Alto woman brings home 3 gold, 1 bronze

9:45 AM, Jul 22, 2012   |    comments
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GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM)- A woman from West Michigan just competed in the World Championship for Filipino Martial Arts in Las Vegas. It is considered to be the Olympics of the sport. 

Mariah Moore, 18, was the only member internationally to have qualified in all five events with more than 200 USA members alone.  She holds 14 world titles. This past week she took home individual Gold in Open Multiple Weapons Forms Competition, Gold in Teams Form with her team, Jornales System and brought home a Bronze medal in Full Contact Single Stick Fighting. Additionally, she added another Gold with the USA Women's Stickfighting team.

Moore stopped by the Weekend Morning News to share her skills with WZZM 13's Jennifer Pascua. Mariah Moore, 18,