Courtesy photos Kelema Cabatingan (black) faces JL Fernandez (red) in the men’s overall blackbelt division. Cabatingan took home the men’s overall blackbelt grand championship. Courtesy photo

Athletes representing Ohana Martial Arts won 14 first-place awards at the Hawaiian Karate Championships on May 3 at Pearl City High School in Honolulu.

The team also picked up eight second-place finishes, seven third places and one four place while facing competitors from schools all over the state for the 2025 championship titles in age, rank, kumite (sparring) and kata (forms).

According to the team, about 250-300 competitors competed in the tournament hoping for a chance to make the finals.

Ohana Martial Arts coaches Paul and Anita Main had a team of 24 competitors lead by Kamehameha Schools senior Kelema Cabatingan, who was overall blackbelt grand champion after winning the blackbelt kumite men’s division for 18 to 34 years old.

Kelema Cabatingan takes home the grand championship after winning the men’s overall blackbelt kumite division. Courtesy photo

Others from the school who won or places in their divisions included:

Kumite men’s results

• Kelema Cabatingan — first place men’s blackbelt 18-34 yrs (first place grand champion winner)

• Michael Tamayo — first place men’s 18-34 yrs advanced

• Mark Tamayo — second place men’s 18-34 yrs advanced

• JL Fernandez — first place 15-17 yrs advanced (second place men’s open division)

• Zadoc Brown — first place 12-14 yrs Intermediate

• Evan Protain — second place 12-14 yrs intermediate

• Gabe Salcedo — fourth place 12-14 yrs intermediate

• Aiden Durr — first place 12-14 yrs advanced

• Landon Apana — first place 9-11 yrs intermediate

• Eryk Protain — second place 9-11 yrs intermediate

• Jerald Fernandez — third place 9-11 yrs intermediate

• Aiden Goss — first place 9-11 yrs advanced

• Kyxen Das — second place 9-11 yrs advanced

• Ryan Gehring — first place 7-8 yrs intermediate

• Logan Apana — third place 7-8 yrs intermediate

• Ethan Halbritter — third place 5-6 yrs beginners

Kumite women’s results

• Donna Apana — first place 18 yrs+over women’s open

Taylor Halbritter — second place 18 yrs+over women’s open

Tatianah Esteban — first place 12-14 yrs intermediate

Asia Galiza — second place 12-14 yrs intermediate

Jesse Halbritter — third place 12-14 yrs intermediate

Rowan Halbritter — first place 9-11 yrs intermediate

Sage Ikeda — third place 9-11 yrs intermediate

Toni Ikeda — first place 5-6 yrs intermediate

Kata

• Donna Apana — first place 18 yrs+over women’s traditional

• Aiden Goss — second place 9-12 yrs traditional

• Rowan Halbritter — third place 9-12 yrs traditional

• Ryan Gehring — third place 6-8 yrs traditional