Saturday, March 13, 2010 Steve’s TKD Ji Do Kwan hosted their Annual “Springtime Karate Wars Tournament”; this event proved to be an exciting day for all competitors. The tournament began at 10:30 A.M. with a Hapkido warm up by the participating Black Belts. Scoring included traditional Taekwondo hand and foot techniques, and Hapkido throws.

The results of this competition are as follows:

Women’s Black Belt Division: 18-19:

Janet Cortez-First Place

Caitlyn Gomez- Second Place

Women’s Black Belt Division 20-25:

Isaura Barillas-First Place

Stephanie Yanez-Second place

Men’s Black Belt Division 18 and up:

Matt Erolin-First Place

Eduardo Barillas-Second Place

Richard Hopkins-Third Place

Children’s

Green-Blue Belt Division:

Kamie Castro-First Place

Bryce Betancourt-Second place

Grand Champion:

Matt Erolin