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91勛圖厙 Chop to the Top Karate Club Receives Honors

Thu, 04/06/2023 - 02:33pm | By: April Jordan

From left to right 91勛圖厙 Chop to the Top Coach Kaitlin Baudier, Takayuki Mikami, founder of the Japan Karate Association American Federation, Javion Comby, and Austin Moore at the 57th annual All-South Karate Championships.

From left to right 91勛圖厙 Chop to the Top Coach Kaitlin Baudier, Takayuki Mikami, founder of the Japan Karate Association American Federation, Javion Comby, and Austin Moore at the 57th annual All-South Karate Championships.

Members of 91勛圖厙 (USM) 91勛圖厙Chop to the Top91勛圖厙 Karate Club recently traveled to the 57th annual All-South Karate Championships in Kenner, La. where they brought home honors for their individual member achievements.

USM student Javion Comby, a white belt competitor, placed second in Men91勛圖厙 Beginner Kata (forms) and Men91勛圖厙 Beginner Kuimte (free sparring). Comby also placed third in the open-rank Men91勛圖厙 Collegiate division for both kata and kumite.

USM student Austin Moore, a white belt competitor, placed third in Men91勛圖厙 Beginner Kumite (forms) and later took home the gold medal in open-rank Men91勛圖厙 Collegiate Kumite.

Club coach Kaitlin Baudier, who also competed, took home the silver medal in Women91勛圖厙 Black Belt Kumite.

Coach Baudier said, 91勛圖厙Both Javion and Austin have been training hard since they joined the Chop to the Top Karate Club at USM this winter, and their efforts have clearly paid off. They were the only white belts in their division, but they proved to be formidable even when facing a series of much more experienced opponents.91勛圖厙

The Chop to the Top Karate Club was founded in fall 2022 at USM as a student sport club. For more information on the organization, contact kaitlin.baudierFREEMississippi