JUSTUS TUMBLING

I believe that in order to be a good teacher, you need to work on continually improving yourself in your studies. I had a great time this weekend working on my kicks & tricks with my kids.

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

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: