In July 2010,competitors Mizuki Brent (7 Y.O.), Michael Arashiro (16 Y.O.), and Catherine Shi (15 Y.O.) competed in the AAU Junior Olympics, a national karate tournament held in Chesapeake, Virginia. Mizuki placed first in kata, second in kumite, and third in kobudo. Michael placed first in kata and kobudo and second in kumite. Catherine placed first in kata and second in kobudo. Coaches Tony Arashiro and Alfonzo Gomez helped prepare the competitors who did an outstanding job. Michael and Catherine went on to try out for the World Karate Confederation (WKC) U.S. national team, which will be competing in Venice, Italy this upcoming October.

Mizuki Brent, on her first experience competing at the Junior Olympics: "In July, I went to the AAU Junior Olympics (JO) in Virginia.  I trained really hard to prepare for the competition.  I had a lot of fun working with Tony senpai, Michael senpai, Katherine senpai, Alfonzo Gomez Jr. senpai, and Brandon senpai.  The training was hard and painful, but after it was all over, thinking back, it wasn’t that bad.  It was worth it because I knew that I would get better and improve the things I needed to fix.  After the last training with everyone for the JO, I knew that I would do well in the tournament.  And I did!"