Weald Tournament Results

Members of Sevenoaks KJK competed at the Weald Tournament yesterday.

Events consisted of Karate fighting, kickboxing and kata, and we had representation across all disciplines.

After some fantastic fights, and huge improvements from our competitors we came away with the following:

Matt - 2nd Kata & 3rd Karate

Ellie - 1st Kata & 1st Karate

Harry - 1st Karate & 2nd Kickboxing

Hannah - 1st Karate & 1st Kata

Ryan - 1st Kickboxing

Katie - 3rd Karate

Also competing were Ross in the Kata in which he unfortunately came up against Ellie in the round, and Ed in the Kickboxing.

Ed was up against a 6ft6 (at only 14years old!) competitor who went on to win the event.

Thanks to Ross for coaching the competitors throughout the day, particularly Ed and Katie for whom this was their first experience at a competition.

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KJK Triumph at German Open!

Members of the KJK squad competed at the 12th German Open (http://www.kyokushin-open.com/) on Saturday 29th September.

The tournament attracted competitors from as far afield as Spain, Pakistan and Russia.

After a tough day of full contact sparring, and competitive kata categories KJK members came away with the following excellent results.

Kata (womens) - Ellie Murphy - 2nd

Kata (mens) - Matt Bolt - 1st (Also awarded a set of swords which some of you have seen for "Best Kata")

Kumite (womens -60kg) - Ellie Murphy - 3rd

Kumite (mens -70kg) - Matt Bolt - 2nd

Kumite (mens +80kg) - Ben Robinson - 2nd & Danny Croft - 3rd

Also competing for the first time was Barry Greensides (mens -80kg) who fought well against an experience opponent who was the eventual winner.

Everyone agreed it was a fantastic experience, and thank the squad instructors, Sensei Alan Miller and Shihan Cliff Bolt for their invaluable input and training.

Photos and videos will appear on the Sevenoaks site in the near future, and videos can be seen on the association facebook page (www.facebook.com/karatejutsukai).

Many Thanks, Matt

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