Texas Kajukenbo Gaylord Method School of Karate competed at the Black Cobra Karate Tournament held in Mercedes at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show ground on Saturday, May 6, 2022. Several of the school’s students won champion trophies.  Raul Garcia 1st , Elora de la Cerda 1st , Hansel Servin 1st , Natalie Contreras 1st , in fighting & Renae Rodriguez 1st in forms. Marvel Guevara, 2nd in forms, 3rd in weapons. Not pictured is Esmeralda Mejia, 3rd in fighting. Below Christian Lopez is pictures with Grandmaster Armando Saldana. Lopez finished first in forms at the Black Cobra Karate Tournament.

By Raul Garcia

Raul Garcia Jr. Garcia, is an award winning journalist, who has trained in martial arts with various teachers (John Valdivia, Kenbo Karate; Manuel Lozano, Kuk Sool Won; Tammy Williams, Dan Timlin’s Mid Michigan Academy of Mixed Martial Arts) and styles during his life. He is currently a student of Kajukenbo Gaylord Method Grandmaster Armando Saldana.