Alejandro Brings Back Virginia's Best Challenge Tournament

By Katie Thompson For the first time in nearly seven years, Edwin Alejandro's Virginia's Best Challenge returned to the sport karate tournament circuit on January 28, 2012. Alejandro's EWO Team worked hard this year to promote the return of one of Virginia's premier karate events and the results were phenomenal. If you don't believe me....just ask the Lynchburg City Fire Marshall who showed up because the parking lot had overflowed into more

Karns, Liu and Levine Ring in the New Year at AKAs

2012 opened with the AKA Grand Nationals in Chicago, Illinois to start the North American Sport Karate Association (NASKA) season. The talk of the event was Micah Karns who moved into the adult divisions this year. After dominating in the 14-17 divisions for the latter part of 2011, Karns opened up the new year with a grand champion win in men's forms at this January 14-15, 2012 event. Noticably absent more

2011 NBL Supergrands crowns grand champions

The Grand Finale Super Show at the Super Grands allows competitors to receive numerous awards and watch the new world champions  squaring off against one another for overall titles.  After the new world championship rings are dispersed, the select few champions storm the stage and compete for the honor to be named World Grand Champion and to receive the distinguished red NBL belt.  The first division of the evening was more

The last Grand Finale at 2011 NBL Supergrands

The last official grand finale of the Super Grands was filled with adults, vying for the right to be called World Champion.  The first event of this evening was the Hard Choreographed Musical Forms division, contested by Jeff Doss and Ghandi Lewis.  A slight stumble by Doss allowed Ghandi to capture his first individual title in a few years.  Next was time for the Senior Contemporary Forms division, featuring everyone’s more

Youth on stage in Supergrands Grand Finale 4

The fourth finale was all juniors and the young guns were excited to show off what they could do.  The first division up was 11 and under Hard Choreographed Musical Forms.  Zach Gaona of Team International faced off against Hayden Smith of Team Strike Force for the honor of becoming champion.  Gaona came away with the close victory over Smith for the title.  In the 12-14 Girls Hard Creative Forms more