Teenag­er Amy Williams fought her way to gold medal­lists in two events at the Bas­sai Karate Do­jo In­ter­na­tion­al In­ter-do­jo and In­vi­ta­tion­al Tour­na­ment on Jan­u­ary 28 at Pine Hills Per­form­ing Arts Cen­ter in Or­lan­do, Flori­da.

The 15-year-old karate took the girls black belt ka­ta and kobu­do ti­tles in her first com­pe­ti­tion for the year. She first per­formed Ji­in (mer­ci­ful promise) ka­ta but tied with Ka­ley Ban­sru­pan. How­ev­er in the tie-break­er round, Williams per­formed Ro­hai snatch­ing vic­to­ry from her foe. She placed sec­ond at the Or­lan­do An­ti-Drug tour­na­ment last No­vem­ber with the ka­ta Ro­hai al­so. Her weapon ka­ta was Rubae No Kon, a very old Ok­i­nawan weapon ka­ta with the Bo (staff).

This event was sanc­tioned by the USS­SA Karate Pro­gramme and had the bless­ings of the World Un­tied Karate Or­ga­ni­za­tion (WUKO). It was al­so a qual­i­fy­ing event for team se­lec­tion for ath­letes who wish to rep­re­sent T&T, Guyana and Grena­da at the WUKO-Caribbean Cup which will take place in Port of Spain in Sep­tem­ber. Williams is now clos­er to be se­lect­ed for the T&T team. She will now be gear­ing up for next qual­i­fi­er: the Unit­ed States Spe­cial­ty Sports As­so­ci­a­tion (USS­SA) Karate Cham­pi­onships on April 28.