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June 29, 2008, Tong-Il Moo Do Clifton New Jersey Chapter sponsored our Inter-state Youth Tournament at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Clifton, New Jersey. There are six (6) Chapters attended namely, (1) Hudson Valley Chapter headed by Master Isagani Purganan, (2) Philadelphia Chapter headed by Master Shota Iwasaki, (3) Queens Chapter headed by Master Larry Benaloga, (4) Elizabeth Chapter headed by Master EJ Rapada and Rev. Greg Agulan, (5) Tarrytown Chapter headed by Master Kensaku Takahashi, and the host Chapter – (6) Clifton Chapter headed by Master Fumiko Teshigawara and Rev. Nathaniel Nitro.
We are honored and welcomed by our very own Rev. Barry Geller who gave an inspirational talk, as well as our guest Master from Ninja University Deacon
Huggins.
Our tournament have four events:
(1) Form Competition
(2) Free-Style Breaking
(3) Team Form-Demo
(4) Free Sparring
We adjusted all the rules to Elementary level like for example, no heating on the head, no grappling and no throwing. Most of the participants are 14 years and younger, we only have one 19 year old, but it was all taken care of. We have a total of (25) twenty five participants. We have two divisions in Form Competition separating them by their age regardless of gender as well as in Free-Style Breaking. In Free-Sparring we have three divisions separating their gender as well as their age, but regardless of their belts.We do have a lot more to go but this is a very good beginning.
And to finally conclude every one enjoyed this tournament.
Nathaniel Nitro
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