Hwa Rang Do Minneapolis Academy

Hello all,

We'd like to congratulate all of our MUSA Challenge participants for doing such a wonderful job at tournament last Saturday! It's always great to see everyone step up to the moment! As always, there were some great battles, surprise outcomes, and quality life lessons learned. It's nice to see all the hard work pay off and the skills grow. Great job everyone - our entire team of instructors are really proud of how well the kids are doing!

We'd like to give a special thanks to all the parent volunteers who jumped in to help with concessions. We couldn't do it without you and we appreciate your willingness to assist where help was needed. An extra special thank you to Jules Lehto for once again leading the charge back there!

Finally, we have gone through all the results, created a winner's list, and determined this year's grand champions. As a reminder, to qualify for Grand Champion status, participants MUST compete in all division categories (Open Hand Form, Weapon Form, Sparring, Grappling, & Sword Fighting --- Tigers need to do Basics, Sparring, Grappling, & Sword Fighting). Then all the places are tallied between the events for all competitors who participated in all categories. 1st place finishers receive 10 points, 2nd place gets 5 points, 3rd place gets 2.5.

Our Grand Champions this year are:
Tiger Girl = Rubi Warner
Tiger Boy = Miles Deutschman
Junior Girl = Margot Beukema
Junior Boy = Leo Benoit
TSD Teen Girl = Olivia Solano Morales
TSD Teen Boy = Varek Bartsh Montero
HRD Teen Girl = Penelope Mendiola (Grand Champion since 2022!)
HRD Teen Boy = Orion Sirny

Congratulations to everyone! It was a fantastic tournament and we look forward to seeing how everyone improves over the next year before the next one!

Hwarang!
Master Sirny & the entire Dojang Team

Tiger Basics

TSD Tiger White and Orange Belts
1st – Oscar Matthew
2nd – Rowan Cornelius
3rd – Henrik Puchalski

TSD Tiger Yellow Belts
1st – Jasmina Gonzales
2nd – Rubi Warner
3rd – Malcolm Fyfe

TSD Tiger Intermediate Belts
1st – Emma Solano Morales
2nd – Vivian Petrangelo
3rd – Brody Dinterman

Weapon Forms

TSD Junior Ssangjyelb**g Form
1st – Arthur O’Laughlin
2nd – Toño DelCorazon
3rd – Ezekiel Fox

TSD Junior Staff Form (Younger Kids)
1st – Leo Benoit
2nd – Lachlan Benson
3rd – Oliver Schmid

TSD Junior Staff Form (Older Kids)
1st – Benjamin Gifford
2nd – Sasha Barim
3rd – Cricket Elias-Wiggins

TSD Junior Sword Form (age 10 and under)
1st – Grace Holly
2nd – Margot Beukema
3rd – Conrad Diersen

TSD Junior/Teen Sword Form (ages 11 and up)
1st – Olivia Solano Morales
2nd – Lochlan Moen
3rd – Varek Barsh Montero

HRD Weapon Form
1st – Will Kingsley
2nd – Penelope Mendiola
3rd – Lia Benick

Open Hand Forms

TSD Junior Beginner
1st – Ari Rajaratnam
2nd – Eden Delmore
3rd – Arthur O’Laughlin

TSD Junior Intermediate (Younger Kids)
1st – Lachlan Benson
2nd – Leo Benoit
3rd – Calvin Kalscheur

TSD Junior/Teen Intermediate/Advanced (Older Kids)
1st – Sasha Barim
2nd – Piper Breece
3rd – Benjamin Gifford

TSD Junior Advanced (Younger Kids)
1st – Margot Beukema
2nd – Conrad Diersen
3rd – Grace Holly

TSD Junior/Teen Advanced (Older Kids)
1st – Olivia Solano Morales
2nd – Dory Davis
3rd – Varek Bartsh Montero

HRD
1st – Soren Moen
2nd – Will Kingsley
3rd – Penelope Mendiola

Grappling

TSD Tiger Girls
1st – Emma Solano Morales
2nd – Luna Holly
3rd – Rubi Warner

TSD Tiger Boys (White and Orange Belts)
1st – Justus Morris
2nd – Rowan Cornelius
3rd – Henrik Puchalski

TSD Tiger Boys (Yellow Belts)
1st – Miles Deutschman
2nd – Malcolm Fyfe
3rd – Jack Andrews

TSD Junior Beginner Girls
1st – Eden Delmore
2nd – Agnes Barstad

TSD Junior Beginner Light Weight Boys
1st – Birch Shea
2nd – Alistair Kim-Nybakke
3rd – Franklin House

TSD Junior Beginner Heavy Weight Boys
1st – Toño DelCorazon
2nd – Lowell Mader
3rd – Soren Stephens

TSD Junior Intermediate Light Weight Boys (Position)
1st – Gus Benoit
2nd – Santiago Garro Piazza
3rd – Asher Reyes

TSD Junior Intermediate Medium Weight Boys (Position)
1st – Abe Parrish
2nd – Cohen Budd
3rd – Teddy Sayler

TSD Junior Intermediate Heavy Weight Boys (Position)
1st – Leo Benoit
2nd – Lachlan Benson
3rd – Greyson Bacich

TSD Junior Intermediate Super Heavy Weight Boys (Position)
1st – Saul Stanley-Bennett
2nd – Thomas Herriage
3rd – Lenny Corich

TSD Junior Intermediate/Advanced Girls (Position)
1st – Lucia Grewell
2nd – Elena Schmid
3rd – Alexandra Grier

TSD Teen Girls (Position)
1st – Sasha Barim
2nd – Cricket Elias-Wiggins
3rd – Piper Breece

TSD/HRD Teen Girls (Submission)
1st – Penelope Mendiola
2nd – Matilda Benson
3rd – Olivia Solano Morales

TSD Junior/Teen Intermediate/Advanced Boys (Submission)
1st – Varek Bartsh Montero
2nd – Lochlan Moen
3rd – Will Bradford

HRD Submission Grappling
1st – Orion Sirny
2nd – Soren Moen
3rd – Oskari Lehto

Sparring

TSD Tiger Beginner Girls
1st – Luna Holly
2nd – Rubi Warner
3rd – Vivian Petrangelo

TSD Tiger Beginner Light Weight Boys
1st – Henry House
2nd – Oscar Matthew
3rd – Malcolm Fyfe

TSD Tiger Beginner Heavy Weight Boys
1st – Miles Deutschman
2nd – Seiver Tostenson
3rd – Maxwell Loken

TSD Junior Beginner Light Weight Boys
1st – Franklin House
2nd – Ari Rajaratnam
3rd – Michael Johnson

TSD Junior Beginner Heavy Weight Boys
1st – Lowell Mader
2nd – Birch Shea
3rd – Toño DelCorazon

TSD Junior Intermediate Light Weight Girls
1st – Elena Schmid
2nd – Vivienne Burk
3rd – Emmylou Parrish

TSD Junior/Teen Intermediate Heavy Weight Girls
1st – Piper Breece
2nd – Cricket Elias-Wiggins

TSD Junior Intermediate Light Weight Boys
1st – Gus Benoit
2nd – Kai Isaacson
3rd – Michael Herriage

TSD Junior Intermediate Medium Weight Boys
1st – Oliver Schmid
2nd – Jake Sayler
3rd – Abe Parrish

TSD Junior Intermediate Heavy Weight Boys
1st – Simon Scott
2nd – Lachlan Benson
3rd – Ryan Clasby

TSD Junior/Teen Intermediate Super Heavy Weight Boys
1st – Saul Stanley-Bennett
2nd – Benjamin Gifford
3rd – Lenny Corich

TSD Junior/Teen Advanced Light Weight Girls
1st – Olivia Solano Morales
2nd – Lucia Grewell
3rd – Margot Beukema

TSD Junior/Teen Advanced Heavy Weight Girls
1st – Matilda Benson
2nd – Dory Davis
3rd – Riley Corich

TSD Junior/Teen Advanced Boys
1st – Varek Bartsh Montero
2nd – Leo Benoit
3rd – Greyson Bacich

HRD Teen
1st – Orion Sirny
2nd – Penelope Mendiola
3rd – Soren Moen

Sword Fighting

TSD Tiger Girls
1st – Rubi Warner
2nd – Emma Solano Morales
3rd – Luna Holly

TSD Tiger Boys
1st – Rowan Cornelius
2nd – Miles Deutschman
3rd – Oscar Matthew

TSD Junior Beginner Boys
1st – Ari Rajaratnam
2nd – Lowell Mader
3rd – Arthur O’Laughlin

TSD Junior Intermediate Light Weight Boys
1st – Gus Benoit
2nd – Ethan Harder
3rd – Santiago Garro Piazza

TSD Junior Intermediate Medium Weight Boys
1st – Simon Scott
2nd – Lachlan Benson
3rd – Thomas Herriage

TSD Junior/Teen Intermediate Heavy Weight Boys
1st – Saul Stanley-Bennett
2nd – Benjamin Gifford
3rd – Lenny Corich

TSD Junior/Teen Advanced Girls
1st – Olivia Solano Morales
2nd – Lena Buley
3rd – Grace Holly

TSD Junior/Teen Advanced Boys
1st – Leo Benoit
2nd – Lochlan Moen
3rd – Varek Bartsh Montero

HRD Teen
1st – Orion Sirny
2nd – Soren Moen
3rd – Penelope Mendiola

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