June News 10

The next British Karate Team League Event will be held on the 20th June 2010 at the Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way, North Tolworth, Surrey, KT6 7LQ. The selected Squad to represent LKK will be selected from categories listed;

Kumite: Under 9yrs, 10-11yrs, 12-13yrs, 14-15yrs, 16-17yrs.
Kata: 4th Kyu and below, 3rd plus.

Start of the B K T L 3.

Selections are open to all LKK students.

Selected students will be chosen by LKK coaches by their overall performances for the 3rd British Karate Team League event. With LKK Club and Squad members battle to secure the places on the Team which will represent LKK Karate at the next Team League event.

Zak Coates, Fenella Stuart, Chloe Duce and Sam Day.

Girls: 9yrs & under- Maisie Raymond, 10-11yrs - Alix Sheirs, 12-13yrs - TBC, 14-15yrs - Jasmin Lancaster, 16-17yrs - Chloe Duce.

Boys: 9yrs & under - Zak Coates, 10-11yrs - Jack Appleby, 12-13yrs - Mitchell Williams, 14-15yrs - Jake Pickering, 16-17yrs - Daniel Szarbo.

The third of six battles in the British Karate Team League 2010 took place at the Tolworth Recreation Centre in Surrey on the 20th June. A moderate crowd watched the single-mat action with LKK coming out on top again but by a slimmer margin this time.

The LKK team consisted of:

Kata: 4th Kyu and below – Fenella Stuart, 3rd Kyu and above – Chloe Duce.
Kumite: 9 yrs and below – Maisie Raymond, 10/11 yrs – No Competitor, 12/13 yrs – No Competitor, 14/15 yrs – Jasmine Lancaster, 16/17 yrs – Chloe Duce.

Kata: 4th Kyu and below – Zak Coates, 3rd Kyu and above – Sam Day.
Kumite: 9 yrs and below – Zak Coates, 10/11 yrs – Jack Appleby, 12/13 yrs – Mitchell Williams, 14/15 yrs – Jake Pickering, 16/17 yrs – Daniel Szabo.

(Five flag system in operation).

Fenella Stuart:
Fenella went up against a good EKK opponent with her Nidan kata and was beaten on the day 4 flags to 1. She then had a no-show from ELKAI giving her a walkover 5 flags to 0.

Chloe Duce:
ELKAI did not put up an opponent for Chloe so 5 flags to 0 was the result. Her Jion against another good EKK competitor was not, unfortunately, good enough to give her the win, losing 1 to 4.

Zak Coates:
Zak’s Yondan against ELKAI was far too good and gave him a 5 to 0 victory. The EKK competitor was a tougher opponent but Zak still scraped through 3 to 2 giving LKK a win in this category.

Sam Day:
EKK sent out another good performer against Sam who’s Jion was only good enough for 1 flag. His Kanku Dai, however, was far too good for ELKAI and Sam reversed the score to win by 4 flags to 1.

(Three flag system in operation).

Maisie Raymond:
Maisie faced an offensive ELKAI opponent and could never get close enough to score on her consistently. In the end she had to settle for a 1-4 scoreline. No EKK opponent was available for her to fight this time LKK took an 8-0.

Zak Coates:
Zak had an opponent from ELKAI who was intent on using only back kicks. Although it scored early on it became less accurate, and very predictable, landing consistently on the elbow. Zak was hurt early on in the fight and, although getting emotional, managed to come from behind to win 9-4. His EKK opponent was no match for Zak as he went first to score easily winning 8-0.

Jack Appleby:
Jack returned to BKTL to face an opponent from ELKAI he had met weeks earlier in the EKK English. The result was the same as then as Jack went into an easy 7-0 lead. Although he let a kick get through towards the end he still won 7-2. EKK put up a decent fighter and Jack went down in points early. Although he chased he could not make up the difference and lost 4-0.

Jasmine Lancaster:
Jasmine weighed up her ELKAI opponent early on and although the early exchanges were close she pulled away and won 7-1. Against EKK Jasmine scored well, letting the other girl do the running. She coolly won 5-1.

Mitchell Williams:
Mitchell was again a banker double win for LKK. He settled in early against his ELKAI opponent and scored at will resulting in an 8-0 victory. EKK’s competitor managed to score a point on Mitchell but that was just a blip as he slipped into a relaxed fighting style to win with enough to spare, 3-1.

Jake Pickering:
ELKAI put forward another offensive opponent intent on a battle. Jake countered and overcame the awkward style to win impressively 6-1. EKK’s fighter took toll on Jake’s previous tough fight and it was a 6-3 loss for LKK this time.

Chloe Duce:
Chloe had 2 larger opponents to fight and used greater speed and agility to her advantage. Against the ELKAI fighter Chloe was far too quick and won easily 8-0. EKK then came onto the mat and Chloe repeated the 8-0 scoreline finishing with a classy heel kick.

Daniel Szabo:
Daniel was a little off colour physically but he was still determined to fight and it was well worth it for LKK. He beat an ELKAI opponent 3-0 and then had an EKK fighter who seemed intent on going punch for punch with him. Daniel had speed to spare as each time he was first to the punch and won 8-3.

Our share of the spoils has decreased as EKK’s has increased. We were 2 Golds down on the last BKTL meeting but we did have 2 categories where we put up no competitor. Even so, EKK have improved and, although ELKAI managed a Gold this time, they lost a number of their Silvers to EKK. It just shows how a few points can have a dramatic bearing on the final result. In this format you can help the team by scoring points even in defeat!

LKK: Gold 7, Silver 6, Bronze 1
EKK: Gold 5, Silver 7, Bronze 2
ELKAI: Gold 1, Silver 3, Bronze 10

Points from 1st British Karate Team League meeting – LKK 2, EKK 2, ELKAI 1
Points from 2nd British Karate Team League meeting – LKK 3, EKK 2, ELKAI 1
Points from 3rd British Karate Team League meeting – LKK 3, EKK 2, ELKAI 1