13/07/2026
What a day we had yesterday at the Thames Karate Association Inter-Club tournament.
We had 8 members of the club competing at Strood in Rochester, Kent.
We won a total of
9 Golds
5 Silvers
3 Bronzes.
Tiva won Gold in the under 11's Green to Purple/White Kata
Then, Tiva and Sevrin won Gold in the Junior Pairs Kata, Green to Purple/White belt with the Kata Heian Nidan.
Issy claimed a Bronze in the 12-15yrs Brown and Black belt Kata event.
She fought her way to a Silver medal in the Girls Kumite and then with Brother Thomas they took second place in the over 12s Black and Brown Belt Pairs Kata with Bassai-Dai.
Thomas, fighting much bigger and older boys as he was in the over 5ft boys Kumite. Thomas being only just over 5ft managed to claim a Bronze medal.
The senior pairs team of Sensei Sam and Sensei Lucie beat all on-comers as they stormed to Victory with the kata Jiin.
Then with Sensei Adam and with the same kata they won the 3 person Team Kata.
Lucie would also win two Silver medals on the day.
Her first would come in the Ladies Black and Brown belt Kata event.
It was a hotly contested event as Lucie and the eventual winner kept getting the same score over and over again.
This time Lucie missed out on the gold by 0,2 of a mark.
Her other Silver came in the Ladies Black and Brown Belt Kumite.
Sam came 3rd in the men's Black and Brown belt Kata, but he won his 3rd Gold Trophy in the last event of the day.
The Senior men's Black and Brown Belt Kumite.
Sam had a couple of hard fights on his way to retaining his Trophy that he won last year.
He kept his best until the final as it was another tightly fought fight after a couple of punches had scored by both fighters it was Sam with a perfectly timed mawashi-geri jodan, (roundhouse kick to the face) to score an Ippon.
After another clash. Sam scored with another punch and won for the second year running.
All of our members were excellent on the day, and even though Jason did not win any bling this time he put in a couple of good Katas.
Considering how slippery the mats were, its a surprise that we all managed to stay on our feet in the Kata events.
But it was the same for everyone.Another great day for the club.
Congratulations to them all.
