Five Attend Weekend Karate Camp, Tourney at Temple

Published 10.31.2016

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Five members of the Penn College Shotokan Karate club attended a two-day training camp and tournament at Temple University this past weekend.  Alton "A.J." Hinson, John B. Preine, Jason S. Murphy, Destiny R. Barto and Timothy L. Pegg participated in multiple training sessions with students from six other colleges in the East Coast Collegiate Karate Union. On Saturday, they matched skills with students from Brown University, Salve Regina University (Rhode Island), Drexel University and Temple. All five represented Penn College well, with Hinson placing second in kata (form) and third in kumite (sparring). Preine placed second in kumite. Penn College will host the next ECCKU camp in February.