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 Christina Crank, who was
recently inducted into the USAKF Hall of Fame as "Junior Female Competitor of the
Year," sent us a link to her site which is filled with champion girls in Karate!
Her site is definitely worth visiting at web.infoave.net/~pipecrk/.
 Magnus Cederblad sent us a link to
a great gallery that includes pictures of various
European women in the martial arts. You can also download martial arts video clips
for free.
Check out http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7609/STACEY.HTM.
This is a great page put up to honor Stacey Nunn, the first woman to hold a black
belt in her particular style of karate.
The XI
Junior Pan American Championship results are now available. You can find the
results of each of the girls' categories.
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This is the USA National Karate-do Federation team that competed at the 1999 Pan
American Games. Some of these women may be on the first Olympic team in the 2002
Olympic Games. To learn more, go to www.usankf.org. |
Bradley Webb was kind enough to send us more information about the winners of the 1999
Pan American Games. They included:
 | Kata First Place, Adairce Castonetti, From Brazil.
A long time kata competitor, she has been in the top 8 of world competition since at least
1994. In 1999 (at Winnipeg,Canada) she performed Gojushiho-Sho and Unsu as her kata
of choice. She is 34 years old.
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| Women's Team Kata/Bunkai First Place, Vilda Lucio, From Brazil, Maria de Olivera,
Adairce Castaneti.
They performed Bassai-Sho at the 1999 Pan-Ams.
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| Women's Individual Fuku-Go (an event combining Kata and Kumite), First Place,
Karenina Rodriguez, from Columbia.
She is 19 years old.
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| Women's Individual Kumite, First Place, Eisa Ishiyama, from Venezuela.
Eisa has been practicing Karate for a number of years and has a Karate background.
Her father has been the senior Karate instructor for Venzuela for 20 years. She is
22 years old.
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Nina Chenault was a pioneer in women's Karate. She won the AAKF nationals in
1983, 1985, and 1989. The AAKF during those years was the largest of the more than
50 traditional Karate groups in the United States. There are two excellent sites
where you can go to learn more about Sensei Chenault's accomplishments, teaching, and
martial arts involvement. They are at www.westbankkarate.com
(her dojo) and www.ninachenault.com. |
Pictures from the 5th World Shoto Cup JKA Youth Division World Championships,
including the girls' divisions.
The USA Karate Federation recognizes Pamela Jean Hickey, although when we last checked,
her page wasn't finished.
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