Gallery Update

Our Picture Gallery has been updated. Now, pictures from the previous tournament are available for all to view.

If anyone has any additional pictures, please email us so they could be added.

Exam Results - April 12, 2008

Congratulations to our new yellow belters, who passed last Saturday's Examination under Sensei Henry Perez.

Bash Yafai
Richard Smith

Congratulations and we'll see you all again next training session.

EKO Karate Championships 2008

Another brilliant display of effort and skill has been shown by our karateka who participated in the recently concluded English and European Karate Organisation's Karate Championships. This was held last March 8, 2008 at Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre.

The KDA team managed to win a total of 23 medals including 6 golds, 5 silver and 12 bronze. The team was lead by Henry Perez-Sensei and was assisted by Sensei's Daryl and Harvey Perez.

Here are the results of the tournament.

KATA
Under 16 years old (4th Kyu and Below)

1. Philippe Anthon Perez - Silver
2. Henry del Rosario - Bronze
3. Sean Locquiao - Bronze
4. Darcie Raftery - Bronze
5. Lyncelle Sumilang - Bronze
6. Robin Maraviles - Bronze
7. Augustus Sumilang
8. Raven Maraviles
9. Aldrich Miguel

Under 16 years old (3rd Kyu and Above)

1. Mary Tricia Perez - Gold

16 years old and older (3rd Kyu and Above)

1. Harvey Simon Perez - Bronze

Under 16 team Kata (Any Grade)

1. KDA Team A (Darcie Raftery, Lyncelle Sumilang and Robin Maraviles) - Gold
2. KDA Team B ( Henry del Rosario, Augustus Sumilang, Sean Locquiao) - Silver
3. KDA Team C (Philippe Anthon Perez, Raven Maraviles, Aldrich Miguel) - Bronze

KUMITE
8-10 years old (Girls)

1. Lyncelle Sumilang - Gold

11-15 years old (Girls)

1. Mary Tricia Perez - Silver

8-10 years old (Boys)

1. Philippe Anthon Perez - Gold
2. Augustus Sumilang - Bronze
3. Henry del Rosario

11-15 years old (Boys)

1. Raven Maraviles - Bronze
2. Aldrich Miguel - Bronze

16 years old and older (Boys)

1. Daryl Perez
2. Harvey Simon Perez

Congratulations to everyone for a job well done!

Exam Results

Congratulations to Darcie Raftery and Liem Doan for passing their Yellow belt examinations at Hadley Stadium!

Well done and congratulations! You both deserve it!

Website Addition

Dear visitors

We have added the a new section to our website, the Image Gallery. The link is located in the Site Navigation section in our page. Feel free to leave us some comments and suggestions so that we may be able to further improve our site.

Website staff

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

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More updates will be coming in the following post.