2017 State Championship Results
On Saturday, April 22, 2017, Kickstart Kids held the final
tournament of the 2016-2017 school year’s competitive season, the 2017 “Fire
Dragon” State Championship. The event was held at Wheeler Fieldhouse in
Sugarland and featured over 600 student competitors.
Kickstart Kids students trained all year for the opportunity
to compete at the state tournament. Students must have placed in a Kickstart
Kids Qualifier Tournament and then again at their Kickstart Kids Regional
Championship. Students’ friends and family traveled across the state to watch
the competition and cheer on their students.
The event featured students from gold belt to black belt
rank competing in kata, weapons, team demonstrations, team kata, and sparring.
Top competitors took home championship belts, trophies, medals, and plaques.
Individual Grand Champions
Avery T. – Kelly Lane Middle School, Pflugerville,
Texas – Beginner Grand Champion
Christina S. – Dulles Middle School, Sugar Land, Texas –
Intermediate Grand Champion
Augustine R. – Burbank Middle School, Houston, Texas –
Advanced Grand Champion
Jensi C. – Stevenson Middle School, Houston, Texas – Junior
Black Belt Grand Champion
Kaiyla Rios – Stevenson Middle School, Houston, Texas – 18+
Black Belt Grand Champion 
Demo Team Grand Champions
Southeast Texas All Star Team – 1st Place
Instructors: Caesar Paz and Roy White
Kelly Lane Middle School – 2nd Place
Instructor: Levi Turner
Park Crest Middle School – 3rd Place
Instructor: Jonathon Gartmann
Vivian Field Middle School – 4th Place
Instructor: Andrew Carrasco
Congratulations to all of the
Kickstart Kids students who competed throughout the year and the instructors
that helped guide them along the way. Special thank you to Papa Johns for
providing pizza to guests, Wheeler Fieldhouse for hosting, and all of the
parent volunteers and staff that helped make the event so special. We look
forward to next year’s competitive season.
