39th Portsmouth Open Karate Tournament

       

   

International Event

1^st England (SEKU)

2^nd SKI Holland

3^rd Wales

 

Mens Team Kumite

1^st Portsmouth A

2^nd Kilburn

jnt 3^rd Seishinkai - Totton

 

Men's Kumite Black Belt

1^st Alan Troughton - TKW

2^nd Leon Gordon - Kilburn

Joint 3^rd Martin Bradley - TKW

Joint 3^rd Keith Williams - Paulsgrove

 

Ladies Kumite Black Belt

1^st Emma Robbins - Wales

2^nd Jana Gee - TSKC

Joint 3^rd Faye Cappleman - Portchester

Joint 3^rd Susan Ewart - Newport Fitness

 

Male Youth Kumite

1^st Mike Grimwood - Saltash

2^nd Mohammed Salih - Kilburn

Joint 3^rd Sam Weaver - Lovedean

Joint 3^rd George Oliver - Lovedean

 

Ladies Team Kumite

1^st Portsmouth A

2^nd Portsmouth University

 

Men's Kumite 7^th to 1^st Kyu

1^st D Collier

2^nd M Bell

Joint 3^rd L Nelson

Joint 3^rd S Day

 

Young Ladies Kumite

1^st A Andrews - Zanshin

2^nd F Flindell - TSKC

Jnt 3rd J Hill - TSKC

Jnt 3^rd M Gray - Zanshin

 

Ladies Kumite 7^th to 1^st Kyu

1^st R Houlton - Seishinkai

2^nd R Jackson - Portsmouth University

Joint 3^rd K Snowley - Seishinkai

Joint 3^rd M Orban - Seishinkai

 

Boys Kumite Over 5ft

1^st Ben Hobbs - Saltash

2^nd Rhys Williams - Zashin

Joint 3^rd Fiachra Conway - Bournemouth

Joint 3^rd Anthony Davey - Zanshin

 

Boys Kumite Under 5ft

1^st Jason Fox - TSKC

2^nd Albert Hart - Fitness Factory IOW

Joint 3^rd Tomas Carson Seishinkai

Joint 3^rd James Harding - Bromley

 

Petite Girls Kumite

1^st Arthi Niranjan - Seishinkai

2^nd Cristy Nash - Seishinkai

Joint 3^rd P Ewington -

Joint 3^rd Charlotte Timms - TSKA

 

Taller Girls Kumite

1^st Lauren Brooks - Seishinkai

2^nd Sophie Woodley - TSKC

Joint 3^rd Abigail Timms - TSKA

Joint 3^rd Nicolo Lester - TSKC

 

Junior 5ft and over Sanbon Kumite

1^st Rhiannon Hackman - Kilburn

2^nd Nicola Lester - TSKC

Joint 3^rd Ruariri McGinnity - TSKC

Joint 3^rd Tom McLoughlin - Fitness Factory IOW

 

Junior Under 5ft Sanbon Kumite

1^st Jason Fox - TSKC

2^nd Nicolo Higgins - Saltash

Joint 3^rd Brian Garcia - Portsmouth

Joint 3^rd Dion Lim Hon - TSKC

 

Pee Wee Sanbon Kumite

1^st Lauren Corrall - Kihaku

2^nd John Staples - Kihaku

Joint 3^rd Camon Lennon - Seishinkai

Joint 3^rd Olivia Christodolou - Seishinkai

 

 Junior 3^rd Kata Kyu & Above

1^st Rhiannon Hackman - Kilburn

2^nd Sophie Woodley - TSKC

3^rd Danny Richards - Seishinkai

4^th Jack Johnsey - Paulsgrove

 

Junior Team Kata

1^st Zanshin

2^nd TSKC

3^rd Seishinkai

4^th Portchester (Owen)

 

Adult Team Kata

4^th TSKC

3^rd Crookhorn

2^nd Portchester

1^st Kilburn

 

Men/Women's 10th to 4^th Kyu Kata

1^st R Houlton - Seishinkai

2^nd A Flowers - Seishinkai

3^rd C Paesch - Portsmouth University

4^th C Rouquain - Kilburn

 

Pee Wee Individual

1^st Lauren Corrall - Kihaku

2^nd Ben Diggin Ogle - Kilburn4^th

3^rd John Staples - Kihaku

4^th Olivia Christodolou - Seishinkai

 

Junior 10^th to 4^th Kyu Indivial Kata

1^st Dylan Lim Hon - TSKC

2^nd Max Seeley - Bournemouth

3^rd Fiachra Conway - Bournemouth

4^th Charlotte Timms - TSK

 

Men's Brown Belt Kata

1^st Jason Hasnip - Plymouth

2^nd David Collier - Plymouth

3^rd Neil Cuthbert - Gillingham

4^th Gary Page - Shinko Shia

 

Women's Kata 3^rd Kyu and Above

1^st Ildiko Redai - Team Ridolfo (Holland)

2^nd Faye Cappleman - Portchester

3^rd Emma Robbins - Wales

4^th Jacqui Hill - Blackwater Valley

 

Men's Black Belt Kata

1^st Mohammed Salih - Kilburn

2^nd Mustapha Makhlouf - Holland

3^rd Dave Galloway - Portsmouth

4^th Jason Hollister - Saltash

 

 

 

SKDUN World Shotokan Championships 2009 

The England (SEKU) squad led by Sensei Mick Dewey and Terry Oliver, and including Sensei's Al Lewis and Chris Carr recently travelled to the city of Eger, in Hungary's famous wine growing region, for the 17^th World Shotokan Karate Championships 2009.

 

The event is held over 2 days with a day allotted before the competition for weighing in, registration and technical meeting etc. We arrived in good time for the official business and to sample the local hospitality and surroundings. 

The actual tournament arena is located in the city's park which, with it's autumnal colours on display provided a pleasant distraction from the long days ahead. 

In retrospect, it appears that the arena  did not have the capacity for the amount of competitors (900 approx), which affected the programme over the weekend but there were some outstanding performances by some truly world class competitors.

The opening day held the individual events in which members of the squad aquitted themselves very well in both kata and kumite just missing out before the finals. Noteably, Steve Hollister and Shaun Eglinton both achieved podium spots, silver and bronze respectively in the keenly contested veteran kata and both with outstanding performances of Unsu.

 

Additionally, in the kumite events each squad individual performed to their highest levels. It should be noted that most of the participating nations are multi federation squads. This puts the achievements of the SEKU squad into perspective albeit that we have become accustom to bringing home a significant amount of prizes! Day 1 ended at 11.00pm

Day 2 was the realm of the team events. The international team consisting of Dave Galloway, Matt Powell, Lee Wilkinson, Keith Williams, Shaun Eglinton and Graham Rowley first faced the Hungarian national team with the expected partisan local support. This was an exciting event with England winning (by quite a margin) the first (D. Galloway), Second (L. Wilkinson) and then the third (M. Powell) bouts to take a comprehensive victory to the next round. England v Romania - It has to be said that the Romanians are an impressive squad with regular medal winners across all categories and their national team consisted of 5 individual world champions at different weights! Nevertheless, they noticeably upped a gear to face the England team. First bout-D. Galloway v. C. Cheles. This was a well matched pair with both competitors using all of the area searching for a scoring opportunity. Ultimately Dave won the bout to put England 1-0 up. Next out was Lee Wilkinson v. B. Lipianu. Another good match between Lee and the current -80kg kumite and Senior world champion. The Romanian man won this bout to make the overall scores 1-1. Matt Powell v. the other Cheles twin, Iulianu. Matt had performed well all weekend and this bout was no different. A well contested match with the decision going to the Romanian. Keith Williams v. Radu Todiras the Romanian squad captain. Both men could be said of 'stocky build'. Radu is about 12 inches taller than Keith though! A tense and strategic match with again a victory to Romania and the overall win. Romania went on to become world champions. This was a good test for the SEKU team and I think all are looking forward to a rematch in 2010.

                              

The weekend ended with the usual sayonara party with which The English can claim to match anyone in the world. The feeling after the exhaustive trip is that many positives came from our trip to Hungary. The youngsters amongst the squad can see what they need to do to improve on this years performance and there was confirmation (if it was needed) that seniors can easily compete on the world stage and can beat anyone on the day.

Well done to all. SKDUN 2010 here we come!

Terry Oliver

 

 

 

 

 

Mick Dewey spent the last weekend touring the South West for Kyu grading courses at Helston and Plymouth area

Saturday 22nd August 2009 

Saturday 22nd August saw Chief Instructor Mick Dewey travel to deepest Cornwall for a visit to the Helston Karate Club who's Instructor is Amanda Jury 1st Dan.  Amanda stages her club gradings two and sometimes three a year and when she is able, transports her members into Plymouth to join forces with them there.

This time however, they held their own Kyu grading at the historic Theatre House in the centre of Helston.  Knowing that Amanda would have drilled the examinees in their grading examination requirements thoroughly, Mick put the class through it's paces with a combination of kicks and punches that they then had to defend against - it was good fun and the class responded very well.  This was followed by Heian and Tekki Kata. When the class was over, Mick took Amanda and the black belts aside and introduced them to the Kata Jitte.

After a break for 'Pasties' the Grading exam followed, grades ranged from beginner through to 1st Kyu and apart from the usual minor gliches all were successful

At the end of the day Isobelle Goode 1st Dan & Sam Orchard were presented with their Dan Grade Diplomas following their successful attempt at the Black and Brown Belt Course Plymouth 7th June - congratulations to them both.

Despite their isolation - Helston is seventy miles from the nearest SEKU Club, Saltash - Amanda is doing a sterling job and is flying the SEKU flag. 

Sunday23rd Agust 2009

Mick travelled to Plymouth the following day to visit the Plymouth area clubs.  The clubs - Saltash, Plymouth, Pympton, Lykerrys and Eggbuckland combine for the three monthly Kyu Gradings.  It was well attended as you can well imagine with the amount of clubs there and what was especially pleasing was the amount of Black Belts in attendance.

Again the class was aimed away from the grading syllabus and given over to lower grades with a combination of kicks and punches plus a bit of extra spice thrown in for the higher grades.  All enjoyed themselves, the second part of the class was reserved for Heian Kata revision.

All Clubs on the day enjoyed a very successful pass rate and the standard was very high - congratulations to examinees and club Instructors alike.

As with the Helston Club, there were some Dan Grade successes from the previous Black and Brown Belt Course 7th June and Diplomas were presented to:  Ian Bradburn 2nd Dan (Plympton) & Robert Hughes 3rd Dan (Saltash) Unfortunately Jason Hollister 2nd Dan (Saltash) & Sarah Danby 1st Dan (Plympton) were not in attendance through illness and could not be presented, they will receive their Diplomas at club level form their respective Instructors at a later date.   

 

    

Plymouth Black & Brown belt course 

 

 

Sunday 7th of June was a day of blistering sunshine and glorious barbeques, or so those that trained on the Plymouth B& B course were told.  However the sunshine and the barbeques could wait, because the day was packed with an intensity and atmosphere that SEKU instructors love to install on such courses.

The first session was started by Sensei O'Donnell and utilised a range of techniques to illustrate how to gradually develop intensity of a warm up using progressively dynamic karate specific movements.  As often is the case Sensei O'Donnell commanded the utmost effort from his students, even though the emphasis was on relaxing whilst moving through the attacks it would appear the heat in the dojo rose a centigrade or two in the process. 

Following on from the kion components, Sensei Dewey 7th Dan and SEKU Chief Instructor, delivered an explosive and insightful look at the brown belt kata Jion, with several applications to test the efficiency of the karatekas's understanding of the kata movements.  The repetition of the kata and it's subcomponent combinations served well to test individuals physical and mental endurance and two individuals that captivated this were current SEKU National Kata Champion, Paul Uren and SEKU's own Shaun Eglington, Current World JSKA Kata Champion.  Both of these individuals were invited by Sensei Dewey to demonstrate Jion kata and did so with breath taking style. 

Having completed the first session Sensei's Dewey, O'Donnell and Smith took the composed grading students off for their various dan grade examinations and left the remaining students under the supervision of SEKU Squad Kumite Coach Sensei Hollister and SEKU Kata Coach Sensei Crowe.  Gojushiho Dai was the choice for the first part of the session and Sensei Crowe gave black and brown belts a chance to explore this advanced kata.  The kumite components of this dual lead class looked at the zanshin aspect of pair work and Sensei Holister stressed the importance of having intent and confidence in each technique and movement executed, be it competition kumite or dojo kumite.  Whilst one would expect the tempo and intensity to naturally taper on such a warm day, this could not be further from the truth and both instructors were able to maintain the high levels of output from the students. 

For those in the main dojo the session came to a close with Sensei Crowe reminding students that, whilst it is important to attend black and brown belt courses to get the chance to challange and work towards new and senior kata's, it must also be remembered that even the first kata will not have been fully mastered.  This was illustrated poetically with karateka working on performing kion kata with speed and power 'backward'.

Although the session had finished for those in the main dojo, several thoughts were to club mates and friends that we still grading and many stayed on to hear the successful news that hard training does pay off!  So a big congratulations to all those that graded successfully. Oss

 

Medallists:

International team-Gold (D. Galloway/M. Powell/Ben Mayer/Rob Maynard/P. Turrell/G. Rowley.

3 Man Team-Silver

Team Kata-SEKU B (Gold) Hannah Day/Mike Grimwood/Jason Hollister. SEKU A- (Silver) Dave Galloway/George Oliver/Sam Weaver

Mens Individual Kata- (4^th)Matt Powell

Ladies Individual Kata -(Gold) Hannah Day

Mens Vet Individual Kumite - (Silver) Graham Rowley. (4^th) Pete Turrell

Men Individual Kumite- (Gold) Dave Galloway

Ladies Individual Kumite - (Silver) Karen Galloway

 

Competition Results from the SEKU National 2009

On Saturday the 4th April 2009 SEKU held their National Championships at the newly vamped Mountbattern Centre in Portsmouth.  The Championships are always well attended by high standard karateka from SEKU and this year was no different.  That said there were one or two noticeable changes made and the new trophies that had been provided by sponsors Viviers, Taskmaster UK and Silver Fox Graphic Designs, added to the drive of the competitors.

Men's Team Kumite
Gold - Portchester
Silver - Lovedean
Bronze - Portsmouth A	Bronze - Portsmouth University

 

Women's Team Kumite

Gold - Portsmouth

Silver - Plymouth

 

Men's Kumite Black Belts
Gold - Dave Galloway - Portsmouth
Silver - Sean Eglington - Plymouth
Bronze - Keith Williams - Portsmouth	Bronze - Graham Rowley - Portsmouth

 

Women's Kumite Black Belts
Gold - Karyn Galloway - Portsmouth
Silver - Hannah Day - Saltash
Bronze - Steph Cass - Portsmouth	Bronze - Laura Uren - Plymouth

 

Men's Kumite 7th to 1st Kyu
Gold - Gary Page - Portsmouth Uni
Silver - Chris Farndell - Portsmouth
Bronze - Jason Hasnip - Plymouth	Bronze - Ifunanya Mafiana - Porstmouth Uni

 

Male Youths Kumite
Gold - George Oliver - Lovedean
Silver - Chris McMullen - Paulsgrove
Bronze - Sam Weaver - Lovedean	Bronze - Mike Grimwood - Saltash

 

Boys Kumite 5ft & Over
Gold - Scott Clements - Plymouth
Silver - Jed Blow - Newport FF
Bronze - Ben Hobbs - Saltash	Bronze - Joe Crowe - Portsmouth

 

Boys Kumite Under 5ft
Gold - Elliott Smith - Lovedean
Silver - Liam Bissett - Saltash
Bronze - T. McLaughlin - Newport FF	Bronze - A Hart - Newport FF

 

Young Ladies Kumite

Gold - Milli Wood - Portchester

Silver - Megan Standen - Portchester

 

Junior 5ft & Over 3 Step Kumite
Gold - Elliott Carrington - Portchester
Silver - James Parkin - Portsmouth
Bronze - Ben Hobbs - Saltash	Bronze - Harry Millar - Saltash

 

Junior Under 5ft 3 Step Kumite
Gold - Albert Hart - Newport FF
Silver - Elliott Smith - Lovedean
Bronze - Shamba Early - Newport FF	Bronze - Tim Mc Laughlin - Newport FF

 

Pee Wee 3 Step Kumite
Gold - Carmen Fitzgerald - Portsmouth
Silver - Brian Garcia - Portsmouth
Bronze - Jack Head - Paulsgrove	Bronze - Cam Owen - Portchester

 

Adult Team Kata
Gold - Portsmouth
Silver - Portchester Bennetta
Bronze - Lovedean	Bronze - Portchester Standen

 

Mens Black Belt Kata
Gold - Paul Uren - Plymouth
Silver - Sean Eglinton - Plymouth
Bronze - Keith Williams - Portsmouth	Bronze - Matthew Powell - Portchester

 

Women's Kata 3rd Kyu & Above
Gold - Hannah Day - Saltash
Silver - Faye Cappleman - Portchester
Bronze -Emma Williams- Portsmouth	Bronze - Steph Cass - Portsmouth

 

Men's Brown Belt Kata
Gold - Jason Hasnip - Plymouth
Silver - Chris Farndell - Portsmouth
Bronze -Gary Page - Portsmouth Uni	Bronze - Paul Nicholson - Plymouth

 

Men's & Women's Kata 10th to 4th Kyu
Gold - Gilly Ellis - Plymouth
Silver - James Davey - Portsmouth
Bronze - Sean Morrison - Portchester	Bronze - Andrew Melmoth - Portsmouth

 

Junior Team Kata
Gold - Portchester Carrington
Silver - Crofton
Bronze - Petersfield	Bronze - Portsmouth A

 

Junior Individual Kata 3rd Kyu & Above
Gold -Scott Clements - Plymouth
Silver - Joe Crowe - Portsmouth
Bronze - A Hart - Newport FF	Bronze - Elliot Carrington - Portchester

 

Junior Individual Kata 10th to 4th Kyu
Gold -Elliot Smith - Lovedean
Silver - Dan Morison - Portchester
Bronze - Ben Hobbs - Saltash	Bronze - James Parkin - Portsmouth

 

Pee Wee Individual Kata
Gold -Brian Garcia - Portsmouth
Silver - Carmen Fitzgerald - Portsmouth
Bronze-Suma Fitzgerald- Portsmouth	Bronze - Jack Head - Paulsgrove

 

Sports Award Success for George Oliver of Lovedean Karate Club

On Wednesday 25th March George Oliver and his proud father Terry Oliver, both of Sensei Brian Smith's Lovedean Karate Club, attended the prestigious Hampshire and IOW sports awards.  The event was held at the Rose bowl Cricket ground with all the civic heads of each representing borough in the county in attendance.  This was truly a special night with many Olympians nominated for awards along with those who are just starting off in the sporting careers.

George was nominated for an award having previously won the Senior Sportsman of the year and the Havant Borough Sports Council Sports Person of the Year award for his achievements in Karate.

Having won a Bronze medal at the JSKA World Championships 2008 and also won a Silver medal at the same championships in the individual competition, George was a clear choice in a tough category to be awarded as Hampshire & IOW Junior Sports Person of The Year 2009.

Well done George.

 

Diploma Presentation at Newport KC

Sensei Dewey was over at Newport Karate Club on the Isle of Wight on Sunday 15th February to teach a session and present SEKU Diplomas for Mick Lambert 3rd Dan and Malcolm Bradley with his 4th Dan.