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For Immediate Release
Contact: Paul Bibeau
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NUON�S MARTIAL ARTS KARATE TEAM HEATS -UP THE 6TH ANUAL TEXAS KARATE HEAT WAVE TOURNAMENT IN DALLAS

Receives �Most Supportive School� Top Honor as well as multiple individual team awards during the Amateur Organization of Karate (AOK) competition, held on Saturday, February 25th at Kennemer Middle School in Duncanville, TX

DALLAS, TX- FEBRUARY 28, 2006 � The 6th annual Texas Karate Heatwave
Tournament, an open style martial arts event sanctioned ‘A’ Rated by the Amateur
Organization of Karate (AOK), honored Nuon�s Martial Arts Karate Team during
Saturday�s competition with a eight feet tall award for the �Most Supportive School�.
The Texas Karate Heatwave Tournament is one of the largest AOK sponsored events in
Texas. The tournament included several martial arts divisions including Kata (forms
divisions), Sparring (point divisions), Specialty (Weapons divisions), and a

demonstration division for beginner forms competitors. Along with the prestigious �Most
Supportive School� award, Sam Nuon, a 5
th Degree Black Belt Master placed st
in Kata and Sparring Divisions respectively. Nuon�s Martial Arts Karate Team generated major
heat by winning multiple individual team member awards in the following divisions:

NUON�S MARTIAL ARTS KARATE TEAM STUDENT/AWARD
� Jackson Allen/Competition Trophy
� Zachary Aldredge/3rd Place Specialty, 3rd Place Kata

� Peyton Bibeau/3rd Place Sparring, 3rd Place Kata
� Robin Bibeau/3rd Place Kata
� Travis Carter/2nd Place Sparring, 3rd Place Kata
� Brandon Coffey/1st Place Specialty, 3 rd Place Kata
� Preston Delacerda/Competition Trophy
� Jimmy Fortune/Competition Trophy
� Bryant Fortune/3rd Place Sparring
� Cameron Gorbett/3rd Place Specialty
� Steven Gorbett/3rd Place Sparring, 2nd Place Kata

� Felicia Haltom/2nd Place Sparring
� Colton Hymer/Competition Trophy
� Caleb King/Competition Trophy
� Tori Martin/Competition Trophy
� Zach Martin/1st Place Kata
� Daniel Nelson/Competition Trophy
� Master Sam Nuon/1st Place Kata, 1st Place Sparring, 2nd Place Specialty
� Martha Nuon//1st Place Kata, 1st Place Sparring
� Tristen Quarles/1st Place Sparring

� Nuon�s Karate Team/Most Supportive Team Award

�On behalf of Nuon�s Martial Arts, I would like to say congratulations to all who won awards in this year�s competition,� said Master Sam Nuon, owner and Master of Nuon�s Martial Arts. �To all of our students who participated, we are very proud of you.�

�Everywhere you turned during the tournament, what caught your eye was a sea of red, white and blue uniforms of the Nuon�s Karate Team,� said Lesa Martin, mother of two participants. More than twenty Nuon�s Karate Team members participated in the tournament. Another fifty or so family members and friends dressed in matching black
and yellow Nuon�s Martial Arts t-shirts made the two-hour drive from Whitehouse to
support their school. �Master Nuon really knows how to prepare his students for these
tournaments,� Mrs. Martin added. Nuon�s Martial Arts was the only East Texas school
participating in the Texas Karate Heatwave.

Texas Karate Heatwave was the first North Region AOK tournament of the new 2006
season. Points were awarded to the 1st (12 points), 2nd (8 points), and two 3rd (6 points)
place winners. Points accumulated during the event count toward the state finals
competition at end of the year.
The Amateur Organization of Karate (AOK) is the largest and oldest martial arts
tournament sanctioning organization in the United States. It was founded in 1977 when a
group of tournament producers joined together in an effort to organize this fast growing
sport and to establish standards and rules. The AOK has since become a major force in
governing Texas karate tournaments. It has helped to ensure that competitors and

spectators alike have high quality, well run events, so the sport of karate can be safe and fun for students of all ages. For more information on Amateur Organization of Karate
(AOK), please visit: www.theaok.org

The AOK event was held for the first time at Kennemer Middle School, in the Dallas
suburb of Duncanville, TX. The excellent hard wood floors at the new venue made a
great competition surface for all martial artist participants.

About Nuon�s Martial Arts
Parents of students at the Whitehouse, Texas martial arts school are completely aware of
the special nature of Master Sam Nuon and his school. His reputation for instruction is

spreading rapidly, with new students seeking out his school from all over East Texas.

At the age of 10, Sam Nuon and his family moved to the United States from Cambodia.
A rancher in Chapel Hill sponsored his father. His father worked for five years and saved
enough money to purchase their first home in Whitehouse, Texas. Sam is a self-made
man who has built a business from the ground up. His karate studio is a great success and
has taught many kids more than just martial arts. He continues today to install pride, self-confidence
and dedication in his students.

Master Sam Nuon is an awesome role model to his students as he strives to better himself

by participating in tournaments as well as continuing his training in the arts. Sam’s
students know that Martial Arts are more than self-defense, it’s a way of life. For more
information on Nuon�s Martial Arts, please visit: http://nuons.tripod.com