora Poomse/Kyoroogi Gold Gold
Almaida Camat Terrado Poomse/Kyoroogi Bronze Silver
Nikolas A. Caver Kyoroogi ~ Silver
Brendan Joseph Viloria Kyoroogi ~ Silver
Minerva Jessica Zamora Poomse/Kyoroogi Bronze Gold
Chrystoffer Hakim Joshua Bumacas Abad Poomse/Kyoroogi Gold Silver
Joshua Bryan Ballesteros Mojica Poomse/Kyoroogi Gold Gold
Cximone Kriz Bumacas Abad Kyoroogi ~ Bronze
Gabriel Miguel Nunez Ungab Poomse/Kyoroogi Bronze Silver
Erika Jane Buenaventura Gonzales Poomse Gold ~
Elijah Buenaventura Gonzales Poomse Gold ~
Joshua Cabebe Kyoroogi ~ Gold
Kymberlee Cabebe Poomse Gold ~
Tristen Stone Gomez Kyoroogi ~ Gold
Dylan Cabrera Kyoroogi ~ Silver
Josh Almario Kyoroogi ~ Bronze
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Happy Birthdays to Alexander Morales, Andre Echave, Brendan Viloria, Christopher Corriea, Josh Almario, Michael Reid, Tristen Gomez, and Vanessa Morales!

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Thank you for your hard work and we look forward to seeing you in the ring again at the Home Depot Center.

Sincerely, Grandmaster Lai

FIRST NAME LAST NAME Poomsae Kyoroogi
Angelyn Bernardo Bronze Bronze
Blaze Villalon N/A Bronze
Casey Cuyugan Silver Bronze
Christian Urayenza Bronze Silver
Christopher Almozara Silver Gold
Elijah Gonzales Silver Bronze
Erika Gonzales Gold Gold
Gabriel Ungab Silver Gold
George Orduno Bronze Bronze
Jenae Javier N/A Bronze
Jerie Mae Ibale Gold Gold
Joshua Mojica Gold Gold
Samuel Urayenza Gold Bronze
Tristen Gomez N/A Bronze
Yvete Espiritu Silver Gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Congratulations to our newly promoted students.

Our newest black belts are Jenae, Vanessa, Marc, Kimberlee, Alex, Luis, and Blaze.  They performed a very impressive group of testing knowing all of their poomsae forms, one-step sparring and self-defense techniques. They also went for 2 rounds of 1 on 1 and another round of 2 against 1 in kyroogi sparring. They also performed 4 position board breaking, flying side kick board break and power breaking. Well done and congratulations to them all!
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7 candidates that have been training very hard and are well-prepared for taking this test. Marc, Alex, Luis, Kimberlee, Vanessa, Blaze, and Jenae.
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