Crawley took two young fighters to Scotland for the national full contactevent.
After destroying his semi final opponent Callum Chapman lost out to GB Teamate Jaafar Ramal in the final of the lightweight event. Olivia Pickthall had a tough semi final against her Swedish opponent and then lost a 3 round decision to Beathe Hegerland of Norway.
Blake Collins took Silver in the Mens High Grade Kata Championships and Illori Wachuku King at only 8 years old took silver in the U16 Blue Belt Category.
The Crawley High Grade team narrowly missed out on a medal taking 4th place as did Alfie Finch. Yusmin Khan, Olivia Pickthall and Nojus Kuzavinis all reached the second round.
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.
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.
Callum Chapman finished his incredible year with the 2022 West Europe U21 Title. He crushed into the final winning all bouts by stoppage before sealing the victory dominating the final with his power.
Olivia Pickthall had some fought bouts against experienced opponents ending the day in 4th place
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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