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On this occasion of the International Federation of Karate’s 3rd Junior and Cadet World Tournament, I welcome you all to K2 - Crawley. I would also like to welcome our honorary VIP guests to this special event. On this occasion the IFK (Kyokushin) is at its very best in the world to organize such a prestigious event. The young fighters representing many countries throughout the world, will display their skill, their fighting spirit and they will also demonstrate a true unity of comradeship through this Tournament.
Hanshi Steve Arneil (9th Dan) President and Founder of the International Federation of Karate
I would like to extend my thanks to the BKK’s Executive Committee for their work in preparation for this tournament in particular Shihan David Pickthall who has done a tremendous amount of work nationally and internationally to ensure an excellent tournament. I would also like to thank all the unnamed members who have worked with true Kyokushin spirit to ensure we have an event of which we, the IFK, can be very proud.
On behalf of the British Karate Kyokushinkai I welcome you here today to witness a truly momentous occasion – the staging of the 3rd IFK Junior and Cadet World Tournament at K2. It is especially fitting that this day is also seen as a celebration of the 46th Anniversary of the British Karate Kyokushinkai.
Shihan Liam Keaveney (6th Dan)
Chairman of the British Karate Kyokushinkai
In 1965 we saw the establishment of the BKK and in our history we have seen many developments and landmarks worldwide within the Kyokushin family – today for many reasons this can be seen as a celebration of Hanshi Steve Arneils life’s work. His efforts and tireless work will be reflected here today and I look forward to sharing this day with him and you.
I acknowledge and thank the many people who have helped to make this day possible – the BKK executive committee and not least Shihan David Pickthall together with members of Crawley dojo. My thanks also to Ollie Potter for his assistance and help in producing this souvenir program. To our fighters, officials and spectators I also thank you for your support and commitment.
On this occasion of the International Federation of Karate’s Third World Junior and Cadet Tournament in Crawley, I would like to offer my congratulations to Hanshi Steve Arneil and the International Federation of Karate. It is a great honour to have this Tournament.
HRH Prince Mohammed Bin Talal
Patron of the International Federation of Karate
I am very confident that your World Tournament will be a success. On such an occasion the fighters representing countries throughout the world will display their skill and fighting spirit. They will also demonstrate a true unity of comradeship. I would also like to extend my thanks to the British Karate Kyokushinkai for hosting this event. Lastly, lasty I would like to thank all the unnamed people who have been working behind the scenes with a true Kyokushin spirit to make this event a success.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all our distinguished guests, country officials and spectators to my hometown of Crawley. As hosts it has been our duty to co-ordinate the 3rd U18 World Tournament and I must express my gratitude to all our sponsors, especially from the local business community who are making this event possible.
Shihan David Pickthall (6th Dan)
Advisor to the International Federation of Karate
I also wish to thank Paul Baker and Matt Lethbridge from Crawley Borough Council for support from the local government. The hosting of this event could not have been possible without support from the members and parents of the Crawley Dojo and I must acknowledge the hard work of Neil and Alyse Madeley, Keith and April Mays and Nick Venes. Finally I wish to recognise the tremendous work of Ollie Potter for all the art and media work involved with this event. To all the competitors from around the world, good luck. I hope this experience is just the start of a successful international career and you fulfil your dreams. You never know there might be a young spectator in the audience today who leaves this event with a new idol and aspiring to one day be like you.
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Boys Individual Clicker 1st Keiran Rix 2nd Urban Zihlmann 3rd John Pegios 3rd Janick von
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Girls Individual Clicker 1st Alex Small Great Britain 2nd Simone Muntwyler Switzerland 3rd Shannon McGuiness Ireland 3rd Ceira Thomas Great Britain
Cadets Female +58kg 1st Anna Vishnyakova 2nd Olga Sorokina 3rd Imogen Sanders 3rd Luana Schuler Cadets Female -58kg 1st Marina Strupovets 2nd Madina Gasanova 3rd Emma Markwell
Russia Russia Great Britain Switzerland Russia Russia Great Britain
Cadets Male -68kg 1st Sergey Chmunevich 2nd Temur Pipiya 3rd Ivan Archutich 3rd Artem Tikovenko
Cadets Male +68kg 1st Alexsander Rafikov 2nd Artuur Navojan 3rd Roel Noordman 3rd Niels Willeme
Team Clicker 1st Great Britain 2nd Switzerland 3rd Ireland 3rd Norway
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2nd IFK Under 18 World Tournament 2008 Winners Berlin, Germany
Boys Individual Clicker 1st Nathan Williams 2nd Matthew Ali 3rd Lars Mathingsdal 3rd Sami Mehio
Great Britain Great Britain Norway Great Britain
Girls Individual Clicker 1st Mollie Milton Great Britain 2nd Laura Picot Great Britain 3rd Meeghan Daly Ireland 3rd Shannen McGuiness Ireland
Cadets Female +58kg 1st Anna Badmaeva Russia 2nd Shannon van der Linden Belgium 3rd Maria Goleshchikhina Russia 3rd Charell van Dooljenwaard Holland Cadets Female -58kg 1st Ksenia Ulitina 2nd Anastasia Usova 3rd Silvia den Ridder 3rd Ekaterina Gorbatikova
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Cadets Male -68kg 1st Viktor Kurilenko 2nd Danil Malyukov 3rd Ivan Hladki 3rd Alexander Sredanovic Cadets Male +68kg 1st Alexader Pasechnik 2nd Ayaz Shirinbekov 3rd Andrey Chernov 3rd Denis Petrov Team Clicker 1st Great Britain 2nd Switzerland 3rd Germany 3rd Ireland
Russia Russia Belarus Holland Russia Russia Russia Russia
Great Britain
Coaches: Shihan Andrew Turner & Sensei John Mouldon
Boys Individual Clicker Daniel Small Jordan Prescott Jordan Da Costa Josh Mays Stuart Lee Blake Collins
Girls Individual Clicker Hayley Rowlands Stephanie Williams Emily Senior Ellie Edwards Amelia White Danielle Lewis
Cadets Male -68kg Marco Morreale Dawid Ozga Nathan Williams Josh Thomas
Cadets Male -78kg Luke Baldwin
Cadets Male +78kg Adam Rawlins Charlie Webster
Cadets Female -58kg Eve Davies Aimee Owen Alex Nauth-Misir Sophie Lee
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France
Coaches: Joel Lavisse & Nordine Tonkin
Boys Individual Clicker Philippe Doublet Antoine Bejima Hugo Dekhil
Girls Individual Clicker Ines Dekhil
Cadets Male +78kg Eliot Dupont Team Clicker Brice Batard
Argentina
Coaches: Julio Romero
Boys Individual Clicker Mariano Rojas Jeronimo Romero
Israel
Coaches: Itzik Ashkenzai & Yael-Lee Weiss
Boys Individual Clicker Omar Elihai Badash Roey Nir Eden Lumborso
Cadets Male -78kg Tahan Ariel
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Cadets Male -78kg Christos Pantazis
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Coaches: Derek Doyle
Boys Individual Clicker Ciaran Doyle Alexander Vij Robbie Simmons
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Boys Individual Clicker Donovan Walker
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Boys Individual Clicker Florian Zurfluh Simon Zurfluh Manuel Teller
Girls Individual Clicker Andrea Gansner Tanja Gabathuler Tanja Thuring Cadets Male -68kg Raphael Eberli
Cadets Male -78kg Pascal Kung
Girls Individual Clicker Jade Lucas Cadets Male -68kg Tony Le
Girls Individual Clicker Brandi Cooper Hannah Biedlingmaier
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Russia
Coaches: Andrey Bura & Alexander Baranov Cadets Male -68kg Bakhodur Erov Evgeny Nigamaev
Cadets Male -78kg Ivan Zasypkin Fedor Meshcheryakov Cadets Male +78kg Vitaly Ishakhneli Dmitry Kuznetsov
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Cadets Female +58kg Nadezhda Emeliyanova Valeriya Chelyaeva
Belguim
Coaches: Greet Pelkmans
Cadets Female +58kg Sandy Van Velthoven
Belarus
Coaches: Mihal Kolesnik
Cadets Male -68kg Nikolai Prudnikow Viktar Yauseyeu
Cadets Male -78kg Uladzislau Hutyra
Poland
Coaches: Agnieszka Kowaliw
Boys Individual Clicker Konrad Sarzynski Adam Planetorz Piotr Ostrowski
Hungary
Coaches: Katalin Mato & Boke Bela
Girls Individual Clicker Nikolett Bogara Eszter Cseh-Simon Kata Rita Deszo
Girls Individual Clicker Zuzanna Szuszkiewicz Dominika Kowaliw Paulina Kaczor
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Anna Badmaeva - 4th Kyu
2008 IFK U-18 World Tournament Winner Dojo: Samurai, Astrakhan, Russia
Are you in full time education or are you now in employment? I’m graduated as a catering technologist and now I’m going to enrol at university in a physical culture course
You fought and won in 2008 World Championships, tell me about your fights? Well, there were 3 fights. I finished all of them ahead of time with ippon: the first one with a ushiro mawashi to the head, and the two other with a ushiro geri to the body.
What was your experience/feelings about this event? There were a lot of impressions. I didn’t even think that I could win. It was a stressful atmosphere, big responsibility, the coach had to constantly encourage me.
Since becoming World Champion what tournaments have you been in and how have you done? After that I went over to a women’s category and started in a group under 60 kg. I took part in the Russian Championship 2009 and lost the final to
Maria Lepina. In 2010 I took part in the Russian Championship 2010 in Moscow. There I lost the final to Svetlana Tuchkova. I was then invited to be part of the Russian Team and we went to European Kyokushinkan Championship in Bulgaria, where I took 3rd place. How have you found the difference competing in adult events? The difference is very noticeable. All fighters are experienced and don’t give you a chance to win. People are very different and indeed their level is very high too.
What are your hopes for the future? I’d like to become a member of the Russian Team and take part in the next World Tournament.
Other notable achivements 2008 2nd U18 World Tournament - 1st 2009 Russian Championships - 2nd 2010 Russian Championships - 2nd 2010 European Kyokushin-kan - 3rd
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Olga Sorokina - Shodan
2006 IFK U-18 World Tournament 2nd Dojo: School Of Kyokushinkai Kemerovo, Russia
Are you in full time education or are you now in employment? I graduated from the college of Physical Education and Sports and I’m now studying at the Institute doing 5 courses in the same specialty.
You fought in the 2006 World Championships, tell me about your fights? The first World Tounament 2006 was very unusual for me as It was my first trip abroad. I remember my first fight was with a very heavy competitor. She was 17 kilograms heavier than me. It was very hard to beat her. My second fight was against a local star, and I was afraid to lose, but I won after 4 minutes. I fought with Anna Veshnyakova in the final, That fight went all 3 rounds and the Judges’ decision was 2/2 and the referee gave his vote to Anna. I thought the final fight would be 8 minutes so I saved all my power for the 4th round. It was a very upsetting defeat, because I had defeated her previously. What was your experience/feelings about this event? I liked Switzerland very much, I remember that Hanshi Steve Arneil was
very kind and tried to calm me. He wiped my tears and consoled me.
Since the World Tournament what tournaments have you been in and how have you done? I did not want to lose again so I trained very hard for my next tournament. It was my first adult Championship of Russia in Saint-Petersburg at 2007. And I won and became a champion. It did not feel a big difference between fighting juniors and women as in Russia they are both strong. The Championship of Europe in Samara was my next goal. And I became champion again, After that I won Championship of Russia in Cheboksary and was selected for the Kyokushinkan Championship of Europe in Moscow 2008. That tournament wasn’t easy because they had different rules but it didn’t stop me and I won gold medal also. The All Kyokushin Championship of the World in Hungary 2009 was the most difficult tournament for me, because most powerful fighters from different Federations gathered there. It was an honor for me to represent Russia and IFK there. I understood that it was dream of my life to be in such a competition. I had to win
but it wasn’t easy at all. There were over 30 ladies in my category and I had good fights with Edit Abraham of Hungary Shinkyokushin and with a very patient Japanese fighter but I overcame them winning both fights by roll kick Ippon. I understood that I learned how to lose graciously when I became second at this Tournament. I didn’t except such result because I had been nervous and I thought that I would lose in the early rounds. It was a pleasure to also be awarded prizes for best technique and for shortest fight. I hadn’t won such prizes before.
What are your hopes for the future? I hope I will return to karate. And if I win Championship of Europe I will be honoured with master of sports (this is highest sport rank in Russia) from the government. Below & Right: Olga Sorokina
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Emma Markwell - Nidan
2006 IFK U-18 World Tournament 3rd Dojo: BKK Wimbeldon, England
Are you in full time education or are you now in employment? I have been working for BMW in Croydon since leaving school at 16 but have just left that to travel. My plans are to spend a month in Russia as visa permitting I am going to take part in the St Petersburg fighters camp for 3 weeks under Sensei Dmitry. I then travel to Thailand where I am enrolled at Tiger Muay Thai camp before moving onto Japan. Hopefully I will get to compete whilst I am there. I will spend two weeks in Australia before finishing off the trip in Canada. When I come back I hope to go to University.
You fought in the 2006 World Championships, tell me about your fights? Going into the 2006 World Tournament I had not had any competition experience at contact fighting due to the BKK rules and I had to fight a Russian girl. The fight went the maximum three rounds, and she got the decision after that. It was a tough, full on fight, but I gave my all and felt I’d used all the hard training I’d put in to its full advantage. I am sure if we had a better system to prepare our youngsters for this type of bout I could
have done better.
What was your experience/feelings about this event? Being my first ever contact event I remember how nervous I felt! And I also remember after the fight, despite the bruises, all I was interested in was when I was going to get to do it again! It definitely gives you the bite. But in the bigger picture these events are great for getting some experience towards the future fighting careers of cadets and juniors. They’re also a brilliant way to make contacts with other people from other countries – Wesley from Holland fought in the same 2006 world tournament and today the British and Dutch teams work together extremely well, using and promoting each others events.
Since then what tournaments have you been in and how have you done? I tend to fight in as many tournaments as possible, and am really pleased with my performance in general. As a fighter you’re always trying to improve on your past performances. In particular, my best bouts have been in Hungary and at the three British Opens I’ve fought in, in
particular a four round battle in the final of 2010 with current IFK World Champion Mariya Lepina. I’ve also been fortunate enough to represent the IFK in a world team at the All Kyokushin World Tournament in Budapest in 2009, it was an incredible tournament, with 32 of the best lightweight girls I’ve seen. I was really proud to have been placed in such a world class event, defeating 2 of the favourites in my first fight and another Russian to get the 3rd place but also really proud to have had some really positive feedback on my fighting from our Russian team members. In many ways the compliments you get from people when you’ve fought well can be just as rewarding as winning a fight. I’ve also been to the IKO3 World tournament in Spain, and fought in Holland, Belgium and France. How did you find the difference between cadet events and now competing in adult events? There is definitely a difference between the step up out of the cadets and into the main events. But I do believe the cadet tournaments give you an advantage in how well you cope. You have an idea what training is required, you have experienced the nerves, you’ve been hit, and what ever level you’re competing at, every fight is a physical and mental battle, and the cadet tournaments
prepare you well for that.
What are your hopes for the future? I think like most people I just want to keep pushing and pushing. I’m still young so have loads of time to achieve new things. At the moment I’m seeing a lot more 2nd and 3rd places, and I’d really like to start breaking the barrier a bit more and pushing the top girls off. I’d like to hold the British title again. And longer term I’d like to compete in countries like Russia and Japan and try to push their top fighters too until I become recognised there. And then the world! Other notable achivements 2008 BKK Regional – 1st 2008 IFK British Open – 1st 2009 IKK British Open – 2nd 2009 IFK Spanish Open – 2nd 2009 BKK Regional 2009 – 1st 2009 All Kyokushin World Cup – 3rd 2009 IFK British Open 2009 – 2nd 2010 Shinkyokushin Dutch Open – 3rd 2010 IKO3 World tournament – 4th 2010 IFK British Open – 2nd 2010 Oyama Cup Fujimae – 2nd 2011 IKK British Open 2011 – 1st
Victor Kurilenko - 2nd Kyu
2008 IFK U-18 World Tournament 1st Dojo: Region Sei-do Club, Russia
You became Lightweight champion at the 2008 World Championships, tell me about your fights? It's pretty hard to remember how it was after 3 years. I had injuries to one of my legs before the competition, so I wasn't able to do a lot of kicks during training sessions. I felt this injury even during the Championship. I had 2 hard fights, in the semi and the final. The semi final fight against a fighter from Belorussia was very hard. I kicked him right to the head several times, but he stayed on his legs. I said to him after the fight that he had an iron head and he smiled. The final was against Malyukov from Russia and was even harder because we are friends. At the beginning of the fight I was calm, but after a warning from the referee we had a very fast and powerful fight. In the end I finished the fight with a good series of punches with ippon. Both my legs after the Tournament were injured and my coach had to carry my bag. What was your experience/feelings about this event? I didn't understand that I won and I still cannot believe it. I understood that it was very important when I returned home. All
the people around me were very glad and the whole city knew about it. It was a pleasure to take part in photo sessions for magazines and newspapers. They were unforgettable feelings. When I watch videos of the Tournament I'm still very excited
Since then what tournaments have you been in and how have you done? I took a period of time after the Tournament to have a rest and to heal my injuries. I was second on the Championship of Altayskiy Area and I was 3rd at the Cup of Russia in Kemerovo in the adult category
What are your hopes for the future? I have a desire to win, to be 1! I think that I should to have a rest and begin to prepare for competitions with new power and I have a future prospect to be a coach after University Other notable achivements 2007 Cup of Russia - 1st 2010 Cup of Russia - 3rd 2006 Championship of Russia - 2nd 2008 Championship of Russia - 2nd 2009 Championship of Russia - 2nd
Above & Below: Victor Kurilenko
Above & Below: Emma Markwell
Above & Below: Wesley Jansen
Wesley Jansen - Nidan
2006 IFK U-18 World Tournament 9th Dojo: Dojo Da Graca, Holland
Are you in full time education or are you now in employment? I’m studying sport science to be a sports teacher and work with mentally disabled people and I am working as a salesman in boats and boat equipment.
You fought in the 2006 World Championships, tell me about your fights? I was fighting against a Swiss guy called Ivo I think. I was only 47kg and he was 67kg. So there was a lot of weight difference. He was obviously stronger then me but not the better fighter. I kept moving around whilst he was going forward with punches and lowkicks. I scored my points with my high kicks but it wasn't enough for the both of us and it ended in a draw. The 2nd round went the same as the 1st. I was still scoring more points but i just didn't have the weight and the power to make the difference and I thought it would be another draw. Unfortunately the referees decided the other way and they gave the fight to him. Lost but with a pride in myself! What was your experience/feelings about this event?
It is absolutely amazing to be in a world tournament when you are 16. When I was walking around and watching the clicker fights on the 1st day I was so happy to be there. It was an honour to fight and represent my country in a tournament where my role models where walking around and where going to see me fight. Then of course after the fighting I made a lot of friends who are still close to me. Which made it an even better event.
Since then what tournaments have you been in and how have you done? I 've been fighting a lot since then. I won the Severn Challenge and the Pilatus Cup. I then started off with the adult tournaments in 2008 with the IFK Belgian Championships in November which I won and the Tezuka Cup in November where I came 2nd. Then in 2009 I fought in the Open European Championships of Kamakura and I came 3rd. Then in October I entered in to the British Open and came to the last 8 and a month later I came 3rd in the Diamond Cup. In 2010 I came 3rd in the Open Dutch Shinkyokushin and 2 weeks later I won the Open Belgian Shinkyokushin. I had the same result at
the Europeans of Kamakura 3rd and Best Fighting style in March and I came 1st on the Open IFK Valencia Cup in May. In June I was fighting in my 1st adult World Cup in Estepona and came to the last 16. I also won the Swedish Open in September, but broke my thumb so I couldn't fight in the British Open. 2011 I started of with a 3rd place in the Open Dutch Shinkyokushin and a 3rd place on the Open European Championships of Kamakura. My last tournament was The Rengokai European Championships in Hungary. I injured my knee in the 1st round which I was winning but I couldn't fight on.
How did you find the difference between cadet events and now competing in adult events? I have always been one of the lightest in the categories where I was fighting but the difference was pretty hard in the beginning because you have to fight against older fighters who have more power and are simply heavier than me which when your fighting in the cadets they are all similar sized and around the same age. When I started the adults in 2008 my weight was around 55 kg. So it was a lot of weight to over bridge during the fights. Eventually I was getting a bit bigger and stronger and now my weight is around 64 kg just a bit more is what I want. Now I feel good when I am fighting
and I am only getting stronger so all the older lightweight fighters, watch out here I come ha ha.
What are your hopes for the future? I hope that I can fight in as many tournaments as possible and obviously I want to win them. Also I would like to make a name in the Kyokushinkai world in every organisation and that they are as honoured as I am to have me fight in there tournaments. There are also a few fighters which I want to fight against. So guys do NOT retire until we have fought. After my fighting career I would like to have my own dojo and be an inspiration for other fighters and karateka. I would also like to be the squad coach and give all the things I’ve learned to all the younger fighters. Other notable achivements 2008 Belgian Championships - 1st 2008 Belgian Tezuka Cup - 2nd 2008 Open Katsu Cup - 1st 2009 IFK British Open 2009 - Last 8th 2009 Diamond Cup - 3rd 2010 Dutch Shinkyokushin 2010 - 3rd 2010 Belgian Shinkyokushin Cup - 1st 2010 IFK Copa Valencia - 1st 2010 Swedish Shinkyokushin - 1st 2011 Dutch Open Shinkyokushin - 3rd
Nathan Williams - Shodan
2008 IFK U-18 World Tournament 1st Dojo: BKK Cardiff, Wales
Are you in full time education or are you now in employment? Currently studying Maths, Further Maths, Biology and Chemistry in 6th form College, Whitchurch High School.
You fought in the 2008 and won in the clicker division of the World Championships, tell me about your fights? I had a total of 6 fights in the World Tournament. I remember feeling quite frustrated in my first fight as I was not fighting at my best, and just didn’t feel myself. I managed to win, however I knew I had to up my game if I were to do well further on in the competition. As I had more and more fights I was feeling more myself and started fighting how I wanted to, moving around my opponents trying to pick them off. I had worked hard on my fitness for the tournament and always tried to keep the tempo of my fights up, knowing I would have the edge on my opponent in the last 30 seconds of the fight. As I progressed in the tournament so did many of my Great British teammates. At the Semi-final stage of the competition I was drawn against my teammate Sami Mehio. Sami and I had fought twice before. In our first fight at the Severn
Challenge 2007 Sami won. We then fought a few months before the World Tournament in a ‘fight off’ for the Wales vs England, which I won. Having recently got the win I went into the fight with confidence, but I knew Sami would have wanted to settle the score. After a great and very close fight I managed to get the decision and progressed to the final. In the final I was set to fight my Welsh sparring partner Matthew Ali. It was a strange experience as we spar so many times in training and we knew how each other fought. I decided to stick to my guns and fought the way I wanted to fight. After another really close fight I was delighted to succeed as champion. What was your experience/feelings about this event? It was an unforgettable experience! One I will remember for the rest of my life. Also, this was where I first realised the global scale of the karate world and the fantastic opportunities that can arise. Since then what tournaments have you been in and how have you done? Since the World tournament I don’t think I ever really fought the same way again. I started to train with the Welsh men’s
team and my style of fighting really changed. I think I was already looking forward to fighting in the knockdown and perhaps my emphasis on clicker wasn’t as great due to the training in knockdown, and the hard work I needed to put in to represent Great Britain at the World Kata Tournament. I think this accumulation of things meant I started coming 2nd and 3rd at tournaments but I was glad to win my last chance at the British Clicker in 2009. How did you find the difference moving into cadet events? The transition is one that you only really feel once you have fought that initial knockdown fight. However, thanks to all the help from my coaches and the hard work put in I found the change fine. In fact I thoroughly enjoyed it!
We see you are now selected for the Kyokushin rules at this year’s event, what are your expectations? My expectations of myself at this tournament are to use the experience I have picked up recently fighting abroad, and in different tournaments to fight to the best of my ability and enjoy this fantastic opportunity.
What are your hopes for the future? I would like to pursue my career as a
knockdown fighter and hopefully represent Great Britain at a senior level. Also, I am hoping to widen my overall martial arts knowledge by trying out different styles of fighting and self defence. This in turn will help me grow as a person and hopefully bring some new ideas to Kyokushin. Other notable achivements 2010 Regional Tournament - 1st 2010 Severn Challenge - 2nd 2011 Pilatus Cup 2011 - 2nd 2011 Da Graca Tournament - 1st
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