The 2014 WKU Spring Invitational Competition was held on Sunday 4th May at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston super Mare. Numbers were encouraging with 485 individuals and 42 teams/pairs attending. Well done to all the competitors and medal winners. In particular WKU male and female ‘A’ teams who both won gold. Thanks to the supporters and a very big […]
WKU Chief Referee, Ivor Thomas, reports: I would just like to congratulate you all on a brilliant job on and off the Tatamis at yesterday’s WKU Competition. With over 400 entries we were still finished and the hall cleared before 6.00pm. Again there were no major issues and, more importantly, no major problems from the […]
Congratulations to WKU’s Steve Ahearne, one of the instructors from our Jersey club, and his wife Steph on the birth of Lacey Ahearne their first child, weighing in at a healthy 8lbs 7oz.
Sunday 6th March 2014 saw WKU’s Ivor Thomas on route to Hull to attend an EKF Kata Course. The morning was spent going through the rule book and analysing Kata,s followed by a theory exam. The afternoon was then spent going through katas of other styles. On completion of the course Ivor was informed that he […]
A report from the EKF English National championships 29-30th March at Ponds Forge, Sheffield (Officials only). WKU Officials Gary Doughty, Brian Wragg and Ivor Thomas were on the road again to Sheffield for the EKF National Championships on 29-30th March . All WKU Officials were used extensively in many Bronze, Silver and Gold finals throughout […]
WKU Men’s Team win Gold for the sixth time in a row… and WKU Ladies Team win Silver at the English Championships March 2014. WKU Squad Report EKF National Championships 29-30 March 2014 WKU Squad Coaches in attendance – Darren Haynes, Rory Daniels, David McLeod and Chris Summers. This was one of the biggest ever WKU squads […]
The weekend of 8-9 March 2014 WKU Referees and Judges travelled to Almere, near Amsterdam in Holland, for the Karate Premier League 1. The two day event had 740 Athletes attending. Some of these were reigning or former World or European Champions. Main image shows Ivor Thomas, Brian Jarvis, Gary Hoyle, Nigel Blood and Dona […]
On Sunday 2nd March 2014 WKU Kumite Squad members from the Yokai, Oldmixon & Uphill and Clevedon clubs attended the Elkai Competition in Middlesex along with fellow club members and had some good results. The WKU Kumite Squad members and medals were: Yokai: Aiden Summers – Bronze Holly Ward – Silver Sophie Ward Brad Summers Chloe Summers […]
Remember, the Bristol Summer Course on Saturday 5th July 2014 is also going to be free for all WKU members. This course has run now for over forty years, it is a day long course, held outdoors. Anyone nearing their time to grade for Dan grade or advancement should be there, younger members would not be expected to […]
