The English Karate Federation’s 2nd National Kyu Grade Championship was held on 20th January 2013 at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Here is the report from WKU Squad Managers, Alan Flook & Wendy White: Congratulations to all the WKU Students who were selected:- Declan Scoulding – Gold Lee Harvey – Bronze Nick Stathers – Gold […]
This year’s Fight Night on 12 January, 2013 was hosted by the Welsh Bushi Kai at The Abervan Hotel, Port Talbot. WKU Students selected were:- Shaun Langson Steve Heath Lee Heath Ali Nyoni Jamie Bowen Sarah Clarke Laura Gibbon The 1st round was for the Ritchie Noblett Memorial Shield. The Welsh Bushi Kai team took […]
Here are the Revised WKF Kumite Rules which are affective from the 1st Jan 2013. Click here to download your copy. Please make yourselves familiar with any changes and I will notify you of any further updates here on the WKU website as they occur. Ivor Thomas
WKU’s Ivor Thomas attended this event in Lincoln on 12 January. Here’s his report. The Championship comprised of the three regions fighting each other with the winning team scoring the most points – not bouts. Each team had 16 members comprising of Senior Male and Female likewise Juniors and Cadets and all athletes fought under […]
Sunday 5th May 2013 at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Hutton Moor Road, Weston-super-Mare BS22 8LY. Registration 9.00am. Start 9.30am. Entry by invitation only. Click to download details. Please note, this version does not include the actual entry form. For further information and for entry forms please contact the Organiser: Wendy White e-mail: wku@btinternet.com or phone: […]
Congratulations to all who passed their Dan grades at the WKU Dan Grading – Bristol Karate Club Dojo, December 2012. Andy Gunton (Bristol Karate Club) was awarded 7th Dan. Darren Barrenger (Brightlingsea) successfully graded Yondan and Shodan passes included Jason Barber (Downend and Mangotsfield); Matthew Graham (Sudbury); Tadeusz Jenkins (Broadwell) and Daniel Guthrie (Brightlingsea). Click […]
Congratulations to Andy Gunton (centre) who was awarded 7th Dan at the WKU Dan Grading – Bristol Karate Club Dojo, December 2012. Andy is pictured here with Alan Flook, 7th Dan, Bristol Karate Club and Les Birkin, 7th Dan, Colchester Traditional Karate Club.
Western Karate Union hosted its annual Winter Open Invitational on Sunday 25th November at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare. A big thank you to all the officials for their outstanding efforts. With over 500 entries we had only one injury where the medics advised the contestant to go to hospital and no major issues on […]
Western Karate Union hosted its annual Winter Open Invitational Competition Sunday 25th November at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare. This year saw over 500 entries. Competitors, officials, organisers and supporters arrived from far and wide, many braving wet and windy weather and floods to travel to the event. A full report and results coming soon… […]
CHECK HERE for details of any WKU Referee and Table Officials Courses coming up. WKU Referee courses cover Kumite & Kata Rules and the Table Officials courses cover the Referee’s hand signals, operation of the score board and how the repercharge works. Click here to download a copy of the WKF Kumite & Kata rule […]
