37 Medals at the English Kyu Grade Championships!
JHKA and Frontier Karate Association have just returned from a very successful EKF English Kyu Grade Championships winning a huge 37 medals!
Just under a year ago, we won 8 bronze medals at the BKF British 4 Nations and five months ago we won 20 medals at the BKF British International. We have now exceeded those results with a fantastic 37 medal tally. Well done to everyone involved.
On the week leading up to this event, we held a two day pre-training before the competition for 20 selected athletes, 16 out of the 20 athletes that attended the pre-training won a medal at the EKF Kyu Grades, that is 80% success rate! A very successful pre-training once again for those selected.
EKF English Kyu Grade Championships Medal Tally below:
3 GOLD MEDALS: 🥇🥇🥇
JHKA’s English Kyu Grade Champions
Boys 9-11 Years Kickmaster (K. Ross) – GOLD
Female Cadet Kumite 4th Kyu and Below (M. Khiyar) – GOLD
Female Senior Kumite 3rd Kyu and above -61kg (K. Charalambous) – GOLD
7 SILVER MEDALS: 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈
Girls 8-9 Years Kumite 6th Kyu and below -30kg (L. Morgan) – SILVER
Boys 10-11 Years Kumite 3rd Kyu and above +40kg (K. Ross) – SILVER
Girls 12-13 Years Kata 7th Kyu and below (A. Thomas) – SILVER
Male Cadet Kumite 3rd Kyu and above -63kg (A. Johnson-Campbell) – SILVER
Male Cadet Kata 4th Kyu and Below (Ad. Tahsilsarogulliar) – SILVER
Female Junior Kumite 3rd Kyu and above -59kg (I. Wyatt) – SILVER
Female Veteran Kata 4th Kyu and below (C. Buss) – SILVER
27 BRONZE MEDALS: 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉
Girls 8 Years and under Kickmaster (A. Reed-Long) – BRONZE
Boys 8-9 Years Kata 7th Kyu and below (D. Mahu) – BRONZE
Boys 8-9 Years Kumite 6th Kyu and below (L. Yanes Baragano) – BRONZE
Boys 8-9 Years Kumite 6th Kyu and below (A. Spiers) – BRONZE
Girls 9 Years and below Team Kumite (Morgan, Thomas, Reed-Long) – BRONZE
Boys 9-11 Years Kickmaster (H. Wyatt) – BRONZE
Boys 9-11 Years Kickmaster (Z. Chapman) – BRONZE
Boys 10-11 Years Kumite 3rd Kyu and above +40kg (E. Ubor) – BRONZE
Boys 10-11 Years Team Kata (Chapman, Ross, Ubor) – BRONZE
Girls 12-13 Years Kumite 4th Kyu and below -47kg (A. Thomas) – BRONZE
Girls 12-13 Years Kumite 4th Kyu and below -47kg (M. Babin) – BRONZE
Boys 12-13 Years Kumite 4th Kyu and below -50kg (J.B Ochiabuto) – BRONZE
Boys 12-13 Years Kumite 3rd Kyu and above +50kg (Q. Wong) – BRONZE
Boys 12-13 Years Kata 7th Kyu and below (G. Varvarici) – BRONZE
Boys 12-13 Years Team Kata (Wong, Ochiabuto, Morgan) – BRONZE
Boys 12-13 Years Team Kumite (Wong, Ward, Morgan) – BRONZE
Boys 12-13 Years Continuous Sparring under 5ft (H. Morgan) – BRONZE
Girls 12-13 Years Continuous Sparring over 5ft (M. Babin – BRONZE
Female Cadet Kumite 3rd Kyu and above -54kg (R. Chapman) – BRONZE
Female Cadet Kumite 3rd Kyu and above +54kg (K. Ubor) – BRONZE
Female Junior Kata 3rd Kyu and above (I. Wyatt) – BRONZE
Female Junior Kata 3rd Kyu and above (C. Charalambous) – BRONZE
Male Junior Kata 3rd Kyu and above (E. Burton) – BRONZE
Female Junior Kumite 3rd Kyu and above -59kg (C. Charalambous) – BRONZE
Female Veteran Kumite 3rd Kyu and above (I. Silina) – BRONZE
Female Veteran Kata 3rd Kyu and above (I. Silina) – BRONZE
Female Veteran Kumite 4th Kyu and below (C. Buss) – BRONZE
A fantastic medal haul, a fantastic weekend and a fantastic experience.
Well done to our first timers that took part in their first National level competition, you were amazing!
D. Mahu
G. Varvarici
M. Sava
A. Spiers
L. Sanders
A. Thomas
H. Couldridge
R. Kion Asoy
M. Austria
D. Austria
A. Jackson
Ad. Tahsilar
I. Babin
M. Babin
Le. Delibaltova
Li. Delibaltova
M. Delibaltov
Z. Khelloufi
T. Gerson
D. Maraslioglu
J. Baldock
I. Grierson
A. Walsh
C. Buss
A. Buss
JHKA and Frontier Karate Association have come a long way, we progressing very well and there is so much further that we can go. It is a very exciting time for the whole squad.
Whoever wants to join us on this amazing journey of success are very welcome, those that commit and push further can reach the top. I will see you at the next one 🙂
A special thanks to Sensei Anthoni that continues to dedicate his expertise and time to our club. Thank you to Sensei Hayley for your support and thank you to Senpai Silina for being the association chaperone.
Photo credit 📸: T. Campbell
Photo credit 📸: Q. Wong
