March 29th, 2010 Sensei Stuart Wright
At the England team selection for the England v Wales Kata Tournament to be held in Wales on the 20th April we had five students went to the Kata course held at Dunmow dojo on Sunday 28th. The Kata course was instructed by the Great Britain Kata coach Sensei Sunil Taylor.
Sanpais Becky, Sarah, Anna and Jack accompanied by Greg went along to gain experience from the course and possible selection for this top international Kata Tournament. Sanpai Jack and Greg narrowly missed out on the England Team, Sensei Sunil being very impressed with their display of Kata. Sanpais Becky, Sarah and Anna got selected to represent England in the team event, this is Fantastic news, no other dojo has managed this all credit to the three Sanpais and following on from their silver medal win at the British Kata Tournament this year they are leading from the front with all the English Ladies. From the introduction of Kata at the England v Wales three three years ago it has now become a very big part of the Annual event Chelmsford Dojo has had students in the England team in all the three years, Sanpais Anna, Jack and now three times international Sarah truly a milestone in the Chelmsford Dojos History….!
Well-done to all of you.
Sensei
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March 20th, 2010 Sensei Stuart Wright
The first Tournament of the year was a great success for the Chelmsford club picking up a Team gold, team silver and a first in the brown belt category.
Jenny and Vince gained a creditable forth place in the yellow and brown belt category, Sanpai Jack, Lee and Darius all preformed excellent in the Black belt senior and Brown belt junior section narrowly missing out on a place in the finals.
Sanpais Becky, Sarah, and Anna were outstanding in the Senior Team gaining a Silver medal, ahead of Crawley and Loughborough dojos who had three students that were selected for the World Tournament in Switzerland in their teams. The three girls all narrowly missed out on a place in the Ladies final by just point one of a mark.
Great display by our junior team of Darius, Lee and Greg who won the Junior High grade team event with an outstanding display of katas Gekisai Dai, Yantsu and Tsuki.
Greg was top of the pile in the Junior Brown Belt Category gaining a First place, Greg was the youngest competitor in the field and last years experience paid off for him to become the Champion.
A great start to the year, I would like to Thank all the Chelmsford Students and the Parents who travelled down to Reading for the Kata Tournament.
Osu.
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September 9th, 2007 Sensei Stuart Wright
I went to the IFK European Knockdown Tournament in Samara, Russia, in May 2007. Samara is about 600 miles east of Moscow. The journey from London via Moscow took nearly 15 hours.
Surrounding Grounds of Hotel
Some of Sensei’s New Russian Friends (The Bear Failed to make the weight!)
The Tournament was fantastic; there were entries from all over Europe with, of course, a very strong Russian team. All the British fighters fought with true spirit and determination and lost on some very close decisions.
Entrance to the tournament & the Fighting Area
Sensei Darren Stringer in Action Against His 2 Russian Opponents
The Russian team won all of the titles on the day …. full credit is due to them for their fighting skills and stamina.
The Trophy Winners & Referees
As the delegation from the BKK; we were very well looked after by our Russian hosts in Samara, their hospitality was limitless.
The Sayonara party will go down as one of the best I’ve experienced.
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