With competitors ranging in age from five, Talon Jane of Wilkie, to 75, retired Sensei Elmer Woytiuk of North Battleford, the 14th annual Genbukai Tri-Western Karate Kata Tournament in Wilkie hosted some 70 karate students and teachers, coming from Wilkie, Unity, Biggar, North Battleford, Lloydminster, Saskatoon and even Bonnyville, Alta. Woytiuk won the gold medal in the sword cutting competition in which competitors used razor-sharp swords to cut rolled-up beach mats, soaked in water. Photos by Helena Long
