2010
Newton Tournament
February 27, 2010, Surrey BC
The annual Newton Tournament
once again encompassed Kyokushin students and officials in the
Lower Mainland region. A total of fifteen students from our dojo
took part of the event and fought to the best of their ability.
Although a lot of them were still rookies in the knockdown
competition, they were capable of staying composed during the
matches and bringing in several medals. Among all of them, two
individuals stood out most in this tournament.
Gerald Gutierrez, who is only a
yellow belt, took 2nd place in the Men's Lightweight Open
division. Gerald one-sidedly won the first match by effectively
using Shita-Zuki (body cut). Then, he put up a tough fight
against Sempai Tony in the finals. They kept hammering each
other with vicious shita-zuki and low kicks for the entire
round. The grueling match went into overtime and finally came
to an end when Sempai Tony threw more number of punches and won
by decision. Despite the loss, Gerald gave his best performance
of his fighting career and proudly received the Silver Medal.
Pasha Mykhaylov started off as a
junior fighter several years ago and worked his way up to Youths
divisions in recent years. Today, Pasha finally made his
entry to the Men's Heavyweight Open division. In his first
fight, Pasha did not even sweat as he captured Ippon (Full
Point) with Shita-Zuki at 20 seconds into the match. In the
finals, he faced off against Sempai Matthew of the PoCo Dojo.
The tough match made them fight in an extension round where
Pasha accelerated and doubled up his punches towards the end of
the bout. The 17-year-old brown belt won the Gold Medal and will
further motivate himself for greater achievements.
The tournament was a great
success. I would like to thank Sensei Tom and his team of the
Newton Dojo for hosting the event. This type of tournament is
very much needed for novice competitors to gain enough
experience to fight in high caliber events in the future. Osu.
Results
William Cheung: 2nd (17-18 Youths)
Jeffrey Yiu: 3rd (17-18 Youths)
Shella Gallardo: 2nd (Women CB LW)
Shoko Takahashi: 3rd (Women CB HW)
Ka Lok Ng: 1st Rd Loss (Men CB LW)
Masaki Takeo: 2nd (Men CB LW)
Eddie Ahmadi: 3rd (Men CB LW)
Greg Mason: 3rd (Men CB LW)
Tuan Le: 1st Rd Loss (Men CB LW)
Hiroshi Deguchi: 2nd Rd Loss (Men CB LW)
Peter Aduna: 3rd (Men CB HW)
Dan Penny: 1st (Men CB HW)
Gerald Gutierrez: 2nd (Men Open LW)
Pasha Mykhaylov: 1st (Men Open HW)
Coach: Sempai Michi
Nagase, Mark Berg, Keegan Wong, Tomomi Inoue
