Students from Rutter’s Martial Arts’ Taekwondo and Japanese Shotokan Karate classes traveled to compete in the Battle of Baltimore World Championships on June 4. After a long day of events, the group came away with 7 world titles and several second, third, and fourth place trophies.
Caleb Ragans, a brown-belt Taekwondo student from the Bassett location, placed 2nd in sparring, 1st in forms, and 1st in weapons.
Austin Kiernan, a yellow-belt Shotokan karate student from the Stuart location, placed 3rd in sparring, 1st in weapons, and 2nd in stick fighting.
Andrew Kiernan, an orange-belt Shotokan karate student from the Stuart location, placed 2nd in forms and 3rd in weapons.
Jason Shepherd, a yellow-belt Shotokan karate student from the Stuart location, placed 1st in sparring, 3rd in forms, and 1st in weapons.
Michael Bundy, a yellow-belt Shotokan karate student from the Floyd location, placed 3rd in sparring, 1st in forms, and 2nd in weapons.
Sydney Spurrell, an orange-belt Shotokan karate student from the Floyd location, placed 2nd in sparring and 4th in weapons.
Kaden Shepherd, a black-belt Taekwondo student from the Stuart location, placed 4th in forms, 3rd in weapons, 1st in the teen stick fighting division, 2nd in the adult stick fighting division, and 2nd in continuous sparring.
