Two Martial Art Students Place at Battle of the Piney Woods


Left to right: Logan Galindo and Jahaziel Figueroa

October 2, 2019 - The Battle of the Pineywoods Event was held in Lufkin, Texas on September 7, 2019. This was an Texas Amateur Organization of Karate (A.O.K.) qualifying event for the 2019 Texas Champions.

Self Defense America had two students go and compete in several events: Open Form, Traditional Hard Style Forms, Weapons and Point Sparring. There were a total of six events in this tournament.

Logan Galindo won 1st place in Open Forms, 2nd place in Weapons and 3rd place in Tradition Hard Form. Jahaziel Figueroa won 1st place in Weapons, 1st place in Point Sparring and 2nd place in Open Forms. These boys did a fantastic job!

The Weapons event was done to music. Forms is a set pattern of offensive and defensive moves in all directions. To see the tournament results, click here.