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N.W. martial artist wins dual grand championships

New Westminster's Total Martial Arts Centre brought home 14 medals and two grand championship awards from the recent B.C. open karate championships in Surrey.

New Westminster's Total Martial Arts Centre brought home 14 medals and two grand championship awards from the recent B.C. open karate championships in Surrey.

Alberto Arcos won both grand championships, including gold in both adult sparring and forms competitions.

Junior teammember Alexis Greenwood also picked up a gold medal in her provincial debut in sparring.

Harpal Chandi was a winner in both black belt controlled sparring and middleweight sparring.

Michael Kostrisyn won a gold in black belt controlled sparring and a bronze in open sparring.

Also winning fighting gold was Viktoriya Fedorchuk.

Randy Kruzeniski won gold in weapons kata, or forms.

In junior competition, Harry Zhang and Vlad Petrariu won gold in kata.

Kaleb Plante won a silver in kata, while Daniel Zimmerman was a runner-up in sparring. Kaleb Plante was a bronze medallist in sparring.