During the third week of August, Jeff Crothers, a fifth degree Keichu-Do Black Belt, took a team of seven students including 5 youth and two adults to Phoenix, Arizona, for the 2016 US Karate Alliance Worlds Karate Championships.
Crothers, the chief instructor and owner of Cajun Karate in Murrieta, has lived in the valley for over six years now has been to the event many times over his 20 plus years as an instructor. Before living here locally he successfully ran his business in Vista.
His students for the four-day event in Phoenix were: Katie Elliot, 25; Samantha Lopez, 43; Faith Arevalo, 11; Sarai McCullough, 15; Rachel Hamilton, 11; Solomay McCullough, 11; and Christian Gibbs, 9.
Cajun Karate of Murrieta brought home many accolades with three of his students getting fourth place, one of them with a third place finish, two second places finishes and five World Championship titles.
“It’s a true testament to their dedicated workout schedule and to taking their training seriously,” says Crothers.
Competitors that place first through fourth qualify for the USKA Nationals Championship next year in April 2017.
Cajun Karate Murrieta is located in Old Town Murrieta and offers classes for ages 4 through adult. For more information, visit their website at www.cajunkarate.org or call (951) 461-0010.
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