News & Updates
2020 PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP • MEXICO
STRONG ALONE. UNSTOPPABLE TOGETHER!
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Team Douvris International Members representing Douvris Martial Arts from Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala and Panama stormed the rings at the 2020 Pan American Championships in Acapulco, Mexico!
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SANTIAGO AVERSSO • ECUADOR
2nd • point sparring men (18+)(-75 kgs)
2nd • men's team point sparring
3rd • open weight men (18+)
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SUBHADRA SHRESTHA • CANADA
1st • traditional hard style kata women (18+)
3rd • classical kata women (18+)
BEN CLARKE • CANADA
1st • point sparring men (18+) (-65 kgs)
2nd • men's team point sparring
2nd • open weight men (18+)
ISABELLA DEL RIO • GUATEMALA
1st • point sparring women (18+) (-65 kgs)
1st • women's team point sparring
3rd • open weight women (18+)
ANDREW LOYOLA • PANAMA
2nd • light contact boys (15-17) (-65 kgs)
2nd • point sparring boys (15-17) (-65 kgs)
2nd • youth team point sparring
3rd • traditional hard style kata boys (15-17)
MICHELE LORUSSO • CANADA
1st • classical kata boys (15-17)
2nd • point sparring boys (15-17) (-75kgs)
2nd • youth team point sparring
MALIK THOMAS • CANADA
1st • traditional hard style kata boys (15-17)
2nd • classical kata boys (15-17)
2nd • youth team point sparring
HANNAH MORRIER • CANADA
1st • point sparring girls (15-17) (+65 kgs)
2nd • point sparring girls (15-17) (-65 kgs)
1st • women's team point sparring
SIERRA VERGETTE • CANADA
1st • traditional hard style kata girls (15-17)
2nd • classical kata girls (15-17)
2nd • point sparring girls (15-17) (-55 kgs)
1st • women's team point sparring
3rd • point sparring girls (15-17) (-65 kgs)
MAEVE MCCOLGAN • CANADA
1st • traditional hard style kata girls (13-14)
1st • classical kata girls (13-14)
1st • point sparring girls (13-14) (-65 kgs)
1st • point sparring girls (13-14) (+65 kgs)
3rd • creative weapons girls (13-14)
ISAIAH LANG • CANADA
1st • point sparring boys (13-14) (-55 kgs)
1st • point sparring boys (13-14) (-65 kgs)
2nd • boys team point sparring
DANTE LORUSSO • CANADA
3rd • classical kata boys (13-14)
3rd • point sparring boys (13-14) (-65 kgs)
CAPI GARAVITO • GUATEMALA
1st • creative weapons boys (11-12)
1st • extreme weapons boys (11-12)
1st • extreme kata boys (11-12)
2nd • point sparring boys (11-12) (-40 kgs)
2nd • boys team point sparring
Team Douvris International wishes to thank Hugo Antonio Mendoza González for the opportunity to compete at this amazing event! Fierce and talented competitors stepped into every ring of competition and their martial arts skills were matched only by their national pride and the spirit of the spectators! Our thanks to every competitor for their skill, their dedication, their sacrifice, their heart and their love of our sport!
We wish to thank Sensei Luis Alberto Morales and Sensei Danny Lang for being everything any Team member could ask for in a coach. You are the voice in our head; the calm in our storm. You are fearless and you refuse to let us be anything but the best we can be. YOU ARE THE BEST!
And finally, as always, thank you to Master John N Douvris and Sensei Luis Alberto Morales for your support, your mentoring, your generosity and your belief in our Team. WE would not be possible without YOU. Together, WE ARE A TEAM! WATCH OUT!
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