Southern Miss Chop to the Top Karate Club Receives Honors
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 02:33pm | By: April Jordan
From left to right ā Chop to the Top Coach Kaitlin Baudier, Takayuki Mikami, founder of the Japan Karate Association American Federation, Javion Comby, and Austin Moore at the 57th annual All-South Karate Championships.
Members of The ČĖĘŽĀŅĀ× (ČĖĘŽĀŅĀ×) āChop to the Topā Karate Club recently traveled to the 57th annual All-South Karate Championships in Kenner, La. where they brought home honors for their individual member achievements.
ČĖĘŽĀŅĀ× student Javion Comby, a white belt competitor, placed second in Menās Beginner Kata (forms) and Menās Beginner Kuimte (free sparring). Comby also placed third in the open-rank Menās Collegiate division for both kata and kumite.
ČĖĘŽĀŅĀ× student Austin Moore, a white belt competitor, placed third in Menās Beginner Kumite (forms) and later took home the gold medal in open-rank Menās Collegiate Kumite.
Club coach Kaitlin Baudier, who also competed, took home the silver medal in Womenās Black Belt Kumite.
Coach Baudier said, āBoth Javion and Austin have been training hard since they joined the Chop to the Top Karate Club at ČĖĘŽĀŅĀ× this winter, and their efforts have clearly paid off. They were the only white belts in their division, but they proved to be formidable even when facing a series of much more experienced opponents.ā
The Chop to the Top Karate Club was founded in fall 2022 at ČĖĘŽĀŅĀ× as a student sport club. For more information on the organization, contact kaitlin.baudierFREEMississippi