Lorenzana outclassed opponents in

Taekwondo Open

On Saturday August 4^th, nine members of the Victory Taekwondo Center Competition Team, ranging in age from 6 to 37, were in Thousand Oaks for the 24^th Annual Camarillo Mayor’s Cup Taekwondo Championships. Five of the team members competed in both forms and sparring competitions while the other four competed in sparring only.  

Alexis Lorenzana only on her first year of competition outclassed her opponents by smashing them with high scoring points. She scored 11-1 on her first fight and 6-0 on her championship round.  She won the gold for both forms and sparring and eventually became the highest scorer on her division.  Joseph Phalen, outscored his opponents with his smashing forty-five and jumping turning sidekicks, he breezed through out his fight and won the gold medal. Joseph is only six years old. Ma-an Dator, only six years old fought really hard against her taller opponent but lost in the semi-final round 14-10 and settled for the bronze both in sparring and forms. Olivia Bryant won the gold in forms and bronze in sparring. She won her first match 6-3 in the elimination round but lost by a point in a controversial match in the quarterfinals. Christopher Lorenzana fought his hardest to a much more superior opponent in the quarterfinal round and settled for the bronze medal. Roseary Serrano won her semi- final match against a taller opponent and settled for silver on her final match. Just like Roseary, Joseph Rangel gave his best but lost by a point in the final match and settled for silver as well. The star of the show is Joe’s dad, Bob Phalen. Bob sparring in his first competition (Ultra Division) came from behind in both of his fights. He pick up his speed on the middle of the first round on both fights and ended up outscoring his opponents 7-2 in the semi-final round and 14-4 in the final match using his high roundhouse kicks and crisp turning sidekicks bringing home the gold medal just like his son Joe.