Seasons Greetings to all USMA students and their families!
Training for 2011 finishes on Wednesday Dec 21st at Ashburton and Carlton, and on Thursday Dec 22nd at Clayton. We will resume in 2012 from Monday January 9th.
Please note that the weekend after we resume training is the 2012 Anglesea Training Camp (Jan 13th – 16th) so there will be no training on Saturday Jan 14th at Clayton or Ashburton.
Best wishes for safe and happy holidays
Most Improved
Best Pee Wee – Anna Blake
2011 Overall Champion – Stephan Ajay Kumar
Awesome Warrior Costumes (final contestants)
Winner- Hagar, and Oleg, each winning a USMA jacket!
The 2012 year will kick off with our annual Anglesae training camp to be held at the Anglesea Recreation Camp from Fri Jan 13th (early) to Mon Jan 16th (late). Please return camp forms to Mr Ravlic as soon as possible.
On September 11th, USMA will be holding its first Self-Defence seminar at Monash University Clayton Campus from 9.00 am until 4.00 pm (lunch is included). The seminar will introduce realeases, immediate responses controlling situations as well as ground work.
Congratulations to all who graded on the weekend. And special congratulations to Sabums Michael & Tony Nguyen for the great job done at Carlton, and to Boosabum Lance Rubin for the awesome job done at Caulfield.
The first of our 2011 USMA InHouse Tournaments for Juniors and Seniors will be held on Sunday June 5th from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Registration is at 8:30 am, and there will be a barbecue lunch available. Entries will be accepted on the day.
The first of our 2011 USMA InHouse Tournaments for Juniors and Seniors will be held on Sunday June 5th from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Registration is at 8:30 am, and there will be a barbecue lunch available. Entries will be accepted on the day.
The second of our 2011 USMA Junior Tournaments will be held on Sunday May 1st from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Registration is at 8:30 am, and the tournament will be followed by a barbecue lunch ($5.00 for non-competitors). Entries will be accepted on the day.
The first of our Junior Tournaments will be on Sunday April 3rd from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Registration is at 8:30 am, and the tournament will be followed by a barbecue lunch ($5.00). Entries will be accepted on the day.
Best wishes to the Australian team competing at the ITF World Championships in Wellington, New Zealand.
Australian team members from USMA, coached by Sabum Spiridon Cariotis, are:
Updates will be posted when available and you can check results at the ITF NZ World Championship Website. There is also live video of some events.
DAY 1.
Sanja Stapar and Stephan Kumar competed in sparring on day 1. Sanja was the first sparring match of the tournament, in her first international event. She performed really well and was unlucky not to proceed to the next round. Stephan also fought well, and was most disappointed not to progress further. Sebastian Mackay competing in 1st Dan patterns in his first international event made it through to the second round, which is a great achievement. Well done to all our USMA competitors!
Congratulations to other Australian team juniors – Samantha Faddoul won bronze in sparring, Trent Hayden won bronze in special techniques and Indija Anderson and Bianca Bin won medals in patterns and special techniques.
DAY 2
Day 2 was a mixed day – our sparring competitors performed really well, but sadly were not rewarded with any silverware. Sabum Michael Nguyen was awesome, winning two rounds convincingly and falling just short of the medal rounds. Carysse Shean also won one round against Argentina before losing to Italy. Krista Wise fought really well and was unlucky to lose, and Vishnu Sankar also lost a close match. USMA is very proud of all its competitors and their standard of performance reflected all the hard work put in at black belt training with Sabum Cariotis.
Other Australian team members also had mixed luck in sparring and patterns. Ashley Thornton won a round of patterns, but unfortunately did not get through to the medal rounds. Our congratulations to Sabum Charles Van Beelan, who won a bronze medal in Senior Powerbreaking. Great work, Mr Van Beelan!!
DAY 3 – rest day for competitors
DAY 4 and 5
The last two days of competition were team events. Congratulations to the Junior Girls for their excellent work, and to Sabum Michael and the Senior Male Power team who also won bronze in their event.