UK Open Karate Championships Results

Congratulations and a job well done to all who participated in the recently concluded United Kingdom Open Karate Championships held last 20th September 2009. Our team won a total of 32 awards - 5 first place, 11 2nd place and 16 3rd place awards.

Here are the results.

KATA

Peewee Kata Boys and Girls (9 yrs old and under, any grade)
1. Kenneth Christopher de Leon - 3rd

Junior Kata Boys and Girls (10-12 yrs old, 6th kyu and under)
1. Darcie Raftery - 1st
2. Aycee Corpuz - 2nd
3. Dustin Cueto - 3rd

Junior Kata Boys and Girls (13-15 yrs, 6th kyu and under)
1. Ma. Reline Otadoy - 1st
2. Brylle Siapno - 2nd

Junior Team Kata Mixed (10 yrs and under, any grade)
1. Team B (Edchel Natividad, Gian Gabayno, Aldous Batac) - 2nd
2. Team C (Bon Cepida, Gavin Patulot, Joshua Recido) - 3rd

Junior Team Kata Mixed (11-15 yrs old, any grade)
1, Team A (Anthon Perez, Darcie Raftery, Aldrich Miguel) - 1st
2. Team B (Gustus Sumilang, Liem Doan, Khamis del Rosario) - 2nd
3. Team C (Ma. Reline Otadoy, Aycee Corpuz, Jayzee Garcia) - 3rd


Kumite

Peewee Boys and Girls (under 4'3", 9 yrs old and under, any grade)
1. Aldous Batac - 2nd
2. Kenneth Christopher de Leon - 3rd

Peewee Boys and Girls (4'3" and over, 9 yrs old and under, any grade)
1. Gian Gabayno - 3rd

Boys (under 5'0", 10-12 yrs old, 5th kyu and below)
1. Gustus Sumilang - 2nd

Girls (13-15 yrs old, 5th kyu and below)
1. Ma. Reline Otadoy - 3rd
2. Demi Everitt - 3rd

Peewee Girls TEAM (under 9 yrs old, any grade/height)
1. Team A (Lily Sumilang, Marian Baya) - 2nd

Peewee Boys TEAM (under 9 yrs old, any grade/height)
1. Team B (Aldous Batac, Bon Cepida, Joshua Recido) - 2nd

Boys TEAM (10-12 yrs old, any grade/height)
1. Team A (Anthon Perez, Dustin Cueto, Aldrich Miguel) - 3rd

Boys TEAM (13-15 yrs old, and grade/height)
1. Team A (Gedfree Gabayno, Rahman Sahib, Brylle Siapno) - 3rd


All of our coaching staff would like to thank you for all the hardwork that you've placed into preparing for this tournament. A job well done and keep up the great work!

GO KDA!

Examination Results - August 2 and 9

Here are the results for the exams held last August 2 and 9 at Hadley Stadium. Examiners for the days were Daryl and Mary Perez.

Blue (6th kyu) to Purple 5 (5th kyu)
1. Roger de Leon

Yellow (9th kyu) to Orange (8th kyu)
1. Gedfree Gabayno
2. Gian Gabayno
3. Jayzee Garcia
4. Joshua Recido
5. Maria Reline Otadoy
6. Aycee Corpuz

White (10th kyu) to Yellow (9th kyu)
1. Katie Hanlon
2. Christian Garcia
3. Louie Quinery
4. Sidney Quinery
5. Shane Nugent
6. Dustin Cueto
7. Akaash Delisha
8. Arsh Delisha

Congratulations to all who passed!

Image Gallery Updated

Pictures from the All English Kata Championships held in Wolverhampton Grammar School, Wolverhampton City last 12th of July 2009 have been uploaded into the archive.

Feel free to visit the page and share your thoughts. Also, if anyone has additional pictures of our students in action, please share them with us.

Thank you for your continued support!

Invitation to all KDA-UK Students

On Saturday, August 1 2009, Hadley Stadium will be having an Open Day. People from the surrounding areas are free to look at the different sports and activities that are available in the stadium. This will include a few sports like Basketball, Football, Trampolining, Athletics and, of course, Karate.

Hadley Stadium has served as a home for KDA Karate classes for over a year now. It's about time wegave something back.

We are inviting all KDA students to take part in a small training session this coming Saturday at the Top Gymnasium of Hadley Stadium. The class will start at 1:30 pm and finishes at 3:30pm.

Think of this as an oppurtunity for you to meet new people and experience what other classes are like.

If anyone is interested please inform us via email or via call or text.

Thank you very much for your continued support!

Open English Kata Championships Results

We would like to congratulate everyone who participated in the Open English Kata Championships! Our team managed to 5 first place, 4 second place, and a staggering 18 third place trophies in the tournament making our club Second Overall Tournament Champions!

We thank you for all the hard work and effort you have placed in this tournament and showing us an exemplary performance during the matches. Continue to practice and do your best so we can continue performing at the same high level that we always do. Congratulations to all!

Here are the results of the tournament.

Category 1 - Beginners to 8th kyu, 9 years old and under
1st place - Gian Gabayno
3rd place - Aldous Batac
3rd place - Jeiya Siapno

Category 2 - 7th to 5th kyu, 9 years old and under
1st place - Kenneth de Leon
3rd place - Khamis del Rosario

Category 4 - Beginners to 8th kyu, 10 to 11 years old
3rd place - Aycee Corpuz

Category 5 - 6th to 5th kyu, 10 to 11 years old
1st place - Darcie Raftery
2nd place - Augustus Sumilang

Category 6 - 4th kyu and above, 10 to 11 years old
1st place - Anthon Perez
3rd place - Aldrich Miguel

Category 7 - Beginners to 7th kyu, 12 to 15 years old
1st place - Maria Reline Otadoy
2nd place - Gedfree Gabayno
3rd place - Rahman Sahib
3rd place - Daphne Siapno

Category 12 - 3rd kyu and above, 16 to 18 years old
3rd place - Mary Tricia Perez

Category 17 - 2 person team kata, any grade, 11 years old and below
2nd place - Anthon Perez and Darcie Raftery
3rd place - Khamis del Rosario and Lyncelle Sumilang

Category 18 - 2 person team kata, any grade, 12 to 16 years old
3rd place - Brylle Siapno and Daphne Siapno
3rd place - Maria Reline Otadoy and Demi Everett

Category 18 - 2 person team kata, any grade, 17 years old and above
3rd place - Mary Tricia Perez and Harvey Perez
3rd place - Roger de Leon and Aldrich Miguel

Congratulations to all the members of the team and keep up the good work!

Pictures from the tournament will follow soon.

Examination Results - 21/06/09

An examination was held last Sunday, 21st of June 2009, at Hadley Stadium. The examiner for the day were Daryl Perez-Sensei, 3rd dan, and Harvey Perez-Sensei, 2nd dan. The result for the examination are as follows.

Purple 5 (5th kyu) to Purple 4 (4th kyu)
Aldrich Miguel

White (10th kyu) to Yellow (9th kyu)
Andres Baya
Maria Baya

Congratulations to all of you and keep training hard!

Examination Results

An examination was held last Sunday, 7th of June 2009, at Hadley Stadium. The examiner for the day was Harvey Perez-Sensei.

Here are the list of the examinees who passed the exam.

Orange (8th kyu) to Green (7th kyu)
1. Jaypee Lim
2. KC de Leon
3. Jhon Santo

Congratulations to all of you who passed!

Examination Results - May 3, 2009

Congratulations to all who passed the recently concluded belt examinations last Sunday, May 3, 2009. The examiners for the day were Sensei's Daryl Perez and Mary Perez.

Blue (5th kyu) to Purple 5 (5th kyu)
Augustos Sumilang
Lyncelle Valerie Sumilang
Henry del Rosario
Sean Locquiao

White (10th kyu) to Yellow (9th kyu)
Rahman Sahid
Demie Everitt
Jeremie Costales
Simran Calsi

Congratulations to all and keep practicing!

Advanced Training Sessions

As we've announced during last few weeks, there will be a competition this coming July in which our club wishes to participate in. In preparation for this, we will be resuming our Advanced Training Sessions starting this Sunday, May 17 2009.



Unlike regular classes, these training sessions aim to provide students with sufficient knowledge and skills that will help them in practices and future competitions. Unlike past training sessions, we will be focusing on KATA (form) as the tournament we are joining is a Kata Championship. Students can take this oppurtunity to learn more about the kata that they know and a chance to learn far more advanced Kata.



The training sessions will be held every Sunday at the Top Gymnasium of Hadley Stadium (please refer to club information for details) from 2pm until 5pm. It will be conducted by KDA-UK Chief Instructor Henry Perez assisted by three other blackbelts.



Please be informed that these sessions are open to KDA-UK coloured belts.

Gallery Update

Our image gallery has now been updated. Images from the past English Karate Organisation Tournament and from the recently concluded Internation Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF-UK) Seminar are now included.