The club would like to thank each and everyone who competed for the club or came to support the club at the Shotokan Tokon Karate Competition.
It was a fantastic event but we were more impressed with the brilliant team spirit you all showed. Anita, Immy, Marcus, Joy, Patrick, Robert and Josh, you are all a credit to the club.
Whether you came away with a medal or not, it doesn’t matter, the team gained so much experience that we can move forward and get even better.
The team competed against 5 other clubs and not only will they remember that we came away with 10 medals they will also remember how we all supported each other. Well done team :-)
2nd Annual Kata Competition 11th June 2009
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Category |
Dragons Individual Kata |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Annie Wellen |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Megan Scotchmer |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
Megen Wellen |
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Category |
Dragons Team Kata |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Dragon Star |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
N/A |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
N/A |
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Category |
Junior Individual Kata up to Orange |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Callum Stewart |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Annabel Otterburn |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
Jack Otterburn |
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Category |
Junior Individual Kata Orange/Yellow above |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Anthony Thomas |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Marcus Eaglen |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
Imogen Thorpe |
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Category |
Junior Team Kata |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Elite Sandan |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Team Cobra |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
Team Thunder |
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Category |
Senior Individual Kata 5th Kyu and above |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Joy Abed |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Stacey Marshall |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
David Wilson |
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Category |
Senior Individual Kata up to 4th Kyu |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Patrick Draper |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Diane |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
Sean McCloskey |
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Category |
Mixed Team Kata |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Yin Yan |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Oh Joy |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
The Otterburns |
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Category |
Senior Team Kata |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
The Big Peanuts |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Beauties and the Beast |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
Just In Time |
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Category |
Senior Individual Creative Kata |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Josh Hannen |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Steph Wilson |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Anita Warnes |
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Category |
Junior Individual Creative Kata |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Josh Hannen |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
Steph Wilson |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
Jordan Bull |
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Category |
Mixed Team Creative Kata |
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Position |
Name |
Kata |
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1st Place Gold Medal |
Yin Yan |
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2nd Place Silver Medal |
TBC |
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3rd Place Bronze Medal |
N/A |
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We would like to thank all the people who took part in the contest and also to all the people who helped.
Junior Medal Awards
Senior Medal Awards
Kata and Kumite Competition January 2009
All members of the DSKC were very kindly invited to participate in a local competition between ourselves and other clubs, it was at extremely short notice but we did manage to field a team of four. Here they are in high level team tactics
Andy, David, Joy and Robert were able to attend and they did the club very proud. Robert competed in both Kata and Kumite.
And we are very pleased to say that he came 2nd in the Kata Competition
David and Andy competed in the Kata Competition but unfortunately did not place in the medal positions. Joy however was very sucessful, he joined up with two other dan grades from another club to compete in the Team Kata Competition and came 1st
He then went on to very narrowly missing out on the top spot in the Free Style Kumite Competition but came in a very rewarding 3rd place
I think you have to agree that for a first showing at the competition and with such a small team we did very well, congratulations to those who took part.
DSKC 1st Annual Kata Competition June 2008
A great evening for everyone, with a brilliant atmosphere thanks to our students and all the spectators who came to watch this first Annual Kata Competition.
Special thank you to our Judges, Martin and Andy who had a tough task. The results in some categories were very close. Also thank you to our helpers, Kata demonstrators and volunteers who helped enormously with the smooth running of the event. It all helped towards a great atmosphere and thank you to those of you who commented on how much you enjoyed yourselves.
Below is a collection of photos and video of the evening, see if you can spot yourself, also for those observant amongst you, see if you can spot when I nearly fell over walking backwards whilst recording some of the video.
Competition is a small part of Karate training, and as in life there are bound to be happy results and disappointments too. We hope you will join us in congratulating those who achieved the highest scores.
White/Blue/Red belt Category - Juniors
| 1st Place Gold Medal | James Jessop |
| 2nd Place Silver Medal | George Pickering |
| 3rd Place Bronze Medal | Ellie McQuarrie |
| Highly Commended | Eshanee Aubeeluck |
| Highly Commended | Adam Richardson |
| Highly Commended | Jordan Bull |
Judges' comments on these students included 'deep stances', 'good kiai' 'good etiquette' and overall the judges scored most favourably on those students that really threw themselves into the Kata without losing accuracy.
Orange - Purple/white stripe Category - Juniors
| 1st Place Gold Medal | Marcus Eaglen |
| 2nd Place Silver Medal | Amy Wild |
| 3rd Place Bronze Medal | Imogen Thorpe |
| Highly Commended | Anthony Thomas |
| Highly Commended | Nathan Clarke |
| Highly Commended | Patrick Draper |
Judges comments' 'Good front stance', 'Good etiquette', 'Sharp', '1 kata above grade' - the winning students were exceptionally sharp and showed great spirit. Sensei Martin also commented that winning student Marcus Eaglen has 'almost become part of the dojo furniture' as he trains regularly and rarely misses a session. Well done Marcus!
All grades - Senior Category
| 1st Place Gold Medal | Karen Wild |
| 2nd Place Silver Medal | Andy Roe |
| 3rd Place Bronze Medal | Scott Sawers |
| Highly Commended | Amrit Aubeeluck |
| Highly Commended | David Wilson |
| Highly Commended | Theo Giannoukos |
A hard fought contest, very close results for several students. An atmosphere you could cut with a knife hand block!
Winners and commended students will all be invited to join the DSKC Kata Squad for open events coming soon.
Think you could do well in open competitions? Let us know if you would like to join in with Squad training. You'll be very welcome!
OSS!