Ashburn's own, Team CJR Martial Arts, went up against some of the best Martial Artists in the World at the Amerikick Internationals in Atlantic City, NJ on May 17th & 18th and the US Capitol Classics/China Open in National Harbor, MD on August 9th & 10th. Both being North American Sport Karate Association (NASKA) 6A World Rated tournaments. Team CJR, consisting of Shona Aceto, Jack Berg (Team Captain), John Blasdell, Mick Demcsak, Alex Garing, Emma Garing, Carly Kim, Chloe Kim, Krish Mallina, Jessi Mallina, Dima Marchenko, Abhinay Nampelly, Rishaan Pradhan, Dhanvanth Sairam, Shonu Sengupta, Tona Sengupta, Autumn Tzitzouris, Esha Venkat, Shreyaa Venkat, Lyra Wait and Coach Christopher Redford, swept the competition winning many First Place Awards in Weapons, Forms, and Sparring, and one Grand Championship in Musical Weapons.
Photo Credit: Guy Aceto
