Posted on: Friday, December 3, 2004
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ATHLETES
Ishidas, Horibe win medals in taekwondo
Advertiser Staff
O'ahu taekwondo athletes, Jensen Ishida and Cale Horibe each won gold medals and Jaysen Ishida a silver at the Tekno Fort Worth (Texas) International Taekwondo tournament in October.
More than 1,000 athletes competed in the two-day event.
Jensen Ishida, 13, won in the 82- to 92-pound division, while his brother Jaysen, 12, took second in the 93 to 103 class.
Horibe, 22, competed in the adult fin division (118 pounds and under). By winning his second gold this year, Horibe qualified for the Tekno team that will compete in Germany in February.
Au captures two gold; Nishi takes 2 bronze
Hawai'i's Elisa Au won two gold medals and Shannon Nishi earned two bronze medals for the United States karate team in the biennial 17th World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, last month.
Both athletes are coached by sensei Chuzo Kotaka, who also coached his son, George, to a 2002 World Championship gold medal in Madrid, Spain.
Au won a gold two years ago in Spain, while Nishi was making her first appearance in several years because of injury.
KARATE
