The Tournament Scene Although we do not consider competition to be the most important aspect or goal of martial arts training, we do value the lessons that each individual learns by participating in tournaments. Competitors realize the value of hard work, consistency, and perseverance, as well as rising to the challenge of facing themselves and their fears in the ring. Over the years, our many competitors have always passed on what they have gained, both physically and mentally, thereby keeping Golden State students at the forefront of the tournament scene. Congratulations 2008 Tournament Winners!   NBL SuperGrands World Championships, Sacramento -Dec. 2008 Mick Jower WORLD CHAMPION - Men's Fly weight Point sparring Prithanjan Bhattacharya & Victor Sukhovitsky 2nd- Team Forms Ze' Martinho SKIL International Champion - Traditional Forms Alex Kumamoto 2nd - traditional forms 5th- point sparring Victor Sukhovitsky 3rd - traditional forms May Martinho 3rd- traditional forms JP Rouhana 3rd - point sparring Xavier Gomez 3rd place traditional forms Jake Kumamoto 4th - traditional forms Also competing and representing Golden State well - Sydney Albin, Sunil Butler, Ryan Jandu, Rafael Gomez, Jeremy Chai, Max Chai   Congratulations 2006 Tournament Winners! NBL SuperGrands 17th World Championships, December 2006  Chris Jensen WORLD CHAMPION - Traditional Forms Dippy Bhattacharya WORLD CHAMPION - Korean Forms Mei-le Keck Inducted into NBL Hall of Fame Nathan Collado 3rd- underbelt sparring Prithy Bhattacharya & Bo Hall Exceptional performances. Represented Golden State TKD well.   Duel in the Desert, July, Las Vegas Chris Jensen 1st- Traditional Forms Venya Bruk 1st- Japanese Forms - GRAND CHAMPION 3rd- Korean Forms Dippy Bhattacharya 1st- Korean Forms 1st- Continuous Sparring Mei-le Keck 2nd- Korean Forms 2nd- Point Sparring 3rd - Continuous Sparring Mikel Marcelino 2nd- Japanese Forms Austin 1st- Forms 2nd - Point Sparring Clifford Yi 3rd- Traditional Forms Nathan Collado 3rd- Forms Pacific Jewel Nationals, May 5-6 Oregon Chris Jensen 2nd- Traditional Forms Mikel Marcelino 1st - Japanese Forms Ryan Jandu 1st- Creative Forms - GRAND CHAMPION 1st - Traditional Forms 1st- Sparring Mei-le Keck 3rd - Sparring Golden Gate Nationals, April. 21-23 California Chris Jensen 1st- Traditional Forms Dippy Bhattacharya 1st- Korean Forms - GRAND CHAMPION 1st - Japanese Forms - GRAND CHAMPION 1st- Continuous Sparring Ryan Jandu 1st- Creative Forms - GRAND CHAMPION 1st - Traditional Forms - GRAND CHAMPION 1st- Sparring Mei-le Keck 1st- Japanese Forms 2nd - Sparring Margee Wapman 1st- Traditional Forms Mikel Marcelino 2nd- Japanese Forms Miles Wapman 2nd - Continuous Sparring 3rd- Forms Venya Bruk 3rd- Japanese Forms 3rd- Japanese Forms 3rd- Continuous Sparring Clifford Yi 3rd- Traditional Forms Nathan Collado 3rd- Continuous Sparring Laura Howarth 3rd- Traditional Forms Spencer Parks 3rd- Sparring Salt City Nationals, Feb. 24-25 Utah Chris Jensen 1st- Traditional Forms Venya Bruk & Dippy Bhattacharya 1st Team Forms Dippy Bhattacharya 1st- Korean Forms 2nd - Japanese Forms 2nd- Continuous Sparring Venya Bruk 1st- Japanese Forms 2nd - Korean Forms Max Fergason 1st- Continuous Sparring Mikel Marcelino 3rd- Japanese Forms Compete Nationals- L.A. Ryan Jandu 2nd- Traditional Forms Super Grands 16 World Games- 2005 Chris Jensen 2nd- Traditional Forms Dippy Bhattacharya WORLD CHAMPION KOREAN FORMS 3rd- Continuous Sparring Venya Bruk & Dippy Bhattacharya WORLD CHAMPION TEAM FORMS   Past Tournament Results 2005 Results 2004 Results 2003 Results 2002 Results 2001 Results 2000 Results

Kickboxing World Champion Brian Schwartz w/ Chris Jensen after his Title Victory in 2004. Venya Bruk & Dippy Bhattacharya WORLD CHAMPIONS View Dippy Bhattacharya World Champion Form

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