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2022

2022 was a year of huge success for our club! Between England hosting the World Shotokan Karate Championships, the first time a National Black and Brown Belt Course was held here in Chelmsford, and our highest-attended Shotokan Tiger Nation Cup in history, we saw the club grow and our students grow with it!

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Let's take a look back at a wonderful year!

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january & February

In January several of our members attended KUGB National Squad Selections.

 

Congratulations to Raquel Amaro for being selected onto the National Kata Squad and to Nick Nelson, Alex Lockett, Ben Whiteman, Callum Brew and Christina Fortuna for being selected onto both the National Kata and Kumite Squads.

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Our Super-hero half-term course went down a storm - good training with some hilarious moments.

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The Grand Slam took place in Grantham.  Congratulations to our members who took part and placed including Nick Nelson (2nd Male 18+ Kata), Alexander Lockett (2nd Male Under 18 Kata) and Christina Fortuna (Jt 3rd Cadete Female Kumite)

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2022’s Lunar New Year marked the Year of The Tiger! And, of course, our Shotokan Tiger Nation was eager to celebrate! We learnt all about how Tigers represent braveness and strength, and then we applied this to our training. Go Tigers!

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At the end of January we held a Referees and Judges Course where we learnt about flag signalling, scoring, and the rules of the area. This course was well attended, and we had our youngest attendee at 6 years old, proving it’s never too early to start learning key competition skills!

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Central Region Kata Squad Selection took place in February.  Congratulations to everyone who was successful.

 

left to right : Shaun Knight - Portsmouth Knight Karate, Richard Kheder, Sensei Richard, Sensei Brennan, Megan Naylor-Jones, Alexander Lockett, Joseph McKay and Kenny McKay
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As a Club we try to attend as many courses as possible to keep our standards, and those of our students, as high as possible.

 

The following people travelled to Ipswich to train with Sensei Frank Brennan. 

(left to right : Kenny McKay, Sensei Richard, Alexander Lockett, Sensei Frank Brennan, Sensei Jane, Joseph McKay, Megan Naylor-Jones)

In Feb

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We held our first grading of 2022.  Congratulations to everyone who graded and thank you to everyone who supported the course.


In Feb

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Sensei Richard, Megan and Nicholas trained with Sensei Brennan again at Stock.  It was a weekend FULL of top class Karate.

MARCH & APRIL

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We're in the Essex Chronicle after our success at the Shotokan Tiger Nation Cup!

Well done to our "Mums" who trained with us on Mother's Day.

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We entered a small team of Black Belts into the KUGB's Shotokan Cup. Sensei Richard attended to officiate as a KUGB Referee and Sensei Jane attended as coach and also to ensure that results and photos were in hand for the KUGB's social media channels.

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Congratulations to everyone who entered and thank you to Megan for some fantastic photos.

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Female Senior Kata - Raquel Amaro - Silver

Junior Male Kata - Nicholas Nelson - Silver

Junior Male Kata - Alexander Lockett - Bronze

Boys Kumite Over 5'5" - Joseph McKay

Sensei Richard, Megan, Alex and Anna travelled to London to train with Sensei Frank Brennan.  Anna passed her 4th kyu grading.

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We're in the press again!

Shotokan Tiger Nation Cup and the Shotokan Cup.

Team Chelmsford represented at the KUGB's Special Dan Grade Course in Grantham with Sensei Billy Higgins, Sensei Jim Brennan and Sensei Frank Brennan.

(left to right Megan, Sy, Joseph, Sensei Frank Brennan, Sensei Billy Higgins, Sensei Jim Brennan, Raquel, Alexander and Sensei Richard)
 

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Many congratulations to Kenny who passed his 3rd Dan at the grading after the course.

Well done Kenny!

 

MAY & JUNE

We held a "not in the street, street party" in honour of the Queen's Jubilee.

 

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Sensei Richard and Nicholas attended a class with Sensei Brennan at Senshuken.  Thank you to Jack Somers for the invitation.

Sensei Richard and Amiya travelled to Manchester to attend the KUGB's Free Black & Brown Belt Course with Sensei Jim and Sensei Frank Brennan.

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Congratulations to Amiya who passed her Black Belt.

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Southern Region Championships 2022

Team Chelmsford’s results are as follows:-

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The Tony Francis Award for Most Outstanding Adult Competitor – Raquel Amaro

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Gold – Male Team Kumite – Nick Nelson, Callum Brew, Alexander Lockett, Ben Whiteman

Gold – Female Team Kumite – Raquel Amaro, Megan Naylor-Jones, Ines Correia, Romilly Pope

Gold – Adult Team Kata – Nick Nelson, Raquel Amaro, Alexander Lockett

Gold – Male Dan Grade Kata – Alexander Lockett

Gold – Female Dan Grade Kata – Raquel Amaro

Gold – Female Senior Kumite – Raquel Amaro

Gold – Male Junior Kumite 16-17 – Callum Brew

Gold – Male Kyu Grade Kumite – Sean Hrabak

Gold – Boy’s Kumite Over 5’5” – Joe McKay

Gold – Girls’ Kumite Over 5’3” – Anna Purcell

Gold – Boys Kumite 10-11 – Alex Morgan

Gold – Children’s Kyu Grade Kata 11-15 – George Rickett

Gold – Ippon Kumite – Jess Pendrous

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Silver – Male Junior Kumite 18-20 – Nick Nelson

Silver – Male Dan Grade Kata – Nick Nelson

Silver – Female Dan Grade Kata – Megan Naylor-Jones

Silver – Male Junior Kumite 16-17 – Ben Whiteman

Silver – Veteran Male Kumite – Sy Jacob

Silver – Male Kyu Grade Kumite – Louis Stevens

Silver – Adult Kyu Grade Kata – Sean Hrabak

Silver – Boys 10-11 Kumite – Giovanni Parisella

Silver – Children’s Dan Grade Kata – Joe McKay

Silver – Children’s Team Kata – Harry Brew, Jess Pendrous, Alex Morgan

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Bronze – Male Team Kumite – Sean Hrabak, Sy Jacob, Louis Stevens

Bronze – Female Dan Grade Kata – Romilly Pople

Bronze – Male Dan Grade Kumite – Sy Jacob

Bronze – Male Dan Grade Kata – Callum Brew

Bronze – Male Dan Grade Kata – Ben Whiteman

Bronze – Female Kumite – Ines Correian

Bronze – Male Junior Kumite 16-17 - Alexander Lockett

Bronze – Veteran Male Kumite – Matt England

Bronze – Mixed Kyu Grade Kata – Louis Stevens

Bronze – Boys Over 5’5” Kumite – Harry Brew

Bronze – Boy’s Kumite 5’-under 5’5” – George Rickett

Bronze – Boy’s Kumite 10-11 – Midi Bernadine

Bronze – Children’s Kyu Grade Kata (11-15) – Anna Purcell

Bronze – Children’s Dan Grade Kata – Jess Pendrous

Bronze – Children’s Dan Grade Kata – Harry Brew

Bronze – Children’s Team Kata – George Rickett, Anna Purcell, Giovanni Parisella

Bronze – Children’s Ippon Kumite – Prince Holden

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Father's Day class - thank you to everyone who attended

We're in the paper again following our success at the Southern Region Championships.

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Our 2nd grading of 2022!  Congratulations everyone

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Thank you to Stoke by Nayland and Stock for inviting us to train with Sensei Brennan this weekend.

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Amiya's success made the papers :-D

JULY & AUGUST

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Congratulations to everyone who competed in the 55th KUGB National Championships in Nottingham last Saturday.

 

We are very proud of every member of our team - you performed with excellent skill and attitude that you show week in and week out in the Dojo.

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Standout moments were Joe McKay winning his final in 8.5 seconds and our Team Kata of Nick, Alex and Raquel moving to the top of the podium with Unsu.

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Adult team kata GOLD - Chelmsford - Nick Nelson, Raquel Amaro, Alexander Lockett

Boy's Individual Kumite Over 5'5" GOLD - Joe Mckay

Male Individual Kata SILVER - Nick Nelson

Female Individual Kata SILVER - Raquel Amaro

Children's Ippon Kumite BRONZE - Jess Pendrous

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Sensei Richard, Kenny, Alexander, Joseph and Sensei Richard Kheder travelled to Oundle to train with Sensei Brennan.

Well done to Alexander, Raquel, Paul, Sy, Giovanni and Emily who travelled to London to train with Sensei Brennan.  Special congratulations to Emily and Giovanni who passed their grades.

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The England Squad for the World Championships in September has been announced. Included in the Squad are the following Chelmsford members.  Congratulations to you all.

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Raquel Amaro, Nick Nelson, Alexander Lockett, Christina Furtuna, Joe McKay

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ensei Jane, Sensei Richard and Alexander were interviewed by BBC Essex.  You can listen to the interview on our YouTube channel.

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National Students Championships

Team Kata - Gold - Callum Brew, Alexander Lockett, Ben Whiteman

Team Kumite - Silver - Callum Brew, Alexander Lockett, Ben Whiteman, Dhairya Gajera

Male Dan Grade Kata - Silver - Alexander Lockett

Female Dan Grade Kumite - Bronze - Christina Furtuna

Female Team Kumite - Bronze - ines Correia, Christina Furtuna

Male Kyu Grade Kata - Bronze - Dhairya Gajera

Team Kata - Bronze - Ines Correia, Christina Furtuna, Dhairya Gajera

National Youth Championships

Over 5'5" - Gold - Joe McKay

Children's Team Kata - Bronze - Harry Brew, Ben Chang, Joe McKay

Male Individual Kata 16-20 - Bronze - Alexander Lockett

Boys Brown Belt Kata - Bronze - Giovanni Parisella

Girls 10-11 Kumite - Bronze - Jessica Pendrous

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We held our Shotokan Tiger Nation Cup yesterday and raised £400 for charity

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The final Free Black & Brown Belt Class of the year took place at ARU with Sensei Higgins and Sensei Brennan,

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Congratulations to Dhairya Gajera who passed his Shodan and Theo Barrett who passed his Nidan.

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Team Chelmsford took the opportunity to travel to London to train with Sensei Brennan.  Left to right, Kenny, Raquel, Joseph, Sensei Brennan, Alexander, Sy, Adam.

Thank you to Tora SKC for the invitation.

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Alexander and Christina travelled to Winterthur in Switzerland for the 2022 ESKA European Championships.

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In the Cadet Individual Kata Alexander Lockett took Bronze with third place with Kata Unsu.  Alexander also won Bronze in the Junior Male Team Kata.

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Whilst Christina Furtuna won silver with the Ladies Cadet Kumite Team and again in the Juniors won Silver.

Congratulations to them both.

We're in the press again following our success at the Shotokan Tiger Nation Cup!

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... and again with our Dan Grade success!

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... and again at ESKA!

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