Happy Holidays!

It has been an eventful year for all of us here at KDA-UK. We’ve met so many people, we’ve made so many friends and our number of students are slowly increasing. This is all thanks to all of you, parents and students, who have supported us! We would not be here if not for your continued presence and support – in and out of the dojo.

And as another year comes to an end, we would like express our deepest gratitude towards all of you. Thank you very much! Or better yet – “Arigatou Gozaimasu!” in Japanese!

We look forward to seeing you all again in the coming year! Classes start on January 7, 2011 on all our centres!

Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Ossu!

Open English Kata Championships -Nov 2011

We would like to congratulate our team for performing really well in the Open English Kata Championships held today at Wolverhampton. Due to their efforts and their parents’ support we were able to win the overall championship of the tournament! Thank you all for your continued support!

Category 1 | Beginners to 8th kyu, under 10 years
Second place: Ralph Nipit

Category 2 | 7th kyu to 4th kyu, under 10 years
Third place: Luke Barrios

Category 4 | 7th kyu and below, 10-under 14 years
First place: Amjed Ghaffar
Third place: Khalid Nur

Category 6 | 3rd kyu and above, 10-under 14 years
First place: Anthon Perez

Category 7 | 4th kyu and below, 14-under 18 years
First place: Mesti Rahman Shah

Category 8 | 3rd kyu and above, 14-under 18 years
Third place: Darcie Raftery

Category 9 | 4th kyu and below, 18 years and above
First place: Bernard Barrios

Category 10 | 3rd kyu and above, 18 years and above
Second place: Mary Tricia Perez

Category 13 | Pairs kata, under 12 years
First place: Anthon Perez and Darcie Raftery

Category 15 | Pairs kata, Parent/Adult and Child
First place: Mary Tricia Perez and Anthon Perez
Third place: Bernard Barrios and Luke Barrios

We would like to thank the following players for their participation – Joshua Vergara, Mohammed Nur, Aldous Batac, Shane Nugent, Augustus Sumilang and Sean Locquiao. You all performed really well and we hope that all of you will continue to participate in future events.

Well done to everyone!

KDA-UK : -12 y/o Pairs kata champions FEKO 2011 – ENPI

These are two of our brownbelts performing the kata Enpi in the FEKO 2011 National Children & Cadets Open Championships held in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

They participated in the under 12 years old pairs kata category and their brilliant performance helped them secure first place in the event.

Competition Training

As you may have heard during your classes, our club will be participating in a tournament this coming November 13 in Wolverhampton. This tournament is KATA only but there are many events to choose from ranging from individual performances to pairs and even adult-child combinations. Each event is divided into age groups and by rank so that everyone can have a good competition.

We would like everyone to support us in this endeavour and maximise the participation of students especially the young ones and the lower ranked coloured belts. Tournament training has started again every SUNDAY at HADLEY STADIUM from 1400 until 1700 (2pm until 5pm). Please be informed that non-participants on the training will not be allowed to join.

Tournaments aren’t always about winning but for gaining experience that makes us better karateka. Winning only comes as a side-effect of your hardwork.

See you Sunday!

Open English Kata Championships July 2011 Results

We would like to congratulate the team for an impresive performace and a job well done in the tournament! Our team only consisted of only 5 competitors but everyone managed to bring home an award. Good job!

Here are the results of the tournament:

Category 2 | Under 10 yrs old | 7th to 5th kyu

Joshua Vergara – third place

Category 4 | 10 to under 14 yrs | Beginners to 7th kyu

Amjed Ghaffar – first place

Waddah Alouwadh – third place

Category 6 | 10 to under 14 yrs | 3rd kyu and above

Anthon Perez – first place

Category 14 | under 12 yrs | pairs kata

Waddah Alouwadh and Amjed Ghaffar – third place

Category 15 | under 16 yrs | pairs kata

Anthon Perez and Darcie Raftery – first place

Well done everyone! And hopefully the rest of the team will be able to attend our next competition!

FEKO 2011 Children and Cadets Open National Karate Championships Results

The FEKO 2011 Children and Cadets Open National Karate Championships was held in Nottingham, England last June 12, 2011. Our club has sent a team to participate and we are glad to say that we have done well and achieved high for this level of competition.

 

We have sent 14 of our talented karateka and we have managed to finish third overall in the trophy tally at the end of the tournament with 5 first, 6 second and 9 third place trophies in both the kata and kumite events. We would like to congratulate everyone who participated and would like to thank their families and friends for the support they’ve given our team and our club.

 

The team was led by Henry Perez-sensei and was assisted by Daryl-sensei, Harvey-sensei, Tricia-sensei and Roger-sempai. The team is composed of Anthon Perez, Henry del Rosario, Gustus Sumilang, Lily Sumilang, Sean Locquiao, Darcie Raftery, KC de Leon, Ged Gabayno, Gian Gabayno, Eycee Corpuz, Rehman Shah, Aldous Batac, Joshua Vergara and Amjed Gaffar.

 

Congratulations and well done to you all. Go KDA!

 

Results:

http://www.feko.co.uk/feko2011c&ckata.html

http://www.feko.co.uk/feko2011c&ckumite.html

 

Pictures:

http://www.feko.co.uk/feko2011c&cpics.html

Updates – May 23 2011

Hi everyone,

We would like to apologise for the lack of updates here on our website. During the last few months we have been busy preparing for an upcoming national tournament and preparing our students for examinations. Hopefully I’ll be able to update the website on a more frequent basis mid-June when I recieve the results of all the exams and the tournament we’ve participated in.

Also, we’d like to wish Sensei Harvey Perez a speeedy recovery. He has gotten injured and operated on and is now undergoing therapy to rejoin us.

Thank you all for your support!

Daryl Perez

EKO National Championships 2011 Results

Congratulations to the team that participated in the English Karate Organisation’s National Championships last Saturday 5th of March 2011! It was a successful outing for our team who managed to win a total of 7 first place, 2 second place and 3 third place awards.

As always we are proud of each and every single one of you and good luck in more competitions to come.

Here are the results of the tournament.

Category 1: Male and Female Kata, Under 11 yrs old, 4th kyu and below
Kenneth de Leon – First place
Jhon Monsanto – Second place
Aldous Batac – Third place

Category 2: Male and Female Kata, 11-15 yrs old, 4th kyu and below
Rehman ‘Musti’ Sahib – First place
Amjed Ghaffer – Third place

Category 3: Male and Female Kata, Under 16 yrs old, 3rd kyu and above
Sean Locquiao – First place
Anthon Perez – Second place
Augustus Sumilang – Third place

Category 7: Male Kata, Age 16 and over, 3rd kyu and above
Roger de Leon – Third place

Category 8: Team Kata, under 16 yrs old, any grade, any sex
Team A – First place
(Augustus Sumilang, Lyncelle Sumilang, Henry del Rosario)

Category 13: Male Kumite, over 8 and under 10 yrs old, any grade
Aldous Batac – First place

Other Participants:
Akaash Ahmed
Arsh Ahmed
Pauline Panganiban
Joshua Vergara
Waddah Alowadh

Congratulations to all of you who participated! Well done!

EKO Tournament this Saturday

Our team will be participating in the annual English Karate Organisation Tournament that will be held in King’s Heath this coming Saturday, March 5 2011. We would like to wish our participants – good luck and we hope that you do well in your events!

There will be no classes in all the centers this Saturday. Everyone is welcome to join us this weekend to cheer for your clubmates and to watch the tournament.

So to all our competitors, good luck! Go KDA!

Exam Results – February

Here are the results for the examinations held during the month of February. The examiners for the month are Harvey and Tricia Perez.

White – Yellow
Hurriyah Shamraiz
Raheel Akhtar
Reece Rutter
Alec Tolentino

Orange – Green
Sidney Quinery

Blue – Purple 4
Basheer Abdullah

Congratulations to all and keep doing your best in future tests!