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| Isaac Witte |
Witte Wins Grand championship
Local martial artists were stand-outs at a local tourney,
winning in more than a dozen trophies, with a youngster winning top honors.
Ten-year-old second degree black belt Isaac Witte topped all
competitors, winning the forms grand championship at the Mid-Wisconsin
Taekwondo Championships in Wisconsin Rapids recently. Witte placed first in forms and sparring for
the mini peewee division and earned
second place in board breaking using a back spinning side kick, a
switching axe and a 180-switching front kick.
He then out-performed the other forms winners to take home that grand
champion trophy-- which is taller than he is.
Red belt Jessica Tomaszewski earned second place in women’s forms
and used a switching axe and a roundhouse back spinning side to take third
place in the board breaking. Red belt
Gavin Murray won the first place trophy for breaking three boards, using a switching axe kick, and inside crescent to back spinning side kick and a jump back spinning side kick. Gavin also took third place in mini-peewee sparring and fourth in forms.
Blue belt Joseph Tomaszewskiwon first place in both
min-peewee sparring and board breaking, using a switching axe and a working
step back spinning side kick on his two boards
He also earned third place in the forms competition. Green belt ian Shelton took first place in
the peewee division, second in sparring
and fourth in boards breaking, performing a switching axe kick, and a back
spinning side kick.
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| Murray, Tomaszewski, Witte |
The martial artists all train at Stevens Taekwondo: A New Way of Life, owned and operated by
senior master Karen Johnson.
The annual tournament, sponsored by Master John Chrystal and
the Park Institute, drew over 200 competitors, and was held at Mid-State
Technical College.
Color Belts Shine at October Belt Promotion
Three martial artists earned trophies for excellence at the
recent Stevens Taekwondo Academy belt promotion. High yellow belt Brandon Richardson won the
first place trophy, new yellow belt Elizabeth Buehler earned second place and
yellow belt Victoria Betro was awarded third place.
The testing, held at the YMCA, was judged by grand master Dwight
Stevens , assisted by senior master Mark Henkel.
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| Victoris Betro, Elizabeth Buehler, Brandon Richardson, Dr. Stevens |
