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Knife Defense at Black Belt Testing

This video below shows Mr. Webb demonstrating spontaneous knife defense with the Black Belts.  This was a part of their testing and had to learn how to defend themselves from an oncoming knife attack.

The partipants were: Jennifer Hardy, Simon Davis, Christopher Haworth, Marge Sprott, Beau Griffis, Dante Sacco, Gabriel Dungan, Wyatte Reid, and Kyle Turner.

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Perry Regional Tournament

Performance Martial Arts had over 40 students compete at the Perry Regional Tournament on November, 12.

RESULTS:

4th and 5th Degree Black Belt Division

Mark Webb placed 1st in Traditional Weapons, Sparring, Creative Weapons, Extreme
Weapons, Extreme Forms and 2nd in Traditional Forms and Creative Forms.

2nd and 3rd Degree Black Belt Division

Jennifer Hardy placed 2nd in Weapons and 3rd in Sparring and Forms

1st Degree Black Belt Division

Marge Sprott placed 3rd in Forms and Sparring

Kyle Turner placed 2nd in Forms and Weapons and 3rd in Sparring

Color Belt Division

Jay Johnson – 3rd in Weapons and Sparring

Madison Swain – 1st in Sparring, 2nd in Weapons, and 3rd in Forms

Anna Leigh Coody – 4th in Weapons

Patrick Horsley – 4th in Sparring

Jay York – 1st in Forms, Weapons and Sparring

Clay York – 1st in Forms and 2nd in Weapons

Ian Willis – 3rd in Forms

William Horsley – 1st in Sparring and Weapons, and 4th in Forms

Jacqueline Wang – 1st in Forms

Alexander Wang – 1st in Sparring and Weapons

Nicole Sinnott – 1st in Forms and Weapons and 2nd in Sparring

Alex Sinnott – 3rd in Sparring

Anita Sinnott – 4th in Forms

Garith Chaney – 1st in Forms, Weapons and Sparring

Christian Dawson – 1st in Forms, Weapons and Sparring

Matthew Dawson – 1st in Forms, Weapons and Sparring

Duane Cunningham – 3rd in Forms and Sparring

Richard Hartnitt – 3rd in Weapons

Mandy Lane – 1st in Forms and Sparring

Seaborn Williams – 2nd in Sparring and 3rd in Forms

Christian Martinez – 1st in Forms and 3rd in Sparring

Paul Massari – 4th in Forms

Keith Strickland  – 4th in Forms

Zada Wilson – 2nd in Forms and 1st in Sparring

Teresa Hamiliton – 1st in Forms and Weapons and 2nd in Sparring

Zachary Coody – 4th in Forms

Dawson Norris – 1st in Weapons, 2nd in Forms and Sparring

Lexi Colbert – 1st in Forms and Sparring

Sean Northcutt – 2nd in Sparring and 3rd in Forms

Matthew Godwin – 1st in Forms and 3rd in Sparring

J.T. Davis – 2nd in Weapons

Patrick Grove – 1st in Sparring and 2nd in Forms

Lukas Smidtas – 1st in Weapons and Sparring and 2nd in Forms

Maddy Lawson – 2nd in Sparring and 3rd in Forms

Jackson Lawson – 3rd in Sparring

Nathan Lawson – 3rd in Forms

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A Successful Battle on the Beach

Mitchell Church, 5th Degree Black Belt and owner of the Performance Martial Arts Academy, accompanied 13 students (Team Performance) to the event sponsored by the American Taekwondo Association and hosted by Grand Master Soon Ho Lee.

In the fourth and fifth degree black belt division Mark Webb won third place in traditional weapons and sparring.
In the second and third degree black belt division Jennifer Powell won first place in traditional forms and weapons and a second place in sparring.
Brittany Johnson won 1st place in sparring and came in second in traditional weapons.
Mizanni Matthews won first place in traditional weapons and third place in sparring.
in the 1st degree black belt division, John Smith took fourth place in forms.
Several of “Team Performance” students had success in the color belt division. Glenn Sibley won first place in creative weapons, second place in traditional weapons and third place in traditional forms.
Tori Sibley won first place in traditional weapons.
Jason Elliott won second place in both traditional forms and weapons.
Marge Sprott won third place in sparring.
Charlotte Sprott won second place in traditional forms and weapons and a third place in sparring.
Ryan Spaulding won first place in traditional forms and weapons.
Darren Rackley took fourth place in traditional forms.
Brandy Smith took fourth place in forms.

A Great job by all the Performance Martial Arts Academy Students!

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22 Students Compete at Atlanta Super Regionals

Mitchell Church of Performance Martial Arts Academy announces the results of a recent Amercian Taekwondo Association tournament.? The Atlanta Super Regionals brought competitors from across the country and Valdosta sent 22 students.? “Our students are very disciplined and represented our community well.”? We have several students who will be State Champions as well as future World Champions in the 2009- 2010 season.” says 5th Degree Black Belt, Mitchell Church.

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