Nishiyama Invitational Cup of Traditional Karate
Moscow, Russia
May 27-28, 2000
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| Toru Shimoji earns First place in Kata at the Nishiyama Cup in Moscow. See the report. The USA Athletes that went were Avi Rokah, Toru Shimoji, Susan Vance, Brad Webb |
The Pan Am Kumite Team presents the Grand Championship Cup to Nishiyama Sensei. Pictured are (R to L) Justo Gomez(Arg), Brad Webb(USA), Hidetaka Nishiyama, Luis Vasquez(Arg), Ricardo Buzzi(Brazil), Toru Shimoji(USA). |
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| Athletes From all over the world, training and laughing together in Moscow before the Nishiyama Cup. | Nishiyama Sensei as he is about to demonstrate Hangetsu with Kawazoe and Naito senseis as uke. |
Pan American Traditional Karate Championship,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
Sept 25-26, 1999
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| The group from Dallas (from r to l) Doug, Alex, Elizabeth, Brad and our Minnesota friend Dave Gimberline. | The Woman/Man Enbu team from the USA (Amy Fasula & Bobby Hall). They earned third place. |
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| The Canadian Woman/Man Enbu (Holly Graham, Lyle Dauncy). They earned silver. Holly studied with us in Dallas for 3 years before returning to Saskatoon. | Well, this is the whole group of us. Wow. More US people than I had ever seen at an International Tourney. Check the results. |
ITKF World Traditional Karate Championship
Warsaw, Poland
Oct 10-11, 1998
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| Here is a pict of the Dallas group in a small resturant hamming it up, just before the Worlds. From top-left Mike, Brad, Elizabeth, Susan, and Julie. The Girls kata team earned 6th, Brad earned 5th in Fukugo. Our Woman/Man Enbu earned 6th also. | The Girls Kata Team, Coach Toru Shimoji, and many other athletes get a feel for the mats just before performing in the World Championships. The Stadium ended up full to the brim with spectators by the end of the day. |
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| Here is a pict of the USA group, just outside the arena. Pictured R to L back row: Eisa Hizagawa(asst),Mike Fusaro, Amy Sperling, Tati Eugenio, Penny Ringwood(asst coach),Brad Webb, Mike Krantz(asst), Front Row: Coach Toru Shimoji, Amy Fasula, Julie Dunn, Elizabeth Webb, Susan Tong. | Here is a pict of the crowd at the Finals Competition. A lot different than in the US, eh? |
Pan American Traditional Karate Championship,
Bogota, Columbia
Oct 1997
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| Brad Webb earns Gold, Dr Castiblanco gets Silver, and Cristian Garcia & Chinzo Machide earn Bronze in Fukugo at Bogota (97). Other USA Athletes attending were Gloria Coble and Toru Shimoji. GLoria and Toru earned 5th place in Woman/Man Enbu, and Toru finished 5th in Kata Competition. |
Brad Webb is able to (picture above) reach the top 8 in kumite only to lose to the man who earned first(not pictured here) Pablo Paiba of Brazil. |
ITKF World Traditional Karate Championship,
San Paulo, Brasil
Oct 1996
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| Team Picture before the Tourney: Brad Webb, Marla ??, Patrick Richoux, Falah Kanani, Penny Ringwood, and Tati Eugenio. BTW, Penny Ringwood Earns a SILVER medal in Kata :) . | Webb, Kanani, and Richoux earn Bronze in team kumite. |
ITKF Pan American Traditional Karate Championship,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oct 1995
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| USA Team members are Tati Eugenio, Randal Hackworth, Avi Rokah, Penny Ringwood, and Brad Webb. Randal earns Bronze in Fukugo, Penny earns 4th place in indiviual Womens Kata. Avi and Brad reach quarterfinals in Kumite and Fukugo | Avi Rokah, Brad Webb, and Randal Hackworth take second place to Argentina in Team Kumite. |
ITKF World Traditional Karate Championship,
Treviso, Italy
Oct 13-14 1994
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| USA Team members are (R to L) Vern Vaden(Judge), Ron Vance, Susan Vance, Tati Eugenio, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Amy Sperling, Brad Webb, Penny Ringwood(Coach), Gene Takahashi (judge),Avi Rokah(Kneeling). Not pictured Steve Gancherov. | Gancherov, Rokah, Vance, and Webb suprise everyone by winning Men's Kumite, defeating Italy in the finals. |
ITKF Pan American Traditional Karate Championship,
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Sept 1993
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| USA Team members are: Brad Webb, Tom Davis, Albert Cheah, Paul Schwartz, Neville Billimoria, Paul Billimoria, Penny Ringwood, Tati Eugenio, Margaret Thomas. Woohoo! Penny Ringwood and Margaret Thomas earn Gold medals in Kata and Kumite. They successfully defended their 1991 gold medals(PanAms in Peru). The Men's Kata team earns third place in a surprise upset of the Argentina Team. And Brad Webb surprisingly places 4th in individual kumite. | Nishiyama Sensei speaks to the Athletes and Judges before starting Judges Training. |
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| The team From Brazil. They did well (as you can see) and they have so much fun. Party people!! | The team from Argentina. They did well too :). They are also a happy bunch, with great team spirit. |