Gold Rush at the British Semi Contact Championships 2022

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Crawley Dojo Admin

Crawley KK took fourteen medals at the British Championships with four golds.

Will Power, pee wee category 1 and Nick Buckfield, low grade veteran, retained their British titles last weekend. Ilori Wachuku King won the pee wee category 2 and Alfie Finch took the low grade boy crown.

There were Silver medals for Lewis Fortnam pee wee category 3, Cody Chapman U18 high grade and Steven Papworth high grade veterans.

Itanife Wachuku King, pee wee 1 took third place along with Elvin Vaskys U18 low grade, Olivia Pickthall womens high grade, Nick Buckfield low grade men.

In the team event after defeating Dunmow, Waterloo (Kaizen) and Loughborough, the Crawley A team tied 2-2 with Mountain Ah in the final but lost in a sudden death fight off.

The B team took a credible 3rd place and the peewee team also came 3rd.

Success for Crawley Boys in Belgium

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Crawley Dojo Admin

The club had five boys selected to participate for England in the Sutani Cup in Antwerp.

Cody Chapman U18, Elliot Fortnam U14 HW and Isaac Warnfeldt Rush U14 LW took 1st place and Alfie Finch U14 MW came 3rd. Elvin Vaskys narrowly missed out with 4th place.

Crawley’s Former Olympian Takes British Veteran Title

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Crawley Dojo Admin

Two-time Olympian Nick Buckfield swapped his poles for the grind Full Contact Kyokushinkai Karate and managed to take the Veterans British Middleweight Championships title at K2, Crawley.

The club walked away with another 6 silver and 2 bronze medals. Congratulations to all who took part.

Olaf Dabek U12 2nd

Ellliott Fortnam U14 HW 2nd

Alfie Finch U14 2nd

Isaac Warnfeldt Rush U14 LW 2nd

Elvin Vaskys U18 MW 3rd

Cody Chapman U18 MW 3rd

Nikolay Kosherov Mens Novice HW 2nd

Dave Martin Veterans LW 2nd

Crawley New Rising Star Wins The Cup of Europe

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Crawley Dojo Admin

20 year old Callum Chapman added the Mens Lightweight Crown to his U21 World Title. In the UK’s premium full contact event he scooped the gold in his first attempt in the adult section. He was also awarded the highest placed British Fighter award.

Finch Wins British Kata Title

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Crawley Dojo Admin

Alfie Finch became the British Low Grade Junior Champion as the club picked up several prizes. The adult low grade team took 2nd place and the adult high grade team came 3rd.

In the individuals the club also had Sensei Steve took 2nd in the Veterans category for the second year in a row and Robert Large took 3rd in the Green and Yellow belt category.

Three New Sensei for the CKK at the BKK Summer Camp

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Crawley Dojo Admin

Crawley Black Belts Steven Papworth, Blake Collins and Gabriel Barbu passed their 3rd dan tests and now take the rank of Sensei.

After a five hour technical and stamina test they had to complete 30 fights against different opponents on the final day for the summer camp.

The club had a large group of students take part in the annual three day seminar and James Clark passed his 1st Kyu Brown Belt

Fun Day at the CKK Interclub

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Crawley Dojo Admin

The 2022 interclub was a tremendous success with children from BKK Dunmow, BKK Folkstone, BKK Loughborough, BKK Saffron Walden, BKK Westcroft, BKK Wimbledon and BKK Crawley taking part.

Thanks to all the dojo supporters that worked tirelessly to make it a great days fighting and to all the people who donated cakes. Special thanks to BBQ-Man Paul Beach and his wife for providing all the food on such a sunny day.

Results below

Crawley Take Top Spot Again At The English Open

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Crawley Dojo Admin

The club once again had amazing results at the English Open Full Contact Championships on 10th April. Forty five teams from eighteen organisations took part in the first contact event since the pandemic and the club came out on top with seven gold, five silver and a bronze.

Olivia Pickthall Womens -60kg Champion

Blake Collins Mens -80kg Champion

Steven Papworth Mens -85kg Vets Champion

Nick Buckfield Mens -85kg Vets 2nd place

Mia Hawkins Womens Novice -60kg Champion

Ashley Black U18 -68kg Champion

Elvin Vaskys U16 -70kg 2nd place

Sophie Edwards U14 -50kg 2nd place

Isaac Warnfeldt Rush U14 -50kg 2nd place

Scarlett Higareda U12 -60kg 2nd place

Will Power Pee Wee Low Grade Champion

Henry Higareda Pee Wee Low Grade 3rd place