Junior European Championships 2010 - Feb 2010   Shuhari-Kai's Alex Sell was once again selected to represent England at the 37th Cadet, Junior and U21's European Karate Championships which were held in Izmir, Turkey, 5-7th February 2010. This was Alex's first time fighting in the U21 years category having turned 18 years old in January and as a consequence faced some tough opponents in the U78kg Kumite event he was selected to compete in.   Championship Fight Report: Alex received a 1st round bye and faced a Russian opponent in the 2nd round. The Russian seemed to be making most of the attacks and soon had Alex on the floor scoring 3 points for the takedown, although it was more of a pull down. Alex reduced the lead by 1 point but Alex was penalised on the buzzer for grabbing as he desperately sort an equalising score but to no avail.   The Russian made the final, landing Alex in the 1st round of repechage. Alex did little work against his Serbian opponent who used his front hand well scoring multiple times to open up a substantial lead. Alex threw some Gyakusuki punches simultaneously as his opponent but all went against him and Alex went out losing 6-0.   This was a tough competition for Alex, he fought well dominating the fights but found his opposition a little too quick and experienced this time round.   The England Junior squad went on to collect 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronzes.