This was a great competition it was very friendly and the competitors were buzzing with excitement. Everyone who competed from our club made the dojo very proud, there were some lovely reverse punches thrown, which scored a majority of our points. It was quite comical as one of the coaches even started to steal sensei …
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This competition held in Harlow, Essex. We had a small entry this time with 4 competitors (Tiberius Hurley, Isacc Smith, Jaden Giby and Alex Badea) with Sensei John and Liridona coaching. all had had at least one competition under their belt. Tiberius also entered in the kick man event, which was using clear kumite techniques …
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17th July saw the Luton Higashi club enter a competition for the first time since Covid, as 13 competitors made their way to Worcester. Over 1,100 entries saw this to be what is likely the single biggest karate competition in England this year. The majority of the squad were competing for the first time. Kata Kata …
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On the 21 November 7 members of the Higashi Karate club travelled to Essex for a karate tournament. This meant a very early start for waking up at 6 AM. This was the first competition the club had entered for 2 years due to Covid and the team was mostly made up for young students …
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On Sunday 24 November 7 members of the luton Higashi Karate club participated in the Seitou open karate championships held in Basildon. Among their numbers were several members on their first outing. First on the mats was John Hurley who performed a good kata, however progression was not to be as the judges apparently …
Excellent performances at the Seitou Ryu Spring Open. Alexandria – silver kumite ; bronze kata Edvin – Silver kumite Ashley – bronze kumite Georgi – bronze kumite Myself – bronze kumite and surviving through Chinto in kata Nathan – no medal this time but two excellent bouts of kumite John – no medal except …
This was my second competition with Luton Higashi and despite the slight overcrowding of the hall, it turned out to be a good day. Alexandria and I unfortunately did not attain any medals this time. Alexandria’s opponent was at least a head taller than her, but she didn’t let that scare her. She may not …
A small team from Luton Higashi competed in the SRK Winter Championships. It was Edvin, Ashley and Alexandria’s first time. Liridona was to add to her competition experiences and Eugene couldn’t resist coming out of retirement. Again. With 3 out of 5 members competing for the first time, Luton Higashi attained 11 place out …
On 1 July two members of the Luton Higashi karate club joined up to 1,000 other competitors at a karate competition held in Worcester. Liridona had decided to enter her first fighting (kumite) competition, as well as kata, which she has previously done. A 2 hour journey led to the Worcester Arena where the members …
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January 2018 saw our very own Liridona Spahija attend her very first competition in Leicester at the EKF Kyu Grade Championships. This is a competition that is only open to karate students below the level of black belt. Luckily for Donna this is a “local” event as she is now at University in the city. …
