Karate kids win state titles

Next up: the districts

By Wayne Grant
| 3:08 p.m. May 21, 2016

Ormond Beach Observer
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Six students at Karate for Kids, 156 N. Nova Road, are state champions for 2015-2016 in the American Taekwondo Association. Front row: Trevor Madero, ages 1-8, two-time winner in sparring and combat; Rebecca Monk, ages 9-10, form; back row: Cole Farnsworth, ages 11-12, 1st degree black belt, combat; Sam Hinckley, 1st degree black belt, ages 13-14, sparring; Jason Farnsworth, school owner and 2015 world champion for ages 40-49; Tre Washington, ages 11-12, 1st degree black belt, sparring; and Magen Geary, ages 13-14, 1st degree black belt, combat. Worldwide, there are 1,500 licensed ATA clubs, and Karate for Kids is the only one in Ormond Beach. The district championship tournament will be in July I in Dalton, Georgia.Visit Karateforkidsusa.com.