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Dragon Heart Tang Soo Do sent 41 participants to the World Tang Soo Do Association Region One Championship in Rohnert Park, on May 29. We are very proud that our school had the most students competing of any in the region, which consists of Washington, Oregon, California down to Monterey, Nevada and Hawaii.

On Friday, May 28, five students from our school tested for 1st degree black belt: Ella Scott, Dustyn Salomon, Lisa Music, Jorin Eddy, and Maria Gale. We are very proud of their performance. The Regional Director, Master Auer from Roseburg, Oregon, made special mention of our students breaking ability and most especially Lisa Music.

Dragon Heart competed in every category possible including Creativity, 3rd place, Weapons Sparring black belts, 2nd place, colored belts, 2nd place.

There are six black belt championship cups awarded each year. This year Dragon Heart came home with three of those: Junior Female Cup to Tashina Fields, Junior Male Cup to Tyler Hensley, Senior Female Cup to Rosie Bosco. This brings us to 20 regional cups in the 11.5 years Dragon Heart has been in existence.

Here is the list of the participants and their awards:

Tyler Hensley - 1st sparring, 1st Weapons, 2nd forms, Black Belt Cup

Tashina Fields - 1st Weapons, 1st Forms, 3rd Sparring Black Belt Cup

Rosie Bosco - 1st Weapons, 2nd Sparring, 3rd Forms Black Belt Cup

Robert Gross - 3rd Forms

Megan McCormack - Participation

Mike Miller - 2nd Sparring, 3rd Weapons

Matt Scott - 1st Sparring, 2nd Forms, 3rd Weapons

Ella Scott - 1st Forms, 2nd Weapons

Dustyn Salomon - 1st Forms, 3rd Weapons

Lisa Music - 1st Weapons, 2nd Forms, 3rd Sparring

Nitara Nevedal - Participation

Jorin Eddy - 1st Weapons

Maria Gale - 2nd Sparring, 2nd Weapons, 3rd Forms

Chad Branham - 1st Weapons, 2nd Sparring

Courtney Bull - Participation

Karlie Olson - 1st Weapons, 1st Forms

Alvaro Del Rio - 2nd Weapons, 3rd Forms

Gardner Boyce - 1st Weapons

Tristan Spencer - Participation

Kirian Spencer - Participation

Darren Bruce - Participation

Ijal Morgan - 2nd Sparring, 2nd Weapons, 3rd Forms

Estefania Bautista - 2nd Sparring

Juan Del Rio - 2nd Forms, 2nd Sparring, 3rd Weapons

Iscley Cleveland - 1st Forms, 3rd Sparring

Preston Mackie - 1st Forms

Isabella Volz-Broughton - Participation

Marian Del Rio - 2nd Forms, 3rd Sparring

Mercayties Cleveland - 3rd Forms

Zarion Denney - 3rd Forms

Everett Gross - 2nd Forms

Antonio Gross - 1st Sparring, 2nd Forms

Ruth Bergman - 2nd Forms, 3rd Sparring

Jared Ficklin - Participation

Rowen Spence - 3rd Sparring

Sean Sweeney - Participation

Jackie Reyes - 1st Sparring

Connor Olson, Ixel Medrano, Kim Page, and Doug Smith did not compete due to illness.

Jac Hargrave - 2nd Weapons, 2nd Forms (owner/instructor - Redwood Dragon TSD, Shelter Cove)

Meredyth Phillips - 1st Forms, 3rd Sparring (owner/instructor White Dragon TSD, Leggett)

Cliff Skaggs - Participation (WDTSD Leggett student)

Dragon Heart Tang Soo Do is located at 350 Sprowel Creek Rd. near the Garberville Post Office. For more information about classes stop by or call Master Rupp at 923-2886. Ask about this year’s summer program.

Submitted by Dragon Heart Tang Soo Do

photo: Black belt championship cup winners, from left, Rosie Bosco, Tashina Fields, Becky Rupp - instructor, and Tyler Hensley.