The Luton Lunatics had a great time at the HKK Nationals at Brunel University. The day started strong with the juniors winning a number of gold and silver medals in the kata categories. When they moved onto the Kumite they did just as well.

 

After lunch, it was the turn of the seniors to keep up the kids’ good work and they did so in grand style winning many trophies is both kata and Kumite.

 

Sensei Eugene’s influence on the team was clear as we put in our best kumite performance to date. We were especially pleased to take the gold in the team Kumite for the first time ever.

 

When the results were counted, the Luton team came top of leader board. This is a great achievement as is down to the hard work and dedication of the students who really pushed themselves with extra training in the weeks leading up to the competition.

 

Many thanks to Sensei Peter Spanton for arranging the event. We are looking forward to next year and know we need to work hard to maintain our position!

Congratulations to all the Lunatics who took part!

Kumite
Gold
Male Team Kumite	Luton A (John, Eugene, Alex)
Over 35	Eugene
Silver
Male Black Belt	Eugene
Over 35	John
Ladies Open	Helen
Mens GOY	Aaron
Boys 145-160cm GOY	Ellis
Girls 150-165cm Open	Klaudia
Bronze
Male Team Kumite	Luton C (Jeff, Dave, Piotr, Aaron)
Male Black Belt	John
Over 35	Alex
Ladies Open	Danni
Mens Brown/Purple	Dave
Mens Brown/Purple	Piotr
Boys 145-160cm GOY	TJ
Boys 145-160cm GOY	Matthew
Kata
Gold
Black Belt	Ayushi
8th-5th Kyu	Alicja
Boy/Girls 8th Kyu	Zara
Boy/Girl 6th-7th Kyu	TJ
Boy/Girl 5yh-4th Kyu	Klaudia
Silver
Over 35	John
8th-5th Kyu	Aaron
Boy/Girls 8th Kyu	Priyam
Senior Team Kata	Luton B (Danni, Omari, Alicja)
Bronze
Over 35	Alex
8th-5th Kyu	Helen
Senior Team Kata	Luton A (John, Alex, Jeff)
Junior Team Kata	Luton A (Klaudia, Ellis, Matthew)