15th. Captain Tamara Long Archuleta Memorial
Open Karate Championships
October 22, 2022
Our last tournament was October 19, 2019 because of the pandemic that shut everything down. It was great to be able to be back again with some great competiton.
There were 12 schools with 175 competitors in 97 Divisions.
Wren Valdez
Youth Beginning Kata Grand Champion
Four Winds Martial Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Isvyana McMahan
Youth Intermediate Kata Grand Champion
Belen Goju Ryu Karate, Belen, NM
Sophia Gibson
Youth Advance Kata Grand Champion
Mountain Eagle Karate Academy, Albuquerque, NM
Chris Hall
Adult Kyu Kata Grand Champion
Four Winds Martial Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Sydney Engler
Black Belt Women’s Kumite Grand Champion
Belen Goju Ryu Karate, Belen,NM
Uriel Lapcevic
Black Belt Kata Grand Champion (sword set one)
Black Belt Men’s Kumite Grand Champion (sword set two)
Kim’s Martial Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Missed taking picture of first Grand Champion sword set. Uriel earned two sword sets this year!
The Valencia County News Bulletin gave us great coverage of our tournament!
It was also special to see the Sports include us in the Valencia County News-Bulletin’s 2022 IN PHOTOGRAPHS edition that came out December 29th
Our next tournament has already been scheduled. Complete information on our Tournament page
