Canton Tournament
2016
26 FSDC students participated in the 2016 Detroit Metro Open Karate Tournament earning a total of 61 awards. These included 31 first place, 15 second, 8 third and 7 fourth place finishes, with both the FSDC Black Belt Team and the FSDC Underbelt team finishing first in the team kata divisions.
Students earning Grand Championship berths included: Teddy Donahue (for weapons and kata), Lizzy Arnold (kata) and James Takeshita (weapons).
Black Belt Championship Team members: Ben Matas, Neha Gogineni, Dhruva Vishwanath, Ryan Swanson, Ian Kosaka, Lily Kosaka, Abhay Vora, James Takeshita, Soorya Ramappan, Lizzy Arnold, Annie Sarangi, Ram Kiru, Krishna Kiru and Shankar Kiru.
Underbelt Championship Team members: Leland McElroy, Emily Kasper, Jachin Chung, Ameilia Chung, Teddy Donahue, Ankush Bakuli, Sneha Challa and Rohan Challa.
1st Place Weapons:
Teddy Donahue
James Takeshita
1st Place Kata:
Teddy Donahue
Lizzy Arnold
1st Place Kumite:
Leland McElroy
Teddy Donahue
James Takeshita
Lizzy Arnold
2nd Place Weapons:
Jachin Chung
Rowan Adomaitis
Drew Adomaitis
Trevor Adomaitis
2nd Place Kata:
Leland McElroy
Jachin Chung
Ameilia Chung
Rowan Adomaitis
2nd Place Kumite:
Jachin Chung
Ameilia Chung
Sneha Challa
Drew Adomaitis
Ram Kiru
Krishna Kiru
3rd Place Weapons:
Leland McElroy
Jim Bertin
Kelly Capek
Lizzy Arnold
3rd Place Kata:
Trevor Adomaitis
James Takeshita
3rd Place Kumite:
Jack Stephens
Lily Kosaka
4th Place Kata:
Rohan Challa
Kelly Capek
Drew Adomaitis
Joey Saeli
4th Place Kumite:
Rowan Adomaitis
Trevor Adomaitis
2015
42 students competed in the 2015 Detroit Metro Open Karate Tournament. 86 awards were earned including 28 first place, 25 second place, 16 third place and 17 fourth place.
Students earning Grand Championship berths included:
Black Belts: Abhay Vora, Ian Kosaka, Joshua Huang, Mitchel Huang, Shaelyn Carroll (2 berths), and Andrew Swanson
Under Belts: Benjamin Matas, Dhruva Vishwanath and Teddy Donahue
Tournament Grand Championship Winner for Jr. Black Belts: Abhay Vora
1st Place Weapons:
Ian Kosaka
Joshua Huang
Shaelyn Carroll
Andrew Swanson
1st Place Kata:
Teddy Donahue
Ben Matas
Dhruva Vishwanath
Abhay Vora
Mitchel Huang
Shaelyn Carroll
1st Place Kumite:
Joshua Huang
Lizzy Arnold
2nd Place Weapons:
Jim Bertin
Drew Adomaitis
Jack Stephens
Kelly Capek
Rowan Adomaitis
Trevor Adomaitis
Abhay Vora
Mitchel Huang
2nd Place Kata:
Abhay Vora
Joshua Huang
Kelly Capek
Rowan Adomaitis
Trevor Adomaitis
2nd Place Kumite:
Anwesha Sarangi
Ram Kiru
Shaelyn Carroll
3rd Place Weapons:
Anjali Joshi
Dhruva Vishwanath
James Takeshita
Lily Kosaka
3rd Place Kata:
Anjali Joshi
Jim Bertin
Krishna Kiru
Soorya Ramappan
3rd Place Kumite:
Amelia Chung
Anish Gogineni
Anjali Singh
Ben Matas
Dhruva Vishwanath
Drew Adomaitis
James Takeshita
Lily Kosaka
4th Place Weapons:
Leland McElroy
Teddy Donahue
Ben Matas
Neha Gogineni
Soorya Ramappan
4th Place Kata:
Amelia Chung
Leland McElroy
Ram Kiru
4th Place Kumite:
Ankush Bakuli
Emily Kasper
Jachin Chung
Leland McElroy
Jim Bertin
Neha Gogineni
Ian Kosaka
Krishna Kiru
Black Belt Team First Place Winners:
Abhay Vora, Anwesha Sarangi, Ian Kosaka, James Takeshita, Joshua Huang, Krishna Kiru, Lily Kosaka, Lizzy Arnold, Ram Kiru, Shaelyn Carroll, Soorya Ramappan, Andrew Swanson, Ryan Swanson, Tanaz Naterwala, Shankar Kiru
Under Belt Team Second Place Winners:
Anish Gogineni, Anjali Joshi, Anjali Singh, Ben Matas, Dhruva Vishwanath, Jim Bertin, Neha Gogineni, Parth Nakirikanti, Sonali Joshi
