Thousands of votes were cast and the winners of the coveted Viewer’s Choice have been selected. Congratulations to all of those who were selected by the fans! Awards for the winners and runner up selection will be awarded during the finals at the 2016 AKA Warrior Cup in Chicago, Illinois coming the weekend of January 20-21, 2017.
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Men’s Forms
You selected: Justin Chang
2nd – Tyler Weaver
3rd – Ariel Torres
4th – Joey Castro
5th – Reid Presley
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Men’s Weapons
You selected: Reid Presley
2nd – Jackson Rudolph
3rd – Tyler Weaver
4th – Shahin Jahanvash
5th – Abia Williams
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Women’s Forms
You selected: Sammy Smith
2nd – Mackensi Emory
3rd – Tere Lopez Barroso
4th – Becca Ross
5th – Jennifer Espina
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Women’s Weapons
You selected: Sammy Smith
2nd – Mackensi Emory
3rd – Becca Ross
4th – Jennifer Espina
5th – Jasmine Kitterman
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Performance/Demo Team
You selected: Team Paul Mitchell (Jackson Rudolph/Jake Presley)
2nd – Team Paul Mitchell (Aidan Considine/Danny Etkin)
3rd – Team Paul Mitchell (Reid Presley/Tyler Weaver)
4th – Team NMAC
5th – Team AWMA
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Men’s Point Sparring
You selected: Avery Plowden
2nd – Justin Ortiz
3rd – Ross Levine
4th – Kevin Walker
5th – Raymond Daniels
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Women’s Point Sparring
You selected: Morgan Plowden
2nd – Melanie Ortiz
3rd – Emma Levy
4th – Nicolle Pelland
5th – Drew Beatty
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Men’s Point Sparring Team
You selected: Team Impex
2nd – Team Paul Mitchell
3rd – Team All Stars
4th – Team Hayabusa
5th – Team Straight Up
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Youth Point Sparring
You selected: Elizabeth Rouillard
2nd – Trinity Davis
3rd – Zoe Brown
4th – Isabella Caracta
5th – Derek Meegan
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Youth Forms
You selected: Mary Amato
2nd – Danny Etkin
3rd – Melissa Baillargeon
4th – Allen Davies
5th – Derek Meegan
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competitor in Youth Weapons
You selected: Danny Etkin
2nd – Mary Amato
3rd – Melissa Baillargeon
4th – Allen Davies
5th – Isabella Caracta
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best All Around Competitor – Adult
You selected: Sammy Smith
2nd – Justin Chang
3rd – Jackson Rudolph
4th – Reid Presley
5th – Justin Ortiz
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best All Around Competitor – Youth
You selected: Isabella Caracta
2nd – Mary Amato
3rd – Zoe Brown
4th – Derek Meegan
5th – Danny Etkin
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Competition Circuit
You selected: NASKA
2nd – AKA
3rd – WAKO
4th – WKC
5th – NBL
2016 Viewer’s Choice Award – Best Tournament
You selected: AKA Warrior Cup
2nd – Quebec Open
3rd – US Open ISKA World Martial Arts Championships
4th – Kumite Classic
5th – Diamond Nationals
Thanks for another great year of voting! Get out there and compete in 2017 and you might be the next Viewer’s Choice winner!
