South Delta Kyokushin Karate produced some outstanding results at the recent Canadian Kyokushin Karate Championships at BCIT in Burnaby.
Competing in three different forms - Kata, Non-Contact and Knockdown - the local contingent came up with 14 medals.
Leading the way was an all-South Delta final in the women's 15-and-16-year-old 120-lbs and under Knockdown category with Victoria Knoblauch getting past teammate Amber Fidyk.
In the men's 17-and-18 160-lbs and under Knockdown class, Daiki Yamada captured the gold medal. A fourth Knockdown medal was won by Nathan Spencer who took bronze in the 12-and-under 71-80-lbs category.
In the Non-Contact girls 13-to-16-yearold division, Fidyk (gold) and Knoblauch (silver) continued their domination with the results reversed from Knockdown.
Sebastian Saddul also struck gold in the 12-and-under 86-lbs-and over class.
Spencer added his second medal of the championships, winning gold in the Non-Contact 71-85-lbs class. Teammate Graham Jackson earned bronze.
In boys 12-and-under 70-lbs-under category, Cole Beauchamp (silver) and Caleb Naysmith (bronze) rounded out the Non-Contact medal winners.
Knoblauch and Fidyk made it three medals each, earning silver and gold respectively in the Kata Division 2 White/Orange Belt Taikyoku 1/Pinan 1 class.
Spencer added his second bronze medal of the championships in the Kata Division One 12-year-and-under White/Orange Belt Kata sono ichi/Taikyoku 3 category.
Also doing a terrific job representing the club were Graham Jackson, Caleb Naysmith, Ethan Spencer, Jeramie Hein and Michael Hill.
