WKU’s Nigel Langson and Ivor Thomas were invited to officiate at the British Universities & Colleges of Sport (BUCS) at Sheffield on the weekend February 22-23 2014. With 700 entries it was two very long days but both officiated well with Nigel being selected for Bronze Finals and Ivor selected to Referee and Judge the […]
The 2014 English National Kyu Grade Championships were held in Sheffield on Sunday 26th January. Those selected to represent W.K.U. were:- Bethan Atkin Lauren Bickley Lewis Cocking Sean Deady Billy Haynes Jack Howe Rory Kavanagh Niralee Kilsby Jack Richards Charlie Smith Riley Smith Nicholas Stathers Chloe Summers Nicole Summer Rachel Taylor Lewis Ward Mitchell Wyatt-Sugg Squad […]
Friday 18 October 2013 was WKU’s 10th Anniversary. The association was established on 18th October 2003. Look out for 10th Anniversary celebration events marking a great decade for WKU. The first of a number of FREE courses celebrating WKU’s first decade was held in February 2014 at Gordano School – click here to link to […]
Sakagami Challenge was held on Sunday 9th February 2014. The WKU Squad met at the Parklands leisure centre at around 9.30am, the kata was on first so nothing much happened until about 12.30pm when all the squad got changed and ready for an afternoon of battles with some prize money at stake the pressure was […]
Bhavana Tallam and Ben Smart have been jointly awarded the student of the year trophies for our Virgin Active (Esporta) club. Both these students have progressed well during the year and given a lot of support to the club. Congratulations to Bhavana and Ben – keep up the good work.
A very successful WKU Winter Invitational Karate Competition was held on Sunday 24th November 2013 at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare. The competition was well supported. There were 32 teams competing, broken down as follows: 7 junior kata teams 12 junior pairs kata teams 4 senior pairs kata teams 3 female kumite teams 6 male […]
Report from WKU Chief Referee, Ivor Thomas: I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you all Referees, Judges and Table Officials for your extremely hard work on the Tatamis at this event. With only four areas available instead of the usual six and 455 entries we still finished the Competition at 5.40pm. There were […]
Problems? Concerns? Queries? Contact the right WKU Officer to help you with your enquiry and get the best and quickest response: WKU Squad: Alan Flook 07831 486707 / Wendy White 01934 823600 Child Protection: Maxine Baker 0117 9566758 Refereeing & Judging: Ivor Thomas 07814 106847 Club Registration & Licences: Brian Wragg Event Organiser: Wendy White […]
English, British and Commonwealth titles – both team and individual – along with a World title, are just a few examples of hard work and great effort over the last 10 years. Western Karate Union also have English, British and European referees and judges. None of these achievements from the WKU Squad and WKU Officials […]
