Skippy KICK Martial Arts Results
The 24th edition of the Skippy KICK held this past weekend picked up slightly in competitor numbers and saw a repeat visit of Grandmaster Bob Cheezic and students from Connecticut Tang Soo Doh.
Defending forms champions Kent Bean and Jasmyn Renfroe retained their first place positions in the advanced divisions, with Bean also first in junior weapons. He was however denied the triple crown by losing to Chris Lobosco of Connecticut in sparring; Lobosco placed second in junior weapons and third in advanced empty hand forms.
The mens’ black belt division was uncontested in both forms and weapons, with Chris De Fontes taking two walkover victories. The mens’ over 40 division was more competitive, with Anthony Leader on top in both empty hand forms and weapons forms; empty hand runnerup was Andre Joseph, with Richard Robinson of Connecticut second in weapons. Anthony Leader was forms grandchampion, while Chris De Fontes took the weapons grandchampionship.
Sparring winners included Ryley Mason (girls 8-10), Dean Lottimore (boys 6-7), Luis Pontes (boys 8-9). The most competitive sparring category was boys 10-11, where Anzar Talbot defeated Nathaniel Simmons 4/1 in the final match, after squeaking by Shaun Prinsloo 2/1 in the second round. Prinsloo lost to Deandre Simmons 6/3 to finish fourth overall. In boys 14-15 Seth Roberts defeated Kynya Watson 4/1 in round 1 and Jordan DeShields 5/2 in the final. The last category of sparring had Kent Bean losing 7/1 to Chris Lobosco, who then blanked Connecticut teammate Jonathan Robinson 2/0 for the gold medal.
The full results are below, click ‘Fullscreen’ for greater clarity:
