Blake Collins took his first British Kata title in the Black belt category at this years championships in Slough.
After managing 4th place in 2016 he was pleased to move into the final three in third place overall.
For his final kata he performed Sushi Ho and defeated the 2016 champion Kevin Evans into this and Stephen Davies took 2nd.
As 2016 draws to a close we look back with great pleasure at all the achievements by our students this year.
This could not happen without the support of all the dojo students that keep the club moving forward. We thank you all for your continued hard work.
Happy New Year to all, we look forward to seeing you in 2017. The dojo opens Tuesday 3rd January. The first beginners session is Monday 9th January.
Osu
The dojo has seven under 18’s fighting for England in the Severn Challenge this weekend 29th October in Cardiff at the Central Youth Club, CF24 5HF.
In the U16 Robert Salvi, Ame Sorge, Bart Chaisrisud, Charlie Denton and Denis Sorokins will compete in the Clicker in both Team and Individual categories.
In the Knockdown Olivia Pickthall is in the Girls Lightweight and Bethany Salvi is in the Girls Heavyweight categories.
Teams from Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Wales and England will participate
The dojo had five of its U16 members selected to be part of a nine person team to represent England at the Severn Challenge in Cardiff on the 29th October 2016.
Seen pictured here with the team and GB coaches Sensei Tony White and Sensei Wai Cheung our fighters Ame Sorge, Robert Salvi, Bart Chaisrisud, Charlie Denton and Denis Sorokins will all take part this continuous point scoring event.
Good luck to all
The 40th British Knockdown Championships will take place at K2 Crawley, on the 1st October 2016.
Come and support Crawley fighters Dawid Ozga, Blake Collins, Kirsten Galatius Smith, Tom Bradley, Olivia Pickthall and Bethany Salvi.
Tickets on sale now at the dojo.
Congratulations to both Senpai Roy Salvi and Senpai Tom Bradley for earning their 1st Dan black belts at the BKK Summer Camp.
Crawley Dojo had a good attendance at the camp and everyone really enjoyed it.
Photo of the students with BKK President Hanshi Steve Arneil.
A great day was had by all at the interclass at our dojo. Over sixty participants took part in points fighting for U18 categories from Loughborough, Westhill, Dunmow, Saffron Walden, Verwood, Crystal Palace and Crawley clubs.
Many thanks to everyone who helped and officiated. Special thanks to Paul Beach and his wife who donated the BBQ food and cooked it all.
Results below
Under 9 years
1 Reece Reeve Crawley
2 Samuel Kelly Crystal Palace
3 isobel Mcgregor Crawley
3 Lexi Langrish Saffron Walden
Under 11 years
1 Ashley Black Crawley
2 James Baker Saffron Walden
3 Riley Sweet Dunmow
3 Stephen Greenhough Saffron Walden
Under 155cm
1 Charlie Denton Crawley
2 Kobe Spinney Crawley
3 Mikolaj Zabawa Crawley
3 Nikhil Patel Loughborough
Over 155cm
1 Ame Sorge Crawley
2 Bethany Salvi Crawley
3 Robert Salvi Crawley
3 Noah Gajraj Crystal Palace
Cadets
1 Tom Bradley Crawley
2 Ollie Barker West Hill
3 Josh Grant Loughborough
Team Pee Wee Cat 1
1 Crawley
2 Loughborough
3 Crystal Palace
3 West Hill
Team Pee Wee Cat 2
1 Loughborough
2 Saffron Walden
3 Verwood
Pee Wee Cat 3
1 Loughborough B
2 Loughborough A
3 West Hill
Team Under 155cm
1 Crawley
2 Loughborough
3 Dunmow
3 Saffron Walden
Team Over 155cm and Cadet
1 Crawley A
2 Crawley B
3 West Hll
Best Fighter went to Jake Patterson Loughborough
Dawid Ozga will fight Russia’s Evgeny Solomennikov for the -75 WFKO Championships on May 21st at the Yamburg Cup in Novy Urengoy, Russia.
Event Line Up:
Below 75kg:
Anton Adushkevich (Russia) – Khoase Tshepo Prince (South Africa)
Evgeny Solomennikov (Russia) – Dawid Ozga (United Kingdom)
Below 85 kg:
Andrey Borisov (Russia) – Jo Miyahara (Japan)
Denis Chepkasov (Russia) – Jonatan Redondo Cardoso (Spain)
Over 85 kg:
Arthur Tilov (Russia) – Ilya Yakovlev (Kazakhstan)
Vitaly Ishakhneli (Russia) – Kevin Wiklund (Sweden)
Well done to all the Juniors who took part in the squad run by Sensei Tony White assisted by Sensei Wai Cheung.
Crawley had Tom Bradley, Olivia Pickthall, Robert Salvi, Beth Salvi, Kobe Spinney Dibble, Ashley Black, Bart Chaisrisud, Charlie Denton, Ame Sorge and Denis Sorokins all participate.
Three of our students will complete in the Pilatus Cup an event in Switzerland for under 18 on 19th March 2916.
Tom Bradley 17, will fight contact rules in this international event and Bart Chaisrisud 14 and Kobe Spinney Dibble 12 will compete in the light contact and kata event.
Well done to all
Tom Bradley