Bodystrong athletes battle in Battle Ground

Published 2:29 pm Saturday, December 19, 2015

Athletes from Sequim’s Bodystrong Taekwon-Do Academy got one more bout of competition before 2015 ended with a tourney in Battle Ground on Dec. 5, the final such tournament in the Northwest for the year.

Hosted by Master David Mason, the event was open to all non-Master (7th dan, or seventh black belt level) competitors, including black belts and red belts. The event saw first, second, third and fourth dan competitors from Washington and Oregon and two sixth dan competitors — Bodystrong Taekwon-Do instructor Brandon Stoppani and another from Colorado.

All competing Bodystrong athletes received medals. Results are below:

• Black belt category

Brandon Stoppani, 47 – Sparring Gold, Breaking Gold

Linda Allen, 53 – Sparring Silver, Breaking Silver

Jaden Rego, 13 – Patterns Gold, Sparring Gold

• Color belt category

Payton Williamson, 7 – Patterns Silver, Sparring Silver