Competitions - 2009
JKS (GB) Open Shotokan Championships
Saturday 21ST November 2009 BILBOROUGH SPORTS CENTRE, BILBOROUGH COLLEGE, COLLEGE WAY, BILBOROUGH, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 4DQ
JKL Gold in Nottingham
Robin Hood himself would have been proud to have seen the band of JKL fighters bag a booty of gold, sliver and bronze in Nottingham recently at the JKS Open Championships.
Students from the Hightown based karate club travelled northwards to compete against clubs from outside their normal KWF association.
The youngsters, dressed in modern day white rather than green, faced a monumental challenge of competing in unfamiliar territory and within different guidelines, yet still managed to stand out above the standard of the other competitors.
Their medal haul consisted of 3 gold, 4 silver and a bronze with most success occurring in the kumite discipline, where Ryan Parkins took first place and Jamie Pepper second. Charlie Pepper won his division and Liam Mills took the second place, and along with Adem Hodzic, the trio also won second place in their team kumite section.
In the kata discipline, Mills bagged second pace with Ajay Ghela taking the third place. They both rounded off the day by taking first place with C. Pepper in their team kata division.
JKL Technical Director, Shihan Fred Daniels said; “The strength and technical excellence of the JKL students was clearly evident, and was commented on by many people watching the event”.
Junior Kyu Grade Competition 14th November 09
Hawarden, Nr. Wales
JKL strike Gold in Wales
Students from the Hightown based JKL karate club travelled once again to North Wales to take part in a two day event comprising of a competition day and refereeing & judging examinations.
The competition event was specifically designed to give younger students an opportunity to gain experience of stepping into the arena, and the Luton youngsters emulated their black belt peers by standing out heads above the rest of the field.
After taking on students from several local clubs, the Luton squad walked away with an impressive haul of 22 medals with the most hotly contested round occurring in the mixed Dan grade kata finals whereby Amelia Jordan and Amy Parkins tied several times before Jordan took second place with Parkins younger brother, Ryan, taking first place.
Other results:
Sanbon kumite: Sabrina Hammoudi (1st), Feriel Siad (2nd), Jasmin Simpson-Sherry and Joshua Mason-Williams (joint 3rd).
Kihon Ippon kumite divisions: Lisa Taylor (1st), Nicky Roberts (2nd), Holly Attz (3rd), Ian Roberts (1st).
Jiyu Ippon kumite: Steven Blackburn (2nd), Jamie Pepper (3rd).
Team kata - mixed: Jordan, A Parkins, R Parkins (1st), Attz, Taylor, N Roberts (2nd)
Individual kata divisions: Siad (1st), Hammoudi (2nd).
Taylor (1st), N Roberts (2nd), Daniel Higgins (3rd).
Blackburn (1st), Pepper (2nd)
The clubs’ black belt instructors participated as referees and judges as part of their examinations and after completing a written paper the next day, the club can proudly add six newly qualified referees to its ranks. Sabrina Daniels, Mark Slattery, Liam Mils, Charlie Pepper and Jacob Croke all passed as Class D judges and seniors Tony Atkinson and Peter Higgins both passed as National Judges.
The weekend’s achievements were rounded off with Steven Blackburn successfully grading to Shodan (1st Dan).
JKL Technical Director, Shihan Fred Daniels said; “Both the younger students and the black belts students have gained valuable experience from this event which will benefit the Club in the long term, and of course, all their hard work and training resulted in a bagful of medals”.
JKL in house Competition 27 Jul 09
KATA DIVISION
WHITE – ORANGE BELT (MIXED)
1st Place – Coree Simpson Sherry
2nd Place – Callum Comby
3rd Place – Almee Cooper/ Louise Whooley
RED - YELLOW BELT (MIXED)
1st Place – Sabrina Hammudi
2nd Place – Feriel Siad
3rd Place – Emma Carter/ Jasmin Simpson Sherry
GREEN – BLUE BELT (MIXED)
1st Place – Lisa Taylor
2nd Place – Holly Attzs
3rd Place – Nicky Roberts
BROWN BELT (MIXED)
1st Place – Ryan Parkins
2nd Place – Jamie Pepper
3rd Place – Steven Blackburn
BLACK BELT (MIXED)
1st Place – Liam Mills
2nd Place – Charlie Pepper
3rd Place – Ajay Ghela
TEAM KATA (3 STUDENTS PER TEAM)
WHITE – GREEN BELT
1st Place – Sabrina Hammudi/ Feriel Siad/ Jasmin Simpson Sherry
2nd Place – Bradley Shaw/ Connor Butcher/ Josh Mason Williams
3rd Place – Joe Cooper/ Emma Carter/ Almee Cooper
4th Place – Kian Jones/ Coree Simpson Sherry/ Lauren Ayres/ Sammy Hammudi
PURPLE – BLACK BELTS
1st Place – Amelia Jordan/ Nicky Roberts/ Hetty Croke
2nd Place – Aedan Edwards/ Holly Attzs/ Amy Parkins/ Charlie Pepper
3rd Place – Jacob Croke/ Akmal Ahmed/ Alan Birchall
KUMITE DIVISION
WHITE – YELLOW BELT 6 – 10 YRS (MIXED)
1st Place – Bradley Shaw
2nd Place – Callum Comby
3rd Place – Sabrina Hammudi /Connor Butcher
GREEN – BLUE BELT 6 - 10 YRS (MIXED)
1st Place – Ian Roberts
2nd Place – Aedan Edwards
GREEN – BLUE BELT 11 – 16 YRS (MALE)
1st Place – Daniel Higgins
2nd Place – Caleb Burden
3rd Place – Akmal Ahmed/ Ryan Freeman
WHITE - YELLOW BELT 6 – 11 YRS (FEMALE)
1st Place – Emma Carter
2nd Place – Sabrina Hammudi
3rd Place – Lauren Ayres/ Feriel Siad
PURPLE - BLUE BELT 10-16 YRS (FEMALE)
1st Place – Lisa Taylor
2nd Place – Nicky Roberts
3rd Place – Bethany Freeman/ Lydia Davis
BROWN BELT 10 – 14 YRS (MALE)
1st Place – Ryan Parkins
2nd Place – Daniel Higgins
3rd Place – Harris Hodzic/ Caleb Burden
BROWN BELT 10 – 16 YRS (FEMALE)
1st Place – Hetty Croke
2nd Place – Lauren McNeilage
3rd Place – Lydia Davis/ Amy Parkins
THE ULTIMATE KUMITE
11 – 16 YRS (ALL GRADES UP TO SHODAN)
1st Place – Charlie Pepper
2nd Place – Adem Hodzic
3rd Place – Liam Mills/ Ajay Ghela
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Ultimate Champion (Outstanding) – LISA TAYLOR
Most improved senior – RYAN FREEMAN
Most improved junior - SABRINA HAMMUDI
KWF World Championships Norway
Hightown based JKL karate club put Luton firmly on the international stage as several of its’ members picked up placings at the recent 5th KWF World Cup Championships held in Norway.
A squad of seven local fighters were part of the GB team competing against a global line-up that included teams from Japan, Italy, Russia, Venezuela and favourites South Africa to name but a few.
The Championship was preceded by a two-day technical training camp in the picturesque coastal resort of Kristiansund, where students were instructed by Shihans Yahara and Isaka from Japan and Sensei Shane Dorfman from South Africa.
Supporters who travelled with the squad cheered on as Liam Mills took the second place in the 14-16 male kata division and Jacob Croke who bagged third place in the 17-20 male kumite division.
Sensei Fred Daniels and Tony Atkinson were part of a three-man team who picked up second place in the veterans team kumite category and Sensei Sabrina Daniels also picked up forth place as part of the ladies kumite team.
Other fourth places went to Charlie Pepper and Amy Parkins in their respective categories and also with Liam Mills in their team kata section.
The clubs success was further added to with Sensei Daniels passing his 6th Dan grading (Rokudan) in front of the visiting Japanese Masters and achieving the title of Shihan.
Chief Instructor, Sensei Sabrina Daniels said, “We’re very pleased with our students achievements at such a high level competition and proud that we have improved since the last World Cup. We are already looking forward to Russia 2010!”
Sensei Fred Daniels added, “ We received many compliments from other instructors about the standard of our students and their performances, which have improved greatly following recent help for the club from Young Fundz”.
Results:
Liam Mills - 2nd place Kata 14-16 male kata
Sensei Fred Daniels, Sensei John Barker, Tony Atkinson - 2nd place veteran’s team kumite
Jacob Croke – 3rd place kumite 17-20 male
Charlie Pepper – 4th place Kata 14-16 male kata
Amy Parkins – 4th place Kata 12-14 female kata
