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UMA Championships Result

Sunday, 11th of November 2007 - Carver Road Community Centre, KDA-UK went out on its second competition after its founding. The 14 person team was led by Sensei's Daryl and Harvey Perez, showed a marvelous display of skill and spirit. The team performed beyond expectations and brought home three (3) Gold, seven (7) Silver and eleven (11) Bronze Medals during the tournament.

We would like to congratulate and thank everyone, the players, the parents and the supporters, that went with us and supported us all the way.

Here is the list of participants and their achievements.

Kata Events

10 years old and below mixed individual kata (4th kyu and below)
Anthon Perez - Medal of Participation
Henry Del Rosario - Medal of Participation
Augustos Sumilang - Medal of Participation
Lyncel Sumilang - Medal of Participation
Rozel Labrador - Medal of Participation
Robin Maraviles - Medal of Participation
Sean Locquiao - Medal of Participation

11-15 years old girls' individual kata (3rd kyu and above)
Mary Tricia Perez - Bronze Medal

11-15 years old boys' individual kata (4th kyu and below)
Raven Maraviles - Gold Medal
Aldrich Miguel - Medal of Participation
Jaypee Lim - Bronze Medal

10 years old and below mixed team kata (4th kyu and below)
KDA Team A: Anthon Perez, Augustos Sumilang, Henry del Rosario - Bronze Medal
KDA Team B: Robin Maraviles, Lyncel Sumilang, Rozel Labrador - Medal of Participation

11-15 years old mixed team kata (Open)
KDA Team A: Raven Maraviles, Aldrich Miguel, Jaypee Lim - Bronze Medal


Kumite Events

9 years old and below mixed individual kumite (height below 4’3’’)
Anthon Perez - Gold Medal
Augustos Sumilang – Bronze Medal
Sean Locquiao - Medal of Participation

9 years old and below mixed individual kumite (height over 4’3’’)
Robin Maraviles - Medal of Participation

10-12 years old girls individual kumite (+45 kg)
Razel Labrador - Silver Medal

10-12 years old boys individual kumite (-50 kg)
Raven Maraviles - Medal of Participation
Aldrich Miguel - Medal of Participation
Jaypee Lim - Medal of Participation
Karl Dizon - Medal of Participation

13-15 years old girls’ individual kumite (+55kg)
Mary Tricia Perez - Silver Medal

13-15 years old boys’ individual kumite (+60kg)
Robert Labrador - Gold Medal

11-15 years old boys’ team kumite
KDA Team A: Robert Labrador, Raven Maraviles, Jaypee Lim – Silver Medal
KDA Team B: Karl Dizon, Aldrich Miguel, Anthon Perez – Bronze Medal

11-15 years old girls’ team kumite
KDA Team A: Mary Tricia Perez, Razel Labrador – Silver Medal


Congratulations to everyone and good job. We will see you next training session.

Reminder for everyone, please bring your medals on Saturday for a pictorial session. Thank you.

Exam Results - 04 November 2007

Congratulations to those who passed their exams held last Sunday at Hadley Stadium, Bearwood.

Yellow - Orange (9th-8th kyu)
Sean Locquiao
Jaypee Lim
Robert Labrador
Razel Labrador
Krisna Labrador

On another note, the UMA Junior Championships will be held on Sunday, November 11, 2007. All participants, please make sure to bring all your licenses and your gear during the tournament. We will be meeting at Aston University at six in the morning (6am). Do not be late.

And to everyone, who wants to join and watch us, please contact us at 0121-532-1326. So we could reserve a spot for you in the bus as well as inform you of how much the trip will be cost.

To everyone, see you all on Sunday and good luck!

Exam Results - 14th October 2007

An exam has been held at Hadley Stadium in Smethwick last Sunday, October 14, 2007. Henry-Sensei was the acting examiner and it took an hour and half to finish.

These are the results of the exams.

Yellow (9th kyu) to Orange (8th kyu)
1.) Raven Maraviles
2.) Robin Maraviles
3.) Aldrich Miguel
4.) Lyncelle Sumilang
5.) Augustos Sumilang
6.) Henry Del Rosario

White (10th kyu) to Yellow (9th kyu)
1.) Karl Dizon

Congratulations to all of you and keep on practicing.

Another exam will be held soon, so please wait for further announcements.

Again another update concerning the upcoming tournament. It is four (4) weeks until the UMA English Open Junior Championships. So please try to attend all practice sessions, so we can finalise our line ups and plan our journeys.

Anyway good luck to you all and see you all this coming weekend.

Crunch time, people. With the upcoming tournament almost at our doorstep, another important event will be coming to us - Promotional Examinations.

We will be assessing each and everyone of you, just to see who is ready for the test. Please be present during our training sessions. Attendance is a must.

Here are the details.Exam fee: £25 per student

The exam fee will include your belts and your session fee for the day.

Please notify me as soon as possible if there are problems. Payments should be made directly to blackbelts. Please do not hand your payments to anyone else besides us.

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Our tournament will be on November 11, 2007. We will be releasing the official list of competitors soon so if anyone wishes to join, please tell us and attend our sessions.

There are two events that everyone can enter:

• Kata (Form)
• Kumite (Sparring)

So good luck on training and see you during classes.

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With our recent move of classes, we have found our new home in Hadley Stadium. And with the tournament drawing near we are now having two sessions per week.

Saturdays: 1pm - 4pm (Kata Practice)

Sunday: 2pm - 4pm (Kumite Practice)

Please try to attend on both sessions as much as you can. We haven't got much time left for preparation.

See you all soon

More updates!

I've updaed the site more now. I've added our banner, courtesy of a friend of mines; also updated the address.

More updates will be coming in the following post.

Site Updates

It's been 6 months since the site has been created and a lot has happened. Our beloved club is growing and soon we'll be expanding to other sites in Birmingham.

With this, we will be renovating the website so it could meet the needs of our growing number of students.

Here is a list of what has changed on our site.

• Layout
• Links
• Contact Details

Soon we'll be adding more features such a standard banner for our Organisation.

Please feel free to comment on our site. We'll gladly accept any feedback and suggestions for the improvement of the site.

The Final Leg

After 3 weeks of examinations, we finally have our last batch of examinees that had passed their tests last Sunday, 3rd of June at Aston University Sports Complex.

Three people have passed this exam which lasted for an hour and a half under Henry-Sensei's watchful eye.

White Belt to Yellow Belt
Sean Locquiao
Razel Labrador


Blue Belt to Purple 5 Belt
Anthon Perez


Congratulations to everyone that has passed!

Congratulations to our 2nd batch of Yellow Belters!

After 5 long months of training and conditioning, we are proud to present the second batch of yellow belts of KDA-UK. The test was held at St Hubert's Catholic Primary School last Monday, May 28th.

The following have passed the examination.

Gustus Sumilang
Lily Sumilang
Robert Labrador
Rozel Labrador
Khamis Del Rosario
Aldrich Miguel

Congratulations to everyone on a job well done.

We'll see you in the next training session. Keep checking this site for updates.



Note: Everyone, please bring your EKO licenses so I could sign your proof of rank.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the first batch of yellow belts of KDA-UK! The last couple of months that you have spent training has finally paid off. Congratulations!

These are the people that have passed the test last Sunday, 20th of May 2007.

Rachelle Salazar
Jaypee Lim
Sarah Lim
Raven Maraviles
Robin Maraviles

The second batch of yellow belt examinees will take their test this Sunday, 27th of May 2007. Good luck!

Note: Everyone, please bring your EKO licenses so they could be signed off by the examiner-in-charge.

See you all on Sunday.

TERMS TERMS TERMS!

Sorry it took a while, but as promised here's the list of terms for the students exams. Unlike the document that's being passed around, this is list contains terms solely for whitebelts for easier reading.

Save these images to your harddrive and just enlarge them so you could read them easier.





Good luck!

To All Students!

Everyone, as I have mentioned last week, these next two weeks we'll be holding you promotion exam. Though I have announced that the examination will start at the second session which is 2pm-4pm, it seems that the place is unavailable at that time. So now please take note that the exam will be held at the morning session at 10am - 12nn. Please make the arrangements.


As you all know, exam fees are separate from what you are paying in one session. Here are the details.


Exam fee: £25 per student
The exam fee will include your belts


Please notify me as soon as possible if there are problems. Payments should be maed directly to blackbelts. Please do not hand your payments to anyone else besides us.


On a separate note, I know some of you guys are asking for copies of the japanese terms that are needed for your exam. I'll be uploading the file tonight or the next, so please be patient.


Thank you and see you all in Sunday! Good Luck on your tests!

Demonstration of Success!

29th of April 2006, Students and Instructors of KDA-UK participated in a demonstration during the opening ceremonies of the Filipino Basketball League. The event was closely watched by the growing Filipino Community here in England and by ABS-CBN's "The Filipino Channel" (TFC)

Good job to the participants of the demonstration! Pictures and some videos will be uploaded soon.

KDA-UK Tests the Waters of England

Cook's Moore Woods Leisure Centre, March 20, 2007 - Only after two months of founding the club, KDA-UK has sent two of its players to compete in the English Karate Organisation's National Tournament. Each player participated in the Kata (Form) and Kumite (Sparring) events and succeeded in catching the attention of the whole crowd. The participants were Harvey Perez (17) and Anthon Perez (8) managed to get a bronze and a silver medal for their efforts in the Kata events of the tournament.

Both players were coached by Senseis Henry and Daryl and were cheered upon the various members of the club.

This just proves that the quality of instruction and coaching of KDA-UK can match up to its british counterparts.

KDA-UK opens website!

March 14, 2007, KDA-UK has launched its website
http://kda-uk.blogspot.com.

This site will contain various updates and announcements regarding the activities of our newly established Karate Club. Dates for tournaments and training sessions will be updated weekly.

The contributors of this site will be the blackbelts of KDA-UK which are:

Henry Perez, Sensei - 3rd Dan (KDA-EKO)/ Chief instructor
Daryl Perez, Sensei - 3rd Dan (KDA-EKO)
Harvey Perez, Sempai - 2nd Dan (KDA-EKO)

The site is still under construction but hopefully will be done in the coming months. Next update will be about the English Karate Organisation National (EKO) Tournament held in Cooks Moor Leisure Centre in Birmingham.