FOUR medals for Colchester

JKAE London & S.E. Regional Competition Results

GOLD for Ernst Theron in Kumite,
GOLD for Harry Theron in Kata,
SILVER for Amy Walsh in Kumite and BRONZE in Kata

Well done team!!

Thirteen medals – JKA England National Championships

Well we certainly didn’t go home empty handed – taking THIRTEEN medals for various individual and team categories. At the end of the competition, the Japanese Ambassador’s Cup was awarded to Ernst Theron for “Best Junior Male” by  Chief Instructor, Sensei Y. Ohta.

For the first time, JKA-England hosted both the Black and Brown belts and Kyu Grade Championships on the same day. With around 600 competitors entering and over 300 spectators, the K2 sports centre was the venue for the event which had earlier in the year also hosted the Junior European Championships.

The Kata and Kumite events were first with some excellent displays in the elimination rounds by all competitors. The standards increase year on year but this was a particularly high standard on all fronts.

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JKAE National Championships July 2010

Well done to all who competed, a special congratulations to Amy Walsh – GOLD in kumite, Ricardo Piper – SILVER in kumite, Sophie Fairbank – BRONZE in kumite, and BRONZE in team kata (Amy Walsh, Sophie Fairbank and James Fairbank.

KYU Grade National Championships 2009

A big congratulations to Connor Danylenko, Sophie Bickmore and Molly Fraser! One Silver and Two Bronze

The JKA England Kyu Grade National Championships were held at the Elmbridge Xcel Leisure Complex, Walton On Thames last Sunday. Over 200 competitors  from around the country arrived for the Kata and Kumite events.

The tournament started with kata eliminations which led from first round stages to the finals. In the afternoon the kumite events commenced with competitors either competing Kihon Ippon or Sanbon Kumite elimination rounds. Finalists were  presented with their medals and certificates from Sensei Chubachi and Sensei Ohta. Sensei Chubachi, is a visiting JKA Honbu instructor. 

Connor took Bronze for Kata, Sophie took Bronze for Kumite and Molly took Silver for kumite.  A big well done to Sam, Callum, John, Steve, Mary and Cadet Coach, Amy. Read more of this post

Brown & Black Belt JKAE Nationals Success

Congratulations to all members of the Colchester squad who took part in the JKA Nationals on the 5th July 2009. All performed brilliantly, competing in kata, team kata and kumite and showing great spirit and commitment.

A special well done to Sophie Fairbank for bringing home Colchester JKA’s first girl’s nationals medal – a bronze for age 13-15 freestyle kumite – well done Sophie!

Callum goes for GOLD!!

Congratulations to Callum Lepley for winning GOLD for KUMITE at the JKAE Kyu Grade National Championships. Callum was quite apprehensive at first – but proved to be the best in this very popular category. Well done!

SIX medals for Colchester

SIX medals for Colchester – Kyu Grade National Championships 2007!!

Well done to James, Sophie, William, Marie, Amy and Shauna for competing – all performed extremely well. 3 golds and 3 silvers!!! Read more of this post