Upcoming Tournaments

There will be other tournaments but this is our list so far of 2011 tournaments that we hope to have team members competing in.

See images from the 2010 Southern Illinois Open, which took place on June 25 and 26, 2010.

See the results of the 2009 Grand Nationals, which took place on June 27 and 28, 2009 at Black's Martial Arts Academy.

Recent Tournament Results

The results of the Blacks Martial Arts Just for Fun Tournament (December 11, 2010) from students of Black's Martial Arts:

Mr. Greer:  gold in grappling, breaking, weapons, and chanbara
Mrs. Minckler:  gold in forms and Adult Black Belt Forms Grand    Champion
Owen Oyana:  gold in forms
Parker Minckler:  gold in forms, breaking, and chanbara
Jared Greer:  gold in forms and silver in chanbara
Elijah Greer:  gold in forms, silver in weapons, silver in chanbara, and bronze in breaking
Will Bruns:  silver in forms and breaking and bronze in point sparring
Alex Jimenez:  silver in forms and chanbara
Andrea Jimenez:  gold in forms, synchronized forms, breaking, and chanbara
Josiah Greer:  silver in forms and weapons and bronze in chanbara
Braden Hudgins:  gold in breaking, silver in chanbara, and bronze in forms
Zeke Hernandez:  silver in forms and breaking
Luca Comparato:  bronze in forms and synchronized forms
Aiden Taylor:  gold in forms and silver in synchronized forms
Ethan Minckler: gold in forms and bronze in synchronized forms.

“Thank You!” for representing our school so well.  And “Thank You!” to parents for bringing our students to the tournament.  Also “Thank You” to everyone who helped get ready for the tournament and with the running of the tournament; it couldn’t be done without you:  Master Hemphill, Robin Hemphill, Master Booker, Mr. Greer, Heather Greer, Mrs. Minckler, Jim Minckler, Bill Bruns, Debbie Bruns, Juliane Wallace, and Omar Jimenez.