December Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 3 Tibon s 33 Rd Winter IN HOUSE all Day- You Should Be There 9:00a lineup to march, 9:30 grandmarch starts No Tokubetsu -2 10 Tokubetsu 2 9-11a Please Make Up Your Classes Early in the Month! 4 5 6 Please Make Up Your Classes Early in the Month! 11 12 13 Please Make Up Your Classes Early in the Month! 1 Mighty Mites 4:30-5:30p Advance 5:30-7p Weapons 7-8:30 Sensei Uchiage Arrival 7 8 Mighty Mites 4:30-5:30p Advance 5:30-7p Weapons 7-8:30 14 15 Mighty Mites 4:30-5:30p Advance 5:30-7p No Weapons Promotion Ceremony White & up combined 7:15p 2 Mighty Mites 11-12n No Color Belts No Tokubetsu Masters Seminar 12:30p- 3:30p Black Belt Test 3:45p - on 9 Mighty Mites 11-12n 12n-1:30p Color Belts Tokubetsu 5-7p 16 Mighty Mites 11-12n 12n-1:30p Color Belts Tokubetsu 5-7p Promotion Testing 2pm White & Up all combined 17 Tokubetsu-2 9-11a Tibon s Christmas Talent Show Potluck Party at Podesto Teen Impact Center 1p-4pm 18 19 20 Please Make Up Your Classes Early in the Month! 21 22 Mighty Mites 4:30-5:30p Advance 5:30-7p Weapons 7-8:30 23 Dojo Closed 24 Dojo Closed 25 Dojo Closed 26 27 Please Make Up Your Classes Early in the Month! 28 29 Mighty Mites 4:30-5:30p Advance 5:30-7p Weapons 7-8:30 30 Dojo Closed 31 Dojo Closed 1 Dojo Closed 2 Dojo Open! 2017
Tibon s Goju Gazette www.tibonkarate.com December 2017 Tournaments & Events This Year Tibon s Goju Ryu 33rd Annual Winter IN HOUSE Karate Championships December 3, 2017 Lincoln High School and Advance Seminar and Black Belt Testing Dec.2nd Saturday Sensei Joane Orbon Okinawan Japan Open WKF Karate 1 Series Karate Championships Fundraiser for Joane atww.gofundme.com/joane-orbon Heat Hockey Teddy Toss Night Tibon s Goju Ryu Karate Demo Night at Teddy Bear Toss. Purchase Tickets to be a Part of the Celebration January 20 th 6:00pm Stockton Arena Buy your Hockey Game Tickets on line (209) 373-1504 Contact Alyssa Manabe at Heat Hockey for tickets also being Sold at the Tibon s Winter IN HOUSE Karate Tournament. February 10, 2018 Steveston Uchiage Kai International Karate Championships in Richmond, B.C Canada Welcome New Students Tibon s Goju Ryu Organization Coby Zimmer Colton Jarboe Gavis Smith Aiden Davis Kannon Porter Edward Stephens Kylie Surulinathan Evan Magness Lisa Lee Yong Li Finn McGinnis Maninder Singh Zeyneb Abdullah Isaac Orosco Promotion Testing! December 16 th starting check in 2pm Promotion Testing 2:15pm White & Yellow, Orange and Up Combined testing! We are so proud of our Sensei Joane Orbon and her goal to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan. She traded Turkey this Thanks giving to travel to Naha Okinawa to compete at the Okinawan Japan WKF Karate K-1 Series Open Karate Championships for ranking in the world to be selected at one of the top 8 females in the world to be selected by the IOC for the Olympic Summer Games. Joane competed in kumite finishing 5th Place out of 60 at the last Karate1 event of the year. She had a total of six matches with talented athletes from Chinese Taipei 5-0, France 4-1 hantei, Mexico 1-0, Italy 3-0, but then falling short to Slovakia (ranked #3) 1-3 in the semi-finals and the bronze medal match against Japan (ranked #16) 1-2. Raising funds for Istanbul Open for Joane at: www.goundme.com/joane-orbon
Sensei Gene Tibon Inducted to 2017 Bay Area Cities Martial Arts Hall of Fame And Chief Master Instructor of the Year Award Representing the Nine Bay Area Counties November 12, 2017 This is Sensei Tibon s 12 th Hall of Fame Induction, which includes the Stockton Sports Hall of Fame, The USA National Karate- Do Federation, member US Olympic Committee Man of the Year Award, A.A. Stagg High School Hall of Fame, and others. Sensei Gene Tibon is also the Ambassador for Traditional Karate for Masters Hall of Fame, and does the selections for Traditional Karate martial artist for the North and South American Continents
Tibon s Goju Ryu Karate Tokubetsu Competition Team At Bay Area Cities Karate and Kobudo Championships San Mateo, Ca. Noah Helsby gold medal in 14-17 yr. old black belt Kumite(forms), gold medal in 14-17 yr. old black belt Kata(forms), gold in Kobudo(weapons) Bo, bronze medal in Kobudo(weapons) short weapons. Asa Thurston gold medal men's black belt 22-36 yr. old Kumite, silver medal men's black belt 22-36 yr. old Kata. Arin Helsby gold medal in 12-13 yr. old black belt female Kumite, gold medal in 12-13 yr. old black belt female Kata, gold in Kobudo weapons Sai. Ellis Chen gold medal in black belt 18-21 yr. old and up Kata, gold medal black belt 18-21 yrs. up Kumite, gold medal Kobudo weapons Sai. Chris Gong gold medal Jr. black belt 13-under yr. old Kata, gold medal in advance weapons Bo, silver medal 11-12 yr. old weapons Sai. Sammy Helsby gold medal boy's intermediate 7-8 yr. old Kata, silver medal in intermediate 7-8 yr. old Kumite. Andre Orosco gold medal 13-14 yr. old black belt Kumite, silver medal 13-under yrs. old Kobudo weapons Sai. Ezra Thurston gold medal boy's intermediate 14-17 yr. old Kata, gold medal boy's intermediate 14-17 yr. old Kumite. Daniel Inman gold medal 10-under advance Kata, Christopher Inman bronze medal black belt 14-17 yr. old Kata, bronze medal 14-17 yr. old black belt Kumite. Tristen Sin silver medal 10-under yrs. old advance Kata, silver medal advance 13-under advance Kobudo weapons.
Tibon s Goju Ryu Karate rd Annual 33 Winter IN HOUSE Karate Championships Lincoln High School Gymnasium 6844 Alexandria Pl, Stockton December 3 rd, 2017 Sunday Spectator option Can Food Drive 1 Canned Turkey or Canned Ham Adult Admission or 10 Can Foods for Adult and 5 Cans for Child Admission to help the needy in the Stockton Community Register ON LINE Soon at: www.karatetmaster.com Fundraiser Raffle for Tibon s Goju Ryu Christmas Talent Show Potluck Party Podesto Teen Impact Center December 17th Get your Talent Performance listed on Dojo signup sheet! Opening Ceremony Stockton Bukkyo Taiko Dan Drummers The Goju Gazette 4
Tibon s Goju Ryu Fighting Arts Karate Organization Promotion Ranking Certification For October November 2017 Students Tibon s Goju Ryu main dojo, Stockton GymStars dojo, Modesto GymStars Dojo, Hiers Goju Ryu Dojo Victory Outreach Martial Arts Program (VOMAP) Dojo The Goju Gazette 5
Tibon s Goju Ryu Karate Leadership Prepare for Tibon s 33 rd Annual WINTER IN HOUSE Karate Championships The Goju Gazette 6
Tibon s Goju Ryu Karate Mighty Mite Program 2 Yr. Old Grandson Lucas Tibon Starts His Training with Sensei Asa Thurston The Goju Gazette 7
Sensei Gene Tibon Takes Over Beginning Karate Program at Main Dojo With Sensei Cristian Embry Working at Amazon Sensei Tibon Goes Old School for the Beginners The Goju Gazette 8
Charter School Students Tibon s Goju Ryu Fighting Arts Karate is accepted by Most Charter Schools in San Joaquin For P.E. Alternative School Program Check Your Charter School to see if they will fund your Karate Lessons at Tibon s Goju Ryu Fighting Arts Karate Studio (209) 465-0943 We are currently working with the following: Connecting Waters Charter School Visions in Education Charter School New Jerusalem Elementary Charter Program Pacific Charter Institute Charter Program Rio Valley Charter School St. Mary s High School P.E. Alternative Grades The Goju Gazette 9
Tibon s Annual Christmas Party & Talent Show Sunday, December 17 th, 2017 Podesto Teen Impact Center 725 N. El Dorado Street Stockton, CA From 1:00pm til 5:00pm This will be a POTLUCK Event A H I P Q Z Salad Main Dish Side Dish Drinks and Dessert will be provided by the Parent s Club Come join in on the fun. We will have our Karate Kids showing off their talent and music provided by our very own Sensei Justin Love. Hope to see you there. The Goju Gazette 10
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Tibon s Winter IN HOUSE Award Recipients Please be present at our event to receive award! Cameron Brown Jr. Jayden Maidrano Xaviar Gombio Loth Gutierres Taylor Small Max Lebeau Ryan Pearce Daniel Becker Victoria Dato Trenton Winchester Arman Bains Asante Carter Adrian Corkhill Yvan Cruz Lorenzo Lew Daniel Macapinlac Annie Tran Deangelo Macapinlac Michael Martinez Joshua Viernes Madison Andrews Alfred Cid Caden Patrick Allison To Christopher Inman Daniel Inman Aaron Tran Demytryk Cabanig Eliza Cabanig Balanon Angelina Nguyen Jasmine Joy Lime Armando Lopez Jr. Tristin Sin Caleb Stanley Cameron Heinselman Colin Heinselman Noah Helsby If you think you think this is your 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 year Award anniversary, and you re not listed, please notify the Main Dojo on Yosemite St. (209) 465-0943 The Goju Gazette 12
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