Members from Williams Lake’s Shogun Martial Arts Academy laced up their gis April 12 in Surrey for the BC Open.
A qualifier for the Canadian National Martial Arts Association (CNMA) World Championships to be held during the September long weekend at the Olympic Oval in Richmond, Regan Miciuk, with a silver medal at the BC Open in kata, earned a spot on the Canadian team.
Miciuk will now join Tanna Lauriente, Kurtis Olson, Raiden Lainchbury and Isaac Lauren on Team Canada, who all qualified last fall at a tournament in the Lower Mainland. Miciuk also picked up a bronze medal in point fighting at the tournament.
The top two competitors in each discipline at the BC Open were awarded a spot on the Canadian team.
Williams Lake Shogun Martial Arts Academy results from the BC Open are as follows:
Point Fighting
Isaac Lauren — fourth
Weapons
Jeremy Munroe — bronze
Isaac Lauren — fourth
Kata
Raiden Lainchbury — fourth
Macy Lainchbury — fourth
Isaac Lauren — fifth
Jeremy Munroe — sixth
Liam Lauren — ninth