Team AmeriKick

Anthony DiFilippo:  3rd Creative forms, 4th Extreme Forms, 5th Sparring

Kyle Shestack:  2nd Sparring

Brianna Shestack:  3rd Creative forms, 3rd Extreme Forms, 4th Creative Weapons

Amanda Chen:  2nd Creative Forms, 3rd Extreme Forms, 3rd Sparring, 3rd Traditional Forms.

Alana Weghfart:  3rd Sparring

Brannin Turner:  6th Sparring

Bela Kraut:  5th Creative Forms, 6th Extreme Forms

Once again, Amerikick of Brooklyn has shown that hard work and dedication brings out the winner in each of us.   At the end of the day, each student walked away with their head in the clouds, pride in their heart and respect from their fellow teammates and the Sensei’s who train them.  Every competitor placed within the top 3 of each of their Divisions.

Our youngest representative, Jose Dumas, who just moved into the Advanced 10-11 yr old group, took 2^nd place in a large and tough division.  .   The next group to claim their place in the top 3 were in the Advanced 12-13 yr old group, Forms Division, Daniel Napolitano taking 2^nd and Marquez Vargas sealing his spot with 3^rd place.   Sweeping the Sparring Division in the advance 14-15 yr old group, Jesse Arango took 1^st, with Nelson Zuniga taking 2^nd and David Davydov holding a tough 3^rd.   Next up in the Intermediate group 18-29 Men’s, Adrian Wilson proudly won 1^st place in Weapons and 1^st place in Point Sparring.  John Laquente representing the 18-29 yr old  Brown belt, showed his intense Form  taking 1^st place with the highest scores. In the Advanced 18-29 Men’s group, Ricky Taylor kept his focus during a challenging Weapons routine, taking 2^nd place.  The girls were not to be left behind, Letticia Dumas competing in the Advance 12-13 yr old Division, sparring her way through the tough competitors took a proud 3^rd in a tough match.  Another show for the girls, Erica DeJesus competing in the Advance 16-17 yr old Division, sparred her way to 1^st place. 

Sensei Alex Davydov had his hands full traveling from ring to ring, coaching, supporting and monitoring his students’ performance.  Thanks to Sensei Alex’s experience and knowledge immediately protested the participation of a specific Judge that lacked experience with scoring, had now made the competition fair for all students, not just his own.   Sensei Manny Brown was asked to sit in as a judge, which when it came to his own students, he demanded more from their performance.  Sensei’s Ross Levine and Vlad Davydov when not competing were present in their students’ rings encouraging and monitoring their performances.    Sensei Vlad while having the support of his students cheer along the side of the ring fought a long  tough battle while sparring taking a commanding 3^rd place in the Black Belt Division.  Sensei Ross sweeping his Division taking 1^st in Creative Weapons, 1^st in Traditional Weapons and 1^st in overall Sparring Grand Champion and Defending Champion of the Big Apple Super fight heavy weight in his Black Belt class.

The night show featuring Sensei Ross (aka Turbo) received standing cheers from 3 rows of his supporting students and parents.  A highly energized event which brought bumps and bruises from and to the Black Belts who competed.  Once again Sensei Ross showed his competitive side and did as he preaches to his students by staying focused and steady and defended his title once again.  It was a proud moment for Amerikick of Brooklyn