Karate kid wins in championship

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KARATE kid Lim Weng Oon did his mother proud when he emerged as the winner in the under-12 free sparing category of the Perak Koshiki Karatedo competition in Ipoh.

The young martial arts exponent from Seberang Prai, whose mother is his karate instructor, beat Foong June Wai to become winner while Kew Jiun You took third placing.

Weng Oon was, however, not so lucky in the pattern boys open category when he lost to Lou Chan Hui to settle for second place.

Family support: Free Sparing category champion Yit Chiang admiring the gold medal he won. He is sorrounded by (from left) sister Yit Hue, father Ang Kooi Seng, mother Tan Phaik Eng, and girlfriend Chin Hui Xin after he won the title .

A seasoned competitor and familiar face in karate championships, Weng Oon has participated in many competitions and collected many prizes since taking up karate at the tender age of five.

His mother Leong Sow Moi said she had taught all her four children karate from the time they were young.

In the boys open free sparing category, final year medical student Ang Yit Chiang, 23, beat last year’s champion, Mohd Nazri Said Ahmad, 24, to emerge as winner.

He was also champion in 2009 but had skipped the championship last year after injuring his finger.

“I trained hard. In order to prepare for the competition, I gathered tips from friends and also discussed moves on Facebook,” he said.

Competition chief technical director Neoh Then Hock said the competition had attracted 60 participants from all over Perak and Penang.

We did it: Patent title holder Chua Lee Kean (right) and free sparing above-14 girls’ event champion Chin Ai Ling admiring their medals.

RESULTS

KATA (Pattern) GIRLS OPEN

1. Cheang Hoi Lim

2. Goh Khye Lee

3. Teoh Tze Ling

KATA (Pattern) BOYS OPEN

1. Lou Chan Hui

2. Lim Weng Onn

3. Teh Ee Wen

KUMITE (Pattern) GIRLS BELOW 12

1. Cheong Wei Shin

2. Oung Shi Ping

3. Wai Elaine

KUMITE (Sparing) GIRLS OPEN

1. Cheang Hoi Lim

2. Goh Khye Lee

3. Teoh Tze Ling

KUMITE (Sparing) BOYS BELOW 10

1. Leong Yik Hung

2. M. Yuhendran

3. Tan Wei Kee

KUMITE (Sparing) BOYS BELOW 12

1. Lim Weng Onn

2. Foong June Wai

3. Kew Jiun You

KUMITE (Sparing) BOYS BELOW 15

1. Amin Nasrullah

2. Eric Wan Jian Tang

3. Choh Zhi Yi

KUMITE (Sparing) BOYS OPEN

1. Ang Yit Chiang

2. Mohd Nazri Bin Said Ahmad

3. Pon Chun Mun