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K arate K yokushin OCTOBER 08 MAGAZINE No. 71 British Karate Kyokushinkai presents THE BATTLE FOR THE BRITISH The 32nd British Open Knockdown Tournament THE FIGHT FOR THE TITLE HAS NEVER BEEN HARDER Saturday 4th October 2008 @ The K2 Sports Centre, Crawley

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MAGAZINE No. 71

British Karate Kyokushinkai presents

THE BATTLE FOR THE BRITISH

The 32nd British Open Knockdown TournamentTHE FIGHT FOR THE TITLE HAS NEVER BEEN HARDER

Saturday 4th October 2008 @ The K2 Sports Centre, Crawley

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British Karate Kyokushinkai Founder and President - Hanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan)British Karate Kyokushinkai Chairman: Shihan Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)

www.bkk-uk.com

Kyokushinkai Magazine welcomes articles and photographs for publication from our readers. However, any views and opinions expressed in contributors material do not necessarily representthose of the Editor in Chief or publishers of Kyokushinkai Magazine. The Kanku, Calligraphy and the word Kyokushinkai™ are registered trade marks of Kyokushin (UK) Limited. IFKlogo © BPS Arneil 1992. All rights reserved.“Kyokushinkai Magazine and its Editor reserves the right to edit, alter or revise any material submitted for publication should it be deemed necessary.”

Kyokushinkai MagazineEditorial Office 58 Highfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2NQ, England Tel: 01245 256891E.mail: [email protected]

Publisher: British Karate KyokushinkaiEditors: Liam Keaveney, Jo MerthContributors: Andrew Turner, Sunil Tailor, Stephen Davies, Jodie Hobbs, Alan Davies, Maria Da Costa,Dave Lund Regan, Jared Wright,Shane Lalor, Liam Howlett David Pickthall, Jane Charman, Ruth Hunt andMichale KeaveneyCover Photo: Paul Garner Cover Design: Ollie Potter

Contents

We publish issue number seventy-one of Kyokushin Magazine here at K2 and celebrate our 32nd Open Knockdown Tournament.After last years cancelled tournament I hope this year we can see a regeneration of energy and spirit and I have no doubt we will havean action packed day.

We publish interviews with the BKK’s recent 5th Dan promotions: Alan Davis, Maria Da Costa and Dave Lund Regan. We hadtremendous success at the Junior World Tournament in Belgium and include an insiders view from Andrew Turner (the EnglishCoach). Also we report on our knockdown success in Japan and Yamburg from a very busy year for our fighters and also a report ofour excellent success in the Swiss Open Kata Tournament.

My thanks to the many people (mentioned elsewhere) that have help and supported this issue of the magazine and all the individualsand companies who have give financial support– in particular Porter De Vere and Trameframe for their year on year assistance.

As ever Jo Merth, Ollie Potter and Shane Lalor have assisted immeasurably in many ways and my gratitude for their patience, ideasand support.

As ever I welcome any articles, photos you may have for the next issue of your magazine.Liam Keaveney, Editor

Tournament Welcome ..................................................................................................................................................................5Junior and Cadet World Tournament ............................................................................................................................................72nd Swiss Open Kata Championships ..........................................................................................................................................11Hanshi’s Welsh Regional Course ..................................................................................................................................................12Godan Interviews ........................................................................................................................................................................13Black Belt Course ......................................................................................................................................................................16All Japan Open Tournament ........................................................................................................................................................19Regional Knockdown Tournament 2008 ......................................................................................................................................21National Kata Tournament 2008..................................................................................................................................................23Irish Karate Kyokushinkai (1978-2008)........................................................................................................................................25BKK Summer Camp 2008 ..........................................................................................................................................................262nd Yamburg Cup ......................................................................................................................................................................31Successful Dojo? ........................................................................................................................................................................33Thank you for your support ........................................................................................................................................................37An Apology ................................................................................................................................................................................37Is Black Belt the End of the Journey? ..........................................................................................................................................38Autographs ................................................................................................................................................................................39

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British Karate Kyokushinkai Founder and President - Hanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan)British Karate Kyokushinkai Chairman: Shihan Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)

www.bkk-uk.com

Kyokushinkai Magazine welcomes articles and photographs for publication from our readers. However, any views and opinions expressed in contributors material do not necessarily representthose of the Editor in Chief or publishers of Kyokushinkai Magazine. The Kanku, Calligraphy and the word Kyokushinkai™ are registered trade marks of Kyokushin (UK) Limited. IFKlogo © BPS Arneil 1992. All rights reserved.“Kyokushinkai Magazine and its Editor reserves the right to edit, alter or revise any material submitted for publication should it be deemed necessary.”

Kyokushinkai MagazineEditorial Office 58 Highfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2NQ, England Tel: 01245 256891E.mail: [email protected]

Publisher: British Karate KyokushinkaiEditors: Liam Keaveney, Jo MerthContributors: Andrew Turner, Sunil Tailor, Stephen Davies, Jodie Hobbs, Alan Davies, Maria Da Costa,Dave Lund Regan, Jared Wright,Shane Lalor, Liam Howlett David Pickthall, Jane Charman, Ruth Hunt andMichale KeaveneyCover Photo: Paul Garner Cover Design: Ollie Potter

Contents

We publish issue number seventy-one of Kyokushin Magazine here at K2 and celebrate our 32nd Open Knockdown Tournament.After last years cancelled tournament I hope this year we can see a regeneration of energy and spirit and I have no doubt we will havean action packed day.

We publish interviews with the BKK’s recent 5th Dan promotions: Alan Davis, Maria Da Costa and Dave Lund Regan. We hadtremendous success at the Junior World Tournament in Belgium and include an insiders view from Andrew Turner (the EnglishCoach). Also we report on our knockdown success in Japan and Yamburg from a very busy year for our fighters and also a report ofour excellent success in the Swiss Open Kata Tournament.

My thanks to the many people (mentioned elsewhere) that have help and supported this issue of the magazine and all the individualsand companies who have give financial support– in particular Porter De Vere and Trameframe for their year on year assistance.

As ever Jo Merth, Ollie Potter and Shane Lalor have assisted immeasurably in many ways and my gratitude for their patience, ideasand support.

As ever I welcome any articles, photos you may have for the next issue of your magazine.Liam Keaveney, Editor

Tournament Welcome ..................................................................................................................................................................5Junior and Cadet World Tournament ............................................................................................................................................72nd Swiss Open Kata Championships ..........................................................................................................................................11Hanshi’s Welsh Regional Course ..................................................................................................................................................12Godan Interviews ........................................................................................................................................................................13Black Belt Course ......................................................................................................................................................................16All Japan Open Tournament ........................................................................................................................................................19Regional Knockdown Tournament 2008 ......................................................................................................................................21National Kata Tournament 2008..................................................................................................................................................23Irish Karate Kyokushinkai (1978-2008)........................................................................................................................................25BKK Summer Camp 2008 ..........................................................................................................................................................262nd Yamburg Cup ......................................................................................................................................................................31Successful Dojo? ........................................................................................................................................................................33Thank you for your support ........................................................................................................................................................37An Apology ................................................................................................................................................................................37Is Black Belt the End of the Journey? ..........................................................................................................................................38Autographs ................................................................................................................................................................................39

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Tournament WelcomeHanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan)President and Founder of the British Karate Kyokushinkai

On this occasion of the 32nd Open National Knockdown Tournament, I welcome you all to K2 atCrawley and I would also like to welcome our special guests to this special occasion.

The fighters here today I am sure will display their skill, their fighting spirit and they will alsodemonstrate a true unity of comradeship through this Tournament. I am grateful for the manyfighters that have travelled far to be with us here to share the day.

I have travelled extensively this year around the world and I would like to thank all the many peoplethat have welcomed me. We recently held the IFK World Cadet and Junior Tournament in Berlinand I would like to express my appreciation to all the spectators, officials and fighters that supportedthis event - I am so very proud that we have continued to excel at tournaments such as this.

Finally I would like to extend my thanks to the BKK’s Executive Committee for their tireless work in preparation for this tournament. Iwould also like to thank all the unnamed BKK members who have worked with true Kyokushin spirit to ensure we have an event ofwhich we, the BKK, can be very proud.

Shihan Alex Kerrigan (6th Dan)Chief Referee of British Karate Kyokushinkai

Welcome to all fighters and BKK Officials. I know you will have worked very hard over manyyears to be here today, whether you are representing your club, association, country or yourself.It goes without saying that l have full confidence in our Referees who are amongst the best inthe world, they have a reputation of being fair and true. In addition, l have no doubt that thefighters here today will do their utmost to demonstrate their ability and fighting spirit as theydo every year at our Open Tournament.

On a personal note, l would like to take this opportunity to thank all BKK and IFK Officialswho work very hard under sometimes difficult circumstances, and who over many years havededicated themselves to improve their ability and achieve a higher standard. Our tournamentsare dependant on their commitment and ability.

Finally it only remains for me to wish you all the very best, good luck to you all.

Shihan Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)Chairman of the British Karate KyokushinkaiOn behalf of the British Karate Kyokushinkai I welcome you here today to our new venue K2Crawley where I am sure you will witness an excellent tournament. To all our fighters, officialsand guests I extend my gratitude for your support without which we could never host aprestigious event such as this.

I acknowledge and thank the many people who have helped to make this day possible (not leastCrawley Dojo members) and to our fighters, officials and spectators I thank you for yourcontinued support and commitment and I hope that today will be a new chapter in the historyof the British Karate Kyokushinkai.

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Tournament WelcomeHanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan)President and Founder of the British Karate Kyokushinkai

On this occasion of the 32nd Open National Knockdown Tournament, I welcome you all to K2 atCrawley and I would also like to welcome our special guests to this special occasion.

The fighters here today I am sure will display their skill, their fighting spirit and they will alsodemonstrate a true unity of comradeship through this Tournament. I am grateful for the manyfighters that have travelled far to be with us here to share the day.

I have travelled extensively this year around the world and I would like to thank all the many peoplethat have welcomed me. We recently held the IFK World Cadet and Junior Tournament in Berlinand I would like to express my appreciation to all the spectators, officials and fighters that supportedthis event - I am so very proud that we have continued to excel at tournaments such as this.

Finally I would like to extend my thanks to the BKK’s Executive Committee for their tireless work in preparation for this tournament. Iwould also like to thank all the unnamed BKK members who have worked with true Kyokushin spirit to ensure we have an event ofwhich we, the BKK, can be very proud.

Shihan Alex Kerrigan (6th Dan)Chief Referee of British Karate Kyokushinkai

Welcome to all fighters and BKK Officials. I know you will have worked very hard over manyyears to be here today, whether you are representing your club, association, country or yourself.It goes without saying that l have full confidence in our Referees who are amongst the best inthe world, they have a reputation of being fair and true. In addition, l have no doubt that thefighters here today will do their utmost to demonstrate their ability and fighting spirit as theydo every year at our Open Tournament.

On a personal note, l would like to take this opportunity to thank all BKK and IFK Officialswho work very hard under sometimes difficult circumstances, and who over many years havededicated themselves to improve their ability and achieve a higher standard. Our tournamentsare dependant on their commitment and ability.

Finally it only remains for me to wish you all the very best, good luck to you all.

Shihan Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)Chairman of the British Karate KyokushinkaiOn behalf of the British Karate Kyokushinkai I welcome you here today to our new venue K2Crawley where I am sure you will witness an excellent tournament. To all our fighters, officialsand guests I extend my gratitude for your support without which we could never host aprestigious event such as this.

I acknowledge and thank the many people who have helped to make this day possible (not leastCrawley Dojo members) and to our fighters, officials and spectators I thank you for yourcontinued support and commitment and I hope that today will be a new chapter in the historyof the British Karate Kyokushinkai.

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IFK Junior and CadetWorld Tournament July 2008, Berlin

At this World Tournament we were allowedto take twice the amount of fighters as thehost, Germany, did not have many juniors orcadets. The GB Coach Shihan Dave Lund-Regan has the last say on selection, but doeslisten to me. We have worked well togetherover the years, Dave working with the Welshfighters and myself with the English. When Iwas given the honoured position of EnglandCoach by Hanshi many years ago, I wantedto take the juniors and cadets forward. Whentalking with Shihan Dave we both foundthat we wanted to try and gain moreexperience in international fighting. Sincethen we have taken part in the Pilatus Cupin Switzerland (a clicker, kata and Kyokushinfighting tournament) and the SevernChallenge (which has become a miniEuropean tournament). We also have our annual England v Walestournament, which in my eyes is one of thehardest events in which to compete as theatmosphere and passion is fantastic. Inaddition, I have also travelled to Holland andBelgium with some of the English Cadets.The experience the Cadets gain from theseevents is so valuable as part of theirpreparation for the Second WorldTournament. With weekend sessions, as wellas the students training at their own clubs,the team was becoming fit and sharp and inthe right frame of mind. In April Shihan Dave selected twelve Clickerfighters, six boys and six girls and twelveCadet fighters; four lightweight boys, fourheavy weight boys, three lightweight girlsand one heavyweight girl. The standard of allthe fighters was very high and, as always, thehardest part of our job was selecting theteam, as there are always disappointments.The team having been selected, trainingstarted in earnest. The last weekend sessionwas between the 4th and 6th July. ShihanDave brought the Welsh fighters down onthe Friday. This weekend was the last chancewe had to bond the team - especially at mealtimes in a gazebo in my garden (a big thankyou to my wife, Kath, for all the hard worklooking after and preparing the meals fortwenty four hungry students).

At the end of the weekend all were tired butin good spirits and ready for the tournament.Taking twenty four fighters is not cheap. Totry and raise funds the squad did a sponsoredKyokushin 5000 (1000 push ups, 1000 situps, 1000 squats, 1000 strikes and 1000kicks) on 22nd June. We also held aKnockdown course at Dunmow, for which Iwould like to give a big thank you to ShihanLiam Keaveney, Shihan Nick Da Costa,Sensei Terry Prescott and Sensei Kenny Jarvisfor giving up their Sundays to teach. Afterthe course the instructors and students tookpart in a charity football match with a localfootball team from Dunmow. The result wasBKK 1 – Dunmow 6 (won’t mention thepenalty I missed three times!!). The best sponsorship we received for thesquad was £1000 from BAA Stansted whichwent towards the GB tracksuits. On behalfof the team I would like to thank BAA andValda Edmunds for their support.

Thursday 10th JulyWith the preparation finished and all thefund raising done the big day arrived. We allmet at Stansted at the ungodly hour of4.00am as our flight departed at 6.20am.Checking in twenty four young people wasquite a task but it all went smoothly, andwith the parents and officials all checked inas well, we departed on time and arrived inBerlin at about 9 am. A coach was organisedby Shihan Liam for the team and supporters,sixty of us. After a short journey we arrived at our hotel.Everyone settled into their accommodation,which I must say was very good. As Coachesit is always good to see your fighters relaxedand well fed. That evening the draw tookplace for the World Clicker Tournament. It

was nice to see that both boy and girlindividuals had over sixty fighters in eachcategory. In the Team event GB A were tofight Holland A, and GB B were to fightNorway. We knew that both Holland andNorway were up and coming Clicker teams,so we had our work cut out. While the draw was taking place the Cadetshad their medicals and, after a lengthydebate, it was decided that the weigh-inwould take place on Saturday.

Friday 11th July World ClickerTournamentThe day of the World Clicker Tournamentwas here for the juniors and all were in goodspirits if not a little nervous. A number ofmini buses were provided to take all thefighters to the tournament venue; thejourney seemed to take ages. However onceat the venue the fighters changed and theparents set up their support area with theirUnion Flags. It always makes me feel veryproud when we walk out with the team alllooking really smart in their GB tracksuits,with the British supporters making theloudest noise. The hairs on the back of myneck stood up. The fighting began.

Two years ago at the first World Tournament inSwitzerland, Great Britain was one of the mostsuccessful countries that took part, winning theteam clicker, individual boys and individual girlsWorld titles, as well as three third place trophies inthe Cadet Kyokushin fighting. The pressure wason. Could we repeat this success?

Squad at Stansted Airport at midnight

Report: Andrew Turner (4th Dan)

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IFK Junior and CadetWorld Tournament July 2008, Berlin

At this World Tournament we were allowedto take twice the amount of fighters as thehost, Germany, did not have many juniors orcadets. The GB Coach Shihan Dave Lund-Regan has the last say on selection, but doeslisten to me. We have worked well togetherover the years, Dave working with the Welshfighters and myself with the English. When Iwas given the honoured position of EnglandCoach by Hanshi many years ago, I wantedto take the juniors and cadets forward. Whentalking with Shihan Dave we both foundthat we wanted to try and gain moreexperience in international fighting. Sincethen we have taken part in the Pilatus Cupin Switzerland (a clicker, kata and Kyokushinfighting tournament) and the SevernChallenge (which has become a miniEuropean tournament). We also have our annual England v Walestournament, which in my eyes is one of thehardest events in which to compete as theatmosphere and passion is fantastic. Inaddition, I have also travelled to Holland andBelgium with some of the English Cadets.The experience the Cadets gain from theseevents is so valuable as part of theirpreparation for the Second WorldTournament. With weekend sessions, as wellas the students training at their own clubs,the team was becoming fit and sharp and inthe right frame of mind. In April Shihan Dave selected twelve Clickerfighters, six boys and six girls and twelveCadet fighters; four lightweight boys, fourheavy weight boys, three lightweight girlsand one heavyweight girl. The standard of allthe fighters was very high and, as always, thehardest part of our job was selecting theteam, as there are always disappointments.The team having been selected, trainingstarted in earnest. The last weekend sessionwas between the 4th and 6th July. ShihanDave brought the Welsh fighters down onthe Friday. This weekend was the last chancewe had to bond the team - especially at mealtimes in a gazebo in my garden (a big thankyou to my wife, Kath, for all the hard worklooking after and preparing the meals fortwenty four hungry students).

At the end of the weekend all were tired butin good spirits and ready for the tournament.Taking twenty four fighters is not cheap. Totry and raise funds the squad did a sponsoredKyokushin 5000 (1000 push ups, 1000 situps, 1000 squats, 1000 strikes and 1000kicks) on 22nd June. We also held aKnockdown course at Dunmow, for which Iwould like to give a big thank you to ShihanLiam Keaveney, Shihan Nick Da Costa,Sensei Terry Prescott and Sensei Kenny Jarvisfor giving up their Sundays to teach. Afterthe course the instructors and students tookpart in a charity football match with a localfootball team from Dunmow. The result wasBKK 1 – Dunmow 6 (won’t mention thepenalty I missed three times!!). The best sponsorship we received for thesquad was £1000 from BAA Stansted whichwent towards the GB tracksuits. On behalfof the team I would like to thank BAA andValda Edmunds for their support.

Thursday 10th JulyWith the preparation finished and all thefund raising done the big day arrived. We allmet at Stansted at the ungodly hour of4.00am as our flight departed at 6.20am.Checking in twenty four young people wasquite a task but it all went smoothly, andwith the parents and officials all checked inas well, we departed on time and arrived inBerlin at about 9 am. A coach was organisedby Shihan Liam for the team and supporters,sixty of us. After a short journey we arrived at our hotel.Everyone settled into their accommodation,which I must say was very good. As Coachesit is always good to see your fighters relaxedand well fed. That evening the draw tookplace for the World Clicker Tournament. It

was nice to see that both boy and girlindividuals had over sixty fighters in eachcategory. In the Team event GB A were tofight Holland A, and GB B were to fightNorway. We knew that both Holland andNorway were up and coming Clicker teams,so we had our work cut out. While the draw was taking place the Cadetshad their medicals and, after a lengthydebate, it was decided that the weigh-inwould take place on Saturday.

Friday 11th July World ClickerTournamentThe day of the World Clicker Tournamentwas here for the juniors and all were in goodspirits if not a little nervous. A number ofmini buses were provided to take all thefighters to the tournament venue; thejourney seemed to take ages. However onceat the venue the fighters changed and theparents set up their support area with theirUnion Flags. It always makes me feel veryproud when we walk out with the team alllooking really smart in their GB tracksuits,with the British supporters making theloudest noise. The hairs on the back of myneck stood up. The fighting began.

Two years ago at the first World Tournament inSwitzerland, Great Britain was one of the mostsuccessful countries that took part, winning theteam clicker, individual boys and individual girlsWorld titles, as well as three third place trophies inthe Cadet Kyokushin fighting. The pressure wason. Could we repeat this success?

Squad at Stansted Airport at midnight

Report: Andrew Turner (4th Dan)

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Boys Heavyweight CategoryBrandon Thorpe – Brandon had a superbfight against a strong Russian. From the startBrandon was on top of his opponentpushing him back. The Russian fighter didwell to fight, as he was pushed back and aftertwo tiring rounds it was a draw. The Russianwon on weight. Brandon had hurt him as hedid not fight as well in the next round. I amsure with more experience, Brandon willbecome a very good adult fighter. Sam Hughes – Sam and Brandon were theheaviest fighters in this category and bothtook the fight to their Russian opponents. Ithink they both surprised them and foughtwith great spirit and determination.Unfortunately Sam twisted his ankle badlyand the fight was awarded to his opponent.Henryk Jakiabuk – Henryk is probablyour most inexperienced fighter but has agreat future in front of him. He showedgreat spirit and determination hitting hisRussian opponent with some very strongtechniques. Unfortunately he got caughtwith a Chudan Mawashi which gave theRussian an Ippon.Adam Chamberlain – Adam, like Henryk,is one of our inexperienced fighters andfought an extremely strong Russian fighterwho knocked him down with punches tothe stomach.

Girls Lightweight CategoryJessica Bond – Jessica had improved greatlyin her training but when the draw was madethat morning Jess found she was fighting aRussian, which I think made her extranervous. On the day she gave her all, but theRussian was too strong and gained twoWazari’s thereby winning the fight. Roxanne Nauth-Misir – Roxanne, like Jess,had improved greatly, and with a little moreexperience could have beaten her Dutchopponent. The Dutch girl won on decisionin Encho Sen. A great achievement forRoxanne.Ceira Thomas – Of all the girls, Ceira isprobably the most experienced fighter. Thisshowed and she won her first roundcomfortably against a strong Swiss girl. Inthe quarter finals she fought a strong girlfrom Estonia. Although Ceira pushed heropponent back, the Estonian did enough toget a draw after two rounds and, beinglighter than Ceira, won on weight.

Girls Heavyweight CategoryLeah Selway – Leah is a determined fighterand I had the pleasure of coaching her in thePilatus Cup in March. She took the fightstraight to her Russian opponent, whoeventually won the World title. Leah wasdoing extremely well but the Russianperformed what I can only say was a perfectJodan Ushiro Mawashi knocking Leah out.It’s not nice being knocked out, as I knowfrom experience, you don’t know muchabout what happened. Leah is “a fighter” andI am sure she will come back strong and notget knocked out again. Dave and I are very proud and honoured tobe their Coaches and although the results donot justify how hard and dedicated all thefighters were in the build up to thetournament they can be proud of themselves.We are the best at clicker. We must workharder, and hopefully we will become thebest at Kyokushin fighting. Perhaps takingfighters to other countries at a younger ageof maybe 14/15 year olds is the answer, butthat decision has to be discussed.The Russians are very good as they train inthis system of fighting from a very young age.Like most of the other countries the juniorteams want to beat us. We have to aspire tobeat the Russians!! Here’s to the next WorldJunior and Cadet Tournament.

Sayonara PartyThe party was attended by all the fighters, andalthough the cost was quite high everyonehad a great time. It’s always nice to see all thejuniors and cadets mixing with the othercountries. There were some great friendshipsmade over the weekend which our fighterswill never forget. After a nice day sightseeingand bowling (who won Dave??) in Berlin wetook a coach to the airport and landed atStansted at around 10.50pm. All very tired butalso very happy. After taking some last photos we all made ourway home. I would just like to thankeveryone that helped with our Juniors andCadets and a big thank you to all the parentsand karateka that came along to support theGreat Britain teams. You were wonderful anda great incentive for the fighters. Thanks alsoto Hanshi and Shihan Liam for their supportand guidance with the Juniors and Cadets.

Hanshi with Andrew and Kath Turner

Kristin Reinhart, with Liam Keaveney, Hanshi Arneiland Alex Kerrigan

Paul baker and Alex Kerrigan

Nick and Maria Da CostaNick and Maria Da Costa

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I coached the girls and Shihan Dave coachedthe boys. All fought brilliantly and, althoughon a couple of occasions I was worried aboutthe Doctor being over cautious, most of thegirls got through the first round. Laura-BethHarman, Eve Williams, Leah Evans andRachael Door all lost in the earlier rounds,but only by a few points. As England coach I don’t usually get thechance to coach the Welsh fighters, but it wasa pleasure and honour to coach the Welshgirls and they listened and responded wellwhen fighting. Mollie Milton and LauraPicot fought their way to the semi finals and,after a nervous start, Mollie improved,scoring some lovely Ippon kicks. Laura, likeMollie, started nervously and in the firstround only just won. After that she raised hergame and with each round got better andbetter. Both Mollie and Laura fought very strongaggressive girls from Ireland. The experienceof the two GB fighters was too much for theIrish girls and we had an all GB final. Thefinal was very close and neither fighterwanted to give anything away. Unfortunatelyfor Laura, Mollie had very fast kicks andcaught Laura with a precision Jodan Mawashigiving her an Ippon. Although Laura didn’tgive up, time ran out and Mollie wascrowned World Champion for 2008. I can’t comment on how the boys fought, asShihan Dave was coaching them and I’m surehe will write a separate report, but again wehad a GB final with Nathan Williams andMatthew Ali, which Nathan won makinghim World Champion. In the semi finalsNathan had beaten Sami Mehio so we had1st, 2nd and 3rd place! A great achievementfor all.

World Tournament Team EventA Team: Sami Mehio, Nathan Williams,Joseph Davies, Laura Picot, Laura BethHarmen and Eve Williams.B Team: Jordan Da Costa, LukeBaldwin, Matthew Ali, Mollie Milton,Leah Evans, Rachael Door. In the Team event I coached the B team andShihan Dave coached the A team. In the firstround GB A had to fight a very strongHolland A, and GB B fought a very strongNorwegian team. Both A and B teams hadvery close fights, beating both Holland andNorway. In the next round GB B fought SwitzerlandA, runners up in the 2006 WorldTournament. The B team fought really well,but the all boy Swiss team were too strongand won their place in the semi finals. GB A beat Switzerland B to reach the semisand were to meet the host team Germany. In the semi finals Switzerland A beat Irelandto reach the finals and GB A beat our oldfoes Germany, always nice to beat theGermans!

The finals were a repeat of the finals of theFirst World Tournament, only this time theSwiss were out for revenge and after five fightsthe score was two fights to GB and two fightsto Switzerland and one draw. It was a dramaticway to finish an excellent final - a fight off. Sami Mehio had fought really well all day, somuch so that at the end of the tournament hewas presented with the Best Technique trophyof the Tournament. This also showed in thefight off and Sami won, so retaining the WorldTeam Championship Title for Great Britain. Agreat achievement for all the fighters. Shihan Dave and myself were extremely proudof them all. We are the dominant force inClicker fighting, but the other countries aregetting better and better. We can never becomecomplacent and must always train with that inour minds and not “take our foot off theaccelerator”.

Saturday 12th July Cadet KyokushinWorld TournamentAs we all know, the favourites for theKyokushin World Tournament are theRussians. Although there are some exceptionalfighters in all the European countries as theyall fight Kyokushin rules fighting from a very,very young age.

Our GB cadets only start this system offighting when they reach 16. All the GBfighters have been very committed to theirtraining, and as the months went past I couldsee their fitness levels and confidencegrowing.Although all our fighters did exceptionallywell and fought with great determinationand spirit, you cannot take away the fact thatwe lack experience in Kyokushin fighting.This is something we need to address for thefuture. Possibly taking fighters abroad atfourteen years of age? The fighters for each category and results:

Boys Lightweight CategoryKieran Rix – Kieran started off really wellagainst a strong Dutch fighter. Kierandelivered a powerful low kick which hit hisopponent on the front of the knee.Unfortunately Kieran came of worse andwithdrew with a bad shin injury. Matt Owen – Matt was first up of the dayand fought an exceptionally strong fighterfrom Belarus. Matt took a lot of punishmentin the first round but did enough to get adraw. In the next two rounds he matched theBelarus fighter for determination and spiritbut lost the decision in the Encho Sen. Dan Fryer – Dan fought a Dutch fighterand the fight was very even, Dan hitting himwith some very good low kicks. Before thefight Dan had asked me which side the liverwas as he was going to try and work on thatside. You can guess what happened - theDutch fighter caught Dan in his liverknocking him down. He jinxed himself andwe did laugh about it afterwards. Charlie Venes – Charlie being one of ourlightest fighters in this category had to fightone of the heaviest, a big lad fromSwitzerland. Charlie has an array ofknockdown techniques but fighting a heavyfighter was too much for him, and in thesecond round the Swiss fighter scored twowazaris putting him through to the nextround.

ConclusionThanks to all the countries that attended andsupported the event and the IFK Germany forhosting the Tournament under Shihan Thomas Imm.Kristin Reinhart did a tremendous job in coordination the event and without her the tournamentwould have been an impossibility. To all thesupporters that travelled far and wide – my thanks.Shihan Alex Kerrigan (IFK Knockdown ChiefReferee) and Sensei Ray Bond (IFK Clicker ChiefReferee) ensured that two day event went without ahitch. Finally a thank you to the IFK PresidentHanshi Steve Arneil for his enthusiasm and vision.Liam Keaveney (Editor)

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Boys Heavyweight CategoryBrandon Thorpe – Brandon had a superbfight against a strong Russian. From the startBrandon was on top of his opponentpushing him back. The Russian fighter didwell to fight, as he was pushed back and aftertwo tiring rounds it was a draw. The Russianwon on weight. Brandon had hurt him as hedid not fight as well in the next round. I amsure with more experience, Brandon willbecome a very good adult fighter. Sam Hughes – Sam and Brandon were theheaviest fighters in this category and bothtook the fight to their Russian opponents. Ithink they both surprised them and foughtwith great spirit and determination.Unfortunately Sam twisted his ankle badlyand the fight was awarded to his opponent.Henryk Jakiabuk – Henryk is probablyour most inexperienced fighter but has agreat future in front of him. He showedgreat spirit and determination hitting hisRussian opponent with some very strongtechniques. Unfortunately he got caughtwith a Chudan Mawashi which gave theRussian an Ippon.Adam Chamberlain – Adam, like Henryk,is one of our inexperienced fighters andfought an extremely strong Russian fighterwho knocked him down with punches tothe stomach.

Girls Lightweight CategoryJessica Bond – Jessica had improved greatlyin her training but when the draw was madethat morning Jess found she was fighting aRussian, which I think made her extranervous. On the day she gave her all, but theRussian was too strong and gained twoWazari’s thereby winning the fight. Roxanne Nauth-Misir – Roxanne, like Jess,had improved greatly, and with a little moreexperience could have beaten her Dutchopponent. The Dutch girl won on decisionin Encho Sen. A great achievement forRoxanne.Ceira Thomas – Of all the girls, Ceira isprobably the most experienced fighter. Thisshowed and she won her first roundcomfortably against a strong Swiss girl. Inthe quarter finals she fought a strong girlfrom Estonia. Although Ceira pushed heropponent back, the Estonian did enough toget a draw after two rounds and, beinglighter than Ceira, won on weight.

Girls Heavyweight CategoryLeah Selway – Leah is a determined fighterand I had the pleasure of coaching her in thePilatus Cup in March. She took the fightstraight to her Russian opponent, whoeventually won the World title. Leah wasdoing extremely well but the Russianperformed what I can only say was a perfectJodan Ushiro Mawashi knocking Leah out.It’s not nice being knocked out, as I knowfrom experience, you don’t know muchabout what happened. Leah is “a fighter” andI am sure she will come back strong and notget knocked out again. Dave and I are very proud and honoured tobe their Coaches and although the results donot justify how hard and dedicated all thefighters were in the build up to thetournament they can be proud of themselves.We are the best at clicker. We must workharder, and hopefully we will become thebest at Kyokushin fighting. Perhaps takingfighters to other countries at a younger ageof maybe 14/15 year olds is the answer, butthat decision has to be discussed.The Russians are very good as they train inthis system of fighting from a very young age.Like most of the other countries the juniorteams want to beat us. We have to aspire tobeat the Russians!! Here’s to the next WorldJunior and Cadet Tournament.

Sayonara PartyThe party was attended by all the fighters, andalthough the cost was quite high everyonehad a great time. It’s always nice to see all thejuniors and cadets mixing with the othercountries. There were some great friendshipsmade over the weekend which our fighterswill never forget. After a nice day sightseeingand bowling (who won Dave??) in Berlin wetook a coach to the airport and landed atStansted at around 10.50pm. All very tired butalso very happy. After taking some last photos we all made ourway home. I would just like to thankeveryone that helped with our Juniors andCadets and a big thank you to all the parentsand karateka that came along to support theGreat Britain teams. You were wonderful anda great incentive for the fighters. Thanks alsoto Hanshi and Shihan Liam for their supportand guidance with the Juniors and Cadets.

Hanshi with Andrew and Kath Turner

Kristin Reinhart, with Liam Keaveney, Hanshi Arneiland Alex Kerrigan

Paul baker and Alex Kerrigan

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I coached the girls and Shihan Dave coachedthe boys. All fought brilliantly and, althoughon a couple of occasions I was worried aboutthe Doctor being over cautious, most of thegirls got through the first round. Laura-BethHarman, Eve Williams, Leah Evans andRachael Door all lost in the earlier rounds,but only by a few points. As England coach I don’t usually get thechance to coach the Welsh fighters, but it wasa pleasure and honour to coach the Welshgirls and they listened and responded wellwhen fighting. Mollie Milton and LauraPicot fought their way to the semi finals and,after a nervous start, Mollie improved,scoring some lovely Ippon kicks. Laura, likeMollie, started nervously and in the firstround only just won. After that she raised hergame and with each round got better andbetter. Both Mollie and Laura fought very strongaggressive girls from Ireland. The experienceof the two GB fighters was too much for theIrish girls and we had an all GB final. Thefinal was very close and neither fighterwanted to give anything away. Unfortunatelyfor Laura, Mollie had very fast kicks andcaught Laura with a precision Jodan Mawashigiving her an Ippon. Although Laura didn’tgive up, time ran out and Mollie wascrowned World Champion for 2008. I can’t comment on how the boys fought, asShihan Dave was coaching them and I’m surehe will write a separate report, but again wehad a GB final with Nathan Williams andMatthew Ali, which Nathan won makinghim World Champion. In the semi finalsNathan had beaten Sami Mehio so we had1st, 2nd and 3rd place! A great achievementfor all.

World Tournament Team EventA Team: Sami Mehio, Nathan Williams,Joseph Davies, Laura Picot, Laura BethHarmen and Eve Williams.B Team: Jordan Da Costa, LukeBaldwin, Matthew Ali, Mollie Milton,Leah Evans, Rachael Door. In the Team event I coached the B team andShihan Dave coached the A team. In the firstround GB A had to fight a very strongHolland A, and GB B fought a very strongNorwegian team. Both A and B teams hadvery close fights, beating both Holland andNorway. In the next round GB B fought SwitzerlandA, runners up in the 2006 WorldTournament. The B team fought really well,but the all boy Swiss team were too strongand won their place in the semi finals. GB A beat Switzerland B to reach the semisand were to meet the host team Germany. In the semi finals Switzerland A beat Irelandto reach the finals and GB A beat our oldfoes Germany, always nice to beat theGermans!

The finals were a repeat of the finals of theFirst World Tournament, only this time theSwiss were out for revenge and after five fightsthe score was two fights to GB and two fightsto Switzerland and one draw. It was a dramaticway to finish an excellent final - a fight off. Sami Mehio had fought really well all day, somuch so that at the end of the tournament hewas presented with the Best Technique trophyof the Tournament. This also showed in thefight off and Sami won, so retaining the WorldTeam Championship Title for Great Britain. Agreat achievement for all the fighters. Shihan Dave and myself were extremely proudof them all. We are the dominant force inClicker fighting, but the other countries aregetting better and better. We can never becomecomplacent and must always train with that inour minds and not “take our foot off theaccelerator”.

Saturday 12th July Cadet KyokushinWorld TournamentAs we all know, the favourites for theKyokushin World Tournament are theRussians. Although there are some exceptionalfighters in all the European countries as theyall fight Kyokushin rules fighting from a very,very young age.

Our GB cadets only start this system offighting when they reach 16. All the GBfighters have been very committed to theirtraining, and as the months went past I couldsee their fitness levels and confidencegrowing.Although all our fighters did exceptionallywell and fought with great determinationand spirit, you cannot take away the fact thatwe lack experience in Kyokushin fighting.This is something we need to address for thefuture. Possibly taking fighters abroad atfourteen years of age? The fighters for each category and results:

Boys Lightweight CategoryKieran Rix – Kieran started off really wellagainst a strong Dutch fighter. Kierandelivered a powerful low kick which hit hisopponent on the front of the knee.Unfortunately Kieran came of worse andwithdrew with a bad shin injury. Matt Owen – Matt was first up of the dayand fought an exceptionally strong fighterfrom Belarus. Matt took a lot of punishmentin the first round but did enough to get adraw. In the next two rounds he matched theBelarus fighter for determination and spiritbut lost the decision in the Encho Sen. Dan Fryer – Dan fought a Dutch fighterand the fight was very even, Dan hitting himwith some very good low kicks. Before thefight Dan had asked me which side the liverwas as he was going to try and work on thatside. You can guess what happened - theDutch fighter caught Dan in his liverknocking him down. He jinxed himself andwe did laugh about it afterwards. Charlie Venes – Charlie being one of ourlightest fighters in this category had to fightone of the heaviest, a big lad fromSwitzerland. Charlie has an array ofknockdown techniques but fighting a heavyfighter was too much for him, and in thesecond round the Swiss fighter scored twowazaris putting him through to the nextround.

ConclusionThanks to all the countries that attended andsupported the event and the IFK Germany forhosting the Tournament under Shihan Thomas Imm.Kristin Reinhart did a tremendous job in coordination the event and without her the tournamentwould have been an impossibility. To all thesupporters that travelled far and wide – my thanks.Shihan Alex Kerrigan (IFK Knockdown ChiefReferee) and Sensei Ray Bond (IFK Clicker ChiefReferee) ensured that two day event went without ahitch. Finally a thank you to the IFK PresidentHanshi Steve Arneil for his enthusiasm and vision.Liam Keaveney (Editor)

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Clicker Teams1st Great Britain2nd Switzerland3rd Germany

Ireland

Girls Individual Clicker 1st Mollie Milton (Great Britain)2nd Laura Picot (Great Britain)3rd Meeghan Daly (Ireland)

Shannen McGuiness (Ireland)

Boys Individual Clicker 1st Nathan Williams (Great Britain)2nd Matthew Ali (Great Britain)3rd Lars Mathingsdal (Norway)

Sami Mehio Great Britain)

Junior and Cadet World Tournament, Berlin, July 2008 Results Cadets Female - Over 58kg1st Anna Badmaeva (Russia)2nd Shannon van der Linden (Belgium)3rd Maria Goleshchikhina (Russia)

Charell van Dooljenwaard (Holland)

Cadets Female – Under 58kg1st Ksenia Ulitina (Russia)2nd Anastasia Usova (Russia)3rd Silvia den Ridder (Holland)

Ekaterina Gorbatikova (Estonia)

Cadets Male – Under 68kg1st Viktor Kurilenko (Russia)2nd Danil Malyukov (Russia)3rd Ivan Hladki (Belarus)

Alexander Sredanovic (Holland)

Cadets Male Boys – Over 68kg1st Alexader Pasechnik (Russia)2nd Ayaz Shirinbekov (Russia)3rd Andrey Chernov (Russia)

Denis Petrov (Russia)

The British Karate Kyokushinkaiwould like to thank

the BAA

for their support and sponsorshipof the British Squad at the

World Junior and Cadet Tournament in Berlin

BAA the worlds leading airport companywww.BAA.com

2nd Swiss OpenKata ChampionshipsSensei Sunil Tailor took a team of 12 to

represent Great Britain at the tournament,

held in Willisau, Switzerland on 28th July.

Representing the Juniors were: Charlie Venes

(1st Dan), Laura-Beth Harman (1st Kyu),

Lucy Cross (1st Kyu) and Nathan Williams

(1st Kyu). Representing the Senior Men

were: Chris Davies (3rd Dan) and Darren

Stringer (3rd Dan) and Stephen Davies

(2nd Dan) and Anil Tailor (2nd Dan).

Representing the Senior Women were: Janine

Davies (4th Dan) and Emma Markwell

(2nd Dan), Lucy Wilson (2nd Dan) and

Lisa Heath (1st Dan). Fantastic

performances from all with 11 making the

finals and taking all the top spots from each

category! Teams were from Switzerland,

Israel, Kuwait, GB to name but a few.

British Kata Squad

Shortly afterthe WorldTournamentKristinReinhartgave birth toher daughterFinja

Folkestone Kyokushinkai

KarateMorehall School Folkestone

(Mondays)Juniors 6:15 - 7:45, Seniors 8:00 - 9:30

Alkham Village Hall, (Thursdays) 7:15 - 8:45

Contact details Phil Fiolet 3rd Dan - 07769 857596

Simon Huggins 2nd Dan - 07771 638820 Ray Granger 1st Dan - 07710 272100

For more information please visitour website at

www.folkestone-kyokushinkai.co.uk

All BKK members andnew members welcome

Article: Lucy Wilson (2nd Dan)

Junior Team

1st Great Britain (Charlie Venes,

Laura-Beth Harman, Nathan Williams)

2nd Switzerland

3rd Swizterland

4th Switzerland

Junior Girls

1st Lucy Cross - Great Britain

2nd Laura-Beth Harman - Great Britain

3rd Alexandra Bucher - Swizterland

4th Gianna Burri - Switzerland

Senior Women

1st Janine Davies - Great Britain

2nd Melania Garcia - Switzerland

3rd Dolores Jaros - Swizterland

4th Lisa Heath - Great Britain

5th Emma Markwell - Great Britiain

6th Lucy Wilson - Great Britain

Regular squad trainings were held both in England and Wales and a number of fund raising events were also organised to

cover costs such as travel, accommodation, tracksuits, etc. In one of the events 25 katas and 25 fights were performed from the

syllabus (2 katas 2 fights), Katas were from taikiyoku sono ichi all the way to Sushiho. Total time took, 1hr 45 mins (after a

squad session).

A number of companies also aided the sponsorships: Woodland Homes, Valmec Lifts, SAMUK, to name a few.

Thanks to all who supported the event and also the squad for making this a memorable trip.

Junior Boys

1st Charlie Venes - Great Britain

2nd Luca Bentivoglio - Switzerland

3rd Philipe Bannwart - Swizterland

4th Sandro Gabathuler - Switzerland

8th Nathan Williams - Great Britain

Senior Men

1st Darren Stringer - Great Britain

2nd Chris Davies - Great Britain

3rd Roland Muller - Swizterland

4th Marc Unterasinger - Switzerland

6th Steve Davies - Great Britain

10th Anil Tailor - Great Britain

Senior Team

1st Great Britain A (Janine Davies,

Chris Davies, Darren Stringer)

2nd Kriens A - Switzerland

3rd P Wohlen - Swizterland

4th Great Britain

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Clicker Teams1st Great Britain2nd Switzerland3rd Germany

Ireland

Girls Individual Clicker 1st Mollie Milton (Great Britain)2nd Laura Picot (Great Britain)3rd Meeghan Daly (Ireland)

Shannen McGuiness (Ireland)

Boys Individual Clicker 1st Nathan Williams (Great Britain)2nd Matthew Ali (Great Britain)3rd Lars Mathingsdal (Norway)

Sami Mehio Great Britain)

Junior and Cadet World Tournament, Berlin, July 2008 Results Cadets Female - Over 58kg1st Anna Badmaeva (Russia)2nd Shannon van der Linden (Belgium)3rd Maria Goleshchikhina (Russia)

Charell van Dooljenwaard (Holland)

Cadets Female – Under 58kg1st Ksenia Ulitina (Russia)2nd Anastasia Usova (Russia)3rd Silvia den Ridder (Holland)

Ekaterina Gorbatikova (Estonia)

Cadets Male – Under 68kg1st Viktor Kurilenko (Russia)2nd Danil Malyukov (Russia)3rd Ivan Hladki (Belarus)

Alexander Sredanovic (Holland)

Cadets Male Boys – Over 68kg1st Alexader Pasechnik (Russia)2nd Ayaz Shirinbekov (Russia)3rd Andrey Chernov (Russia)

Denis Petrov (Russia)

The British Karate Kyokushinkaiwould like to thank

the BAA

for their support and sponsorshipof the British Squad at the

World Junior and Cadet Tournament in Berlin

BAA the worlds leading airport companywww.BAA.com

2nd Swiss OpenKata ChampionshipsSensei Sunil Tailor took a team of 12 to

represent Great Britain at the tournament,

held in Willisau, Switzerland on 28th July.

Representing the Juniors were: Charlie Venes

(1st Dan), Laura-Beth Harman (1st Kyu),

Lucy Cross (1st Kyu) and Nathan Williams

(1st Kyu). Representing the Senior Men

were: Chris Davies (3rd Dan) and Darren

Stringer (3rd Dan) and Stephen Davies

(2nd Dan) and Anil Tailor (2nd Dan).

Representing the Senior Women were: Janine

Davies (4th Dan) and Emma Markwell

(2nd Dan), Lucy Wilson (2nd Dan) and

Lisa Heath (1st Dan). Fantastic

performances from all with 11 making the

finals and taking all the top spots from each

category! Teams were from Switzerland,

Israel, Kuwait, GB to name but a few.

British Kata Squad

Shortly afterthe WorldTournamentKristinReinhartgave birth toher daughterFinja

Folkestone Kyokushinkai

KarateMorehall School Folkestone

(Mondays)Juniors 6:15 - 7:45, Seniors 8:00 - 9:30

Alkham Village Hall, (Thursdays) 7:15 - 8:45

Contact details Phil Fiolet 3rd Dan - 07769 857596

Simon Huggins 2nd Dan - 07771 638820 Ray Granger 1st Dan - 07710 272100

For more information please visitour website at

www.folkestone-kyokushinkai.co.uk

All BKK members andnew members welcome

Article: Lucy Wilson (2nd Dan)

Junior Team

1st Great Britain (Charlie Venes,

Laura-Beth Harman, Nathan Williams)

2nd Switzerland

3rd Swizterland

4th Switzerland

Junior Girls

1st Lucy Cross - Great Britain

2nd Laura-Beth Harman - Great Britain

3rd Alexandra Bucher - Swizterland

4th Gianna Burri - Switzerland

Senior Women

1st Janine Davies - Great Britain

2nd Melania Garcia - Switzerland

3rd Dolores Jaros - Swizterland

4th Lisa Heath - Great Britain

5th Emma Markwell - Great Britiain

6th Lucy Wilson - Great Britain

Regular squad trainings were held both in England and Wales and a number of fund raising events were also organised to

cover costs such as travel, accommodation, tracksuits, etc. In one of the events 25 katas and 25 fights were performed from the

syllabus (2 katas 2 fights), Katas were from taikiyoku sono ichi all the way to Sushiho. Total time took, 1hr 45 mins (after a

squad session).

A number of companies also aided the sponsorships: Woodland Homes, Valmec Lifts, SAMUK, to name a few.

Thanks to all who supported the event and also the squad for making this a memorable trip.

Junior Boys

1st Charlie Venes - Great Britain

2nd Luca Bentivoglio - Switzerland

3rd Philipe Bannwart - Swizterland

4th Sandro Gabathuler - Switzerland

8th Nathan Williams - Great Britain

Senior Men

1st Darren Stringer - Great Britain

2nd Chris Davies - Great Britain

3rd Roland Muller - Swizterland

4th Marc Unterasinger - Switzerland

6th Steve Davies - Great Britain

10th Anil Tailor - Great Britain

Senior Team

1st Great Britain A (Janine Davies,

Chris Davies, Darren Stringer)

2nd Kriens A - Switzerland

3rd P Wohlen - Swizterland

4th Great Britain

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GodanInterviews

Shihan Alan DaviesOsu Shihan. I suppose the best place tostart is at the beginning. Can you tellus how you came to be involved in theBKK?

I first became interested in karate at the ageof 16, when a work colleague was showingoff breaking wood and demonstrating karatemoves. He trained at a club in Caerphilly,some 12 miles from my home. I decided topop along and see for myself.

I had always been interested in keeping fit bycircuit training etc, but had never really stuckto anything. However I liked the ethos ofKyokushinkai Karate and started training inCaerphilly twice a week. At that time myonly means of getting there was by publictransport or the odd lift.

Can you give us some history of yourdojo, Mountain Ash?

In 1975 I transferred to Mountain Ash dojowhich was then held in the local YMCA. Itrained under Senpais Wayne Smith andMike Watkins, under the supervision ofShihan Howard Collins. Howard Collinslater moved to Sweden. Senpai Wayne wasthe person who inspired me most and,ultimately, in 1984 he asked me if I wouldtake over the running of the club. After ashort while the club transferred toAbercynon sports centre and it was veryimportant to us to retain the nameMountain Ash, and this is where we stilltrain today. I have encouraged high gradestudents to open clubs of their own, and toname a few Aberpennar, Ynysybwl,Cwmaber and Treforest, although the lattertwo have since closed.

So many students and their families havesupported Mountain Ash over the years and Ifeel it is their commitment that has madeMountain Ash as strong as it is today.

I also feel it is important to remember thosestudents who have sadly passed away since Ihave been running Mountain Ash. When I

present Student of the Year trophies it isalways in their memory, thereby they arenever forgotten.

Looking back over the results in allcompetition aspects of Kyokushin inthe BKK in the last 20 years or so itseems Mountain Ash has won morethan its fair share of trophies. To whatdo you attribute this?

We have been very fortunate to have hadsuch dedicated and skilled students who haveremained faithful to Kyokushinkai andMountain Ash dojo in particular. Many ofthe students grew up in the club fromchildhood to adulthood and now bring theirown children to train with us. Training isavailable three nights a week and when acompetition is imminent special sessions arearranged in preparation for the forthcomingtournament. The higher grade students rallyround, giving up their time to encourage thestudents who are entering and to help themreach their true potential. We have enjoyedtremendous success over the years whichmakes me very proud to be a part of theMountain Ash Club and the commitmentshown by everyone involved.

I have always felt great pride in seeing aMountain Ash student or team event in thetournament result sheets. There are manyindividual students and instructors, who Iwill not mention by name for fear ofmissing someone out, who have contributedtowards our competition successes.

Shihan what does the promotion toGodan mean to you personally andwhat do you think it means to theBKK and IFK?

I was very humbled and privileged to accepta 5th dan grade from Hanshi. I neverenvisaged being a higher grade than Sandan.On each occasion when I have beenpromoted it has inspired me tremendously,purely due to the utmost respect and regard

that I have for Hanshi and his manyachievements. I hope I have helped to play asmall part in promoting the BKK and theIFK and will continue to do so.

What is the best advice you could giveto someone just starting in Kyokushintoday.

We are very fortunate in our club that weattract students of all ages. My advice tonew students is to enjoy the training and notto be in too much of a rush to pass gradingsand win competitions. Nothing gives megreater pleasure than to see students whomay not have the greatest of abilities whenthey first come to the dojo, blossom into firstclass students.

Finally, I would like to express my gratitudeand thanks for all the friendships that I haveformed over the years by being a member ofthe BKK �

In the last Kyokushin Magazine we interviewed Shihans Alex Kerrigan and Liam Keaveney following their promotion to Rokudan.It seems only fitting then that we interview the BKKs newest Shihans following their promotion to Godan – Shihans Alan Davies,Dave Lund Regan and Maria da Costa. I have met Shihan Dave on a number of occasions but have only ever spoken to ShihanMaria twice and, until recently, had never even met Shihan Alan. It is difficult to interview people you don’t know, as most of thequestions can only ever be relatively superficial. As luck would have it, once the interviews were completed, I managed to meet and talkto all three Shihans in Berlin at the World Junior Tournament. Time constraints precluded me from probing further but I like to thinkthat some of the essence of each person is captured in their answers.

By Shane Lalor (4th Dan)

Alan Davis

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Hanshi’s Welsh Regional CourseWith baited breath, students throughout theSouth Wales Clubs were preparing themselves fora first taste of training under our President andChief Instructor, Hanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan)on Sunday 3rd August. For many of us, it wasanother opportunity to be put through our paces,mentally and physically, by the man who knowsonly too well, the meaning of perseverance, gritand determination. Hanshi was accompanied by Shihan LiamKeaveney (6th Dan), who, with his uniquetake on our techniques, always delivers avery insightful approach to Kyokushintraining. A fabulous turnout in AbercynonSports Centre, home of Shihan Alan Davies’club, combined with karateka of all ages, 8thKyu right up to 5th Dan, including our new“Welsh World Champion”, NathanWilliams, led to this course being a fantasticsuccess.Shihans Alan Davies (5th Dan) and DaveLund-Regan (5th Dan) were in attendance,leading the way throughout the day, withseemingly boundless energy, putting manyof us to shame when it came to the lasthour of intense techniques. The course began with the customaryblowing out of cobwebs, 10th Kyu, 9th Kyuand 8th Kyu Syllabus, followed by 17 handtechniques and the 21 kick combinations, agood warm-up for any grade. Hanshicontinued with his recently updated way ofstretching the legs, hips, groin and back,moving on to the unique training methodof Tai-Ki-Ken. As an exercise, I think I speakfor the majority when I say this couldpossibly be the most difficult thing tomaster within the realms of our training. As I understood, the principle of Tai-Ki-Ken can be used within all our karatetechniques. Hanshi explained its principle isthat slow movements are used to developstrength throughout our stances, handtechniques and katas. He went on to explainthat many of us have been practising this foryears without realising what it was, first ofall in Pinan Sono Ni. The slow, strongmovement of uchi uke to the hip is the firstmovement where we use this method.Moving in Zenkutsu-dachi however, to acount of 5, then 10 and finally 20, is almostimpossible without months of practice.Hanshi later told us that he used thismethod of training for many months beforehis 100 man kumite. For the following hour we were split intotwo groups, the Black Belts with ShihanLiam and all other grades with Hanshi.

Shihan Liam began with his insight intoSanchin Kata and how he has looked backfor its origins and its uses. He utilised workwith partners to show how weak atraditional sanchin stance can be, withcentre of gravity being high, leading tounbalance. As with previous instructionfrom Shihan Liam, he encouraged us all tolook at our techniques in more depth, howthey can be used in certain situations andhow they would be utilised throughout the360 degrees around the body. Techniquessuch as Ryoken and Ippon Ken weredemonstrated, striking untraditional targetson the body, mainly my body. As the training progressed, I came to realisethat as instructors, we should beencouraging students to practise thesetechniques, not just in thin air, but on pads,focus mitts and even with partners. AsShihan Liam pointed out, we, as karatekashould be more aware of the capability ofthese strikes, with students requiring moredepth and knowledge about what they aredoing, not just gaining the ability to pass agrading. Following this hour or so, the Instructionwas swapped over and within minutes wewere in Zenkutsu-Dachi, preparing forHanshi to extract the last ounces of energyfrom our bodies. We proceeded to move,performing Hiza-Geri, only to be told after

12 stances and 12 Hiza-Geris, we wouldeventually get to Ushiro Kakato Geri butnot without performing every kick inbetween. Things began to get a little tiring aroundTobi Mai Geri, with many people startingto look a little worse for wear, except ofcourse Shihans Dave and Alan, with SenseiJanine also pushing the pace. It’s great to seeyour instructors in the role of student andyou begin to realise just a small part of howthey have got to the grade they have. As with all of Hanshi’s training, no-one wasshown any sympathy and, on reaching thefinal kicks, I think it’s safe to say we were allglad we made the end. As we lined up toend the course a sense of satisfaction filledthe sports hall. To get through anothertraining course with Hanshi is always great,but to see so many of our young studentssweating and smiling in equal amounts wasfantastic. Many of the stretching andtraining methods have already been appliedin our club, making our training morethought provoking and interesting. Upon taking the bows, Shihan Dave Lund-Regan extended thanks to Hanshi andShihan Liam for coming to Wales. Ipersonally would like to offer the thanks ofall of the students of Mountain Ash andhope we get the opportunity to train withour top instructors more in the future.

Article: Stephan Davies (2nd Dan), Photos: Jodie Hobbs

Course member line up

Alan Davis, Dave Lund Regan, Alan Davis, Dave Lund Regan, Liam Keaveney and HanshiLiam Keaveney and Hanshi Course Black Belts

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GodanInterviews

Shihan Alan DaviesOsu Shihan. I suppose the best place tostart is at the beginning. Can you tellus how you came to be involved in theBKK?

I first became interested in karate at the ageof 16, when a work colleague was showingoff breaking wood and demonstrating karatemoves. He trained at a club in Caerphilly,some 12 miles from my home. I decided topop along and see for myself.

I had always been interested in keeping fit bycircuit training etc, but had never really stuckto anything. However I liked the ethos ofKyokushinkai Karate and started training inCaerphilly twice a week. At that time myonly means of getting there was by publictransport or the odd lift.

Can you give us some history of yourdojo, Mountain Ash?

In 1975 I transferred to Mountain Ash dojowhich was then held in the local YMCA. Itrained under Senpais Wayne Smith andMike Watkins, under the supervision ofShihan Howard Collins. Howard Collinslater moved to Sweden. Senpai Wayne wasthe person who inspired me most and,ultimately, in 1984 he asked me if I wouldtake over the running of the club. After ashort while the club transferred toAbercynon sports centre and it was veryimportant to us to retain the nameMountain Ash, and this is where we stilltrain today. I have encouraged high gradestudents to open clubs of their own, and toname a few Aberpennar, Ynysybwl,Cwmaber and Treforest, although the lattertwo have since closed.

So many students and their families havesupported Mountain Ash over the years and Ifeel it is their commitment that has madeMountain Ash as strong as it is today.

I also feel it is important to remember thosestudents who have sadly passed away since Ihave been running Mountain Ash. When I

present Student of the Year trophies it isalways in their memory, thereby they arenever forgotten.

Looking back over the results in allcompetition aspects of Kyokushin inthe BKK in the last 20 years or so itseems Mountain Ash has won morethan its fair share of trophies. To whatdo you attribute this?

We have been very fortunate to have hadsuch dedicated and skilled students who haveremained faithful to Kyokushinkai andMountain Ash dojo in particular. Many ofthe students grew up in the club fromchildhood to adulthood and now bring theirown children to train with us. Training isavailable three nights a week and when acompetition is imminent special sessions arearranged in preparation for the forthcomingtournament. The higher grade students rallyround, giving up their time to encourage thestudents who are entering and to help themreach their true potential. We have enjoyedtremendous success over the years whichmakes me very proud to be a part of theMountain Ash Club and the commitmentshown by everyone involved.

I have always felt great pride in seeing aMountain Ash student or team event in thetournament result sheets. There are manyindividual students and instructors, who Iwill not mention by name for fear ofmissing someone out, who have contributedtowards our competition successes.

Shihan what does the promotion toGodan mean to you personally andwhat do you think it means to theBKK and IFK?

I was very humbled and privileged to accepta 5th dan grade from Hanshi. I neverenvisaged being a higher grade than Sandan.On each occasion when I have beenpromoted it has inspired me tremendously,purely due to the utmost respect and regard

that I have for Hanshi and his manyachievements. I hope I have helped to play asmall part in promoting the BKK and theIFK and will continue to do so.

What is the best advice you could giveto someone just starting in Kyokushintoday.

We are very fortunate in our club that weattract students of all ages. My advice tonew students is to enjoy the training and notto be in too much of a rush to pass gradingsand win competitions. Nothing gives megreater pleasure than to see students whomay not have the greatest of abilities whenthey first come to the dojo, blossom into firstclass students.

Finally, I would like to express my gratitudeand thanks for all the friendships that I haveformed over the years by being a member ofthe BKK �

In the last Kyokushin Magazine we interviewed Shihans Alex Kerrigan and Liam Keaveney following their promotion to Rokudan.It seems only fitting then that we interview the BKKs newest Shihans following their promotion to Godan – Shihans Alan Davies,Dave Lund Regan and Maria da Costa. I have met Shihan Dave on a number of occasions but have only ever spoken to ShihanMaria twice and, until recently, had never even met Shihan Alan. It is difficult to interview people you don’t know, as most of thequestions can only ever be relatively superficial. As luck would have it, once the interviews were completed, I managed to meet and talkto all three Shihans in Berlin at the World Junior Tournament. Time constraints precluded me from probing further but I like to thinkthat some of the essence of each person is captured in their answers.

By Shane Lalor (4th Dan)

Alan Davis

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Hanshi’s Welsh Regional CourseWith baited breath, students throughout theSouth Wales Clubs were preparing themselves fora first taste of training under our President andChief Instructor, Hanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan)on Sunday 3rd August. For many of us, it wasanother opportunity to be put through our paces,mentally and physically, by the man who knowsonly too well, the meaning of perseverance, gritand determination. Hanshi was accompanied by Shihan LiamKeaveney (6th Dan), who, with his uniquetake on our techniques, always delivers avery insightful approach to Kyokushintraining. A fabulous turnout in AbercynonSports Centre, home of Shihan Alan Davies’club, combined with karateka of all ages, 8thKyu right up to 5th Dan, including our new“Welsh World Champion”, NathanWilliams, led to this course being a fantasticsuccess.Shihans Alan Davies (5th Dan) and DaveLund-Regan (5th Dan) were in attendance,leading the way throughout the day, withseemingly boundless energy, putting manyof us to shame when it came to the lasthour of intense techniques. The course began with the customaryblowing out of cobwebs, 10th Kyu, 9th Kyuand 8th Kyu Syllabus, followed by 17 handtechniques and the 21 kick combinations, agood warm-up for any grade. Hanshicontinued with his recently updated way ofstretching the legs, hips, groin and back,moving on to the unique training methodof Tai-Ki-Ken. As an exercise, I think I speakfor the majority when I say this couldpossibly be the most difficult thing tomaster within the realms of our training. As I understood, the principle of Tai-Ki-Ken can be used within all our karatetechniques. Hanshi explained its principle isthat slow movements are used to developstrength throughout our stances, handtechniques and katas. He went on to explainthat many of us have been practising this foryears without realising what it was, first ofall in Pinan Sono Ni. The slow, strongmovement of uchi uke to the hip is the firstmovement where we use this method.Moving in Zenkutsu-dachi however, to acount of 5, then 10 and finally 20, is almostimpossible without months of practice.Hanshi later told us that he used thismethod of training for many months beforehis 100 man kumite. For the following hour we were split intotwo groups, the Black Belts with ShihanLiam and all other grades with Hanshi.

Shihan Liam began with his insight intoSanchin Kata and how he has looked backfor its origins and its uses. He utilised workwith partners to show how weak atraditional sanchin stance can be, withcentre of gravity being high, leading tounbalance. As with previous instructionfrom Shihan Liam, he encouraged us all tolook at our techniques in more depth, howthey can be used in certain situations andhow they would be utilised throughout the360 degrees around the body. Techniquessuch as Ryoken and Ippon Ken weredemonstrated, striking untraditional targetson the body, mainly my body. As the training progressed, I came to realisethat as instructors, we should beencouraging students to practise thesetechniques, not just in thin air, but on pads,focus mitts and even with partners. AsShihan Liam pointed out, we, as karatekashould be more aware of the capability ofthese strikes, with students requiring moredepth and knowledge about what they aredoing, not just gaining the ability to pass agrading. Following this hour or so, the Instructionwas swapped over and within minutes wewere in Zenkutsu-Dachi, preparing forHanshi to extract the last ounces of energyfrom our bodies. We proceeded to move,performing Hiza-Geri, only to be told after

12 stances and 12 Hiza-Geris, we wouldeventually get to Ushiro Kakato Geri butnot without performing every kick inbetween. Things began to get a little tiring aroundTobi Mai Geri, with many people startingto look a little worse for wear, except ofcourse Shihans Dave and Alan, with SenseiJanine also pushing the pace. It’s great to seeyour instructors in the role of student andyou begin to realise just a small part of howthey have got to the grade they have. As with all of Hanshi’s training, no-one wasshown any sympathy and, on reaching thefinal kicks, I think it’s safe to say we were allglad we made the end. As we lined up toend the course a sense of satisfaction filledthe sports hall. To get through anothertraining course with Hanshi is always great,but to see so many of our young studentssweating and smiling in equal amounts wasfantastic. Many of the stretching andtraining methods have already been appliedin our club, making our training morethought provoking and interesting. Upon taking the bows, Shihan Dave Lund-Regan extended thanks to Hanshi andShihan Liam for coming to Wales. Ipersonally would like to offer the thanks ofall of the students of Mountain Ash andhope we get the opportunity to train withour top instructors more in the future.

Article: Stephan Davies (2nd Dan), Photos: Jodie Hobbs

Course member line up

Alan Davis, Dave Lund Regan, Alan Davis, Dave Lund Regan, Liam Keaveney and HanshiLiam Keaveney and Hanshi Course Black Belts

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Godan Interviews

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Shihan David Lund ReganOsu Shihan. I suppose the best place tostart is at the beginning. Can you tell ushow you came to be involved in theBKK? I became interested when a friend of minerang me up to ask if I wanted to go to Karate,even though he couldn’t say the name of thestyle. As I have always been interested inMartial arts from the age when Bruce Leecame out, I said yes straight away. We went along to a session in Pontypriddunder the then Sensei Alwyn Heath.We came away with me not being able to usemy arms and Andrew, who went with me, notable to walk properly. However, we werehooked and I have trained with the BKK eversince.

Shihan what does the promotion toGodan mean to you personally andwhat do you think it means to the BKKand IFK?To be awarded Godan is an honour. Onenever really thinks about Yondan or higherafter Sandan, as that is the last grading onedoes and it’s the hardest. Being awardedGodan was special, however, it comes with itsresponsibilities as well. One has to beprepared to put more time into the BKK, notthat I have much time left because I alreadyhave a few roles.I think it is good for the BKK and the IFK tohave more Godans and the more high gradesthere are gives the organisation as a whole abetter profile.

You have taught courses in the use ofthe Bo. Can you tell us a little of howyou came to be interested in that?A number of years ago on our first summer

camp Sensei John Moulden and I decided tochoose a weapon and learn how to use it. Ichose Nunchuku and Sensei John chose Bo.We thought this may be a way of breaking upthe syllabus and encouraging children to jointhe club.We duly went off to learn our chosenweapons. However, I also wanted to learn Boand took time out from Nunchuku toconcentrate on Bo, as I though it would be aweapon that everyone could learn to use. Atsummer camp I was asked to teach Bo andNunchuku, but I found it rather a nightmarerunning between the two groups. This led

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Shihan Maria DaCostaOsu Shihan. I suppose the best place tostart is at the beginning. Can you tellus how you came to be involved in theBKK?

II started at a club in the Elephant andCastle called RHQ just before my thirteenthbirthday. My father worked in the BritishTelecom building where the club trainedand suggested I give it a go. I had no ideaabout the different styles or standards ofkarate being taught. I was just lucky tostumble across a reputable club.

What was the training like back then?

Same as it is now, hard!

What does the promotion to Godanmean to you personally and what doyou think it means to the BKK andIFK?

To be awarded a 5th Dan was totallyunexpected and I am not sure how I feelabout it. I have joined a small elite group ofShihans for whom I have the utmost respectand I do not yet feel worthy to be part of it.The BKK now has its first female BritishShihan and I hope more female karateka willbe inspired by this.

You are the BKK Treasurer andSummer Camp Officer– how did youcome to take on these roles?

There was a vacancy for the position oftreasurer so I applied, simple as that. As forsummer camp officer, I located to theOxford venue in Kingham and as I had thecontacts, it made sense for me to organise itand I have simply continued to do so.

What are your hopes for the future ofthe BKK and the IFK?

I believe I was asked a similar question in aninterview approximately eight years ago andI said then that I wanted the BKK’snumbers to increase, for us to have our ownfully equipped Honbu for all to use andlastly to host a world tournament. We haveachieved one out of the three so I guess I amstill hoping for the other two. As far as theIFK is concerned I hope it continues toexpand whilst ensuring it maintains the highstandards and traditions that makeKyokushin such a highly respected style.

You were one of the forerunners ofWomens Knockdown. How do youthink it has evolved since its inception?

I don’t feel Women’s knockdown in Britainhas progressed as much as it should havedone. I am not sure why, but I guess it ispartly due to the lack of numbersconsistently participating. Obviously karateis a male dominated sport, so there are lessfemales taking part. We do however have oneor two success stories amongst the femalefighters. We also have some talented femalecadets who are just starting out inknockdown, and if they continue and aregiven the opportunity to progress, I believethe standard of women’s knockdown inBritain will increase.

You teach at Newbury Park andDocklands dojos with Shihan Nick.Can you tell us a little about thehistory of both clubs?

Docklands dojo was opened in 1987 and wecelebrated our 20th anniversary last year.Newbury Park was opened in 1999. Both

Maria Da Costa

NORTHAMPTON KARATE KYOKUSHINKAIExtends its best wishes to the BKK for a successful

Nationals Championship at the new venue K2 Crawley

INFORMATION:-Senpai CATHY OBRIEN (2nd Dan)

TELEPHONE – 07723 345 651 EMAIL – [email protected]

Training:-TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

JUNIORS 6.30PM – 7.45PM SENIORS 7.45PM – 9.00

Dojo Address:-DELAPRE PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROTHERSTHORPE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON NN4 8JA

N. K. K.

clubs have had their share of success withnational and international champions at alllevels. At the last Junior WorldChampionships we had Alex Small fromNewbury Park and Chris Da Costa fromDocklands who were part of the team thatbecame the first Junior World Clickerchampions and Alex Small went on tobecome a double world champion in theindividual section. We also have a strongsection of up and coming cadets, a numberof which have fought for England, as haveour adults.

What is the best advice you could giveto someone just starting in Kyokushintoday.

I would first congratulate them on finding areputable martial art amongst the evergrowing minefield of styles. I would thenremind those who join Kyokushin that theyhave chosen a style that prides itself on itsstandards and traditions, and to fully benefitfrom Kyokushin they must be prepared toface the challenges and to uphold ourtraditions �

me to speak to Hanshi to see if we couldconcentrate on one, the Bo, and he agreed.

Are there any plans to formally makethe Bo part of the BKK or IFK syllabus?No. I think it would be too much to ask asthere is already enough to learn in thesyllabus without the added work of masteringthe Bo.It is only taught as an extra discipline so that astudent can decide whether or not he or shewould like to learn it and, if so, extra timewould need to be dedicated in order toachieve the chosen level.

Along with Sensei Andrew Turner youhave been coaching the BKK Junior andCadet squads for the last few years. Canyou tell us how you came to be in thatrole?A few years? It seems like a few years but inreality it’s been 17 years, how time flies. Itook up the role in 1991 when the positioncame up in Wales, even then I had ideas aboutjunior camps and extra tournaments for Walesas a country.I started the Severn Challenge with SenseiJim Elvery, who at the time was the coach forEngland. A few years later I continued withSensei Andrew Turner.

The Severn Challenge is essentially runby Sensei Andrew and yourself. Are youhappy with the progress it’s making andwhere would you like to see it go?I’m very happy with its progress. Each yearanother country joins us and each year it getsbetter. I would like to think we could get thistournament to a stage when eight countriesparticipate, that would then be someachievement �

Skillet Catering wish the BKK every success at their new venue K2 Crawley

Drop in for a coffee and handmade sandwich.All catering events undertaken - creating delicious cooking

using only the best ingredients sourced locally.

6 High Street, Stansted Abbots, Herts, SG12 8AB T: 01920 872065

Roath KyokushinkaiKarate Club

Monday at YMCA Roath (Cardiff)

7.15pm to 9.00pm

Wednesday PonteprennauCommunity Hall8.00pm to 9.30pm

Further informationContact Colin: 02920 540459

InstructorsColin Elias (2nd Dan)

Bernadette Elias (1st Dan)Said Hossini (1st Dan)Proud to Support

the BKKProud to support the BKK in association with Kokoro

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Shihan David Lund ReganOsu Shihan. I suppose the best place tostart is at the beginning. Can you tell ushow you came to be involved in theBKK? I became interested when a friend of minerang me up to ask if I wanted to go to Karate,even though he couldn’t say the name of thestyle. As I have always been interested inMartial arts from the age when Bruce Leecame out, I said yes straight away. We went along to a session in Pontypriddunder the then Sensei Alwyn Heath.We came away with me not being able to usemy arms and Andrew, who went with me, notable to walk properly. However, we werehooked and I have trained with the BKK eversince.

Shihan what does the promotion toGodan mean to you personally andwhat do you think it means to the BKKand IFK?To be awarded Godan is an honour. Onenever really thinks about Yondan or higherafter Sandan, as that is the last grading onedoes and it’s the hardest. Being awardedGodan was special, however, it comes with itsresponsibilities as well. One has to beprepared to put more time into the BKK, notthat I have much time left because I alreadyhave a few roles.I think it is good for the BKK and the IFK tohave more Godans and the more high gradesthere are gives the organisation as a whole abetter profile.

You have taught courses in the use ofthe Bo. Can you tell us a little of howyou came to be interested in that?A number of years ago on our first summer

camp Sensei John Moulden and I decided tochoose a weapon and learn how to use it. Ichose Nunchuku and Sensei John chose Bo.We thought this may be a way of breaking upthe syllabus and encouraging children to jointhe club.We duly went off to learn our chosenweapons. However, I also wanted to learn Boand took time out from Nunchuku toconcentrate on Bo, as I though it would be aweapon that everyone could learn to use. Atsummer camp I was asked to teach Bo andNunchuku, but I found it rather a nightmarerunning between the two groups. This led

Dave Lund ReganDave Lund Regan

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Godan Interviews

Shihan Maria DaCostaOsu Shihan. I suppose the best place tostart is at the beginning. Can you tellus how you came to be involved in theBKK?

II started at a club in the Elephant andCastle called RHQ just before my thirteenthbirthday. My father worked in the BritishTelecom building where the club trainedand suggested I give it a go. I had no ideaabout the different styles or standards ofkarate being taught. I was just lucky tostumble across a reputable club.

What was the training like back then?

Same as it is now, hard!

What does the promotion to Godanmean to you personally and what doyou think it means to the BKK andIFK?

To be awarded a 5th Dan was totallyunexpected and I am not sure how I feelabout it. I have joined a small elite group ofShihans for whom I have the utmost respectand I do not yet feel worthy to be part of it.The BKK now has its first female BritishShihan and I hope more female karateka willbe inspired by this.

You are the BKK Treasurer andSummer Camp Officer– how did youcome to take on these roles?

There was a vacancy for the position oftreasurer so I applied, simple as that. As forsummer camp officer, I located to theOxford venue in Kingham and as I had thecontacts, it made sense for me to organise itand I have simply continued to do so.

What are your hopes for the future ofthe BKK and the IFK?

I believe I was asked a similar question in aninterview approximately eight years ago andI said then that I wanted the BKK’snumbers to increase, for us to have our ownfully equipped Honbu for all to use andlastly to host a world tournament. We haveachieved one out of the three so I guess I amstill hoping for the other two. As far as theIFK is concerned I hope it continues toexpand whilst ensuring it maintains the highstandards and traditions that makeKyokushin such a highly respected style.

You were one of the forerunners ofWomens Knockdown. How do youthink it has evolved since its inception?

I don’t feel Women’s knockdown in Britainhas progressed as much as it should havedone. I am not sure why, but I guess it ispartly due to the lack of numbersconsistently participating. Obviously karateis a male dominated sport, so there are lessfemales taking part. We do however have oneor two success stories amongst the femalefighters. We also have some talented femalecadets who are just starting out inknockdown, and if they continue and aregiven the opportunity to progress, I believethe standard of women’s knockdown inBritain will increase.

You teach at Newbury Park andDocklands dojos with Shihan Nick.Can you tell us a little about thehistory of both clubs?

Docklands dojo was opened in 1987 and wecelebrated our 20th anniversary last year.Newbury Park was opened in 1999. Both

Maria Da Costa

NORTHAMPTON KARATE KYOKUSHINKAIExtends its best wishes to the BKK for a successful

Nationals Championship at the new venue K2 Crawley

INFORMATION:-Senpai CATHY OBRIEN (2nd Dan)

TELEPHONE – 07723 345 651 EMAIL – [email protected]

Training:-TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

JUNIORS 6.30PM – 7.45PM SENIORS 7.45PM – 9.00

Dojo Address:-DELAPRE PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROTHERSTHORPE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON NN4 8JA

N. K. K.

clubs have had their share of success withnational and international champions at alllevels. At the last Junior WorldChampionships we had Alex Small fromNewbury Park and Chris Da Costa fromDocklands who were part of the team thatbecame the first Junior World Clickerchampions and Alex Small went on tobecome a double world champion in theindividual section. We also have a strongsection of up and coming cadets, a numberof which have fought for England, as haveour adults.

What is the best advice you could giveto someone just starting in Kyokushintoday.

I would first congratulate them on finding areputable martial art amongst the evergrowing minefield of styles. I would thenremind those who join Kyokushin that theyhave chosen a style that prides itself on itsstandards and traditions, and to fully benefitfrom Kyokushin they must be prepared toface the challenges and to uphold ourtraditions �

me to speak to Hanshi to see if we couldconcentrate on one, the Bo, and he agreed.

Are there any plans to formally makethe Bo part of the BKK or IFK syllabus?No. I think it would be too much to ask asthere is already enough to learn in thesyllabus without the added work of masteringthe Bo.It is only taught as an extra discipline so that astudent can decide whether or not he or shewould like to learn it and, if so, extra timewould need to be dedicated in order toachieve the chosen level.

Along with Sensei Andrew Turner youhave been coaching the BKK Junior andCadet squads for the last few years. Canyou tell us how you came to be in thatrole?A few years? It seems like a few years but inreality it’s been 17 years, how time flies. Itook up the role in 1991 when the positioncame up in Wales, even then I had ideas aboutjunior camps and extra tournaments for Walesas a country.I started the Severn Challenge with SenseiJim Elvery, who at the time was the coach forEngland. A few years later I continued withSensei Andrew Turner.

The Severn Challenge is essentially runby Sensei Andrew and yourself. Are youhappy with the progress it’s making andwhere would you like to see it go?I’m very happy with its progress. Each yearanother country joins us and each year it getsbetter. I would like to think we could get thistournament to a stage when eight countriesparticipate, that would then be someachievement �

Skillet Catering wish the BKK every success at their new venue K2 Crawley

Drop in for a coffee and handmade sandwich.All catering events undertaken - creating delicious cooking

using only the best ingredients sourced locally.

6 High Street, Stansted Abbots, Herts, SG12 8AB T: 01920 872065

Roath KyokushinkaiKarate Club

Monday at YMCA Roath (Cardiff)

7.15pm to 9.00pm

Wednesday PonteprennauCommunity Hall8.00pm to 9.30pm

Further informationContact Colin: 02920 540459

InstructorsColin Elias (2nd Dan)

Bernadette Elias (1st Dan)Said Hossini (1st Dan)Proud to Support

the BKKProud to support the BKK in association with Kokoro

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British Karate Kyokushinkai

We have over fifty clubs throughout the UK -if you are an individual or a club instructor and you wish

to know details of clubs, locations, etc.,please visit the BKK’s website:

www.bkk-uk.comor contact the BKK Chairman for further information:

Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)58 Highfield Road Chelmsford Essex CM1 2NQ

Tel: 01245 256891

E-mail: [email protected]

Affiliated to: International Federation of Karate, English Traditional Karate Body, Karate England

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Black Belt Course 2008

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Black Belt Course 2008The BKK’s annual Black belt course was held on 3rd February in Reading and the course was held by Hanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan) assisted byShihan’s Alex Kerrigan (6th Dan) and Liam Keaveney (6th Dan) – this was followed by a specific course on Child Protection held by Bryn Hughes.

Shihan Alex Kerrigan discusses kihon Course Senseis, Shihans with Hanshi

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British Karate Kyokushinkai

We have over fifty clubs throughout the UK -if you are an individual or a club instructor and you wish

to know details of clubs, locations, etc.,please visit the BKK’s website:

www.bkk-uk.comor contact the BKK Chairman for further information:

Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)58 Highfield Road Chelmsford Essex CM1 2NQ

Tel: 01245 256891

E-mail: [email protected]

Affiliated to: International Federation of Karate, English Traditional Karate Body, Karate England

For All Your Insurance Needs

GENERAL INSURANCE BROKERS(UK) PLC

90 BISHOPS BRIDGE ROADLONDON W2 5AA

Telephone 020 7792 0123Facsimile 020 7727 5794 Email [email protected]

Authorised and Regulated by the financial Services Authority

The BKK wishes to thank

General Insurance Brokersfor their continued sponsorship and support.

Karate Kyokushin Magazine 2008 www.bkk-uk.com

Black Belt Course 2008

16

Black Belt Course 2008The BKK’s annual Black belt course was held on 3rd February in Reading and the course was held by Hanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan) assisted byShihan’s Alex Kerrigan (6th Dan) and Liam Keaveney (6th Dan) – this was followed by a specific course on Child Protection held by Bryn Hughes.

Shihan Alex Kerrigan discusses kihon Course Senseis, Shihans with Hanshi

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All Japan Open November 2007

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Kyokushin-Kan International Organisation

Preliminary RoundAll three BKK fighters had been drawn inthe preliminary round against lighterJapanese opponents. To avoid losing onweight decisions, they realised they wouldhave to fight to their potential. First upwas Miguel, he started the fight bykeeping his distance and connecting withsome fierce punch kick combinations,which immediately hurt his opponent.Miguel had taken control of the fight andshowed his class by cruising to a firstround decision. Next was Wai, who againshowed true class with some greatfootwork backed up with clinicalcombinations. Wai piled on the pressurekeeping his opponent on the back foot forthe entire round and earning the decision.With Miguel and Wai comfortablythrough to the last sixteen, the pressurewas on for Kenny to join them. Kenny’strusted low kick combinations caused hisopponent some early discomfort and hecontinued to pick off his shots with somefluid footwork. In the blink of an eyelid,Kenny unleashed a lightning ushuromawashi geri that knocked his opponentclean out to earn him the first Ippon ofthe tournament. There were echoes ofappreciation around the arena for Kenny’stechnique and the Japanese spectators werenow talking about the class and finesse ofthe British fighters who had well and trulymade their mark on this tournament. Withthe preliminary rounds drawn to a close,the official opening ceremony took place.The British fighters all stood proudamong the last sixteen as IFKK KanchoRoyama opened the tournament with aheart warming speech. The Tameshawariwas next.

The BKK fighters having a proven recordin wood breaking, was emphasised whenMiguel broke an impressive twenty sixboards over four breaks, Empi, Shuto,Seiken and Kakato (heel break).

Last SixteenFirst up was Miguel who was drawnagainst a similar weighted Japanese fighter.Miguel started the fight on top keepinghis favoured distance and launching inwith some strong punching combinationsfollowed by heavy low kicks, this causedhis opponent to close the distance andsmother his techniques. The fightcontinued, now being fought on theinside, as Miguel’s opponent tried to breakhis momentum. Whilst trying to hold hisground Miguel, to the astonishment of thecrowd, was issued a gentan ichi forpushing. It is well known that in Japan agentan ichi will cost you the fight, similarto losing a wazari, Miguel tried in vain to

pull the fight back but was unsuccessful.Wai knew that the rules had now becomevery strict, so approached his secondround fight intelligently. He too wasdrawn against a resilient Japanese fighter.Wai dished out some crisp combinationswhich hurt his opponent very early on,causing him to close the gap to avoidsustaining more punishment. Wai dealtwith his opponent’s punch combinationsby parrying and countering, surprisinglytwo of the judge’s flags waved aninfringement against Wai. The refereebroke the fight and issued Wai a gentanichi for allegedly grabbing. Wai valiantlytried to save his fight by kicking his

I was delighted when I heard the news that three of the BKK’s elite fighters where tobe testing their skills at the IFKK All Japan Open Knockdown tournament held at theworld famous Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.Sempais Kenny Jarvis, Wai Cheung and Miguel Fernandez were to re-write thehistory books as they became the first BKK fighters to fight in Japan since ShihanDavid Pickthall fought in the Shidokan World Tournament in 1994. I was fortunateenough to attend the tournament and offer my support.

By Jared Wright (2nd Dan)

Tournament officials and winners

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Wimbledon Karate Kyokushinkai

For further infomation contactHanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan)

T: 0208 946 0673 E: [email protected]

Training: Mondays and Wednesdays

Dojo: Raynes Park Sports Ground, Taunton Avenue, Raynes Park, SW20 0BH

Proud to support the British Karate Kyokushinkai

DUNMOW

KYOKUSHINKAI

Fitness

Flexibility

Improved self

confidence

Self defence

Improves

breathing

Contact Andrew on 01371 872650 / 07974 094925

www.dunmowkarate.co.uk

Kyokushinkai is a traditional style of karate which encompasses all

aspects of martial arts training and features an optional full contact

fighting system. The Dunmow dojo was opened in 1985 by Sensei

Andrew Turner and has consistently provided high quality karate

tuition to children and adults of all ages. Sensei Andrew is the

England Junior/cadet coach - his wealth of experience and

enthusiasm for karate has produced regional, national, international

and European champions in full contact and semi contact fighting as

well as kata competitions.

During the 4 week FREE beginners course you will learn basic karate

techniques, self defence and stretching exercises as well as

improving your fitness and making new friends in what we consider

an extremely friendly and welcoming club.

Juniors Tues 6-7pm (Dunmow Leisure Centre) Thurs 7-8pm ( Gt Dunmow Primary School)

Cost £2.00 per lesson

Seniors Tues 8pm-10pm (Arts Centre, Haslers Yard) Thurs 8-10pm (Gt Dunmow Primary

School) cost £3.50 per lesson

KARATE CLUB

BarberSporting

EnterprisesSponsors of the BKK

Wish the BKK every success at

the 32nd Open NationalKnockdown Tournament 2008

Barber Sporting Enterprises1 Tower Drive,

Neath Hill, Milton Keynes MK14 6HX

Kancho Royama

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All Japan Open November 2007

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Kyokushin-Kan International Organisation

Preliminary RoundAll three BKK fighters had been drawn inthe preliminary round against lighterJapanese opponents. To avoid losing onweight decisions, they realised they wouldhave to fight to their potential. First upwas Miguel, he started the fight bykeeping his distance and connecting withsome fierce punch kick combinations,which immediately hurt his opponent.Miguel had taken control of the fight andshowed his class by cruising to a firstround decision. Next was Wai, who againshowed true class with some greatfootwork backed up with clinicalcombinations. Wai piled on the pressurekeeping his opponent on the back foot forthe entire round and earning the decision.With Miguel and Wai comfortablythrough to the last sixteen, the pressurewas on for Kenny to join them. Kenny’strusted low kick combinations caused hisopponent some early discomfort and hecontinued to pick off his shots with somefluid footwork. In the blink of an eyelid,Kenny unleashed a lightning ushuromawashi geri that knocked his opponentclean out to earn him the first Ippon ofthe tournament. There were echoes ofappreciation around the arena for Kenny’stechnique and the Japanese spectators werenow talking about the class and finesse ofthe British fighters who had well and trulymade their mark on this tournament. Withthe preliminary rounds drawn to a close,the official opening ceremony took place.The British fighters all stood proudamong the last sixteen as IFKK KanchoRoyama opened the tournament with aheart warming speech. The Tameshawariwas next.

The BKK fighters having a proven recordin wood breaking, was emphasised whenMiguel broke an impressive twenty sixboards over four breaks, Empi, Shuto,Seiken and Kakato (heel break).

Last SixteenFirst up was Miguel who was drawnagainst a similar weighted Japanese fighter.Miguel started the fight on top keepinghis favoured distance and launching inwith some strong punching combinationsfollowed by heavy low kicks, this causedhis opponent to close the distance andsmother his techniques. The fightcontinued, now being fought on theinside, as Miguel’s opponent tried to breakhis momentum. Whilst trying to hold hisground Miguel, to the astonishment of thecrowd, was issued a gentan ichi forpushing. It is well known that in Japan agentan ichi will cost you the fight, similarto losing a wazari, Miguel tried in vain to

pull the fight back but was unsuccessful.Wai knew that the rules had now becomevery strict, so approached his secondround fight intelligently. He too wasdrawn against a resilient Japanese fighter.Wai dished out some crisp combinationswhich hurt his opponent very early on,causing him to close the gap to avoidsustaining more punishment. Wai dealtwith his opponent’s punch combinationsby parrying and countering, surprisinglytwo of the judge’s flags waved aninfringement against Wai. The refereebroke the fight and issued Wai a gentanichi for allegedly grabbing. Wai valiantlytried to save his fight by kicking his

I was delighted when I heard the news that three of the BKK’s elite fighters where tobe testing their skills at the IFKK All Japan Open Knockdown tournament held at theworld famous Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.Sempais Kenny Jarvis, Wai Cheung and Miguel Fernandez were to re-write thehistory books as they became the first BKK fighters to fight in Japan since ShihanDavid Pickthall fought in the Shidokan World Tournament in 1994. I was fortunateenough to attend the tournament and offer my support.

By Jared Wright (2nd Dan)

Tournament officials and winners

18

Wimbledon Karate Kyokushinkai

For further infomation contactHanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan)

T: 0208 946 0673 E: [email protected]

Training: Mondays and Wednesdays

Dojo: Raynes Park Sports Ground, Taunton Avenue, Raynes Park, SW20 0BH

Proud to support the British Karate Kyokushinkai

DUNMOW

KYOKUSHINKAI

Fitness

Flexibility

Improved self

confidence

Self defence

Improves

breathing

Contact Andrew on 01371 872650 / 07974 094925

www.dunmowkarate.co.uk

Kyokushinkai is a traditional style of karate which encompasses all

aspects of martial arts training and features an optional full contact

fighting system. The Dunmow dojo was opened in 1985 by Sensei

Andrew Turner and has consistently provided high quality karate

tuition to children and adults of all ages. Sensei Andrew is the

England Junior/cadet coach - his wealth of experience and

enthusiasm for karate has produced regional, national, international

and European champions in full contact and semi contact fighting as

well as kata competitions.

During the 4 week FREE beginners course you will learn basic karate

techniques, self defence and stretching exercises as well as

improving your fitness and making new friends in what we consider

an extremely friendly and welcoming club.

Juniors Tues 6-7pm (Dunmow Leisure Centre) Thurs 7-8pm ( Gt Dunmow Primary School)

Cost £2.00 per lesson

Seniors Tues 8pm-10pm (Arts Centre, Haslers Yard) Thurs 8-10pm (Gt Dunmow Primary

School) cost £3.50 per lesson

KARATE CLUB

BarberSporting

EnterprisesSponsors of the BKK

Wish the BKK every success at

the 32nd Open NationalKnockdown Tournament 2008

Barber Sporting Enterprises1 Tower Drive,

Neath Hill, Milton Keynes MK14 6HX

Kancho Royama

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Regional Knockdown Tournament 2008

21

RegionalKnockdown Tournament 2008The British Karate Kyokushinkai’s Open RegionalKnockdown Tournament was held at theRivermead Leisure Centre, Reading on Saturday21st June 2008. A great turnout of fighters andspectators and we saw some spectacular fighting withgreat determination and spirit. My sincere gratitudeto our fighters, table officials, referees, under ShihanAlex Kerrigan, our Medical Team, under JohnHunt, and to Moss Ageli who arranged, as ever, thetrophies for the tournament. A special mention to thefighters from Scotland Senshin Do Karate - whocontinue to support us at every event as do fightersfrom the Irish Karate Kyokushinkai.

Novice Men’s Lightweight1st Robert Tagg (Westcroft)2nd Dale Evans (Roath)3rd Joynal Miah (Bethnal Green)3rd Craig Thomas (Melton)

Novice Men’s Middleweight1st Wayne Sheridan (Westcroft)2nd Tim Diacon (Bethnal Green)3rd James Hunt (Dunmow)3rd Vic Kazpukonic (Bethnal Green)

Novice Men’s Heavyweight1st Sam Hunt (Wimbeldon)2nd Alan McCoy (IKK)3rd Simon Marcus Caines (Roath)3rd Dariusz Wietecha (Oldham)

Regional Women’s Lightweight1st Emma Markwell (BKK Wimbeldon)2nd Petra Markova (BKK Crystal Palace)3rd Lucy Wilson (BKK Hastings & Bexhill)4th Cryatelle Badoil (BKK Dunmow)

Regional Women’s Heavyweight1st Lia Howlett (BKK Dunmow)2nd Kelly Balmer (BKK Crystal Palace)3rd Lorraine Garnis (BKK Hastings &Bexhill)

Regional Men’s Middleweight1st Wai Cheung (BKK Crystal palace)2nd Darren Stringer (BKK Crawley)3rd Darren Chan (BKK Bethnal Green)3rd Simon Kuryechev (BKK Crystal Palace)

Regional Men’s Heavyweight 1st Malcolm Scott (BKK Gravesend)2nd Tamas Takacs (BKK Crawley)3rd Said Hossini (BKK Roath)3rd Tom Silver (BKK Crawley)

Spirited Fighter Award Darren Stringer (BKK Crawley)

Photos: sportshotphotography.co.uk

Opening Ceremony

Tom Silver (l) and Malcolm Scott Wai Cheung

Darren Stringer (l)

Said Hossini (l) and Malcolm Scott Sam Hunt (r)

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opponent around the tatami and comingclose with some Jodan kicks, but wasbeaten by the clock and had to bow out ofthe tournament. After his fantastic firstround knockout, Kenny stepped on to themat with some notoriety. Havingwatched his fellow fighters fall foul of thestringent refereeing, Kenny was forced tochange his unique close range fightingstyle in order to eradicate the possibility ofbeing penalised for pushing or grabbing.Kenny made a sprightly start by bouncinground the mat picking off some hard lowkicks and punches. As his opponent closedthe gap Kenny resorted to flurries ofpunches to avoid getting into a clinch. Hecontinued to dominate the fight againsthis cagey opponent. With moments tospare, the referee again stopped the fightafter spotting an infringement by Kennyand penalised him with a gentan ichi.There was a huge sense of injustice withthis decision as it appeared that Kenny hadmerely parried a punch, and had nowbeen denied a place in the quarter finals.With the three British fighters out of thecompetition, I sat down to enjoy the restof the tournament. To my surprise therefereeing had now become much morerelaxed, because fighters went unpunishedfor blatant grabbing and holding. As thetournament whittled down, the calibre offighters became clear and the final fourwere of a very high standard. However, Ifeel the tournament had been robbed bynot having seen the BKK fighters pit theirskills against them. The end of a frustratingday for the British contingent ended on ahigh note as an IFKK representativeapproached the trio and informed Miguelthat he had won the tameshawari title andthat Kenny had won the best Knockoutaward for his awesome ushro mawashi geriin the first round.

Results1. Masaya Ichikawa (JPN)2. Makoto Funasaki (JPN)3. Yusuke Fujii (JPN)

TameshawariMiguel Fernandez (GBR) 26 boards

Best KnockoutKenny Jarvis (GBR)

Kenny Jarvis (r) Wai Cheung

Miguel Fernandez

Trophy presentations

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RegionalKnockdown Tournament 2008The British Karate Kyokushinkai’s Open RegionalKnockdown Tournament was held at theRivermead Leisure Centre, Reading on Saturday21st June 2008. A great turnout of fighters andspectators and we saw some spectacular fighting withgreat determination and spirit. My sincere gratitudeto our fighters, table officials, referees, under ShihanAlex Kerrigan, our Medical Team, under JohnHunt, and to Moss Ageli who arranged, as ever, thetrophies for the tournament. A special mention to thefighters from Scotland Senshin Do Karate - whocontinue to support us at every event as do fightersfrom the Irish Karate Kyokushinkai.

Novice Men’s Lightweight1st Robert Tagg (Westcroft)2nd Dale Evans (Roath)3rd Joynal Miah (Bethnal Green)3rd Craig Thomas (Melton)

Novice Men’s Middleweight1st Wayne Sheridan (Westcroft)2nd Tim Diacon (Bethnal Green)3rd James Hunt (Dunmow)3rd Vic Kazpukonic (Bethnal Green)

Novice Men’s Heavyweight1st Sam Hunt (Wimbeldon)2nd Alan McCoy (IKK)3rd Simon Marcus Caines (Roath)3rd Dariusz Wietecha (Oldham)

Regional Women’s Lightweight1st Emma Markwell (BKK Wimbeldon)2nd Petra Markova (BKK Crystal Palace)3rd Lucy Wilson (BKK Hastings & Bexhill)4th Cryatelle Badoil (BKK Dunmow)

Regional Women’s Heavyweight1st Lia Howlett (BKK Dunmow)2nd Kelly Balmer (BKK Crystal Palace)3rd Lorraine Garnis (BKK Hastings &Bexhill)

Regional Men’s Middleweight1st Wai Cheung (BKK Crystal palace)2nd Darren Stringer (BKK Crawley)3rd Darren Chan (BKK Bethnal Green)3rd Simon Kuryechev (BKK Crystal Palace)

Regional Men’s Heavyweight 1st Malcolm Scott (BKK Gravesend)2nd Tamas Takacs (BKK Crawley)3rd Said Hossini (BKK Roath)3rd Tom Silver (BKK Crawley)

Spirited Fighter Award Darren Stringer (BKK Crawley)

Photos: sportshotphotography.co.uk

Opening Ceremony

Tom Silver (l) and Malcolm Scott Wai Cheung

Darren Stringer (l)

Said Hossini (l) and Malcolm Scott Sam Hunt (r)

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opponent around the tatami and comingclose with some Jodan kicks, but wasbeaten by the clock and had to bow out ofthe tournament. After his fantastic firstround knockout, Kenny stepped on to themat with some notoriety. Havingwatched his fellow fighters fall foul of thestringent refereeing, Kenny was forced tochange his unique close range fightingstyle in order to eradicate the possibility ofbeing penalised for pushing or grabbing.Kenny made a sprightly start by bouncinground the mat picking off some hard lowkicks and punches. As his opponent closedthe gap Kenny resorted to flurries ofpunches to avoid getting into a clinch. Hecontinued to dominate the fight againsthis cagey opponent. With moments tospare, the referee again stopped the fightafter spotting an infringement by Kennyand penalised him with a gentan ichi.There was a huge sense of injustice withthis decision as it appeared that Kenny hadmerely parried a punch, and had nowbeen denied a place in the quarter finals.With the three British fighters out of thecompetition, I sat down to enjoy the restof the tournament. To my surprise therefereeing had now become much morerelaxed, because fighters went unpunishedfor blatant grabbing and holding. As thetournament whittled down, the calibre offighters became clear and the final fourwere of a very high standard. However, Ifeel the tournament had been robbed bynot having seen the BKK fighters pit theirskills against them. The end of a frustratingday for the British contingent ended on ahigh note as an IFKK representativeapproached the trio and informed Miguelthat he had won the tameshawari title andthat Kenny had won the best Knockoutaward for his awesome ushro mawashi geriin the first round.

Results1. Masaya Ichikawa (JPN)2. Makoto Funasaki (JPN)3. Yusuke Fujii (JPN)

TameshawariMiguel Fernandez (GBR) 26 boards

Best KnockoutKenny Jarvis (GBR)

Kenny Jarvis (r) Wai Cheung

Miguel Fernandez

Trophy presentations

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National Kata Tournament 2008

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Junior Red Belts1st Ellie Edwards (Ynysybwl)2nd Charlotte Wakefield (Caerphilly)3rd Dylan Vinning (Ynysybwl)

Junior Blue Belts1st Lauren Allan (Mountain Ash)2nd Oliver March (Hastings/Bexhill)3rd Harry Edwards (Ynysybwl)

Junior Yellow Belts1st Micheala Sheehan (Ynysybwl)2nd Todd Carr-Williams (Hastings/Bexhill)3rd Stephanie Williams (Cardiff)

Junior Green Belts1st Rachael Door (Mountain Ash)2nd Haley Rowlands (Cardiff)3rd Iwan Griffiths (Mountain Ash)

Junior Brown Belts1st Laura-Beth Harman (Mountain Ash)2nd Nathan Williams (Cardiff)3rd Jessica Bond (Gravesend)

Junior Black Belts1st Anna Roohi (Chelmsford)2nd Laura Picot (Wimbledon)3rd Jack Stoddart (Chelmsford)

Red Belts – Senior Women1st Pippa George (Kokoro)2nd Maria Bermudes (Westcroft)3rd Gaynor Finnegan (Staines Tigers)

Red Belts – Senior Men1st Miroslaw Nowak (Leyton)2nd James Eccleston (Kokoro)3rd Colin Johnson (Gravesend)

Blue Belts – Senior Women1st Cally Pycroft (Melton Mowbray)2nd Neile Bermudes (Westcroft)

Blue Belts – Senior Men1st William Rurton (Kings College)2nd Daniel Renner (Hastings/Bexhill)3rd Simon Wakefield (Caerphilly)

Yellow Belts – Senior Women1st Anna Papinska (Westcroft)2nd Clare Trebes (Westcroft)

Yellow Belts – Senior Men1st Robert Wheeldon (Crystal Palace)2nd James Hunt (Dunmow)3rd Henryk Jakubiak (Crystal Palace)

Green Belts – Senior Women1st Siriol Thomas (Ynysybwl)2nd Kate Godsell (West Hill)3rd Pandora Christie (Leyton)

Green Belts – Senior Men1st Gareth Lloyd (Chelmsford)2nd Mark Corcoran (Sevenoaks)3rd Henry Duffy (Kings College)

Brown Belts – Senior Women1st Lucy Cross (Mountain Ash)2nd Lisa Heath (Mountain Ash)3rd Francesca Morreale (Westcroft)

Brown Belts – Senior Men1st Simon Matthews (Mountain Ash)2nd Robert Tagg (Westcroft)3rd Thomas Bailey (Mountain Ash)

Black Belts – Senior Women1st Dolores Jaros (Switzerland)2nd Emma Markwell (Wimbledon)3rd Lucy Wilson (Hastings/Bexhill)

Black Belts – Senior Men1st Darren Stringer (Crawley)2nd Charlie Vines (Crawley)3rd Anil Tailor (Loughborough)

Junior Low Grade Team1st Mountain Ash2nd Ynysybwl3rd Crawley

Junior High Grade Team1st Cardiff2nd Newbury Park3rd Chelmsford

Senior Low Grade Team1st Dunmow2nd Kings College3rd Chelmsford

Senior High Grade Team1st Switzerland2nd Mountain Ash3rd Crawley

National Kata Tournament 2008

Photos: sportshotphotography.co.uk

Darren Stringer

Stephen Davies

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Dojo: Activities Centre, Porchester Close, Far Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6BH Dojo Operator & Chief Instructor: Sensei Martin Okeleke (4th Dan)

Contact: Sensei Moss Ageli (3rd Dan)Telephone: 01908 660322 ~ Mobile: 07703 660322

Email: [email protected]

MILTON KEYNES KYOKUSHINKAI

KARATE Milton Keynes dojo instructors and

students wish the BKK success at K2 Crawley—The New Home for The

National Knockdown Tournament

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Junior Red Belts1st Ellie Edwards (Ynysybwl)2nd Charlotte Wakefield (Caerphilly)3rd Dylan Vinning (Ynysybwl)

Junior Blue Belts1st Lauren Allan (Mountain Ash)2nd Oliver March (Hastings/Bexhill)3rd Harry Edwards (Ynysybwl)

Junior Yellow Belts1st Micheala Sheehan (Ynysybwl)2nd Todd Carr-Williams (Hastings/Bexhill)3rd Stephanie Williams (Cardiff)

Junior Green Belts1st Rachael Door (Mountain Ash)2nd Haley Rowlands (Cardiff)3rd Iwan Griffiths (Mountain Ash)

Junior Brown Belts1st Laura-Beth Harman (Mountain Ash)2nd Nathan Williams (Cardiff)3rd Jessica Bond (Gravesend)

Junior Black Belts1st Anna Roohi (Chelmsford)2nd Laura Picot (Wimbledon)3rd Jack Stoddart (Chelmsford)

Red Belts – Senior Women1st Pippa George (Kokoro)2nd Maria Bermudes (Westcroft)3rd Gaynor Finnegan (Staines Tigers)

Red Belts – Senior Men1st Miroslaw Nowak (Leyton)2nd James Eccleston (Kokoro)3rd Colin Johnson (Gravesend)

Blue Belts – Senior Women1st Cally Pycroft (Melton Mowbray)2nd Neile Bermudes (Westcroft)

Blue Belts – Senior Men1st William Rurton (Kings College)2nd Daniel Renner (Hastings/Bexhill)3rd Simon Wakefield (Caerphilly)

Yellow Belts – Senior Women1st Anna Papinska (Westcroft)2nd Clare Trebes (Westcroft)

Yellow Belts – Senior Men1st Robert Wheeldon (Crystal Palace)2nd James Hunt (Dunmow)3rd Henryk Jakubiak (Crystal Palace)

Green Belts – Senior Women1st Siriol Thomas (Ynysybwl)2nd Kate Godsell (West Hill)3rd Pandora Christie (Leyton)

Green Belts – Senior Men1st Gareth Lloyd (Chelmsford)2nd Mark Corcoran (Sevenoaks)3rd Henry Duffy (Kings College)

Brown Belts – Senior Women1st Lucy Cross (Mountain Ash)2nd Lisa Heath (Mountain Ash)3rd Francesca Morreale (Westcroft)

Brown Belts – Senior Men1st Simon Matthews (Mountain Ash)2nd Robert Tagg (Westcroft)3rd Thomas Bailey (Mountain Ash)

Black Belts – Senior Women1st Dolores Jaros (Switzerland)2nd Emma Markwell (Wimbledon)3rd Lucy Wilson (Hastings/Bexhill)

Black Belts – Senior Men1st Darren Stringer (Crawley)2nd Charlie Vines (Crawley)3rd Anil Tailor (Loughborough)

Junior Low Grade Team1st Mountain Ash2nd Ynysybwl3rd Crawley

Junior High Grade Team1st Cardiff2nd Newbury Park3rd Chelmsford

Senior Low Grade Team1st Dunmow2nd Kings College3rd Chelmsford

Senior High Grade Team1st Switzerland2nd Mountain Ash3rd Crawley

National Kata Tournament 2008

Photos: sportshotphotography.co.uk

Darren Stringer

Stephen Davies

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Dojo: Activities Centre, Porchester Close, Far Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6BH Dojo Operator & Chief Instructor: Sensei Martin Okeleke (4th Dan)

Contact: Sensei Moss Ageli (3rd Dan)Telephone: 01908 660322 ~ Mobile: 07703 660322

Email: [email protected]

MILTON KEYNES KYOKUSHINKAI

KARATE Milton Keynes dojo instructors and

students wish the BKK success at K2 Crawley—The New Home for The

National Knockdown Tournament

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IKK 30th Anniversary

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Irish KarateKyokushinkai (1978 - 2008)

IKK 30th AnniversaryTo sum up the history of an organisationwithin the confines of a magazine such asthis is practically an impossible task. By thetime this article is printed I will have startedit many times over and rejected many draftsand approaches. At best we can givemomentary clarity to long forgotten trainingsessions and at worst merely a list of eventsand people of the past thirty years. I hopethat what is presented here falls somewherebetween these two poles.

DojosAs in any other organization ours is acollection of dojos across the country. Eachdojo has its own story and characters and itis these that make up the foundation of theIKK. Sadly some clubs have come and gone,as have their instructors. We have many goodclubs from our oldest established club in thesuburb of Killester in Dublin, which hasbeen running for almost twenty five years,through to Mullingar which is rapidlyapproaching its tenth birthday in the centreof the country, and our newest club inSwords in north County Dublin which wasonly set up in 2007.

PeopleThe first dojo was opened by GerryO’Sullivan back in 1978. After a few yearsGerry’s situation changed and he was nolonger able to devote his time to travellingfrom County Cork where he lived toDublin once a week to teach (this is a tenhour round trip). The decision was madefor Kevin Callan to take over as a Brownbelt as he had been with the IKK from thestart. It is difficult enough to assist atteaching in an established dojo but to takeover an entire organization at brown beltwould be a daunting task. UndeterredKevin persevered in the role of ChiefInstructor and three decades later he is nowShihan Kevin with a successful organizationbehind him. Back in the early 1980s severalDan grades from the BKK came to Irelandfor a tournament. Amongst these was (then)Sensei Liam Keaveney who is originallyfrom Ireland. He began to make regulartrips over taking gradings and courses. Atthis stage there were no Dan grades training

in Ireland so to have a Sandan coming overwas a big deal for us. Over time SenseiLiam became Shihan Liam and he took onthe role of Life President of the IKK. Thenumber of Dan grades is not necessarily themeasure of an organization but lookingback on the Dan grades roll of the lastthirty years reveals that we have 29 Shodans,11 Nidans, 5 Sandans, 2 Yondans, a Godanand a Rokudan.

AchievementsThe IKK is not and never has been a largeorganization but has had success on manylevels nonetheless. In 1988 we sent a team tothe Women’s European clicker tournamentin Stuttgart, Germany. Despite perhaps notbeing as technical as some other countriesour fighting spirit and work ethic wasunmatched and we returned as EuropeanChampions beating far more establishedcountries in the process. An annual clickertournament is held at alternating venuesaround the country each year. Many of ourolder members will have fond memories ofour summer camps from the 1990s. Weregularly send fighters to knockdowntournaments in Britain, and since 1992 wehave only once returned from a tournamentwithout a trophy and that’s a pretty goodrecord. We have had fighters represent us inWorld Tournaments from our time with theIKO through to the IFK in bothKnockdown and Kata.

JuniorsAs I already mentioned we hold and annualclicker tournament. This has served as goodpreparation for our Junior fighters for theirinternational careers. In 2005 we wereinvited to participate in the SevernChallenge in England. Since then we havesent a team and individuals to the event ineach of the following years. In 2006 we senta team to the First Junior World Tournamentin Switzerland. We took 3rd place in thegirls individuals and 3rd place in the teamevent. This year we sent another team to the2nd Junior World Tournament in Berlin. Thistime we took two 3rd places in the girlsindividuals and again took third place in theteam event cementing our place in the topthree of the Clicker world.

The IKK, the BKK and the IFKThe IKK has always had a close relationshipwith the BKK over the course of our history.When the BKK resigned its membership ofthe IKO in 1991 there was no hesitation onour part. We left too and helped found theIFK in 1992. Due to our small membershipwe haven’t held many knockdowntournaments here so we have always travelledto Britain to compete in the Regional andNational tournaments with varying success.We have had many BKK Dan grades takecourses over here. Hanshi, Shihan LiamKeaveney, Shihan Roy Banton, ShihanGraham Warden, Shihan Jeff Whybrow,Shihan David Pickthal, Sensei RegWinkworth, Sensei Andrew Turner have allvisited us. We are proud of our membershipof the IFK and yet despite our size andfinancial limitations we have attended manyinternational events in the last number ofyears including the Black belt courses inSwitzerland as well as Junior and Seniortournaments in England, Wales, Switzerland,Belgium, Poland and Germany.

The FutureIn the short term future we will hold anevent to celebrate our anniversary and followthis with entering fighters at the Britishopen at K2 in October. And what about thelonger term future? Hopefully we willcontinue to grow while maintaining thestandards that have already been set in thelast thirty years. We look forward to theWorld Kata Tournament in Switzerland in2010 and any other events on the IFKcalendar. Come what may we will face it aswe have faced each event and obstacle of thepast, with a fighting spirit for which theIrish are famous worldwide.

The Irish Karate Kyokushinkai celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year and Shane Lalor (4th Dan)gives an overview of the past thirty years. The IKK has had a special relationship with the BKK formany decades and incidentally was the co-founder member country of the International Federation ofKarate with the British Karate Kyokushinkai.

Shane Lalor (4th Dan) and Kevin Callan (5th Dan)

National Kata Tournament

24

Swiss Squad with Hanshi

Tel: 07877 265 387 / 07723 603 635

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Irish KarateKyokushinkai (1978 - 2008)

IKK 30th AnniversaryTo sum up the history of an organisationwithin the confines of a magazine such asthis is practically an impossible task. By thetime this article is printed I will have startedit many times over and rejected many draftsand approaches. At best we can givemomentary clarity to long forgotten trainingsessions and at worst merely a list of eventsand people of the past thirty years. I hopethat what is presented here falls somewherebetween these two poles.

DojosAs in any other organization ours is acollection of dojos across the country. Eachdojo has its own story and characters and itis these that make up the foundation of theIKK. Sadly some clubs have come and gone,as have their instructors. We have many goodclubs from our oldest established club in thesuburb of Killester in Dublin, which hasbeen running for almost twenty five years,through to Mullingar which is rapidlyapproaching its tenth birthday in the centreof the country, and our newest club inSwords in north County Dublin which wasonly set up in 2007.

PeopleThe first dojo was opened by GerryO’Sullivan back in 1978. After a few yearsGerry’s situation changed and he was nolonger able to devote his time to travellingfrom County Cork where he lived toDublin once a week to teach (this is a tenhour round trip). The decision was madefor Kevin Callan to take over as a Brownbelt as he had been with the IKK from thestart. It is difficult enough to assist atteaching in an established dojo but to takeover an entire organization at brown beltwould be a daunting task. UndeterredKevin persevered in the role of ChiefInstructor and three decades later he is nowShihan Kevin with a successful organizationbehind him. Back in the early 1980s severalDan grades from the BKK came to Irelandfor a tournament. Amongst these was (then)Sensei Liam Keaveney who is originallyfrom Ireland. He began to make regulartrips over taking gradings and courses. Atthis stage there were no Dan grades training

in Ireland so to have a Sandan coming overwas a big deal for us. Over time SenseiLiam became Shihan Liam and he took onthe role of Life President of the IKK. Thenumber of Dan grades is not necessarily themeasure of an organization but lookingback on the Dan grades roll of the lastthirty years reveals that we have 29 Shodans,11 Nidans, 5 Sandans, 2 Yondans, a Godanand a Rokudan.

AchievementsThe IKK is not and never has been a largeorganization but has had success on manylevels nonetheless. In 1988 we sent a team tothe Women’s European clicker tournamentin Stuttgart, Germany. Despite perhaps notbeing as technical as some other countriesour fighting spirit and work ethic wasunmatched and we returned as EuropeanChampions beating far more establishedcountries in the process. An annual clickertournament is held at alternating venuesaround the country each year. Many of ourolder members will have fond memories ofour summer camps from the 1990s. Weregularly send fighters to knockdowntournaments in Britain, and since 1992 wehave only once returned from a tournamentwithout a trophy and that’s a pretty goodrecord. We have had fighters represent us inWorld Tournaments from our time with theIKO through to the IFK in bothKnockdown and Kata.

JuniorsAs I already mentioned we hold and annualclicker tournament. This has served as goodpreparation for our Junior fighters for theirinternational careers. In 2005 we wereinvited to participate in the SevernChallenge in England. Since then we havesent a team and individuals to the event ineach of the following years. In 2006 we senta team to the First Junior World Tournamentin Switzerland. We took 3rd place in thegirls individuals and 3rd place in the teamevent. This year we sent another team to the2nd Junior World Tournament in Berlin. Thistime we took two 3rd places in the girlsindividuals and again took third place in theteam event cementing our place in the topthree of the Clicker world.

The IKK, the BKK and the IFKThe IKK has always had a close relationshipwith the BKK over the course of our history.When the BKK resigned its membership ofthe IKO in 1991 there was no hesitation onour part. We left too and helped found theIFK in 1992. Due to our small membershipwe haven’t held many knockdowntournaments here so we have always travelledto Britain to compete in the Regional andNational tournaments with varying success.We have had many BKK Dan grades takecourses over here. Hanshi, Shihan LiamKeaveney, Shihan Roy Banton, ShihanGraham Warden, Shihan Jeff Whybrow,Shihan David Pickthal, Sensei RegWinkworth, Sensei Andrew Turner have allvisited us. We are proud of our membershipof the IFK and yet despite our size andfinancial limitations we have attended manyinternational events in the last number ofyears including the Black belt courses inSwitzerland as well as Junior and Seniortournaments in England, Wales, Switzerland,Belgium, Poland and Germany.

The FutureIn the short term future we will hold anevent to celebrate our anniversary and followthis with entering fighters at the Britishopen at K2 in October. And what about thelonger term future? Hopefully we willcontinue to grow while maintaining thestandards that have already been set in thelast thirty years. We look forward to theWorld Kata Tournament in Switzerland in2010 and any other events on the IFKcalendar. Come what may we will face it aswe have faced each event and obstacle of thepast, with a fighting spirit for which theIrish are famous worldwide.

The Irish Karate Kyokushinkai celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year and Shane Lalor (4th Dan)gives an overview of the past thirty years. The IKK has had a special relationship with the BKK formany decades and incidentally was the co-founder member country of the International Federation ofKarate with the British Karate Kyokushinkai.

Shane Lalor (4th Dan) and Kevin Callan (5th Dan)

National Kata Tournament

24

Swiss Squad with Hanshi

Tel: 07877 265 387 / 07723 603 635

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usefulness of the stance and we left thesession at the end talking about it (orelements of it) and the conversations keptgoing over dinner. It’s always good, I think,when you leave a session having morequestions than when you started, especiallywhen those questions will lead to researchand learning new things. If this was Shihan’ssecret mission, he has indeed succeeded inachieving it!

The second half of the Friday afternoonsession was moved into the pool. Oh, yes!But if you think we were there to just paddleabout you are mistaken as Hanshi took fulladvantage of the hour we had (and the halfhe had added on top) to go through adecent amount of kihon.

Friday evening we were in for our second‘treat’ – Sensei Moss prepared a thorough,well documented presentation on the historyof the sword in Japan. Live exhibits werepresent and even a demonstration fromSensei Moss. And Hanshi had a surprise forus as well – no night training that night!Everyone was relieved (we were too tired tobe happy)!

Saturday It’s Saturday morning already! This is it! Thelight at the end of the tunnel, the day of‘lasts’ – last early morning session, lastmorning sessions and last session of the

camp. There is something about Saturdays.Maybe it’s the fact that I know the end is sonear, maybe it’s the fact that I’m starting toget used to the new lifestyle or maybe it’sjust the good night sleep I had the nightbefore, I don’t know, but on Saturday I amfull of energy.

Last early morning session – as many peopleas ever turned up and hard training was on.By now we knew what we had to do and wejust focused on the how to get the most outof it. The early morning sessions proved verypopular with everyone and people weredesperate for a copy of the circuit exercises. Iwonder how many people in the dojosacross the country (and international) arecursing the day their instructors and/orstudents went to camp.

The mid morning session followed the samepattern as the previous day with the campbeing split into groups doing knock down,clicker and kata to ensure everyone had a goand tried all the different things available.This was done, of course, after Hanshi’srelaxation work that always has me cryingwith laughter. It is a very effective sessionand very well timed as by then my legs are astired as they can be – I am always lookingforward to it. And of course, as per expected,the last sessions of the camp – pad work andfighting. It was one of the two sessions

(together with the Wednesday afternoonopening session) where the juniors havejoined us – working in the same rhythm andfollowing the same count and even giving usa good run for our money when it came tokiai!

At the end of the session we all went intothe main hall for the grading results, theSandan kata display (which is always great towatch) and the official closing of the camp. Ithink this year’s camp was the best one Ihave ever attended. And the other karatekaseem to agree. There were not much short of150 participants with quite a few peoplecoming from abroad – the Netherlands,Greece, Norway, Ireland and even all the wayfrom Argentina and they were all happy theymade the trip. The training was great butthere’s more to summer camp than justtraining. Meeting new people and seeing oldfriends is also a very appealing part of it evenif it seems that time shrinks and there isn’tenough of it to really talk to everybody.There’s also all the fun that comes fromliving in close quarters with people, therunning around to make it to session ontime, the feather, the forfeits, the ‘gettingaway with it’ (not saying what!) and, ofcourse, the singing ABBA songs till midnight(don’t ask! Just be glad you weren’t there! It’sbeen hard work, great fun and I am lookingforward to next years already!

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Summer Camp 2008

ThursdayThursday morning started at 6.30. I wastrying to tell myself that it could have beenworse – it could have been 5.30 or 6.00, butI still felt reluctant to leave my bed. Hanshidid a quick warm up and then we split up.The people interested in knock downtraining went off to the large sports hallwhere an hour of circuit training wouldhappen under the watchful eyes of ShihanDavid Pickthall and Shihan Nick da Costa.The rest of the camp stayed outside in therising sun training with Hanshi and ShihanLiam Keaveney. Unlike last year when,besides the squad, there were very few otherpeople attending the knock down session,this year the number of people put the twoShihans in a bit of difficulty as they tried toorganise the groups so that everyone got themaximum out of their workout. The numberof people focusing on knockdown at thesummer camp had been overwhelming –and they stuck with it for the length of thecamp. It was inspiring to see so many peoplepushing themselves and each other. It wasjust fantastic!

Thursday during the day, while a fewhopefuls went through the usually gruesomegrading, the rest of the camp worked onknockdown again with Shihan Nick andShihan David. The weather turned on usduring the afternoon and we all had to dashfor cover just after the warm up. But luckilywe did have a hall ready and we worked hardto dry the rain off our gis and then get themsweaty. Technique, combinations andresistance training were the focus of theThursday sessions. Blocking, moving,positioning, distance, countering, timing,twisting, generating power, speed, goodtechnique … so many things to think aboutwhen performing just a one three-techniquecombination. But we had the chance to dothem again and again and to try andexperiment with little changes and variations.

Thursday evening we had our first ‘treat’ –Hanshi’s talk on kata – this year focus –Seienchin, the importance of slowmovements and Tai Ki and how these linkinto the bigger picture of karate. And ofcourse Thursday night we had our first‘punishment’ – the night training! So eagerlyawaited (more in terms of getting it overwith, rather than relishing it) the nighttraining took place at 1.30 am. Unlike otheryears, this year we were told in advance to beready and in the hall by 1.30 am. Thoughpart of me was happy to skip the loud knockon the door in the middle of the night andthe shouting down the corridor, reminiscentof some ninja invasion alarm in a 70s movie,another part of me wished I didn’t know andcould just sleep up to that point.

The night sessions were short though (no,this is not a complaint!) – one hour of kicks– went through all of them from 10kyu toNidan – some of them more than theallocated 3 or 6 sets. I can never make up mymind what’s worse on the night sessions: thebright lights, the people screaming theirlittle, tired lungs out in an enclosed space orthe fact that I am sweating buckets wavingmy arms (or, this year, my legs) about in an

unfashionable manner while my brain keepstelling me it wants to sleep. But nothing lastsforever and before I knew it we wereheading back to bed feeling rather tired andwondering how some people can go outevery night till the early hours of themorning dancing and drinking.

FridayThe Friday morning training took place asusual – with a slightly more tired bunch –but willing to push themselves and eachother equally hard. And, to top it all off,Hanshi announced another night sessionheading our way on Friday night. I washoping he was joking and looked very hardto see if he was smiling but he wasn’t. Twonights in a row! That’s tough!

The day sessions on Friday covered knockdown, clicker and kata – the groups weresplit and rotated between Shihans. I will stopa bit on Shihan Liam’s kata session. He didcondense a 3 hr (or more?) session into hisallocated 20-25 minutes. He focused onSanchin no kata and Sanchin Dachi itself. Iwill not describe the session as it wouldn’tdo it justice but suffice to say that thebiggest bloke in the group had to suffer forus all to understand the efficiency and

Report: Lia Howlett, Photos: Michael Keaveney

Senior Camp Members and Instructors

Another summer camp has been and gone and when friends ask me how it was all I can think of to describe it is ‘wow’ and giggle to myselfremembering some of the moments. Oh, the Summer Camp 2008!!!!! Don’t know where to begin! Let’s start at the beginning I suppose:This is the second year when the Summer Camp took place at Felsted School. I arrived early to find Shihan Maria da Costa and SenseiStuart Wright ready to receive the participants. After quickly settling in I tried to help show the girls and the ladies into their accommodation.It was nice meeting people as they came in – everyone was happy and excited and almost everyone was wondering out loud when the nighttraining would happen. At lunch there was another opportunity to catch up with people – some of them I haven’t seen in years! Hanshididn’t waste any time when it came to teaching – from the very first session on the Wednesday afternoon he went into new stretching routinesand new ways of doing push ups and sit ups. And somehow it’s never something that requires less effort than previous versions! We wereshown new ways to play with kihon and there had also been some emphasis on street fighting techniques. Working with a partner, switchingbetween clicker, knock down and street fighting got my brain quickly working at all levels.

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usefulness of the stance and we left thesession at the end talking about it (orelements of it) and the conversations keptgoing over dinner. It’s always good, I think,when you leave a session having morequestions than when you started, especiallywhen those questions will lead to researchand learning new things. If this was Shihan’ssecret mission, he has indeed succeeded inachieving it!

The second half of the Friday afternoonsession was moved into the pool. Oh, yes!But if you think we were there to just paddleabout you are mistaken as Hanshi took fulladvantage of the hour we had (and the halfhe had added on top) to go through adecent amount of kihon.

Friday evening we were in for our second‘treat’ – Sensei Moss prepared a thorough,well documented presentation on the historyof the sword in Japan. Live exhibits werepresent and even a demonstration fromSensei Moss. And Hanshi had a surprise forus as well – no night training that night!Everyone was relieved (we were too tired tobe happy)!

Saturday It’s Saturday morning already! This is it! Thelight at the end of the tunnel, the day of‘lasts’ – last early morning session, lastmorning sessions and last session of the

camp. There is something about Saturdays.Maybe it’s the fact that I know the end is sonear, maybe it’s the fact that I’m starting toget used to the new lifestyle or maybe it’sjust the good night sleep I had the nightbefore, I don’t know, but on Saturday I amfull of energy.

Last early morning session – as many peopleas ever turned up and hard training was on.By now we knew what we had to do and wejust focused on the how to get the most outof it. The early morning sessions proved verypopular with everyone and people weredesperate for a copy of the circuit exercises. Iwonder how many people in the dojosacross the country (and international) arecursing the day their instructors and/orstudents went to camp.

The mid morning session followed the samepattern as the previous day with the campbeing split into groups doing knock down,clicker and kata to ensure everyone had a goand tried all the different things available.This was done, of course, after Hanshi’srelaxation work that always has me cryingwith laughter. It is a very effective sessionand very well timed as by then my legs are astired as they can be – I am always lookingforward to it. And of course, as per expected,the last sessions of the camp – pad work andfighting. It was one of the two sessions

(together with the Wednesday afternoonopening session) where the juniors havejoined us – working in the same rhythm andfollowing the same count and even giving usa good run for our money when it came tokiai!

At the end of the session we all went intothe main hall for the grading results, theSandan kata display (which is always great towatch) and the official closing of the camp. Ithink this year’s camp was the best one Ihave ever attended. And the other karatekaseem to agree. There were not much short of150 participants with quite a few peoplecoming from abroad – the Netherlands,Greece, Norway, Ireland and even all the wayfrom Argentina and they were all happy theymade the trip. The training was great butthere’s more to summer camp than justtraining. Meeting new people and seeing oldfriends is also a very appealing part of it evenif it seems that time shrinks and there isn’tenough of it to really talk to everybody.There’s also all the fun that comes fromliving in close quarters with people, therunning around to make it to session ontime, the feather, the forfeits, the ‘gettingaway with it’ (not saying what!) and, ofcourse, the singing ABBA songs till midnight(don’t ask! Just be glad you weren’t there! It’sbeen hard work, great fun and I am lookingforward to next years already!

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Summer Camp 2008

ThursdayThursday morning started at 6.30. I wastrying to tell myself that it could have beenworse – it could have been 5.30 or 6.00, butI still felt reluctant to leave my bed. Hanshidid a quick warm up and then we split up.The people interested in knock downtraining went off to the large sports hallwhere an hour of circuit training wouldhappen under the watchful eyes of ShihanDavid Pickthall and Shihan Nick da Costa.The rest of the camp stayed outside in therising sun training with Hanshi and ShihanLiam Keaveney. Unlike last year when,besides the squad, there were very few otherpeople attending the knock down session,this year the number of people put the twoShihans in a bit of difficulty as they tried toorganise the groups so that everyone got themaximum out of their workout. The numberof people focusing on knockdown at thesummer camp had been overwhelming –and they stuck with it for the length of thecamp. It was inspiring to see so many peoplepushing themselves and each other. It wasjust fantastic!

Thursday during the day, while a fewhopefuls went through the usually gruesomegrading, the rest of the camp worked onknockdown again with Shihan Nick andShihan David. The weather turned on usduring the afternoon and we all had to dashfor cover just after the warm up. But luckilywe did have a hall ready and we worked hardto dry the rain off our gis and then get themsweaty. Technique, combinations andresistance training were the focus of theThursday sessions. Blocking, moving,positioning, distance, countering, timing,twisting, generating power, speed, goodtechnique … so many things to think aboutwhen performing just a one three-techniquecombination. But we had the chance to dothem again and again and to try andexperiment with little changes and variations.

Thursday evening we had our first ‘treat’ –Hanshi’s talk on kata – this year focus –Seienchin, the importance of slowmovements and Tai Ki and how these linkinto the bigger picture of karate. And ofcourse Thursday night we had our first‘punishment’ – the night training! So eagerlyawaited (more in terms of getting it overwith, rather than relishing it) the nighttraining took place at 1.30 am. Unlike otheryears, this year we were told in advance to beready and in the hall by 1.30 am. Thoughpart of me was happy to skip the loud knockon the door in the middle of the night andthe shouting down the corridor, reminiscentof some ninja invasion alarm in a 70s movie,another part of me wished I didn’t know andcould just sleep up to that point.

The night sessions were short though (no,this is not a complaint!) – one hour of kicks– went through all of them from 10kyu toNidan – some of them more than theallocated 3 or 6 sets. I can never make up mymind what’s worse on the night sessions: thebright lights, the people screaming theirlittle, tired lungs out in an enclosed space orthe fact that I am sweating buckets wavingmy arms (or, this year, my legs) about in an

unfashionable manner while my brain keepstelling me it wants to sleep. But nothing lastsforever and before I knew it we wereheading back to bed feeling rather tired andwondering how some people can go outevery night till the early hours of themorning dancing and drinking.

FridayThe Friday morning training took place asusual – with a slightly more tired bunch –but willing to push themselves and eachother equally hard. And, to top it all off,Hanshi announced another night sessionheading our way on Friday night. I washoping he was joking and looked very hardto see if he was smiling but he wasn’t. Twonights in a row! That’s tough!

The day sessions on Friday covered knockdown, clicker and kata – the groups weresplit and rotated between Shihans. I will stopa bit on Shihan Liam’s kata session. He didcondense a 3 hr (or more?) session into hisallocated 20-25 minutes. He focused onSanchin no kata and Sanchin Dachi itself. Iwill not describe the session as it wouldn’tdo it justice but suffice to say that thebiggest bloke in the group had to suffer forus all to understand the efficiency and

Report: Lia Howlett, Photos: Michael Keaveney

Senior Camp Members and Instructors

Another summer camp has been and gone and when friends ask me how it was all I can think of to describe it is ‘wow’ and giggle to myselfremembering some of the moments. Oh, the Summer Camp 2008!!!!! Don’t know where to begin! Let’s start at the beginning I suppose:This is the second year when the Summer Camp took place at Felsted School. I arrived early to find Shihan Maria da Costa and SenseiStuart Wright ready to receive the participants. After quickly settling in I tried to help show the girls and the ladies into their accommodation.It was nice meeting people as they came in – everyone was happy and excited and almost everyone was wondering out loud when the nighttraining would happen. At lunch there was another opportunity to catch up with people – some of them I haven’t seen in years! Hanshididn’t waste any time when it came to teaching – from the very first session on the Wednesday afternoon he went into new stretching routinesand new ways of doing push ups and sit ups. And somehow it’s never something that requires less effort than previous versions! We wereshown new ways to play with kihon and there had also been some emphasis on street fighting techniques. Working with a partner, switchingbetween clicker, knock down and street fighting got my brain quickly working at all levels.

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Tor Rune Vatland (Norway)

Dave Dyas

Del LowersDel Lowers

Antonio De Gracia (Holland)

Hanshi & Liam Keaveney Chris Seal

Janet and Michael DyasJanet and Michael Dyas

Sunil Tailor Grading Group 2008 Greece IFK members relax

Moss Ageli

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Porter De Vere Ltd.Independent Financial &

Mortgage AdvisorsSponsors of the BKK

12 West Street, Ware, Herts., SG12 9EE

Tel 01920 466244Fax 01920 466559positive solutions

altogether individual

Porter De Vere in association with Kokoro Dojo Congratulate the BKK for

hosting its 32nd Open National Knockdown Tournament

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Tor Rune Vatland (Norway)

Dave Dyas

Del LowersDel Lowers

Antonio De Gracia (Holland)

Hanshi & Liam Keaveney Chris Seal

Janet and Michael DyasJanet and Michael Dyas

Sunil Tailor Grading Group 2008 Greece IFK members relax

Moss Ageli

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BKK WebsiteThe tireless efforts of both Moss Ageli

and Lamine Darbouche have made the

BKK’s website nationally and

internationally renowned.

My personal thanks and gratitude, on

behalf of the BKK membership, are

extended to both for all their hard

work and commitment.

Please visit the BKK site at

www.bkk-uk.com

(Liam Keaveney, Editor)

Moss Ageli

Lamine Darbouch

PRITCHARD-GORDONTANKERS LTD

Congratulations to everyone taking part in theBritish Karate Kyokushinkai National Open

Knockdown Tournament.

Slaugham Park, Slaugham, Sussex RH17 6AHTelephone: 01444 400000 Facsimile: 01444 401150 Telex: 877178

e-mail [email protected]

The Second ‘Yamburg Cup’

Lightweight DivisionThe lightweights were first on with the “technican” ofthe tournament, Almazbek, taking only twenty secondsto dispatch his Uzbekistan opponent. TheShinkyokushin fighter knocked out Buranov with aleft leg chudan mawashi followed by a left tobi ushiromawashi combination which set the tone for the day.The 2006 Russian favourite, Alexander Afanasiev, wasnext and cruised to victory in the first round againstthe Belorussian to set up a last eight clash with theBulgarian Venev. The 2004 British champion,Kostenko, came through a tough scrap withMozzherin of Kazakstan to set up a fight against thewinner of Almazbek and Alan Shnawa GB. In aninteresting first round, the Krygistan fighter fromShinkyokushin threw a lot of chudan mawashis andknees, but Shnawa countered well and almost caughtthe Shin fighter with an excellent roll kick. Half waythrough the second round, with nothing betweenthem, Almazbek floored Shnawa with a lightningjodan mawashi to gain an ippon. The bottom half ofthe draw saw the Russian, Evgeniy Solomennikov,defeat Akhmedov of Uzbekistan with a waza ari andRoberto Proost Begium defeat his Turkmenistanopponent in three rounds. Late into the second round,Crawley’s Darren Stringer beat Kasimov Krygistan bya disqualification. Stringer was on top, punishing theShinkyokushin fighter’s back leg with low kicks.Finally the Belorussian Bortnik beat Chitanava fromAzerbaijan. The quarter finals saw Afanasiev beat Venev,and Kostenko come through a battle with Almazbekwho proved he was not just a technician with a gutsydisplay, losing in three rounds.Proost lost in four minutes to Solomenikov andStringer eased into the semis with a one rounddecision.The Tameshiwari was next with all fourfighters failing the different breaks, possibly becausethe stands holding the wood were too high. Afanasievwas the best with eleven boards in three breaks.Thefirst semi was a token effort with Kostenko folding toan innocuous technique thus giving Afansiev apassage.Bout two was a tense affair with Stringer notbeing able to make a dent in Solomenikov and theRussian went through on boards.In third place, thenow refreshed Kostenko took the fight to Stringerwho moved and countered well. As the bout wentthrough to the second Kostenko hit Stringer threetimes in the throat or face, thereby incurring a gentenwarning and at the end of the round Stringer won bya majority decision.With two Russians in the final,Afanasiev pulled out giving victory to Solomenikov. 1st Evgeniy Solomennikov Russia2nd Alexander Afanasiev Russia3rd Darren Stringer Great Britain4th Vladimir Kostenko Russia

Middleweight DivisionThe Middleweight saw Sergi Malutin of KrygistanIKO1 defeat his Belorussian opponent. OlusegunOdunukan GB had a tough scrap with AndreyBorisov of Russia losing on a split decision after sixminutes. The other first round preliminaries saw twosix minute decisions won by Hristov Bulgaria andFanil Mazhitov beating the game Kazak fighterOdintsov. The fastest knock out of the day was won byPhilippe De Puydt in about six seconds against hisUkranian opponent with a gyaku tsuki. The last eight

Gazprom, the sponsors of this bi-annual event, moved it from Yamburg in the Arctic Circle to Novey Urengoy and paid for all ourtravel and accommodation. It was a very well run and professional event. Twelve countries participated, mainly from the IFK, butthere were also competitors from Shinkyokushin Kyrgistan and IKO1

saw the 2004 World Cup winner Andrey Noskov fromRussia lock horns with Malutin from Krygistan. Afterthree grueling rounds, Malutin took a split decision toset up a semi final against Borisov who dropped theBulgarian Stovanov with a chudan mawashi geri. WaiCheung had to dig deep to defeat Hristov in sixminutes and Mazhitov squeezed past the tenaciousBelgium, DePuydt. In the Tameshiwari Cheung easilybroke more than the rest with eleven boards. Borisovtore into the clearly injured Malutin and won withinone round to win the first semi final. Cheung knew heonly had to go to boards to win and worked strongpunch and inside low kick combinations whichseemed to hurt the Russian Mazhitov and, to his credit,he kept moving forward. At the end it seemed prettyeven but three of the judges felt Mazhitov’s pressurewas enough to secure a final placing. In what wasprobably the toughest scrap of the day, the third placefight off seesawed for four hard rounds. Malutinsomehow managed to shake of his injuries to stand toeto toe with Cheung and in the third round seemed togain control. Cheung, however, had other plans andcame back with four and five punch combinations,finishing with a low kick each time to break Malutin’sresistance and take a unanimous judges decision.Cheung was awarded the trophy for the most spiritedfighter and Malutin picked up the sponsor’s award.Once again the middleweight final was two Russians,but Mazhitov was in no condition to fight so AndreyBorisov took the title.1st Andrey Borisov Russia2nd Fanil Mazhitov Russia3rd Wai Cheung Great Britain4th Sergey Malutin Krygistan

Heavyweight DivisionThe Heavyweight category was a battle of big versuslittle with the 101 kg Russian Karshigeev mauling theUkrainian Osyka. For a big man, the former SpanishChampion Sergey Pavlov, showed how well he couldmove, when, in close range, he skipped back and hitGinda from Azerbaijan with a front hand shita tsukidropping him for an ippon.The 80kg inexperienced Malyi from Ukraine showed

good resistance before folding to the vastlyexperienced and 30kg heavier former Russian, Britishand Dutch champion Alexander Ibragimov. Thecolossus 122kg Zhydko rushed at the formermiddleweight Stefan Hofer from Switzerland who,although giving away 37 kg, was dropped in fortyseconds by low kicks thereby winning a waza ippon.Ibragimov was the best heavyweight in theTameshirwari and won the trophy by breakingfourteen boards. Pavlov took full advantage of the factthat Karshigeev had damaged his hand in theTameshirwari and kept his taller opponent at thewrong distance and used his leverage to secure a placein the final. Ibragimov then showed his class bywinding Hofer with a body punch for a waza ari butHofer didn’t give up and lasted the round beforelosing on the flags. Again there was a titanic strugglefor third place with the huge Karshigeev 16 kg heavierand about 30cm taller doing all he could to knockStefan Hofer out, but the Swiss fighter hung in untilthe last round where he took the fight to the Russianand stood toe to toe to the bell. The judges were split2-2 and chief referee Shihan Andrey Bura gave thedecision for Hofer. The final saw comrades and friendsSergey Pavlov and Alexander Ibragimov battle for fourrounds with nothing between them and neither mangetting on top for any length of time, but at the endthe judges went for the workrate and footwork ofPavlov.1st Sergey Pavlov Russia2nd Alexander Ibragimov Russia3rd Stefan Hofer Switzerland4th Alexander Karshigeev Russia

As a special feature of this tournament the podiumfinishers won gold as a prize with the 1st placereceiving 250 grams, 2nd place 150 grams and 3rdplace 100 grams. As a general impression, thetournament was run in a very professional way, theorganisers working very hard to ensure its success.There were also a number of demonstrations by thelocal dojos’ children and an excellent fighting demowith weapons by Shihan Bura plus his Senseis of theEkaterinburg Dojo culminating in a mass break.

Jubilant trophy winners

Article: David Pickthall (5th Dan)

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BKK WebsiteThe tireless efforts of both Moss Ageli

and Lamine Darbouche have made the

BKK’s website nationally and

internationally renowned.

My personal thanks and gratitude, on

behalf of the BKK membership, are

extended to both for all their hard

work and commitment.

Please visit the BKK site at

www.bkk-uk.com

(Liam Keaveney, Editor)

Moss Ageli

Lamine Darbouch

PRITCHARD-GORDONTANKERS LTD

Congratulations to everyone taking part in theBritish Karate Kyokushinkai National Open

Knockdown Tournament.

Slaugham Park, Slaugham, Sussex RH17 6AHTelephone: 01444 400000 Facsimile: 01444 401150 Telex: 877178

e-mail [email protected]

The Second ‘Yamburg Cup’

Lightweight DivisionThe lightweights were first on with the “technican” ofthe tournament, Almazbek, taking only twenty secondsto dispatch his Uzbekistan opponent. TheShinkyokushin fighter knocked out Buranov with aleft leg chudan mawashi followed by a left tobi ushiromawashi combination which set the tone for the day.The 2006 Russian favourite, Alexander Afanasiev, wasnext and cruised to victory in the first round againstthe Belorussian to set up a last eight clash with theBulgarian Venev. The 2004 British champion,Kostenko, came through a tough scrap withMozzherin of Kazakstan to set up a fight against thewinner of Almazbek and Alan Shnawa GB. In aninteresting first round, the Krygistan fighter fromShinkyokushin threw a lot of chudan mawashis andknees, but Shnawa countered well and almost caughtthe Shin fighter with an excellent roll kick. Half waythrough the second round, with nothing betweenthem, Almazbek floored Shnawa with a lightningjodan mawashi to gain an ippon. The bottom half ofthe draw saw the Russian, Evgeniy Solomennikov,defeat Akhmedov of Uzbekistan with a waza ari andRoberto Proost Begium defeat his Turkmenistanopponent in three rounds. Late into the second round,Crawley’s Darren Stringer beat Kasimov Krygistan bya disqualification. Stringer was on top, punishing theShinkyokushin fighter’s back leg with low kicks.Finally the Belorussian Bortnik beat Chitanava fromAzerbaijan. The quarter finals saw Afanasiev beat Venev,and Kostenko come through a battle with Almazbekwho proved he was not just a technician with a gutsydisplay, losing in three rounds.Proost lost in four minutes to Solomenikov andStringer eased into the semis with a one rounddecision.The Tameshiwari was next with all fourfighters failing the different breaks, possibly becausethe stands holding the wood were too high. Afanasievwas the best with eleven boards in three breaks.Thefirst semi was a token effort with Kostenko folding toan innocuous technique thus giving Afansiev apassage.Bout two was a tense affair with Stringer notbeing able to make a dent in Solomenikov and theRussian went through on boards.In third place, thenow refreshed Kostenko took the fight to Stringerwho moved and countered well. As the bout wentthrough to the second Kostenko hit Stringer threetimes in the throat or face, thereby incurring a gentenwarning and at the end of the round Stringer won bya majority decision.With two Russians in the final,Afanasiev pulled out giving victory to Solomenikov. 1st Evgeniy Solomennikov Russia2nd Alexander Afanasiev Russia3rd Darren Stringer Great Britain4th Vladimir Kostenko Russia

Middleweight DivisionThe Middleweight saw Sergi Malutin of KrygistanIKO1 defeat his Belorussian opponent. OlusegunOdunukan GB had a tough scrap with AndreyBorisov of Russia losing on a split decision after sixminutes. The other first round preliminaries saw twosix minute decisions won by Hristov Bulgaria andFanil Mazhitov beating the game Kazak fighterOdintsov. The fastest knock out of the day was won byPhilippe De Puydt in about six seconds against hisUkranian opponent with a gyaku tsuki. The last eight

Gazprom, the sponsors of this bi-annual event, moved it from Yamburg in the Arctic Circle to Novey Urengoy and paid for all ourtravel and accommodation. It was a very well run and professional event. Twelve countries participated, mainly from the IFK, butthere were also competitors from Shinkyokushin Kyrgistan and IKO1

saw the 2004 World Cup winner Andrey Noskov fromRussia lock horns with Malutin from Krygistan. Afterthree grueling rounds, Malutin took a split decision toset up a semi final against Borisov who dropped theBulgarian Stovanov with a chudan mawashi geri. WaiCheung had to dig deep to defeat Hristov in sixminutes and Mazhitov squeezed past the tenaciousBelgium, DePuydt. In the Tameshiwari Cheung easilybroke more than the rest with eleven boards. Borisovtore into the clearly injured Malutin and won withinone round to win the first semi final. Cheung knew heonly had to go to boards to win and worked strongpunch and inside low kick combinations whichseemed to hurt the Russian Mazhitov and, to his credit,he kept moving forward. At the end it seemed prettyeven but three of the judges felt Mazhitov’s pressurewas enough to secure a final placing. In what wasprobably the toughest scrap of the day, the third placefight off seesawed for four hard rounds. Malutinsomehow managed to shake of his injuries to stand toeto toe with Cheung and in the third round seemed togain control. Cheung, however, had other plans andcame back with four and five punch combinations,finishing with a low kick each time to break Malutin’sresistance and take a unanimous judges decision.Cheung was awarded the trophy for the most spiritedfighter and Malutin picked up the sponsor’s award.Once again the middleweight final was two Russians,but Mazhitov was in no condition to fight so AndreyBorisov took the title.1st Andrey Borisov Russia2nd Fanil Mazhitov Russia3rd Wai Cheung Great Britain4th Sergey Malutin Krygistan

Heavyweight DivisionThe Heavyweight category was a battle of big versuslittle with the 101 kg Russian Karshigeev mauling theUkrainian Osyka. For a big man, the former SpanishChampion Sergey Pavlov, showed how well he couldmove, when, in close range, he skipped back and hitGinda from Azerbaijan with a front hand shita tsukidropping him for an ippon.The 80kg inexperienced Malyi from Ukraine showed

good resistance before folding to the vastlyexperienced and 30kg heavier former Russian, Britishand Dutch champion Alexander Ibragimov. Thecolossus 122kg Zhydko rushed at the formermiddleweight Stefan Hofer from Switzerland who,although giving away 37 kg, was dropped in fortyseconds by low kicks thereby winning a waza ippon.Ibragimov was the best heavyweight in theTameshirwari and won the trophy by breakingfourteen boards. Pavlov took full advantage of the factthat Karshigeev had damaged his hand in theTameshirwari and kept his taller opponent at thewrong distance and used his leverage to secure a placein the final. Ibragimov then showed his class bywinding Hofer with a body punch for a waza ari butHofer didn’t give up and lasted the round beforelosing on the flags. Again there was a titanic strugglefor third place with the huge Karshigeev 16 kg heavierand about 30cm taller doing all he could to knockStefan Hofer out, but the Swiss fighter hung in untilthe last round where he took the fight to the Russianand stood toe to toe to the bell. The judges were split2-2 and chief referee Shihan Andrey Bura gave thedecision for Hofer. The final saw comrades and friendsSergey Pavlov and Alexander Ibragimov battle for fourrounds with nothing between them and neither mangetting on top for any length of time, but at the endthe judges went for the workrate and footwork ofPavlov.1st Sergey Pavlov Russia2nd Alexander Ibragimov Russia3rd Stefan Hofer Switzerland4th Alexander Karshigeev Russia

As a special feature of this tournament the podiumfinishers won gold as a prize with the 1st placereceiving 250 grams, 2nd place 150 grams and 3rdplace 100 grams. As a general impression, thetournament was run in a very professional way, theorganisers working very hard to ensure its success.There were also a number of demonstrations by thelocal dojos’ children and an excellent fighting demowith weapons by Shihan Bura plus his Senseis of theEkaterinburg Dojo culminating in a mass break.

Jubilant trophy winners

Article: David Pickthall (5th Dan)

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SuccessfulDojo

DojoWhat does the term dojo mean? Researchwill show that the term “dojo” is theJapanese pronunciation of the ancientChinese word “Tao Chang” and comprisestwo characters “do” (way) and “jo” (place) –and the dojo was where people of learningwould interpret the “way of the heavens”.Moving on within the classical Japaneseframework the dojo is the place where onelearns and follows a traditional art. It shouldbe a place where not only physical skill canbe taught and learnt but also where charactercan be developed and where moral andethical teachings can be transmitted. In thedojo respect is earned and courtesy is amatter of course. A dojo in essence developsits own character and will in time develop itsown spirit referred to as “kami”. A gooddojo spirit is essential in the passing ofknowledge. The development of the dojospirit is based on austerity (shugyo) sincerity(seijin) and effort (kunren) and it goeswithout saying that within the dojo theobservance of correct etiquette andceremony and indeed respect is integral increating an atmosphere that pushes studentsto see and obtain their maximum potential.A dojo can be anything therefore so long ascertain principles are focused on. It can be ahall with 50 students or a class held in thepark with two students. With this briefexplanation we then concentrate on whatwould constitute a “successful” dojo.

NumbersIt is too easy, in the broadest sense, to saythat if numbers are high then the dojo issuccessful. Generalisations are used at manylevels – if we compare our own club withanother dojo from a different organisationwe say “well we could have many morestudents if we compromised our training andwent softer” That gives us comfort sometimesin reasoning why perhaps we don’t havecomparatively as many students as others.Wrong? Within our own organisation it isthen a comparison too easily confused andaffected by many forces. The dojo with sixty

or seventy students is termed “going well”when a club with maybe five, ten or fifteenstudents is termed “having a hard time”. I amafraid this is a simplistic and too general aview. Numbers are not in my view a standardindicator at all of what is or is not asuccessful club. It goes without saying that ifyour dojo is based within a city centre sportscentre – the very fact of large “foot fall”through the centre will certainly ensure highnumbers (and sometimes high turnover)compared to a dojo situated in an isolatedvillage hall. Conversely the instructor maymake a conscious decision to train at acertain venue (which in his or her view) isconducive to exact and specific requirementsthat he or she may aspire to and in doing somay limit the maximum number of studentstraining at one time. This limitation onnumbers ensures exact and specific teachingto a limited number of students of thehighest quality. Whilst large numbers are agood if not great sign of success - let us notbe put off by that factor alone as a soleindicator of success or otherwise.

Tournament success?As BKK chairman (and a also dojo operator)I am sometimes overwhelmed by the sheervolume of events staged by the BKK andsometimes question our path. We have a

tournament nearly every month of the yearin all our disciplines – we have courses, squadtraining and referee courses etc. In order tohave any success at tournament level a greatdegree of preparation is required. In a dojothat trains perhaps only twice a week – this isvery difficult- as well as trying to maintainand increase a student’s general karatetraining and knowledge. Too much emphasisand concentration on tournaments willinevitably lead to a decrease in the overalldevelopment of a student’s balanced training.If a dojo wins at a tournament then theirprofile is high within the organisation andcorrespondingly they are termed “successful”.This I suggest may not be a total and truereflection. In this day and age tournamentsuccess brings its own rewards to the studentand dojo but we must look deeper to ourtraining methods and aspirations and nottotally use the tournament venue as ameasure of success and advancement. There isalso a held view that if dojos are not enteringtournaments – then they are not supportingthe BKK. Again this in my view is adistortion. It may well be that the profile ofstudents, eg age, goals and aspirations andability, prevent the desire to compete. Orindeed the belief that tournaments are notsuitable – which in the purest sense of themartial arts is an accepted fact. We should

Caption

For the few that ever open and run a club – the path is fraught with many obstacles, over many years if not decades. In those sometimeslonely evenings when you think – what’s gone wrong - as the number of students are less than expected, and hoped for – you ponder on themeaning of a successful dojo. I gave this some thought a few years ago when it was suggested that we, in the BKK, have a league table ofdojos and award points for participation and success in BKK Tournaments. You would then, it was argued, see at a glance the success orotherwise of a dojo within the BKK. I was, and still am fundamentally against such a scheme as I think it overlooks the function and valueof running a club and indeed the teaching of karate. To that end I tried to analyse what would, or rather could, be termed a “successful dojo”and that question itself raised more issues than I could find answers. I offer here just some personal viewpoints, which you may or may notagree with and I would be happy to hear your views – either way.

By Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)

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SuccessfulDojo

DojoWhat does the term dojo mean? Researchwill show that the term “dojo” is theJapanese pronunciation of the ancientChinese word “Tao Chang” and comprisestwo characters “do” (way) and “jo” (place) –and the dojo was where people of learningwould interpret the “way of the heavens”.Moving on within the classical Japaneseframework the dojo is the place where onelearns and follows a traditional art. It shouldbe a place where not only physical skill canbe taught and learnt but also where charactercan be developed and where moral andethical teachings can be transmitted. In thedojo respect is earned and courtesy is amatter of course. A dojo in essence developsits own character and will in time develop itsown spirit referred to as “kami”. A gooddojo spirit is essential in the passing ofknowledge. The development of the dojospirit is based on austerity (shugyo) sincerity(seijin) and effort (kunren) and it goeswithout saying that within the dojo theobservance of correct etiquette andceremony and indeed respect is integral increating an atmosphere that pushes studentsto see and obtain their maximum potential.A dojo can be anything therefore so long ascertain principles are focused on. It can be ahall with 50 students or a class held in thepark with two students. With this briefexplanation we then concentrate on whatwould constitute a “successful” dojo.

NumbersIt is too easy, in the broadest sense, to saythat if numbers are high then the dojo issuccessful. Generalisations are used at manylevels – if we compare our own club withanother dojo from a different organisationwe say “well we could have many morestudents if we compromised our training andwent softer” That gives us comfort sometimesin reasoning why perhaps we don’t havecomparatively as many students as others.Wrong? Within our own organisation it isthen a comparison too easily confused andaffected by many forces. The dojo with sixty

or seventy students is termed “going well”when a club with maybe five, ten or fifteenstudents is termed “having a hard time”. I amafraid this is a simplistic and too general aview. Numbers are not in my view a standardindicator at all of what is or is not asuccessful club. It goes without saying that ifyour dojo is based within a city centre sportscentre – the very fact of large “foot fall”through the centre will certainly ensure highnumbers (and sometimes high turnover)compared to a dojo situated in an isolatedvillage hall. Conversely the instructor maymake a conscious decision to train at acertain venue (which in his or her view) isconducive to exact and specific requirementsthat he or she may aspire to and in doing somay limit the maximum number of studentstraining at one time. This limitation onnumbers ensures exact and specific teachingto a limited number of students of thehighest quality. Whilst large numbers are agood if not great sign of success - let us notbe put off by that factor alone as a soleindicator of success or otherwise.

Tournament success?As BKK chairman (and a also dojo operator)I am sometimes overwhelmed by the sheervolume of events staged by the BKK andsometimes question our path. We have a

tournament nearly every month of the yearin all our disciplines – we have courses, squadtraining and referee courses etc. In order tohave any success at tournament level a greatdegree of preparation is required. In a dojothat trains perhaps only twice a week – this isvery difficult- as well as trying to maintainand increase a student’s general karatetraining and knowledge. Too much emphasisand concentration on tournaments willinevitably lead to a decrease in the overalldevelopment of a student’s balanced training.If a dojo wins at a tournament then theirprofile is high within the organisation andcorrespondingly they are termed “successful”.This I suggest may not be a total and truereflection. In this day and age tournamentsuccess brings its own rewards to the studentand dojo but we must look deeper to ourtraining methods and aspirations and nottotally use the tournament venue as ameasure of success and advancement. There isalso a held view that if dojos are not enteringtournaments – then they are not supportingthe BKK. Again this in my view is adistortion. It may well be that the profile ofstudents, eg age, goals and aspirations andability, prevent the desire to compete. Orindeed the belief that tournaments are notsuitable – which in the purest sense of themartial arts is an accepted fact. We should

Caption

For the few that ever open and run a club – the path is fraught with many obstacles, over many years if not decades. In those sometimeslonely evenings when you think – what’s gone wrong - as the number of students are less than expected, and hoped for – you ponder on themeaning of a successful dojo. I gave this some thought a few years ago when it was suggested that we, in the BKK, have a league table ofdojos and award points for participation and success in BKK Tournaments. You would then, it was argued, see at a glance the success orotherwise of a dojo within the BKK. I was, and still am fundamentally against such a scheme as I think it overlooks the function and valueof running a club and indeed the teaching of karate. To that end I tried to analyse what would, or rather could, be termed a “successful dojo”and that question itself raised more issues than I could find answers. I offer here just some personal viewpoints, which you may or may notagree with and I would be happy to hear your views – either way.

By Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)

A.F.T.

ADVANCED FIRETEC LTDProtection by Professionals

Fire Protection by ProfessionalsOne Contact, one supplier, on contract,

one total fire solution

Advanced Firetec Limited wishThe British Karate Kyokushinkai

every success for their32nd Open National Knockdown Tournament

at K2 Crawley

Unit 8, Glan-y-llyn Industrial Estate, Taffs Well, Cardiff. CF15 7JDTel: (029) 2081 0852 Fax: (029) 2081 0854

Email: [email protected] www.advancedfiretec.co.uk

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Unless you are actually training at the dojo,you will have a preconceived idea of its“success” by looking at the number ofstudents alone, which we may see as anindicator of success or otherwise – and howwrong that is. As an example - Hanshi overthe last few years is quoting Kenichi SawaiSensei – who was fundamental in his (andSosai Oyama’s) teachings within Kyokushinin the 1950s and 1960s – this man was aremarkable teacher – however he had nodojo, he had no students (apart form thosethat turned up occasionally to train), he hadno organisation – so from theout sidelooking in he was not a success at all! Howwrong that statement is! Citing this factalone should give us the motivation to lookcloser as to what constitutes a successful dojo.

ConclusionCan the definition of a successful dojo belooked at in a different way and should welook at it in terms of being a “successfulinstructor” - as it is the instructor thatgenerates the teaching process? Ultimately itis the ability and resourcefulness of theinstructor that in turn reflects on his or herstudents. So is it arguable that a successful

dojo is one where the dojo instructor cangive full and comprehensive teaching in allaspects of karate not specific to tournaments– although this is, in some degree, importantfor other reasons. But it is a fact that ourown style made its reputation and popularityon the reputation of our World KnockdownTournaments – so in some respectstournaments, in the broadest sense, areperhaps essential for specific reasons andgoals. Also it should be remembered thatorganisations can be dependent on astructured and constant level of participationin Tournaments, Courses and Squads forother valid financial reasons – these could beto finance squads being sent abroad atInternational level for example.

We can also add that success at tournaments,gradings and suchlike contribute to thesuccess and personality of a dojo – but it isthe other, sometimes immeasurable, factorsthat contribute to the dojo’s overall success.It’s the qualities given to the individualstudent, by the instructor, and these shouldinclude a cultivation of the mind, body andspirit. The student should be encouraged tostrive for perfection – which in essence is

unattainable – but again it is the process thatis important. Self discipline and effort alsohas an important part to play in theindividuals’ and dojo’s success – the key tocontinual improvement lies in self discipline,and to surpass the boundaries of what wouldappear to be the limits of the mind andbody.

Having gone from the beginning to the endin a full circle the question still remains.What conclusion can we come to as whatconstitutes a “successful dojo”? In the finalanalysis each individual instructor andstudent will come up with different answersand we each have a right to do this. Howeverthese conclusions, can and will change as wecontinue to train though the decades. Forme what stands out above everything elsewill be the cultivation of “mind, body andspirit”. We all have different ideals, ideas,aspirations and goals and dare I say inconclusion “all our lives through thediscipline of karate we will seek to fulfil thetrue meaning of the Kyokushin Way” Whatever that means to us as individuals whetherwe be a student or an instructor

Osu.

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respect others views and aspirations even ifwe do not understand or accept them. Icannot emphasise enough that in the finalanalysis we will stand or fall eventually on thetechnical level and competence of ourinstructors and in turn our students. When allthe trophies have been shelved and admiredfor the last time - what are or will we be leftwith? If we find ourselves in a situationwhere perhaps we are prevented fromholding tournaments – this certainly maybethe case in our knockdown tournaments-what then? There needs to be within everydojo the traditional training perspective andvalues taught in order that we maintain ourstandards and ensure our future as anorganisation for generations to come.Tournaments are essential in some respectsbut should not become the focus and meansof determining success. I have heard a fewtimes over the past years “his or her dojo hasnot produced champions – so it cannot bethat good a club”. This cannot be the markof success of karate alone for many manyreasons! This could in itself be the subject ofan article on its own.

Grading success?It goes without saying that the advancementof students through the grading system is apositive indicator as to the student’s progress,and generally it should be accepted that thisfact can contribute to the dojos success atmany levels. However there is a need toemphasise the issue that the goal of a dangrade (or indeed any grade) is not thedestination but only a journey – and thepremise is worth repeating that once thelevel of black belt is reached then thetraining, learning and teaching begin at adifferent level. I have currently about nine orten black belts training regularly and insome ways they are now “beginners” takingtheir training and understanding to a greaterlevel and depth. They have reached the first(not the last) step of a long climb to furtherlevels of knowledge.

What is the purpose of karate training?I suppose in order to establish “what is asuccessful dojo” we first need also to havecommon agreement as to what is thefunction of karate training. KyokushinKarate is termed Budo Karate – but whatreally does that mean and signify, as we pushinto a new decade and a new century? SinceKyokushin has only been in existence forlittle more than fifty years this must betermed modern budo – and under this wecould define as “ a form of physical exercise,method of self defence (for the individual)sport and spiritual training.” What is perhapsonly clear is that Budo Karate, and not SportKarate - a term now used for the karatebased practice of having tournaments onlyin mind, and which is supported by currentBritish Government bodies as being good

for British Sport in general – and thusfunding and support can be seen widespreadto the exclusion of all else of perhaps greatervalue. This can be a difficult situationbecause with the Government bodies onlyrecognising structure outside our domain –we could be seen as not being successfulwithin British Sport. Notwithstanding thisfact, karate training is important for anumber of reasons that would mystify theGovernment bodies in the extreme. Trainingof the mind, body and spirit – must be aninitial concept and the foundation of ourtraining. Though this is a long and arduousprocess covering many decades, we mayexperience many things and discover morealong the long road, including: humility,truth of technique (and of ourselves), selfdiscipline, effort, harmony, respect,unselfishness, honour, loyalty, perseveranceand courage. So in our journey of learningour kihon and kata (not forgetting ourkumite) we have many lessons to learnwhich in essence can take a lifetime!Traditional Japanese budo recognises thatthere are three stages of learning: Shu, Haand Ri. During the first stage the studentfollowing his instructor exactly anddeveloping correct basic form in theexecution of a technique. In the second stagethe student (having learnt by rote thetechnique) now applies the technique to suithis or her abilities. In the final stage thestudent becomes completely spontaneousand the technique becomes a reflex. Toachieve this end there must be a strongrelationship with the instructor and student

and we can see that the Sensei /Kohairelationship is extremely important, and thisin itself will alter adapt and expand over thedecades finding harmony within the dojo. Inthe long term the objectives should be toperfecting technique and increasingknowledge and resultant ability.Students/instructors need to criticallyobserve their progress and perfect it andstrive for improvement – no matter howlong they have trained. This process iscalled “ryomi” in Japan – this is an ongoingprocess of self evaluation and criticism, notnecessarily particular to martial arts and canrelate to other aims and aspirations in life.Economic factors have to be eliminatedfrom the equation and the desire to teachand learn for a “lifetime” is a serious issue.Unfortunately, if the economic factors arenot met instructors may be unable tofinancially support the running of a dojo.This situation from a superficial point is anindicator of survival and success. Having saidall the above, the term should perhaps be“successful instructor” not “successful dojo”and the emphasis should be on teachingability. Our desire to teach should not bestructured on “numbers” alone – this can bedone in small numbers and even one to oneas in early times – but this will not be visibleat courses, tournaments etc. There are manyaspects that reflect a successful dojo and itsinstructor, and many of these indicators arenot sometimes overtly visible or noticedoutside the dojo, and even governingorganisation. These indicators are completelyoverlooked and perhaps ignored totally.

Paul Travers (l) at World Tournament 2005

Kokoro“Right mind, right heart, right spirit”

Proud to support the British Karate Kyokushinkai

Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)Dojo: Bishops House,Windhill, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 2NF(ten minutes from junction 8 of the M11)

Monday and Wednesday 18.00 to 21.00

T: 01245 256891E: [email protected]

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Unless you are actually training at the dojo,you will have a preconceived idea of its“success” by looking at the number ofstudents alone, which we may see as anindicator of success or otherwise – and howwrong that is. As an example - Hanshi overthe last few years is quoting Kenichi SawaiSensei – who was fundamental in his (andSosai Oyama’s) teachings within Kyokushinin the 1950s and 1960s – this man was aremarkable teacher – however he had nodojo, he had no students (apart form thosethat turned up occasionally to train), he hadno organisation – so from theout sidelooking in he was not a success at all! Howwrong that statement is! Citing this factalone should give us the motivation to lookcloser as to what constitutes a successful dojo.

ConclusionCan the definition of a successful dojo belooked at in a different way and should welook at it in terms of being a “successfulinstructor” - as it is the instructor thatgenerates the teaching process? Ultimately itis the ability and resourcefulness of theinstructor that in turn reflects on his or herstudents. So is it arguable that a successful

dojo is one where the dojo instructor cangive full and comprehensive teaching in allaspects of karate not specific to tournaments– although this is, in some degree, importantfor other reasons. But it is a fact that ourown style made its reputation and popularityon the reputation of our World KnockdownTournaments – so in some respectstournaments, in the broadest sense, areperhaps essential for specific reasons andgoals. Also it should be remembered thatorganisations can be dependent on astructured and constant level of participationin Tournaments, Courses and Squads forother valid financial reasons – these could beto finance squads being sent abroad atInternational level for example.

We can also add that success at tournaments,gradings and suchlike contribute to thesuccess and personality of a dojo – but it isthe other, sometimes immeasurable, factorsthat contribute to the dojo’s overall success.It’s the qualities given to the individualstudent, by the instructor, and these shouldinclude a cultivation of the mind, body andspirit. The student should be encouraged tostrive for perfection – which in essence is

unattainable – but again it is the process thatis important. Self discipline and effort alsohas an important part to play in theindividuals’ and dojo’s success – the key tocontinual improvement lies in self discipline,and to surpass the boundaries of what wouldappear to be the limits of the mind andbody.

Having gone from the beginning to the endin a full circle the question still remains.What conclusion can we come to as whatconstitutes a “successful dojo”? In the finalanalysis each individual instructor andstudent will come up with different answersand we each have a right to do this. Howeverthese conclusions, can and will change as wecontinue to train though the decades. Forme what stands out above everything elsewill be the cultivation of “mind, body andspirit”. We all have different ideals, ideas,aspirations and goals and dare I say inconclusion “all our lives through thediscipline of karate we will seek to fulfil thetrue meaning of the Kyokushin Way” Whatever that means to us as individuals whetherwe be a student or an instructor

Osu.

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respect others views and aspirations even ifwe do not understand or accept them. Icannot emphasise enough that in the finalanalysis we will stand or fall eventually on thetechnical level and competence of ourinstructors and in turn our students. When allthe trophies have been shelved and admiredfor the last time - what are or will we be leftwith? If we find ourselves in a situationwhere perhaps we are prevented fromholding tournaments – this certainly maybethe case in our knockdown tournaments-what then? There needs to be within everydojo the traditional training perspective andvalues taught in order that we maintain ourstandards and ensure our future as anorganisation for generations to come.Tournaments are essential in some respectsbut should not become the focus and meansof determining success. I have heard a fewtimes over the past years “his or her dojo hasnot produced champions – so it cannot bethat good a club”. This cannot be the markof success of karate alone for many manyreasons! This could in itself be the subject ofan article on its own.

Grading success?It goes without saying that the advancementof students through the grading system is apositive indicator as to the student’s progress,and generally it should be accepted that thisfact can contribute to the dojos success atmany levels. However there is a need toemphasise the issue that the goal of a dangrade (or indeed any grade) is not thedestination but only a journey – and thepremise is worth repeating that once thelevel of black belt is reached then thetraining, learning and teaching begin at adifferent level. I have currently about nine orten black belts training regularly and insome ways they are now “beginners” takingtheir training and understanding to a greaterlevel and depth. They have reached the first(not the last) step of a long climb to furtherlevels of knowledge.

What is the purpose of karate training?I suppose in order to establish “what is asuccessful dojo” we first need also to havecommon agreement as to what is thefunction of karate training. KyokushinKarate is termed Budo Karate – but whatreally does that mean and signify, as we pushinto a new decade and a new century? SinceKyokushin has only been in existence forlittle more than fifty years this must betermed modern budo – and under this wecould define as “ a form of physical exercise,method of self defence (for the individual)sport and spiritual training.” What is perhapsonly clear is that Budo Karate, and not SportKarate - a term now used for the karatebased practice of having tournaments onlyin mind, and which is supported by currentBritish Government bodies as being good

for British Sport in general – and thusfunding and support can be seen widespreadto the exclusion of all else of perhaps greatervalue. This can be a difficult situationbecause with the Government bodies onlyrecognising structure outside our domain –we could be seen as not being successfulwithin British Sport. Notwithstanding thisfact, karate training is important for anumber of reasons that would mystify theGovernment bodies in the extreme. Trainingof the mind, body and spirit – must be aninitial concept and the foundation of ourtraining. Though this is a long and arduousprocess covering many decades, we mayexperience many things and discover morealong the long road, including: humility,truth of technique (and of ourselves), selfdiscipline, effort, harmony, respect,unselfishness, honour, loyalty, perseveranceand courage. So in our journey of learningour kihon and kata (not forgetting ourkumite) we have many lessons to learnwhich in essence can take a lifetime!Traditional Japanese budo recognises thatthere are three stages of learning: Shu, Haand Ri. During the first stage the studentfollowing his instructor exactly anddeveloping correct basic form in theexecution of a technique. In the second stagethe student (having learnt by rote thetechnique) now applies the technique to suithis or her abilities. In the final stage thestudent becomes completely spontaneousand the technique becomes a reflex. Toachieve this end there must be a strongrelationship with the instructor and student

and we can see that the Sensei /Kohairelationship is extremely important, and thisin itself will alter adapt and expand over thedecades finding harmony within the dojo. Inthe long term the objectives should be toperfecting technique and increasingknowledge and resultant ability.Students/instructors need to criticallyobserve their progress and perfect it andstrive for improvement – no matter howlong they have trained. This process iscalled “ryomi” in Japan – this is an ongoingprocess of self evaluation and criticism, notnecessarily particular to martial arts and canrelate to other aims and aspirations in life.Economic factors have to be eliminatedfrom the equation and the desire to teachand learn for a “lifetime” is a serious issue.Unfortunately, if the economic factors arenot met instructors may be unable tofinancially support the running of a dojo.This situation from a superficial point is anindicator of survival and success. Having saidall the above, the term should perhaps be“successful instructor” not “successful dojo”and the emphasis should be on teachingability. Our desire to teach should not bestructured on “numbers” alone – this can bedone in small numbers and even one to oneas in early times – but this will not be visibleat courses, tournaments etc. There are manyaspects that reflect a successful dojo and itsinstructor, and many of these indicators arenot sometimes overtly visible or noticedoutside the dojo, and even governingorganisation. These indicators are completelyoverlooked and perhaps ignored totally.

Paul Travers (l) at World Tournament 2005

Kokoro“Right mind, right heart, right spirit”

Proud to support the British Karate Kyokushinkai

Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)Dojo: Bishops House,Windhill, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 2NF(ten minutes from junction 8 of the M11)

Monday and Wednesday 18.00 to 21.00

T: 01245 256891E: [email protected]

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Kyokushin UK LimitedSuppliers of Kyokushin Goods since 1992 • Official Isami Agent

Wish the BKK every success at their new venue K2 Crawleyand we are proud to support the BKK as we have done since 1992

Kyokushin UK Limited: 58 Highfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2NQT 01245 256891 E [email protected]

My sincere thanks to the many people that have helped to produce this magazine either directly or indirectly these include:

Hanshi Steve Arneil, Alex Kerrigan, Colin Elias, Kristen Reinhart (Ingo and Finja) Shane and Jenny Lalor, Jo

Merth, Nancy Hiscock, Jane Charman, Tony White, Neil and Alysse Madley, Darren Stringer, Stephen Davies,

Keith Mayes, Jodie Hobbs, Dave and Pauline Barham David Pickthall, Ollie Potter, Leigh Kiss, Richard

Carroll, Moss Ageli, Chris Seal, Lia Howlett Cathy O’Brien, Andrew Turner, Maria Da Costa, Dave Lund

Regan, Alan and Julie Davies, Jared Wright, , Sunil Taylor, Lamine Darbouche David Jones, David Pickthall,

Paul Varney, Alan Shnawa, Ray Bond, Ruth Hunt, and Michael Keaveney.

Also to the individuals, Dojos and Companies that have supported us by sponsorship and advertising in this

issue of the magazine: BAA, Teamframes Trade, Porter De Vere, Kyokushin4Life, Barber Sporting Enterprises,

General Insurance Brokers (UK) PLC, Travis Perkins, Skillet, Advanced Firetec Ltd, Bonners, Pritchard Tankers

Ltd, Reigate Carpet Centre,Woodland Homes, Valmec Lifts, SAMUK and Kyokushin UK Limited, Hastings and

Bexhill Dojo, Milton Keynes Dojo, Dunmow Dojo, Northampton Dojo, Folkestone Dojo, Wimbledon Dojo,

Roath Dojo, Crawley Dojo and Kokoro.

Liam Keaveney

(Editor)

National KnockdownTournament 2007 – An ApologyYou will be aware that last year the BritishKarate Kyokushinkai was regrettably forcedto cancel the 32nd Open NationalKnockdown Tournament.

We were informed on the 17thSeptember 2007 that Crystal PalaceNational Sports Centre was now closedand would remain closed until June2008. This was due to seriousconstruction problems within thebuilding. Sadly Crystal Palace is, as Iwrite, still closed. Unfortunately due tothe short notice the British KarateKyokushinkai had no alternative but tocancel the Open National KnockdownTournament scheduled for Saturday 6thOctober 2007 as we were unable to findan alternative suitable venue at suchshort notice.

We were deeply saddened that thisaction was necessary - especially with so

many people intending to attend theevent from home and abroad.

This year we have moved our NationalKnockdown Tournament to K2Crawley – which will prove to be asuitable and exciting venue to re-

launch our National Tournament.

I would like to thank the many peoplehere today for your understanding andsupport and we hope that you will enjoythe day’s event as you have in the past

Liam Keaveney, Chairman

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We ensure that our findings are used to improve the lives of all cancer patients

We help people to understand cancer, the progress we are making and the choices each person can make

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Kyokushin UK LimitedSuppliers of Kyokushin Goods since 1992 • Official Isami Agent

Wish the BKK every success at their new venue K2 Crawleyand we are proud to support the BKK as we have done since 1992

Kyokushin UK Limited: 58 Highfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2NQT 01245 256891 E [email protected]

My sincere thanks to the many people that have helped to produce this magazine either directly or indirectly these include:

Hanshi Steve Arneil, Alex Kerrigan, Colin Elias, Kristen Reinhart (Ingo and Finja) Shane and Jenny Lalor, Jo

Merth, Nancy Hiscock, Jane Charman, Tony White, Neil and Alysse Madley, Darren Stringer, Stephen Davies,

Keith Mayes, Jodie Hobbs, Dave and Pauline Barham David Pickthall, Ollie Potter, Leigh Kiss, Richard

Carroll, Moss Ageli, Chris Seal, Lia Howlett Cathy O’Brien, Andrew Turner, Maria Da Costa, Dave Lund

Regan, Alan and Julie Davies, Jared Wright, , Sunil Taylor, Lamine Darbouche David Jones, David Pickthall,

Paul Varney, Alan Shnawa, Ray Bond, Ruth Hunt, and Michael Keaveney.

Also to the individuals, Dojos and Companies that have supported us by sponsorship and advertising in this

issue of the magazine: BAA, Teamframes Trade, Porter De Vere, Kyokushin4Life, Barber Sporting Enterprises,

General Insurance Brokers (UK) PLC, Travis Perkins, Skillet, Advanced Firetec Ltd, Bonners, Pritchard Tankers

Ltd, Reigate Carpet Centre,Woodland Homes, Valmec Lifts, SAMUK and Kyokushin UK Limited, Hastings and

Bexhill Dojo, Milton Keynes Dojo, Dunmow Dojo, Northampton Dojo, Folkestone Dojo, Wimbledon Dojo,

Roath Dojo, Crawley Dojo and Kokoro.

Liam Keaveney

(Editor)

National KnockdownTournament 2007 – An ApologyYou will be aware that last year the BritishKarate Kyokushinkai was regrettably forcedto cancel the 32nd Open NationalKnockdown Tournament.

We were informed on the 17thSeptember 2007 that Crystal PalaceNational Sports Centre was now closedand would remain closed until June2008. This was due to seriousconstruction problems within thebuilding. Sadly Crystal Palace is, as Iwrite, still closed. Unfortunately due tothe short notice the British KarateKyokushinkai had no alternative but tocancel the Open National KnockdownTournament scheduled for Saturday 6thOctober 2007 as we were unable to findan alternative suitable venue at suchshort notice.

We were deeply saddened that thisaction was necessary - especially with so

many people intending to attend theevent from home and abroad.

This year we have moved our NationalKnockdown Tournament to K2Crawley – which will prove to be asuitable and exciting venue to re-

launch our National Tournament.

I would like to thank the many peoplehere today for your understanding andsupport and we hope that you will enjoythe day’s event as you have in the past

Liam Keaveney, Chairman

Caption

Thank you for your support

Airbrush, Metal, Paint, Customizing Motor CyclesProven show quality work undertaken

We will personalizeur ride 4 u

Alex Kerrigan0791 236 7585

www.phoenixcustom.co.uk

Phoenix CustomPaint Shop

About Cancer Research UKCancer Research UK is the world's leading independent organisation

dedicated to cancer research.We support research into all aspects of cancer through the work

of more than 4,250 scientists, doctors and nurses.

Our purposeWe carry out world-class research to improve our understanding

of cancer and find out how to prevent, diagnose and treat different kinds of cancer

We ensure that our findings are used to improve the lives of all cancer patients

We help people to understand cancer, the progress we are making and the choices each person can make

We work in partnership with others to achieve the greatest impact in the global fight against cancer

DonateThere are many ways you can donate to Cancer Research UK.

Your donation will help us continue our research into preventing and treating cancer.

www.cancerresearchuk.org

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Is Black Belt the End of the Journey

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Is Black Beltthe End of the Journey?Let us take a look at the path taken so far. No doubtwe all have our own story on how and why weembarked on a journey to find the ‘Way’ and whatdrove us through the doors of a Dojo. An onlooker once questioned if any of ustraining were actually normal - did we all havesome kind of dysfunctional background! Afterall, what normal person would take up a hobbywhere one pushes oneself physically andmentally through what feels like impossible andunachievable boundaries? Throughout training the student’s sights are sethigh on the honour of wearing a Black Belt.After the initial enthusiasm dwindles, he is facedwith the realization that left far behind are thecomforts of ‘normal’ life and that if the day is todawn where he can stand proud in his BlackBelt, the way forward requires dedication in theform of effort, study, frustration and pure hardwork.Along his journey are pinnacle points ofrecognition in the form of coloured belts, eachholding its own challenges with frustratingtimes to over come. Light is shed as newcomersenter the Dojo when he can start to map hisprogress to date, but the safety of a purebeginner he realizes has long since ebbed away. However, the path ahead to achieve shodan isstill a long way off and is nothing short of anarduous process both physically and mentally.After the years of training, study, self searching

By Jane Charman (1st Dan)

and development the time has come to provehis worth for that all precious Black Belt. Whathappens now? He already feels he has outperformed his own expectations, given everyounce of effort possible and studied as hard ashe can. The potential for boredom sets in, oreven a level of arrogance, as he compareshimself to others further down the line.Development slows and even plateaus, doubtsstart to creep in as to what value continuing thejourney may hold - even the instructor appearsapparently indifferent to his progress. It is atthis point the Yudansha has to search his resolveand find sufficient self-actuation to persist if heis to push through and find himself enteringnew horizons and elevation to a new state ofmind - this is known as Shugyo or austerity.Gyo pictograthing a ‘crossroad’ and Shuindicating delicate hair. In normal parlanceShu means ‘to practice’ or ‘encourage in study’though etymologically it is to strike withdelicate precision.At the Shugyo level of training the Yudanshafinds himself at a mountainous crossroad. Togive up the journey or consider it complete issurely a waste - the sights ahead holdingprecious rewards. He can see that the newjourney ahead is requiring a new depth ofunderstanding, better accuracy and an evenmore determined focus to be deliberate, preciseand efficient with economy of movement.

Shugyo is thought of as austere training - thepath taken to overcome barriers. It is arduous.Shugyo is trying and exacting and will notallow him rest - once he has passed thecrossroad Shugyo will become his only meansby which to proceed on the ‘Way’. It is at thisjuncture that the he begins to reflect on hisprogress. He can now see that although he haslearnt much, there is what seems a lifetime oflearning still ahead. What he thought he couldperform with relative effect can be honed andperfected further. Each Kata and string oftechniques can all be restudied. His thoughtprocess defends, he questions, challenges andexplores in order to achieve and strive forexcellence. He can see now that the gaining ofhis Black Belt marks the start of the journeyand in effect returns to white – albeit from anew starting point.

John Hunt and the British Red Cross wish the

British Karate Kyokushinkai

every success at K2 and their

32nd Open National Knockdown Tournament

We are proud to support the BKK

Jane Charman (c) with Jane Malyon (l) and Clare Fields - recent successful black belts

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Is Black Belt the End of the Journey

38

Is Black Beltthe End of the Journey?Let us take a look at the path taken so far. No doubtwe all have our own story on how and why weembarked on a journey to find the ‘Way’ and whatdrove us through the doors of a Dojo. An onlooker once questioned if any of ustraining were actually normal - did we all havesome kind of dysfunctional background! Afterall, what normal person would take up a hobbywhere one pushes oneself physically andmentally through what feels like impossible andunachievable boundaries? Throughout training the student’s sights are sethigh on the honour of wearing a Black Belt.After the initial enthusiasm dwindles, he is facedwith the realization that left far behind are thecomforts of ‘normal’ life and that if the day is todawn where he can stand proud in his BlackBelt, the way forward requires dedication in theform of effort, study, frustration and pure hardwork.Along his journey are pinnacle points ofrecognition in the form of coloured belts, eachholding its own challenges with frustratingtimes to over come. Light is shed as newcomersenter the Dojo when he can start to map hisprogress to date, but the safety of a purebeginner he realizes has long since ebbed away. However, the path ahead to achieve shodan isstill a long way off and is nothing short of anarduous process both physically and mentally.After the years of training, study, self searching

By Jane Charman (1st Dan)

and development the time has come to provehis worth for that all precious Black Belt. Whathappens now? He already feels he has outperformed his own expectations, given everyounce of effort possible and studied as hard ashe can. The potential for boredom sets in, oreven a level of arrogance, as he compareshimself to others further down the line.Development slows and even plateaus, doubtsstart to creep in as to what value continuing thejourney may hold - even the instructor appearsapparently indifferent to his progress. It is atthis point the Yudansha has to search his resolveand find sufficient self-actuation to persist if heis to push through and find himself enteringnew horizons and elevation to a new state ofmind - this is known as Shugyo or austerity.Gyo pictograthing a ‘crossroad’ and Shuindicating delicate hair. In normal parlanceShu means ‘to practice’ or ‘encourage in study’though etymologically it is to strike withdelicate precision.At the Shugyo level of training the Yudanshafinds himself at a mountainous crossroad. Togive up the journey or consider it complete issurely a waste - the sights ahead holdingprecious rewards. He can see that the newjourney ahead is requiring a new depth ofunderstanding, better accuracy and an evenmore determined focus to be deliberate, preciseand efficient with economy of movement.

Shugyo is thought of as austere training - thepath taken to overcome barriers. It is arduous.Shugyo is trying and exacting and will notallow him rest - once he has passed thecrossroad Shugyo will become his only meansby which to proceed on the ‘Way’. It is at thisjuncture that the he begins to reflect on hisprogress. He can now see that although he haslearnt much, there is what seems a lifetime oflearning still ahead. What he thought he couldperform with relative effect can be honed andperfected further. Each Kata and string oftechniques can all be restudied. His thoughtprocess defends, he questions, challenges andexplores in order to achieve and strive forexcellence. He can see now that the gaining ofhis Black Belt marks the start of the journeyand in effect returns to white – albeit from anew starting point.

John Hunt and the British Red Cross wish the

British Karate Kyokushinkai

every success at K2 and their

32nd Open National Knockdown Tournament

We are proud to support the BKK

Jane Charman (c) with Jane Malyon (l) and Clare Fields - recent successful black belts

T: 01279 815737 M: 07710 434063

www.kandbkitchens.co.uk

Quality Fitted Kitchens

Kitchens of Impressive Elegance and Individuality

Modern

Traditional

Contemporary

Designed

Supplied

Installed

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