News 50 - Seaford Karate Club

Amateur Shotokan Karate Association
NEWSLETTER
November 2009
Issue No. 50
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Sensei Luca Valdesi
3 x W.K.F. World Kata Champion
North London Shotokan Karate club held a course with Sensei
Luca Valdesi, who has won 10 European kata championships
and three WKF World karate championships, most recently in
Tokyo, Japan. The course took place on Sunday 12th July 2009
at Grundy Park Leisure centre in Cheshunt. The three hour
course started with a long warm up with lots of stretching
before going into kicking drills. This was followed by punching
combinations and then work on stances and turning the hips in
gyaku tsuki.
The second hour saw the introduction of kata Unsu. Sensei
broke down the kata showing every little detail making all the
students repeat the sections until they fully understood the
combinations. He would then take them all back to the beginning every time they learnt
something extra. Occasionally he would split the group into two groups, those who knew the
kata well and those who werenʼt too sure.
By the end of the three hours every one had improved their knowledge of Unsu and even the
very best had an opportunity to ask questions before we watched Sensei Valdesi perform the
whole kata himself. With over 100 students training from Englandʼs very best, Jon Mottram,
down to brown belts with less experience, they all finished with a credible performance of Unsu
before getting changed and going home.
Sensei Valdesi spoke very good English, was very approachable and open to any questions as
he patiently posed for loads of photos, individually and in groups, before signing all sorts of
pictures and posters.
A fantastic turnout of students were inspired by the amazing and talented Luca Vadesi
Seaford Karate Championships 2009
Sunday 7th June 2009 saw Seaford Karate Club host the Second Invitational
Karate Tournament at the Downs Leisure Centre. The entry was slightly down
on last year with about 150 competitors taking part but that still meant we had
good size categories and plenty of competition ahead.
Our chief referee this year was Terry Robins from KMAC Brighton who traveled
from France to join us. The first event up saw the weapons kata take centre
stage. Harrison Horne from Tokon Kai taking a superb gold with double
nunchuka’s followed by team mate Daniel Fountain and Matthew Delaloye
taking bronze with the Jo.
The team kata event soon followed and Seaford won gold and silver in the
novice kata with FSKA Bracknell Tigers taking bronze. The intermediate
category saw a Seaford clean sweep and Tokon Kai narrowly beat Seaford in
a close final of the Senior team kata.
In the first individual event of the day, 7 years and below kata, Lewis Finch
from Seaford won the gold medal beating 13 other competitors over two
rounds with Seyron Srishangar (BASK) into silver and Harrison Clarke from
Complete Martial Arts (CMA) into bronze. Rohan Mathiyalagan (BASK) took
the gold in the 8-10 years old novice to 7th kyu against a large category of 20
competitors, leaving Jothiga Rahulotchan in second and Brandon Harris
(Seaford) in third.
In the 6th – 4th Kyu division Jamie Allison from North Birmingham won the gold while Tyler Stacey
(Tokon Kai) took silver and Younis Awad (BASK) took the bronze in a group of 15. In the boys and girls
11-15 categories novice to 7th Kyu , Asvin Puvaneswararajah (BASK) won, followed by team mate
Dhanya Yogaratum in Silver and Sukkdeep Loyal in Bronze from Ramgarhia.
In the intermediate section 12 students battled it out with Matthew Delaloye from Seaford winning the
gold followed by Jaskamal Sagoo from Ramgarhia with the silver and bronze going to Seaford’s Jai
Rajput.
In the brown belt section Emily Delaloye (Seaford) beat the other 10
competitors to the gold medal with Jatinder Ram taking the silver and Damian
Shepherd from Seaford finishing with the Bronze. Tokon Kai Karate club
dominated the black belt section with 10 of the 14 competitors from Steve
Robert’s association.
First place went to Daniel Fountain, followed closely by Harry Horne and Zak
Stacey taking bronze. Category 8 saw the male and female novice to 4th Kyu
adults compete and with 14 competitors Lee Finch from Seaford came out the
winner, beating Patric Caines from North Birmingham with Tarandip Chana
from BASK winning the bronze.
The female senior kata was dominated by Gemma Peacefull from Tokon kai
with Sian Pomeroy from Seaford in silver and Chloe Sutherland from Complete
Martial Arts taking a bronze. The male senior kata saw 10 competitors battle it
out for supremacy with Sellathurai Ganeshalingam from BASK winning the gold
while silver went to Simon Hearden from KICKS Brighton and bronze to Jasmeet
Singh from SKO Southall.
The Masters open kata was again won by Sellathurai Ganeshalingam from
BASK to take his second gold of the day with Steve Woolston from Mushinkan
(Eastbourne) taking silver and Malcolm Johnstone from Tokon Kai taking a well
earned bronze.
After a short break for the referees the kumite kicked off with the Men’s team
kumite. Six teams battled it out and the final saw Seaford ‘A’ beat Southall and
CMA to face North Birmingham who had beaten KICKS and Seaford ‘B’. In the
final the first fight went to Seaford, then Birmingham fought back in the second
to level the score. The deciding fight saw Seaford go 1-0 up before the
opponents fought back again to level the score and then take the deciding point
in a nail biting conclusion. This result saw North Birmingham retain their title,
leaving Seaford as runners up and CMA and Seaford ‘B’ with bronze medals.
The childrens kumite started with the boys and girls 9 years and below, under 4’3” .Tyler Stacey from
Tokon Kai beat Seyon Srishanger BASK in the final 9-3 leaving Jamie Allison (North Birmingham) and
Seaford’s Brandon Harris with the bronze medals.
In the over 4’3” division Rhys Salmon also from Tokon Kai defeated Anaise Harney (FSKA Bracknell) in
the final 3-2 with Jagjit Virdee and Kimran Sangha both from SKO Southall taking bronze medals.
In the 10-12 year olds under 4’10” Lewis Johnstone from Tokon Kai took a fantastic gold medal 3-0
beating Gabriel Shields from CMA into silver with Solomon Hendon from Seaford and Tom Peters (FSKA
Bracknell) taking bronze medals. In the over 4’10” Chris Fleischer from Seaford swept aside 20 other
opponents to beat Dan Tipp (Tokon Kai) 7-6 to the gold. Bronze medals went to William Scott (CMA) and
Harry Horne from Tokon Kai who had a great day with the medals.
The 13-15 year olds under 5’3” ,saw an all Tokon Kai final with Brandon Stacey beating team mate Daniel
Fountain 4-0 and bronze medals won by Janani Hariskandaraj (BASK) and Jaskamal Sagoo
(Ramgarhia).
In the over 5’3” Matthew Delaloye (Seaford) beat some hard opposition before facing Adrian Hooker from
Tokon Kai in the final. Adrian fell over in the final and as Matthew came in for the punch Adrian hurt his
wrist and couldn’t continue, handing Matthew the gold (his third of the day and 1 bronze), with Adrian
settling for silver and Tim Calliafas (Red Oak) and Georgia Starkey (Tokon Kai) taking bronze medals.
In the Female Open Kumite Gemma Peacefull swept aside all others to win the final 8-3 leaving Brenda
Smale (FSKA) to take the silver and Sian Pomeroy (Seaford) and Chloe Sutherland (CMA) leaving with
bronze medals.
The male novice and intermediate events saw Patric Caines (North Birmingham) defend his title from last
year beating Steve Hopkins (Seaford) 1-0 in the final to take gold. The bronze medals were taken by the
injured Haydn Willetts and Lee Finch, both Seaford karateka.
The male senior kumite saw 20 competitors battle it out for supremacy. Colin Simmonds from North
Birmingham once again reigned as champion winning a very close enchosen (extra time) in the final, 4-3
against the popular Edmend Nela from ASK Brighton. Bronze medals were won by Chris Maulkin (Red
Oak) and David Forbes (North Birmingham) who both won some close and hard fights.
The last event of the day saw the Master Kumite for the over 40’s. Colin Simmonds had another fantastic
day winning all his six fights and defeating club mate Patric Caines 5-1, both from North Birmingham
Karate Club, leaving Malcolm Johnstone and John Mackman both from Tokon Kai picking up bronze
medals.
The day was finished by 6.30pm, and despite a few injuries that were mostly dealt with by the first aid,
everyone was on their way home smiling. Many thanks to everyone who attended our tournament and I
sincerely hope you all enjoyed competing and look forward to another event next year.
My sincere thanks go to all the referees and judges who volunteered their help on the day. Chief referee
Terry Robins along with Harvinder Sagoo, Paul Stouchbury, Ganesh, Rob Fossella, Christine Knight,
Peter Foster, Dave Hare, Ian Hollidge, Russell Peters, Colin Simmonds, Steve Jakes, Angie Pepper and
Simon Lambert.
A big thank you also to my team of score keepers and extra volunteers including Jon Tompsett, Simon
Hill, Lauren Rickards, Nathalie Boden, Laura Jones, Sarah Delaloye-Dean, Stephanie Fleischer and of
course to our hardworking photographer Rob ‘Scratch’ Allchin who has uploaded all his photos onto our
website.
For full results and all the photos please go to our web site on http://www.seafordkarate.org.uk/
Ramgarhia Karate Championships 2009
Sunday 23rd August 2009 saw Seaford Karate Club take a
squad of seven competitors to the Ramgarhia Karate
Championships at Brunell University in Uxbridge, London.
While Seaford's three instructors Martin Dean, Steve Jakes
and Angie Pepper were either coaching or refereeing our
competitors took 2 Golds, 1 Silver and 4 bronze medals
against six different Associations.
Competitor of the day Emily Delaloye won gold after three
rounds in the brown belt kata, beating a group of 13
competitors including two from Romania in the final.
Finlay Jakes performed well in the boys yellow and green
belt category but had a difficult draw being first up to
perform and could not make it into the final.
Matthew Delaloye won his event over two rounds to take
Seaford's second gold in the boy's purple belt category and
Sian Pomeroy at only 16 years old finished with bronze in
the Senior ladies kata over two rounds, beating experienced
black belts, with the Romanian favourite winning.
In the team kata Seaford competed against 8 other teams
and finished equal first. In a rematch the Romanian 'A' team
pipped Seaford by 0.1 to win the gold, leaving Seaford
taking the silver and Romania 'B' taking the bronze.
In the kumite events Matthew Delaloye narrowly lost in the
first round 7-6 while Sully Mayhew picked up the bronze
medal in the boys purple belt event. Damian Shepherd also
took bronze in the boys brown belt kumite and Chris
Fleischer won his first fight before losing against the
eventual winner 8-5 in the semi final to finish the day with
another bronze medal.
Sensei Dave Hazard Course 2009
Three senior grades from Seaford Karate Club attended a seminar with A.S.K. Sensei Dave
Hazard at his old Cardinal Newman dojo in Brighton. Angie Pepper, Simon Lambert and Simon
Hill travelled over to Brighton for the evening course and got to train with the various grades
under the experienced eye of Sensei Hazard who now lives in Nottingham.
A.S.K.A. Panel Grading 2009
Congratulations to all those who passed their grades
at the October A.S.K.A. panel grading.
Chief Instructor Colin Hexley along with senior
instructors Ben Brown, Mick Davis and Dave Martin
over saw all the students.
Those successfully passing 1st Dan black belts were
Wayne and Harry Somerfield, while the first kyu
passes saw Emily Delaloye, Sian Pomeroy, Damian
Shepherd and Chris Fleischer all successful.
After the grading was complete Dave Martin stood up and on behalf of the association
announced that Jack Warner had been promoted to 7th Dan, while Colin Hexley, Ben Brown and
Mick Davis are now all 6th Dan.
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Dates to remember
16th December 2009
20th December 2009
4th January 2010
26-29 March 2010
SKC Club Grading
Seaford Club Championships and party
SKC back to training
USKK European Championships
Many thanks to Sensei Rob Fossella 3rd Dan and
Peter Foster 3rd Dan from the Shotokan Karate
Organisation for running the senior class at Seaford
Karate Club while Sensei Martin Dean was recovering
from his operation.
I hope my students learnt a few new ideas and I was
very pleased to see that they were introduced to some
new advanced katas.
Also many thanks to Sensei Angie Pepper and Simon
Lambert along with all my other students who pulled
together and assisted teaching in the club while I was
away.
DLC. Seaford
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