Twitter
Facebook
Competitors of all ages are invited to an open martial arts tournament at U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart’s Patch Fitness Center May 17 to 18.
This tournament will qualify participants for the World Organization of Martial Arts Athletes World Championship tournament scheduled to be held at Castlebar, Ireland, Aug. 16 to 17.
***image1***This is an open qualifier for all styles, all systems, all ages and all belt ranks. Athletes can be as young as 5.
The top four U.S. athletes in each division will qualify to represent Team USA at the annual WOMMA tournament.
Divisions include grappling, breaking, continuous sparring, point sparring, realistic self-defense, weapons forms, musical weapons forms, traditional weapons forms, traditional forms, creative forms and musical creative forms.
“Last year, 13 athletes from USAG Stuttgart attended the 2007 WOMMA world championships and brought back nine gold, 15 silver and two bronze medals,” said Stefan McRae, tournament organizer and Stuttgart SKIES taekwondo instructor. “Only one of the 13 had ever been to a tournament before.”
This is an opportunity for martial artists to compete on a world-class level that would not normally be provided to them, McRae noted.
I’d like to see all martial artists with the skill set represent the U.S.,” McRae said. “What better reward can you have?”
Registration forms can be downloaded from www.bluewaveinternational-tkd.com/BWIT/Tourny.php.
The entry fee is $20 for three events. Each competitor will receive a complimentary tournament T-shirt. Checks or money orders should be made payable to Child and Youth Services and mailed to: USAG Stuttgart, CYS, Unit 30401, APO, AE 09107.
Competitors must complete registration forms by April 21. Payment must be received by CYS no later than April 28.
For more information, contact Jeff Carpenter, USAG Stuttgart CYS SKIES
director, at jeff.carpenter@eur.army.mil or visit www.bluewaveinternational-tkd.com.
More information on the WOMAA World Championship Tournament can be found at www.womaa.com.
(Courtesy of U.S. Army Installation Management Command – Europe)
