WTKO 2nd UK Championships

WTKO 2nd UK CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2nd WTKO UK Championships saw Seishinkai welcoming other WTKO groups to its Honbu Dojo. Competitors from all over the country, as well as from the USA competed in what turned out to be an excellent and very exciting competition. Those that took part were from: Seishinkai Shotokan Karate International (SSKI) headed up by Malcolm Phipps Sensei 7^th Dan, Federation of British Shotokan Karate Union International (FSBKUI) headed up by Gerry Breeze Sensei, 7th Dan, the British Shotokan Kyogi (BSK) headed up by Charles Gidley 7th Dan, as well as the WTKO Staten Island Dojo headed up by John Mullin 7th Dan, (who unfortunately could not be present at this time).

The days proceedings were overseen by the Seishinkai Chief Referee Kevin Thurlow Sensei 5th Dan, with Richard Amos Sensei refereeing all of the final bouts assisted by the senior association referees and judges present. All in all an excellent day’s competition with a very high standard of Shotokan Karate as well as etiquette and sportsmanship shown by all who took part. A credit to the WTKO and to Shotokan karate in general.

PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR KEVIN THURLOW SENSEI

At the end of the competition, it was time to award the medals and trophies but before the medal ceremony started, Richard Amos Sensei announced to everyone that Kevin Thurlow Sensei, had been travelling to the USA on a regular basis since the start of 2005 and training with himself at the WTKO - Honbu Dojo, as ‘Kenshusei’ on the ‘WTKO International Instructor’s Programme’. Richard Sensei went on to announce that after seriously hard Daniel White training, physical and written assessment, Kevin Sensei had met, and exceeded the standards required to be awarded the international qualification of WTKO Judge, Instructor and Examiner grade ‘C’ - emphasising that Kevin’s award was the first ever WTKO International award. Kevin Sensei proudly accepted this award (a beautiful certificate in English and Japanese) - to great applause from his Karate colleagues and friends.

Then came the medal presentations, with the placings being announced by Malcolm Phipps Sensei 7^th Dan (Kyoshi) and Seishinkai’s Chief Instructor and the medals presented by Richard Amos Sensei.

A full listing of the results can be see below.

Men’s Kata

1^st Kayhan Sefat (FBSKUI)

2^nd Ross Young (FBSKUI)

3^rd Adam Cockfield (SSKI)

Ladies Kata

1^st Alexis Raymen (SSKI)

2^nd Alison Grundy (BSK)

3^rd Karen Foxwell-Moss (SSKI)

Children’s Kata

1^st Leah Hoey (SSKI)

2^nd Thomas Carson (SSKI)

3^rd Aaron Gould (SSKI)

Adult Team Kata

1^st SSKI ‘A’ (Adam Cockfield, James Smith, Daniel White)

2^nd BSK

3^rd SSKI ‘B’ (Alexis Raymen, Philip Hornsby, Douglas Carson)

Children’s Team Kata

1^st SSKI ‘A’ (Ross McGirr, Daniel Marlow, Aaron Gould)

2^nd SSKI ‘B’ (Leah Hoey, Stacey Barton, Arthi Niranjan)

3^rd SSKI ‘C’ (Thomas Carson, Lucy Castle, Dominic Gibbon)

Men’s Kumite

1^st Lee Power (BSK)

2^nd Martyn Chapman (FBSKUI)

3^rd Steve Woby (BSK)

3^rd Craig Cooke (BSK)

Ladies Kumite

1^st Alexis Raymen (SSKI)

2^nd Alison Grundy (BSK)

Male Cadet (16/17yrs) Kumite

1^st Douglas Carson (SSKI)

2^nd James Smith (SSKI)

3^rd Mark Wakefield (FBSKUI)

3^rd Anthony Holt (SSKI)

Girl’s Under 5ft Kumite

1^st Jade Callan (BSK – Niten)

2^nd Arthi Niranjan (SSKI)

3^rd Leah Hoey (SSKI)

3^rd Sarah O’Connor (BSK – Niten)

Boy’s Under 5ft Kumite

1^st Wadhah Saleh (BSK)

2^nd Sam Richards (SSKI)

3^rd D. Every (BSK)

3^rd Hameed Hassan (BSK)

Girl’s 5ft & Over Kumite

1^st Lucy Castle (SSKI)

2^nd Louise Adcock (FBSKUI)

3^rd Rebecca Nutbean (FBSKUI)

3^rd Emily Nutbean (FBSKUI)

Boy’s 5ft & Over Kumite

1^st F. Faqiri (BSK)

2^nd Ross McGirr (SSKI)

3^rd Mark Brown (BSK)

3^rd D. J. Callan (BSK – Niten)

Men’s Team Kumite

1^st FBSKUI ‘A’

2^nd SSKI ‘A’ (Adam Cockfield, Douglas Carson, Daniel White)

3^rd FBSKUI ‘B’

3^rd FBSKUI ‘C’

Boy’s Team Kumite

1^st BSK

2^nd SSKI (Ross McGirr, Daniel Marlow, Ben James)

Adult Competitor of the Day – Alexis Raymen (SSKI)

U/16 Competitor of the Day – Leah Hoey (SSKI)

Guest of Honour – Sensei Richard Amos 6^th Dan (Chief Instructor WTKO)

Host – Sensei Malcolm Phipps 7^th Dan (Chief Instructor SSKI)

Chief Referee – Sensei Kevin Thurlow 5^th Dan

Referees/Judges – Sensei’s: Richard Amos, Kevin Thurlow, Gerry Breeze, Charles Gidley, Colin Putt, Jeff Carson,

Paul Carvell, Nick Forgham, Sheila Thurlow, Ken Tsai.