Iranian of the Day

www.lamorindaweekly.com , Moraga, California: Most Orinda teenagers spent Thanksgiving vacation with friends and family, enjoying a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day. But one 17-year-old Orinda youth was eating turkey from a buffet line in a South Carolina hotel. During Thanksgiving break, Miramonte senior Naveed Kermaninejad endeavored to win his second title at the Karate Super Grands World Games. This competition was hosted by the NBL (National Blackbelt League), which is the only international sport karate league that is based upon a series of open tournaments which rate and qualify blackbelt level players to become official sport karate world champions at the year-end championship called the “Super Grands World Games.” Inspired at first by the Ninja Turtles of the 1990’s, Naveed has been training in the martial arts for 12 years, discovering the commitment needed to train daily and the discipline required to learn the philosophy of the martial arts.