National Kata Tournament 2020 Results
Hayley Rowlands takes silver at the 1st EFKO European tournament
Continuing her rich vain of form, Hayley Beth Rowlands took silver at the 1st EFKO European Tournament, in Antwerp, Belgium narrowly missing out on a place to Japan, but nevertheless continuing to shine and develop on the big tournament stage.
Congratulations Hayley.
OSU!
Hayley Beth Rowlands to compete at the 1st EFKO European Championships
Hayley Beth Rowlands will be competing this weekend at the 1st EFKO European Championships, in Antwerp, Belgium.
Fresh from her good form of current KWU European Champion, 2nd place 2019 British Open, and silver place at the recent KWU World Championships, Hayley will be hoping for success, and secure a place to fight in the WFKO’s World Championships in Japan, later this year.
Live streaming of the tournament can be found here
We wish her the very best of luck.
OSU!
Emma Markwell is the KWU World Champion, as the BKK women set a high bar
Emma taking the fight to Ficks (IFK Russia) in the final match
The KWU held the 4th World Championships in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan on 7-8th December in a hotly contested and high-level competition.
Emma Markwell, having gained silver at the previous three champioships, finally took gold and the title of World Champion in the -65kg class, in an impressive display over 2 days beating her final opponent from Russia in an aggresive and tough match.
Congratulations to Sensei Emma, our World Champion!
Hayley Beth Rowlands battled her way through 2 days to gain a very well deserved silver place in her strong -5okg category.
Congratulations to Senpai Hayley on her first world podium placing.
Wish our BKK fighters good luck at the 4th KWU World Championships
Emma Markwell, Blake Collins, and Hayley-Beth Rowlands are representing Team GBR at the 4th KWU World Championships, in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan this weekend.
We wish them the best of fighting luck. Osu!
You can watch them live here, from 10am local time. Kazakhstan is GMT+6.
National Clicker tournament 2019 - results
On behalf of our association, Thanks to all who helped make Saturdays British Karate Kyokushinkai Clicker Championships a great success. 270 fighters from the B.K.K, non-BKK & Ireland. Continuing to fight semi-contact since our formation in 1965 under the guidance of Hanshi Steve Arneil 10th Dan.
Special thanks to Gareth Jones for all his work in advance and then on the day. The Area Managers Shihans: David Pickthall, Neil Madeley, Felix Ntumazah, Janine Davies, Paul Baker & Andrew Turner and all the un-mentioned officials, without who’s help we could not run the event.
Thanks also to Andy Rotherham & Stuart Wright, Health & Safety & Floor Manager respectively. Abi Rotherham for stepping in as photographer, Shihan Maria da Costa and also the “special few” table officials: Helen Rowlands, Samantha Williams, Francesca Morreale, Peter Frith & Mark Mcillroy.
Lastly thank you to all the fighters, who took success and defeat with equal measure and displayed skill, courage, endeavour and respect throughout.
Osu!
Shihan Nick da Costa
(Championship lead organiser & Chief Referee)
Emma makes her mark at the WKO World Karate Open in Japan
Sensei Emma Markwell was part of a select KWU team competing at the WKO’s 12th World Open Karate Championships in Tokyo Japan, held over two days on 8-9th November 2019.
This is an open weight tournament, and Emma had prepared herself well by making a very successful shift to the upper weight categories taking a European title in the process, culminating with an unprecedented British Open win against much heavier opponents in October this year.
Emma was the second fight of the day against a South African opponent with an awkward looping double right-hand punch. She executed her fight plan well, breaking her opponent’s balance and rhythm by attacking the inside back leg coupled with hard body shots, then drifting away from her opponent’s power-side all the while keeping pressure on her opponent. As the round progressed, Emma brought in knees and front-kicks, dictating the pace. One round, and 3 flags was enough to progress.
Her second opponent from Russia, was taller and more mobile than her first, intent on attacking Emma from the outside with an array of high kicks. Early in the fight, whilst giving her opponent a little too much space and time, Emma took a well-placed spinning back kick to the head. This did little to upset Emma’s rhythm who’s own tactic was to use head kicks then close the distance at high-tempo, attacking with body punches and solid low-kicks. Each time her opponent looked for space, Emma high-kicked nullifying the Russian’s ability to attack effectively – round one was a draw.
First extension, and Emma tactics started to wear her opponent down by beginning the round at an aggressive pace. Running out of space and energy, the Russian engaged Emma at close range, and was being systematically broken down to the body and legs. Sensing her opponent getting weaker, Emma came close with a Do-Mawashi Kaiten geri (rolling kick), then immediately returned to the full arsenal of head kicks, knees to the body, and relentless body shots and low kicks to earn her a place in the final 16.
Her third opponent was the Japanese and tournament favourite, Juri Minamihara. Emma’s tactic was to hold ground, firing hard punches and low kick to the calf against Minamihara’s aggressive forward style of high chest punches and low-kicks.
Two immovable forces resulted in Emma’s opponent leaning against her, grabbing and pushing at times to gain space or advantage. No decision after the first, leading to the same in the second round, now with Minamihara creating more lateral movement in attempts to off-balance Emma. To no avail, as Emma continued to pile on pressure, adding knees into each lateral movement from her opponent.
Round two, a draw. The final round saw an increase in pace and aggression from both fighters. The pressure was beginning to show, as Emma started to find success in creating space with low-kicks set up through her punches, with Minamihara reduced to small backward movements to gain space, grabbing at times to stem the flow. The two stood toe to toe throwing punches, and Emma hitting low kicks to off-balance her opponent, both finishing the fight aggressively with an incredibly vocal crowd. Three flags to Minamihara, who went on to win the tournament, and an incredibly impressive final 16 finish for Emma.
A huge congratulations to Sensei Emma for becoming part of select team to represent the KWU – a huge achievement, and for her tournament progress in a very partisan environment.
BKK success at the IKK English Open
A number of BKK dojos sent fighters the IKK English Open, in Canterbury on 3rd November 2019, and came away with good results, and experience for our youth.
Katerina Nikolajeva BKK Gravesend 1st Place
Ashley Black BKK Crawley 1st Place
Elvin Vaskys BKK Crawley 1st Place
Antek Sobecki BKK Westcroft 1st Place
Brandon Wise BKK Westcroft 1st Place
Jessica Charsley BKK Verwood 1st Place
Phil Burchill BKK Verwood 1st Place
Dan Williams BKK Verwood 1st Place
Kartar Singh Cheema BKK Gravesend 2nd Place
Grace Emmett BKK Crawley 2nd Place
Louie Warnfeldt Rush BKK Crawley 3rd place
U18 Team England and Wales results at Sutani Cup 2019, Belgium.
U18 Team England and Wales attended this year’s Sutani Cup, Antwerp, Belgium in numbers, and came away with invaluable experience.
Results and congratulations to:
Ashley Black (ENG - Crawley dojo) - 1st place
Antek Sobecki (ENG - Westcroft dojo) - 1st place
Holly Harvery (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 2nd place
Katie Martin (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 2nd place
James Baker (ENG - Saffron Walden dojo) - 2nd place
Brandon Wise (ENG - Westcroft dojo) - 2nd place
Cai Williams (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 3rd place
Rhys Meredith (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 3rd place
Seren Harries (WALES - Mountain Ash dojo) - 3rd place
Nathan Hyde (ENG - Eastbourne dojo) - 3rd place
Nikhil Patel (ENG - Loughborough dojo) - 3rd place
Mia Hawkins (ENG - Crawley dojo) - 3rd place
British Open 2019 Results
Another hotly contested tournament across all categories. See results below, and relive the action.
Relive the action
AREA A
Cadets U18 Boys and Girls all categories
Womens Open -60kg/+60kg
Mens Open +80kg
AREA B
U18 England vs USA / U18 Wales vs USA / U18 England vs Wales
Novice Mens & Womens all categories
Mens Open -70kg/-80kg
British Open 2019 (Cup of Europe) will be streamed live
The 2019 British Open will be streamed live across two areas from 10am GMT - click here
U18 Tri-Nations - Team Wales announced
U18 Tri-Nations Team USA is:
Morgan Mates
Wiktor Gabala
Ethan Gregory
William Lawrence
Robleh Ahmed
Rhys Meredith
Tickets available here
U18 Tri-Nations - Team USA announced
U18 Tri-Nations Team USA is:
Lyric Schenker
Ryan Kraus
Tuari Schenker
Elijah Pallman
Reggie Gold
Daniel Waage
Tickets available here
U18 Tri-Nations - Team England announced
U18 Team England Tri-Nations is:
Chloe Slocombe (Dunmow)
Ashley Black ( Crawley)
Rob Salvi (Crawley)
Luke Sabey (Saffron Walden)
James Baker (Saffron Walden)
Kartar Singh Cheema (Gravesend)
Tickets available here
Under 18s success at the 2nd KWU Youth European Tournament, Berlin Germany
On the 18-19th May, Ashley Black and Rhys Meredith from Crawley and Mountain Ash dojos respectively, represented the BKK as part of a unified Team GB alongside two members invited from the IKK (Callum Chapman and Harry Clemo), both regular England and GB squad training attendees.
[L-R] Back Row - Wai Cheung, Meidi Divash, Norman King, Andrew Turner, Alex Kerrigan, David Pickthall, Lia Howlett, Chris Davis
Front Row - Callum Chapman (IKK), Ashley Black, Rhys Meredith, Harry Clemo (IKK)
Both Ashley Black and Harry Clemo scored waza aris in their quarter final bouts to advance to the semi finals. Both lost out in the semi-finals to Russian national champions. There was more top level experience for Rhys Meredith and Callum Chapman who had tough bouts, and can feel pleased with their performances. Twenty seven countries took part and it was also great to have such a strong judging team from the UK.
Welsh Open 2019 Results
Welsh Knockdown Championships 2019 registered fighters and tickets
Entries are coming in for this year’s Welsh Knockdown Championships hosted by BKK Wales.
See who’s in it to win it…
Entry closing date is 27th April ‘2019.
Results for Pilatus 2019, Switzerland
U18 England and U18 Wales were represented by 23 competitors at this year’s Pilatus Cup in Kriens, Luzern, Switzerland, lead by Wales Head Coach Sensei Chris Davies, and England Head Coach Sensei Wai Cheung, and skills coaches Shihan Sunil Tailor and Senpai Gareth Jones.
Fantastic results, and great learning experiences for all involved.
Kata Girls 4th Kyu+
Holly Harvey - BKK Wales 1st place
Seren Harries - BKK Wales 2nd place
Katie Martin - BKK Wales 3rd place
Kyokushin Rules
Boys 11-13yrs (Lightweight)
Ashley Black BKK England 1st
Daniel Parsons BKK Wales 2nd place
Boys 11-13yrs (Heavyweight)
Rhys Meredith BKK Wales 1st
William Lawrence BKK Wales 2nd place
Boys 14-15yrs (Lightweight)
Luke Sabey BKK England 3rd place
Boys 14-15yrs (Heavyweight)
Ethan Hardwick BKK Wales 3rd place
Girls 14-15yrs (Heavyweight)
Mia Hawkins BKK England 2nd
Katie Martin BKK Wales 3rd place
Girls 16-17yrs
Maesi Blackford BKK England 3rd
Boys 16-17yrs (Heavyweight)
Robert Salvi BKK England 2nd place
Boys 18-21
Dylan Baldwin BKK Wales 1st place
Girls 18-21yrs
Alicia Bennett BKK Wales 1st place
1st Ashley Black (England) , 2nd Daniel Parsons (Wales)
1st Rhys Meredith (Wales), 2nd William Lawrence (Wales)
1st Dylan Baldwin (Wales)
Kata 4th Kyu+: 1st Holly Harvey (Wales), 2nd Seren Harries (Wales) , 3rd Katie Martin (Wales)
New Knockdown Referee Courses - a must attend for all BKK Referees and Judges
Two Knockdown Referee Courses have been announced to review knockdown rules within the BKK to incorporate Adult, Veterans, Cadets and Junior Kyokushin rules. The courses are in preparation for the Welsh Open Tournament 11th May 2019 and the British Open – Cup of Europe at K2, Crawley, Saturday 5th October 2019.
Any qualified or non-qualified Referee/ Judge wishing to be considered to officiate at either event must attend these courses.
Course One (30th March ‘19): [THEORY] will involve in-depth analysis of rules to ensure referees and judges are able to sit and pass the examination.
LOCATION : Dourdan Pavilion, The Causeway, Great Dunmow, Essex CM6 2AA
Course Two (14th April ‘19): [PRACTICAL AND EXAM] practical application of refereeing, followed by an examination for all participants, whether qualified or non-qualified referee/ judge. A new examination has been developed to incorporate Adult, Veterans, Cadets and Junior Kyokushin rules.
LOCATION: Talberd Room, Foakes Hall, 47 Stortford Rd, Great Dunmow, Essex CM6 1DG
Please email andrew.turner491@btinternet.com or call (+4479740 94925) Shihan Andrew Turner to register your attendance.