Strikes like a Cobra

DEDICATED local martial artists last month gathered for the 20th Annual Golden Cobra Martial Arts Club Championships at Selby.
More than 40 competitors took part, with entrants aged from 6 to 53, and competed in sparring matches and kata demonstrations.
Among the stand-outs was Felikss Baumanis, 15, who is studying Year 9 at Emerald Secondary College.
The teenager took out the Club Championship, with an impressive first place in all three of his events.
This included open-level weapons against senior martial artists, one of whom was his own black belt weapons instructor.
In the lead-up to the tournament, Felikss won first place for his weapons kata at the International Karate Sports Association (IKSA) Tournament, while taking out third place for continuous sparring on the same day.
Further success on the tournament circuit saw him win two first-place trophies at the Lion Bushido Tournament in August.