Feb 11 Rules update (2pm), AAMA dojo Mt Gravatt
Feb 18 QKA Cup, Brisbane
May 5 Cadet and Junior Oceania Championships, Sydney Liverpool
May 8-9 Australian Open, Sydney
May 20-21 QLD State Championships, Brisbane
July 29-30 QLD Open, Brisbane
July 15 - August 19 (Saturday) State Training, Seikukan dojo Wavell Heights
August 25-27 Australian Titles, Perth
October 24-29 WKF Senior World Championships, Budapest Hungary
Congratulations to our students - Arjun Singh (Shodan), Oshil Ranasinghe (Shodan), Kiyoaki Tsukada (Shodan) and Georgie Lawrence (Nidan) on getting through the 3 hour grading on a very hot day. It was lovely to cool down in the pool and catch up with your families afterwards at the bbq.
It was great to see everyone who participated in this year's club competition. It was great to see everyone having a go and our beginners getting competition experience! There were some very good skills on display and the level this year was improved from last year - so well done to all the participants.
A huge thank you to all the helpers and especially the parents who helped with the score keeping - Ben Wilson, Rachael Adolphe and Barry Schramm.
Georgie recently qualified and competed at the World Combat Games for U21 in Riyadh. In addition, Georgie was also selected to represent Australia at her first senior World Championships in Budapest. Sensei Robyn attended as a national coach at both events.
Georgie fought very well at both competitions winning bronze at the World U21 Combat Games in Riyadh then going on to the World Championships in Budapest and placing 9th in teams kumite.
A big congratulations to Georgie!!!. Her committment and dedication to her training over the last 13 years since she began her karate training has certainly attributed to her great results.
Congratulations to our Seiha athletes for the following amazing results. The competition is the highest level in Australia and all the medal bouts were hard fought. These results can be celebrated by all the club members who contributed by training hard alongside the ones who represented QLD and pushing them every step of the way to improve. I hope to see more of our Seiha crew representing QLD next year!
A special congratulations to Lucy and Sienna who formed 2/5 of the female team kumite that won QLD's only gold medal in team kumite. And a huge shout out for Georgie who has been selected to represent Australia at the World Championships in Budapest in October !!!
Kiyoaki Tsukada - Gold individual kumite
Lucy Choi Lawrence - Gold team kumite / Gold individual kumite / Bronze kata
Sienna Downey - Gold team kumite / Silver individual kumite
Thomas van der Riet - Silver individual kumite / Bronze team kumite
Georgie Lawrence - Silver individual kumite / Silver U21 kumite
Piper Adolphe - Silver team kumite / Bronze individual kumite
Jessie Rose Talbot Cooke - Bronze individual kumite / Bronze Open kumite / Bronze team kumite
Miles Wilson - scored 8-0 in Round 1 but lost for medal bouts
Congratulations on some great results from the QKA Open:
Walther Landmann - kumite silver x2
Maximillian Landmann - kata gold and silver, kumite silver x2
Benji Hamwood-Barry - kumite gold x2
Sebastian Hamwood-Barry - kumite gold x2, kata silver
Kiyoaki Tsukada - kumite gold x2 kata gold x2
Piper Adolphe - kumite gold x2
Thomas van der Riet - kumite silver
Erik Stepanov - kata gold, kumite silver
Oliver Ritch - kata bronze, kumite bronze
Lucy Choi-Lawrence - kata gold, kumite gold
Jessie-Rose Talbot-Cooke - kumite gold x2
Scott McDonald - kumite gold
Sienna Downey - kumite gold
It was very pleasing to see the athletes trying to implement our recent drills of controlling the distance in kumite. A huge shout out to our helpers - Barry Schramm and Leonie Dooley as event organisers, Rachael Adolphe as merchandise manager, and especially to Piper and Lucy our junior assistant coaches as Georgie was away in Melbourne for a national team training camp.
Congratulations to Georgie who is now the U21 and Senior Oceania champion. Lucy was successful in winning gold in kata and kumite at the NZ Open following the Oceania competition.
Congratulations to everyone who competed over the weekend!! The medals are a result of diligent training and perseverance. Well done everyone as we have finished as the top club in QLD !! A big thanks to all the helpers, parents and the instructors (Sensei Sean, Sensei Alan, Georgie, Lucy and Sensei Leon). The following is a list of amazing results
Kiyoaki - kata kyu Gold, kata BB Silver, kumite Gold x 2
Max - BB kata Bronze, kumite Kyu Gold, kumite BB Gold
Lucy - kata Bronze, kumite Gold
Elroy - kumite Gold
Jarvis - kumite Bronze
Benji - kumite Silver
Sebastian - kumite Gold x 2, kata Gold
Shiv - kumite Bronze
Sienna - kumite Gold
Miles - Kyu Silver, BB Gold, cadet open Bronze
Erik - Kyu kumite Gold
Scott - Kyu kumite Gold, cadet open Bronze
Oliver - Kyu kumite Gold, BB kumite Bronze
Jessie - BB kumite Gold, cadet open Bronze
Sabrina - kata Silver
Thomas - BB Gold
Piper - kumite Gold, open Silver
Oshil - Kyu kumite Gold
Congratulations to the Seiha team for a great weekend of competition in Sydney. The following medals were hard earned as the competition was the highest level in Australia and extremely tough:
Lucy 12-13yo -47kg Gold and 12-13 kata Silver
Sienna 12-13 +54kg Silver
Kiyoaki 12-13 -45kg Bronze
Piper 14-15 +61kg Bronze
Miles 14-15 -63kg Bronze
Thomas 16-17 +76kg Bronze
Jessie-Rose 14-15 -61kg 5th and Open 5th
Congratulations to Georgie who recently represented Australia at the Vancouver Series A Karate Championship, Canada. Georgie placed 5th in her division and was the highest placed Australian. Well done Georgie - keep up the training effort.
Congratulations to Georgie who recently travelled to Poland to compete against the tough Europeans to gain some invaluable experience. Georgie fought very well and received a well deserved Bronze medal for her efforts. Well done Georgie!
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Congratulations to our Seiha athletes who recently competed in the KArate Qld Cup. The following are some great results from the day, and it its pleasing to see the athletes actioning their training:
Georgie Lawrence - Gold & silver
Lucy Choi-Lawrence - 2 x Gold
Scott McDonald - Gold
Piper Adolphe - Gold & silver
Jessie Talbot-Cooke - Gold & silver
Thomas van der Riet - Gold & silver
Miles Wilson - Silver & 2 x bronze
Shiv Parikh - 2 x Silver
Sebastian Hamwood-Barry - Silver
Oshil Ranasinghe - Silver
Lara McDonald - Bronze
A big thank you to all the helpers: Sensei Alan, Sensei Sean, Sensei Leon, Barry Schramm, Rachael Adolphe, Belinda Henderson, Sonja and Julian van der Riet, Leonie and Leith Dooley
