• 2nd  Degree Black Belt from Japan Shotokan Karate Association (JSKA)

• Born in September 2000

• Started karate at the age of 8

• National Championships - Team Kata - Bronze (2017)

• First person from our dojo to be in Team Canada and to bring first medal from Canadian National Championship 

• Provincial medalist in both Kata and Kumite

• Regional judge

• 2013 Female Sportsmanship Award from Karate BC

• Honor roll student

• Current First Aid and CPR certified

• Police records including vulnerable sector is checked every 3 years

  

      Motto: "Go the extra mile."

Kimya Najafi

Anekah Teja

• 1st degree Black Belt from Japan Shotokan Karate Association (JSKA)

  Born in June 2002

• Started karate at the age of 9

• National Championships - Team Kata - Bronze (2017)

• Zone and Provincial medalist in both Kata and Kumite

• Regional Referee

• BC Team member in both kata and Kumite in 2014

• Honor roll student

• Police records including vulnerable sector is checked every 3 years

 

   Motto: "It might take a year, it might take a day, but what's meant to be

                will find its way."

 

Chandan Teja

• 1st degree Black Belt from Japan Shotokan Karate Association (JSKA)

• Started karate at the age of 11

• National Championships - Team Kata - Gold (2017)

• Zone and Provincial medalist in both Kata and Kumite

• Regional judge

• Honor roll student

• Current CPR certified

• Police records including vulnerable sector is checked every 3 years

 

   Motto: "It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be."

 

 

Swaraj Aravindhan

• Brown Belt

• Born in January 2001

• Started karate at the age of 11

• National Championships - Team Kata - Gold (2017)

• Zone and Provincial medalist in both Kata and Kumite

• BC Games Male Sportsmanship Award from Karate BC in 2014

• Regional judge

• Honor roll student

• Police records including vulnerable sector is checked every 3 years

 

   Motto: "No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned."

 

 

Mihir Budshah

• 1st degree Black Belt from Japan Shotokan Karate Association (JSKA)

• Born in June 2001

• Started karate at the age of 9

• Zone and Provincial medalist in both Kata and Kumite

• Regional judge

• Honor roll student

• Police records including vulnerable sector is checked every 3 years

 

   Motto: "Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect."

 

 

Mehek Budshah

• 2nd Degree Black Belt

• Born in January 2004

• Started karate at the age of 6

• Zone and Provincial medalist in both Kata and Kumite

• Regional Referee 

• Honor roll student

• Police records including vulnerable sector is checked every 3 years

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   Motto: "When life puts you in tough situations, don't say "Why me"; 

   just say "Try me"