Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament draws more than 100 competitors

PMA karate students Hudson Wood (Sicamous) and Cyrus Piccini (Salmon Arm) compete at the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, May 27 at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)PMA karate students Hudson Wood (Sicamous) and Cyrus Piccini (Salmon Arm) compete at the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, May 27 at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
Salmon Arm PMA fighters Alicia North and Veronika Mihalick exchange kicks at the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, May 27 at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)Salmon Arm PMA fighters Alicia North and Veronika Mihalick exchange kicks at the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, May 27 at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
Katie Michaud from Vancouver’s Intention Martial Arts receives a right foot from Salmon Arm PMA Karate student Rieley Kalke PMA during competition at the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, May 27, at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (Lachlan Labere/Salmon Arm Observer)Katie Michaud from Vancouver’s Intention Martial Arts receives a right foot from Salmon Arm PMA Karate student Rieley Kalke PMA during competition at the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, May 27, at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (Lachlan Labere/Salmon Arm Observer)
Oakley Peters from Shogun Martial Arts Williams Lake fights Lee Wilson of PMA Karate Sicamous at the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, May 27 at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)Oakley Peters from Shogun Martial Arts Williams Lake fights Lee Wilson of PMA Karate Sicamous at the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, May 27 at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

More than 100 martial arts students were at the SASCU Recreation last Saturday for the Shuswap Open Martial Arts Tournament.

The May 27 event, hosted by Provincial Martial Arts (PMA) Association Karate, saw participants from across Western Canada enter one or more of four rings to compete in forms, team and weapon forms, point sparring and continuous sparring. The event was a qualifier for the World Martial Art Championships taking place in Las Vegas at the end of June. Twenty Shuswap PMA Karate students qualified for the event and will be accompanied by Shuswap PMA Karate instructor Holly Raczynski, who will be coaching Team Canada.

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