Congratulations to everyone who competed at the Long Island Winter Open 2012 in New Hyde Park, NY this weekend!

For a few of our students, this was only their first or second tournament and as you’ll see in the video above, they showed a lot of heart!

Great job, everybody! We look forward to seeing how you’ll do in the next tournament!

1ST PLACE
Farzana Alam (9 & Under Advanced Girls Sparring)
Christopher Djama (12-13 Advanced Boys Sparring)
Christopher Djama (12-13 Advanced Open Forms)
Aaron Rice (9 & Under Advanced Boys Sparring)

2ND PLACE
Kiara Brown (9 & Under Advanced Girls Sparring)
Tatiana Felix (10-11 Beginner Girls Sparring)
Aaron Rice (9 & Under Advanced Boys Open Forms)
Kimberly Rice (10-11 Advanced Girls Sparring)
Jonathan Pierre-Louis (10-11 Intermediate Boys Sparring)

3RD PLACE
Zyhra Casero (8-9 Beginners Girls Sparring)
Aaron Rice (9 & Under Advanced Boys Forms)

4TH PLACE
Christopher Djama (12-13 Advanced Open Weapons)
Stephan Rosales (10-11 Intermediate Boys Sparring)

FINALISTS
Abbosbek Adxamov (12-13 Intermediate Boys Sparring)
Eric Babaisakov (8-9 Beginners Boys Sparring)
Josiah Brillant (7 & Under Beginner Boys Sparring)
Jayden Green (7 & Under Beginner Boys Sparring)
Shane Rosales (10-11 Intermediate Boys Sparring and Forms)
Tommy Schioppa (7 & Under Beginner Boys Sparring)
Kazi Sahir (7 & Under Beginner Boys Sparring)
Kazi Tejwar (8-9 Intermediate Boys Sparring)
Nicholas Vadi (10-11 Intermediate Boys Sparring and Forms)