Buskerud Twins Win Kata World Championships

Nineteen-year-old twins Brynn Buskerud (North Bend, Ore. / Shipyard Judo) and Haley Buskerud (North Bend, Ore. / Shipyard Judo) captured the U21 Ju-no-Kata World Championship gold medal on Sunday in Paris, France. The sister duo scored 393 points to best the second-place Korean team of Ryomin Woo and Ryoah Woo by six points.

The Buskerud twins were the only juniors on the 12-member U.S. team which competed in six different divisions. Also in action over the weekend were Roy Tuua (Jefferson City, Mo. / Jefferson City Judo Club) and Joshua Lehmen (Jefferson City, Mo. / Jefferson City Judo Club) in the senior Nage-no-Kata, Frederick Dagdagan (Los Angeles, Calif. / Sawtelle Judo Dojo), Lee Pasteris (Los Angeles, Calif. / Sawtelle Judo Dojo), Lori Latimer (Upper Darby, Pa. / El Idrissi Judo Academy) and Christine Levine (Philadelphia, Pa. / El Idrissi Judo Academy) in the senior Ju-no-Kata, Joseph Schultz (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and James Sternick (Sioux Falls, S.D. / Sioux Falls Hapkido and Judo Club) in the senior Kime-no-Kata, and Douglas Newcomer (Denton, Texas / Denton Jr. Optimist Judo Club) and Fiston Kabuya (North Richland Hills, Texas / Fort Worth Judo Club) in both the senior Itsutsu-no-Kata and the senior Kudokan-Goshin-Jutsu competitions.

Ju-no-kata Junior - Final Results
1 BUSKERUD, Brynn - BUSKERUD, Haley (USA) 393.0 points
2 WOO, Ryomin - WOO, Ryoah (KOR) 387.0 points
3 QUARTIERI, Siria - DEMOLA, Anna (ITA) 386.0 points
4 KIM, Minguk - KIM, Dayeon (KOR) 379.0 points
5 SANCHEZ RESINO, Alvaro - FERNANDEZ MARTINEZ, Sara (ESP) 371.5 points
6 PADALINO, Martina - DE PALMA, Ania (ITA) 366.5 points

Katame-no-kata Junior - Final Results
1 NOMOTO, Teru - NAGAOKA, Kenshin (JPN) 391.5 points
2 VALENCIA, Juan - GALVEZ, Carlos (COL) 375.0 points
3 DONGA, Tristan - VAN DER MEER, Stan (NED) 374.5 points
4 JO, Kanghae - WOO, Hyunuk (KOR) 374.5 points
5 ORTIZ TORRES, Belen - ORTIZ TORRES, Andrea (ESP) 360.0 points
6 SYPNIEWSKA, Antonina - SMIEJA, Michal (POL) 360.0 points

Kime-no-kata Senior - Final Results
1 TAKEISHI, Kenji - UEMATSU, Koji (JPN) 519.5 points
2 BARDIGARMROUDI, Abdolvahab - ROUHOLLAHZADEH, Seyedyashar (IRI) 513.0 points
3 MARQUES, Gregory - BEGA, Stephane (FRA) 507.5 points
4 GILON, Nicolas - GILON, Jean Philippe (BEL) 505.5 points
5 TOMMASI, Enrico - FERRETTI, Yuri (ITA) 501.0 points
6 FRANSEN, Mischa - FRANSEN, Yoeri (NED) 499.5 points
7 RIEFFEL, Gregory - LEGER, Philippe (FRA) 494.5 points
8 SCHILLIG, Soenke - KROEGER, Johannes Christoph (GER) 493.0 points
9 SANCHEZ-CHAPARRO, Julian J - NAVARRETE CEREZO, Carlos A. (ESP) 487.5 points

Kodokan Goshin Jutsu - Final Results
1 IKEDA, Koo - SAKAMAKI, Fumitaka (JPN) 544.0 points
2 JAUME, Claude - BENARD, Brice (FRA) 531.5 points
3 OBRADOR MAS, Antoni - MARCOS RODRIGUEZ, Pedro (ESP) 530.0 points
4 BARNICH, Yvan - CLOSSET, Dimitri (BEL) 521.0 points
5 TRAN, Quoc Cuong - PHAN, Minh Hanh (VIE) 518.0 points
6 SATO, Marika - POLO, Fabio (ITA) 517.5 points
7 GONCALVES, Pedro - JANEIRO, Tiago (POR) 517.0 points
8 HERMAN, Romuald - VAN HECKE, Geofrey (BEL) 505.5 points
9 GARCIA POZO, Juan Manuel - ARROYO MARTIN, Mariano (ESP) 245.0 points

Itsutsu-no-kata - Final Results
1 SUGIYAMA, Yasuhiro - OKOCHI, Tetsushi (JPN) 164.5 points
2 SALARI, Mohammad Hasan - SAHRAEI, Mohammad Reza (IRI) 161.0 points
3 GONCALVES, Pedro - FERNANDES, Jorge (POR) 157.5 points
4 FRANSEN, Sebastiaan - LEEMANS, Annemarie (NED) 157.5 points
5 TARABELLI, Giovanni - PORTESI, Karol Elia (ITA) 157.0 points
6 SCHILLIG, Soenke - KROEGER, Johannes Christoph (GER) 154.0 points
7 MICHELET, Ludovic - BALLAUD, Alice (FRA) 154.0 points
8 LOPEZ DIAZ DE DURANA, Alfonso - MORONTA PENA, David (ESP) 150.5 points
9 SATO, Marika - POLO, Fabio (ITA) 150.0 points

Nage-no-kata - Final Results
1 ITEYA, Genta - IWANAGA, Kento (JPN) 398.0 points
2 SCHMIDT, Immo - SCHMIDT, Hendrik (GER) 396.0 points
3 COLLINI, Mauro - RONDININI, Tommaso (ITA) 392.0 points
4 REGUILLAGA EIZAGUIRRE, Joseba - ETXARRI SARASUA, Joseba (ESP) 389.0 points
5 SARALEGUI VALLEJO, Unai - REGUILLAGA EIZAGUIRRE, Unai (ESP) 388.5 points
6 GHEGEDIBAN, Louis - GHEGEDIBAN, Paul (FRA) 386.5 points
7 GOULARD, Cedric - CAILLARD, Thomas (FRA) 385.5 points
8 MARIN GOMEZ NIEVES, Antonio - AYALA TORRADO, Eduardo (ESP) 383.0 points
9 MACHNA, Bartosz - URBAN, Patryk (POL) 371.0 points

Nage-no-kata Juniors - Final Results
1 PARK, Junyoung - JUNG, Jihoon (KOR) 389.5 points
2 SADEGHIYAN, Ali - SADEGHIYAN, Mohammadmahdi (IRI) 375.5 points
3 MAINVILLE, Zachary - WAROLIN, Thomas (CAN) 375.5 points
4 SASTRE MENZINGER, Alejandro - RODRIGUEZ CADAVIECO, Marcos (ESP) 362.0 points
5 MARZALONI, Filippo - BELLOSI, Nicola (ITA) 361.5 points
6 PLATTFAUT, Elisa - DEN RIDDER, Jamie Oliver (GER) 357.5 points
7 PORZIEMSKY, Zelie - CHAHIDI, Chemsy (FRA) 338.5 points
8 BUCHHOZ, Jette - DEGENER, Laurenz (GER) 329.5 points
9 UBRYOVA, Terezie - FLORIANOVA, Karolina (CZE) 325.0 points

Katame-no-kata - Final Results
1 FREGNAN, Andrea - CORCIONI, Pietro (ITA) 416.0 points
2 KABATA, Ryuji - ODATE, Toshiji (JPN) 416.0 points
3 GILON, Nicolas - GILON, Jean Philippe (BEL) 415.0 points
4 ROONEY, Shane - HU, Xiao Kang (CAN) 407.0 points
5 CHIARA, Michel - CORVETTI, Marco (ITA) 403.5 points
6 VAN DER WERFF, Tycho - LEFEVERE, David (NED) 402.5 points
7 BARNICH, Yvan - CLOSSET, Dimitri (BEL) 400.0 points
8 FOURMAUX, Nicolas - NGUYEN VAN LOC, Jean Daniel (FRA) 399.0 points
9 GOOSSENS, Peter - VAN ROOSENDAAL, Jelle (NED) 399.0 points

Ju-no-kata - Final Results
1 ISHIDA, Momoko - ISHIDA, Mariko (JPN) 409.5 points
2 DAX ROMSWINKEL, Wolfgang - LOOSEN, Ursula (GER) 398.5 points
3 ZAHARIA, Alina - CHERU, Alina (ROU) 397.5 points
4 FRANZINA, Carlotta - FRANZINA, Camilla (ITA) 391.0 points
5 TRAN LE, Phuong Nga - NGUYEN, Bao Ngoc (VIE) 390.0 points
6 NUZZI HERRERO, Alessandro - NUZZI HERRERO, Andrea (ESP) 386.0 points
7 THAWEERATTANASINP, Pitima - JAIKHUMKAO, Suphattra (THA) 384.5 points
8 TARABELLI, Giovanni - TARABELLI, Angelica (ITA) 376.5 points
9 CHEUNG, Hoy Yuen - TANG, Wing Chi (HKG) 372.5 points

Koshiki-no-kata - Final Results
1 TETSUKA, Katsuhiko - TOKITA, Kensuke (JPN) 549.5 points
2 LOOSEN, Ursula - DAX ROMSWINKEL, Wolfgang (GER) 531.5 points
3 TOMMASI, Enrico - COLLINI, Mauro (ITA) 507.0 points
4 GOOSSENS, Peter - VAN ROOSENDAAL, Jelle (NED) 506.0 points
5 ORVELIN, Vincent - DUMAS, Julien (FRA) 500.0 points
6 KOZMA KOZMA, Tibor - NICOLAS ALONSO, Francisco (ESP) 498.0 points