Banyamin Lak won a silver medal in Kata at the Karate-do Goju-kai Global Championship in B.C. earlier this month.

Several students from the Yamato Academy of Martial Arts represented Canada at the seventh Karate-do Goju-kai Global Championship that wrapped up earlier this month in Richmond, B.C.

Leading the way for the Oakville group was Banyamin Lak who won a silver medal in Kata.

All six of the club’s representatives — Cassidy Jackson, Emily Jackson, Jayde Fearon, Jordyn Fearon, Benjamin Skinner and Lak — fared well after working hard to prepare for the tournament.