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TKA International Open Championships
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3rd South England Grand Prix – Round 3Alex Sell was once again the only representative from Shuhari-Kai to attend the next round of the South England Grand Prix held on 16th September 2003. Alex travelled to Loughton in Essex to continue to compete for the Elite award for the overall champion. Although suffering from Flu at the time, Alex still had the desire to compete. Unfortunately, although being ranked 2nd for both Kata and Kumite in the competition, that's how it finished as Alex bowed out in the 2nd round of the Kata event and failed to progress to the finals in his U40KG pool Kumite event. Alex lost his first bout 8-10 and lost his second on a tie break after tying 2-2. Alex completed his last ever foray into Shikon territory with a routing 8-0 victory over his final competitor. I'm sure Alex will be all the more wiser for his experiences there. |
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Wonderful Weekend for Shuhari-Kai Squad.
USK Invitational ChampionshipsOur largest squad for a while turned out for this local competition held on Saturday 18th
October at the Hornchurch Sports Centre, Harrow Lodge. The Kata events started first and all initial Kata rounds were
scored on a points system with the top eight going through
to the knock-out stages...
Danson OpenA smaller squad of six took part in the
Danson Open held in Bexleyheath, Kent on Sunday 19th October. After their
exploits the previous day, they were looking to go one better and improve
on their medal haul, which they did to great effect. With the Kata event
being held first, Jodie Miles, Sophie Roberts, Aimee Sell and Alex Sell
were competing in the same 3rd to 1st Kyu event with Sam Gee competing in
the 6th to 4th Kyu event... |
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3rd South England Grand Prix – Round 2
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BIKO British Open Championships – Dream Team strike Gold.
First event of the day was the Team Kata. The event was judged upon one
round of Kata on a scoring system. The highest score wins. The Shuhari-Kai
Kata team of JJ Burridge, Jodie Miles and Sophie Roberts
performed their chosen Kata, Seienchin, which was scored 6.9, 6.9, &
7.4 totalling 21.2... |
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Double Gold at Malta International Open Championships
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Seishan Open ChampionshipsNo medals at the Seishan Open Championships on Sunday 10th August 2003
but plenty of good performances. On the hottest day in England's history,
the temperatures were a few degrees higher inside the Grundy Leisure
Centre as the competition warmed up. A small squad of just four, from
Shuhari-Kai Karate Club, attended the event in the knowledge that the
categories were well stacked against them but still chose to compete for
the experience, and plenty of experience was gained... |
Kumite MastersSophie Roberts and Jodie Miles were the only two students to represent Shuhari Kai at Steve Gul's fourth Summer Kumite Masters special one day course and competition held on Sunday 20th July 2003 at Shoeburyness Leisure Centre, Shoeburyness. The course was headed by Soke Gary Wasniewski, Shihan Timmy Frances, Wille Thomas, Shaun Hoddy, Trevor White and Matt Chapman.
Training consisted of street defence, weapons, ground work, competition techniques, pad work, sweeping and advanced combinations. Both girls really enjoyed the day and both came away with Bronze medals for Kumite after fighting one of Britain's champions. The girls would like to thank Steve Gul for organising this well run event and look forward to next years event. |
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Commonwealth Karate Championships
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Havering's Heros - London Youth GamesA great result for Havering as no less than ten events will be contested at the Finals of the London Youth Games at Crystal Palace on 13th July 2003 by the Havering Karate Squad. The preliminary rounds which were held on Sunday 22nd June 2003, also at Crystal Palace, saw some great performances by the Havering squad in both the Kata and Kumite events... MORE> |
EKKA East Anglian Ipswich OpenJodie Miles, fresh from returning home from the Shuhari-Kai Summer Camp, headed straight for the East Anglian Open Karate Competition held at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich on 1st June as the only representative from Shuhari-Kai. Marvellous Miles continued her winning streak by taking Silver in her Individual Kata event and then went one better to take Gold in her individual Kumite event. Jodie has now managed to bring home medals from all of her competitions so far. What a wonderful achievement from the 'Bulldog'! |
3rd South England Grand PrixAlex Sell was the only representative from Shuhari-Kai to attend the first round of the South England Grand Prix held on 1st June. Alex travelled to Loughton in Essex to compete for Elite award for the overall champion. The Grand Prix is held over three events with points scored at each event applied to a ranking system. The overall champion is decided on accumulated points over the course of the Grand Prix... MORE> |
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Shuhari-Kai Summer Camp Competition Roundup. The Shuhari-Kai Karate Camp at Mablethorpe not only produced our newest Black Belt in Alex Groves, it also gave the attendees a chance to demonstrate their newly honed skills by participating in a Kata and Kumite competition.
The Kumite winners were Ali Ayerman, Abigail Gee, Claire Page and Wayne Burridge. The two Kata events were won by Jodie Miles and Steve Edwards.
Click HERE for a full list of results. |
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A squad from Shuhari-Kai competed in the Inshinryu Open on Saturday 17th May 2003. Shuhari-Kai ended the tournament with 2 silvers and 2 bronzes. The tournament saw some terrific contests, not least of which was JJ. Burridge's early round fight with Curtis which saw some 'determination' and 'spirit' from both fighters. This fight was one of JJ's most impressive displays of the year so far finally unleashing some of that potential and technical ability that he possesses. JJ. went on to secure a third place finishing taking a Bronze trophy... MORE>
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On Sunday 11th May, a small squad of 12 attended the Wado-kai England Open in Reading. The competition was extremely tough and large with over 800 competitors taking part. Every one who took part performed well on the day and if some dubious refereeing decisions had not gone against us, we would have come home with a lot more trophies... MORE>
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The Shuhari-Kai Easter Championships held at Harold Wood, saw a magnificent turnout on Easter Sunday with approximately 50 students from all 5 Dojo's attending. There were some excellent performances from the majority of the competitors with every body getting stuck in. For some competitors like Leah Mayhew, Jordan Hodges and Dominic Costantini, this was their first taste of competitive action (although the way they performed you'd never of guessed)... MORE> |
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Extended Time at Dagenham The Dagenham Dojo - Woodward Hall (see Venues for address and map), will operate extended training times from Friday 11th April. The Dojo will open its doors for two hours, between 6:00pm and 8:00pm on Fridays, increasing training times by an extra half hour. So don't miss out of this opportunity to extend your Karate training. If you're not a regular at this Dojo, why not take advantage come along? Or tell your friends about it!
If you're new, why not come along and try it out? Beginners always welcome. |
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For a full set of results Click Here.
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Shuhari-Kai squad member, Alex Sell, secured runner-up spot in the ‘Junior Male Competitor of the Year’ category of the Annual Havering Sports Awards 2002, organised by the Havering Sports Council. On Monday 17th February, numerous dignitaries such as the Mayor and Mayoress of Havering, Upminster MP Angela Watkinson and Romford MP Andrew Rosindell attended the award ceremony held at the Upminster Golf Club, where Alex was presented with a framed runner-up certificate for his achievements... MORE>
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Team Wins USK Kumite Gold
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Shuhari-Kai Xmas Competition
Eight
from Eight at IKGA Invitational
Goresbrook
Leisure Centre was the host for the TKA International Open Championships
held on the 16th November 2003. Gold
for Jodie Miles in the Kumite event with Bronze from the Kata to
add to her weekends total. Further Bronzes in Kumite for Aimee Sell and
Sophie Roberts who finally were rewarded for their hard work after
their Wales encounter. New boy Jordan Hodges came away with his fist ever Bronze
Medal in an open competition and Luke Mount secured the final Bronze...
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Sheepish Performance in Wales
A small squad
of four from Havering based Shuhari-Kai Karate Club, ventured into Wales
for the Welsh Open Karate Tournament. The tournament was held on Saturday
15th November 2003 at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff,
around the grounds of the impressive Cardiff Castle. The squad was
rewarded with one Welsh Champion and another Welsh Finalist in a
Shuhari-Kai one-two... 
What a busy yet profitable weekend for the Shuhari-Kai Karate Club
Squad who took part in the USK International Invitational Championships on
Saturday 18th October followed by the Danson Open on Sunday 19th October
and came away with 14 medals for the weekend's work... 
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small squad of five from Shuhari-Kai attended the 2003 EKGB Children’s
National Championships at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre,
Sheffield on the 27th & 28th September.
Considering the small number they were rewarded well with a brilliant 4
Nationals Medals between them, 1 Gold and 3 Silver. The event which saw
the brightest young talent pit their wits and skill against each other to
become National Champions was conducted over two days. Day one saw the
Kata events being contested whilst day two hosted the Kumite events... 
Alex Sell was once again the
only representative from Shuhari-Kai to attend the next round of the South
England Grand Prix held on 14th September 2003. Alex travelled
to Loughton in Essex to continue to compete for the Elite award for the
overall champion. Having secured a gold for Kata and a bronze in Kumite in
the last round, Alex was eager to continue his good progress... 
Another
early Sunday morning start saw the Shuhari-Kai squad turn out for the BIKO
British Open Championships on 14th September 2003 at the Grundy Leisure
Centre in Cheshunt. The championships turned out to be a larger event than
expected with between 30-50 competitors for each of the children’s
individual events making the categories very tough indeed.
Shuhari Kai representative, Alex Sell made the trip to Malta to
compete in the 1st Malta International Open Championships held at Msida,
Malta on 20th July 2003. Representatives from a number of countries
including Germany, Italy, Sweden, braved the 103+ degree heat to
participate in the first open championships to be held on the Maltese
Islands... 
Leon Walters
visit to Shuhari-Kai
What a fantastic event the 2nd
Commonwealth Karate Championships were over the weekend of 30th/31st
August 2003. The Velodrome, in Manchester played host to 16 countries
competing in the tournament in what turned out to be one of England’s
finest displays. If the first days events were good, the second day was
even better with the English Karate Team taking Gold in all but one event.
England’s medal haul over the weekend consisted of 12 Gold, 5 Silver and
5 Bronze medals. England’s closet rivals were Malaysia who finished the
tournament with 3 Gold and 5 Bronze medals after winning the Male and
Female Team Kata and Female Individual Kata events. That clearly
highlighted the shear strength of the England Squad... 
Wado-Kai
England Open
Interview with a Black Belt
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Selection for the Heathrow London Youth Games were concluded on Saturday
10th May at the Hornchurch Sports Centre, Harrow Lodge. The Havering Games
brought together the brightest stars of Karate throughout Havering each
hoping to gain the honour of representing their borough at the London
Youth Games at Crystal Palace in June. The names of the winners of each
category are shown below and were automatically selected to represent
Havering. For a full set of results, click 
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2 members of the Shuhari-Kai Squad attended the Higashi-Kai Colchester
Open on 2nd March 2003, Jodie Miles and Alex Sell. They both
performed exceptionally well by taking top honour in their respective
events for the Kata competition. First up was Alex who performed Seianchin
securing the first gold for the day. Jodie soon followed performing the
same Kata also impressing the judges who awarded her gold. Jodie
went on to add to her medal haul by securing a Bronze in her Kumite event.
They both performed exceptionally and represented their club with honour.
The
2nd Shorai Nationals were held on 23rd February 2003 at Wood Lane Sports
Centre, Dagenham. Shuhari-Kai swept the board walking away with a massive
30 medals. The event was hosted by Steve Gul 5th Dan, and supported by
Timmy Frances 7th Dan, Richard Burridge and current European Kata
Champion, Jonathan Mottram.
Havering
Sports Council Awards
Yes
it's the infamous Shuhari-Kai junior team at it again. They picked up their third title of
the year with an impressive performance to take the gold in the 9th USK
International Invitational Championships held in Hornchurch Sports Centre. After coming
through the preliminary rounds easily, they were up against a good team
from Rainham, Inshinryu, in the final...