Bobby Lawrence Karate TOURNAMENT Fall 2008

Bobby Lawrence Karate LINDON
comes in 2nd Place overall!

Wow, we are so proud of all the students who participated! There has never been a school as young as ours (we haven't even hit our 2 year mark yet) place so high and we couldn't be more excited. It really showcases what great talent we have at our Studio!
The day started out early with the Demo team competition. Our very young SWAT team did an impressive job with the debut of their very own Star Wars demo. All but one member has ever been a demo team member but you never would have guessed it with and exciting 2nd place! This great little team really pulled together :)

They were then followed by our extremely talented STORM team. The Storm team has been asked to participate in numerous half time shows at various BYU and UVU sporting events, along with school assemblies and BLK Lindon celebrations. They definitely fulfill their role of Special Team Of Role Models. They looked so sharp, crisp, clean and so stinkin' acrobatic! They were up first and did a great job getting things going. I don't even know if they realize how good they looked!

To see more on the demo team check out their blog, Lindon All Stars.
After this the tournament began starting with the adorable Little Ninjas then cruising upwards all the way to Black Belt. This tournament had an Olympics theme and we were proud to see our students, fight off the nerves and perform in front of hundreds of spectators. You could see all the hard work show as they did their various forms, self defense, weapons and sparring events.
Thank you students for your hardwork. It was a joy to watch you! And thank you parents for all the love and support.

Martin doing the Leadership form BLACK ICE (he earned a gold medal with this one)

Bobby Lawrence Karate BLACK BELT TEST Fall 2008

Isn't that a great looking bunch?!!? We are so proud of the 9 Black Belt Candidates who ALL passed the State Black Belt Test held at Willow Middle School in Lehi Friday night.

1st DEGREE BLACK BELT
Hunter Lawrence

2nd DEGREE BLACK BELT
Lexi Barrett
Hunter Gappmayer
Adrian Hallberg
Rhys Nelsen
Ethan Smith

3rd DEGREE BLACK BELT
Sammy Allan
Ashley Bevard
Kayla Bevard

There were hundreds of friends and family there to cheer on over 70 Black Belt Candidates! All the candidates participated in tests at a school and regional level in order to qualify to test at the State Test in front of all the Head of Schools and Special Guests, along with Master Lawrence.
They had a strenuous physical fitness test, that included a 1-2 mile run, sit ups, pull ups and push ups all within a 30 minute time limit. After this they went through numerous hours of testing on their Forms, Self Defense techniques, Kicks & tricks and overall attitude and skill level. For all the candidates this can be a grueling, intense experience. But after a culmination of years of dedication, commitment and follow through (many of the candidates have been involved with Bobby Lawrence Karate for at least 5-10 years!) they reaped the reward of that hard work.
We are so proud of our students!! They excelled in all categories and blew the physical fitness portion out of the water. We were proud to see the way the Bobby Lawrence Karate Lindon Students stood out from the crowd with impressives kicks, tricks and precision.
We would also like to point out that one of our Leadership teachers Sammy Allan had the highest total points at the Regional exam. This is an impressive feat considering all the talented candidates who were present! Way to go Sammy!!

Sammy Allan & Justus Lawrence

Ethan Smith & JustusJustus & Hunter Gappmayer
Something that offer exclusively through at BLK Lindon is the special "Team Justus Black Belt" Jacket which you can only receive after achieving your Black Belt with BLK Lindon school. This is presented to each candidate after their test.

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Justus, his brother Miki, cousin Jade & brother Dallas Lawrence
Jeff Vincent (West Jordan school), Kenney Ruano (Sandy School) & Justus. We were lucky enough to see Mr. Ruano test for his 6th Degree Black Belt!
Testing for you Black Belt isn't always easy and in fact I'm sure at times it was down right frustrating and hard but I think ALL would agree that it was worth it! Not everybody makes it to Black Belt but we know that the dedication and commitment that each of our new black belts put into this will benefit them in all aspects of their life!

We look forward to continuing with you towards Black Belt Excellence!!

(if you have any pictures that you have from the event, we would LOVE to add them! Please email them to blklindon@gmail.com)

3RD DEGREE CANDIDATES

2ND DEGREE CANDIDATES

Kicks & Tricks (Lindon style)

Justus giving their hard earned new Belts

Bevard Girls, flashing their weapons- don't mess boys!

BACK TO SCHOOL BASH

Bobby Lawrence Karate
BACK TO SCHOOL BASH 2008
Great students, great friends, great turnout, GREAT TIME!
Thanks to all who came, who helped and who had a good time. We love Bobby Lawrence Karate Lindon!!

owners - Justus & Katrina at the welcome table

leadership team making sure the cotton candy tastes good (kolton, ashley, mimi, frances, shayna, kayla, portia)
the bevard girls - our future 3rd degree Black Belts! (ashley & kayla)
decorations (shayna, frances, ashley, chieko)JEDI WEAPONS led by leadership member Chris Allman
SWAT DEMO lookin good! (Lindsay Shimanek, Cole Anderson, Rhys Pughe, Te, Kit Anderson, Collin Adamson, Brandon Han
STORM TEAM
VANQUISHING DARTH MAUL (te & martin tinoco)
THE FABULOUS PRIZES the grand finale to a great summer of hard work earning tickets (kayla, justus, mimi, te)
Look at all those tickets!!!
excited CLASS MEMBERS all waiting to hear who the grand prize winner is....
AND THE WINNERS ARE... Luis Moreno, Parker Mota, Camden Tomlinson, Enoch Mahana, Hana Hoki, Will Westrup and our Grand Prize winner of ROCK BAND - Brenden Perl!!
Good job to all the winners and hard workers this summer!!!!
THE INFLATABLE RIDES with all of our leadership team!
Justus and his kids joining in on the fun
Enoch doing some great clean up

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT!

JUSTUS COMPETE NATIONALS 2008

Many of you haven't had a chance to see Justus compete on a National or International level, so we thought it would be fun to start sharing some of his fights and footage here.
He went the Compete Nationals tournament in Ontario, California. He took:
1st in Light Weight Continuous Sparring and
1st in Sparring
During the runoffs he received an injury that threw him out for overall finals. But all in all, Justus had a good time and felt great about being able to compete.
This is one of his fights:

JUSTUS LAWRENCE at GOLDEN GATE NATIONALS APRIL 2008

This is one of Justus's fight at the Golden Gate Nationals in San Francisco. It is one of my favorites every year! Some of the best fighters in the nation come to compete and it is so cool to watch. We were lucky enough to watch Justus's uncle Mark and his brother Dallas compete also.
Justus took:
1st place - Traditional Forms
1st place - Light Middle Sparring
1st place - Continuous Sparring
2nd place - Team Sparring
and something really exciting
Overall Grand Champion in Sparring
(this is when all the winners of the separate sparring divisions from feather weight to Super Heavy and in between, compete until there is one man left standing).
Below is a link to an article about the event:
http://www.nblskil.com/skm/sportkaratemagazine/nbl_national_stories/goldengate96.html

Bobby Lawrence Karate FALL CLASS SCHEDULE

to reserve your spot or if you have questions on the schedule, please feel free to call 796-9575 or email BLKLINDON@gmail.com