Tournaments
2012
March 3rd - Sunshine Cast Championships
On March 3rd a number of our students competed in the Sunshine Coast Championships hosted by Shihan Wayne MacDonald and the Karate Budokan International. This was an enjoyable, well run tournament for the first outing of the year. All our competitors performed well and some medals were won.
Blake Tillema, Kata - 2nd, Kunite - 1st in Boys U14.
Caitlin Edwards, Kata - 3rd in Girls U12.
Damen Prins, Kata - 3rd in Boys U12.
Emerson McMillan, Kumite - 3rd in Girls U14.
Jenny Brazil, 1st in Kumite - Women's 35+ and 2nd in Kumite Women's Grand Final.
Mark Richardson 2nd in Kumite, Men's +45.
Others that competed hard but did not place were:
Craig Brazil Mens +35 / Open
Daniel Richardson Boys U14
Serai Taskan Girls U11
Congratulations to all who took part.
2011
December 4th - ISKA Australasian Championships
Three of our students went back to Sydney and competed in the ISKA Australasian Championships. All entries were invite only based on performance at the World Cup in October.
Congratulations to
Linda Taskan who received Gold (1st) in Continuous Sparring, ans Silver (2nd) in both Kata - Traditional Form and Point Sparring.
Damien Prins getting Gold (1st) in Kata - Traditional Forms and
Sarai Taskan with a Bronze(3rd) in Point Sparring.
November 9th - AKSL Summer Compettion - PCYC Inala, QLD
Another hard fought and hard won competition with all those entering doing sterling work and competing well.
Kata - Traditional Forms
Sarai Taskan (10-11 Female) - 1st
Max Wilkinson (10-11 Male) - 1st
Emmerson McMillan (11-12 Female) - 2nd
Damien Prins (10-11 Male) - 1st
Blake Tillema (12-13 Male) - 3rd
Kumite - Points Sparring
Sarai Taskan (10-11 Female) - 1st
Max Wilkinson (10-11 Male) - 1st
Emmerson McMillan (11-12 Female) - 1st
Damien Prins (10-11 Male) - 1st
Blake Tillema
Linda Taskan
The proud medal winners can be seen below with Sensei,
October 21-23 - ISKA 16th World Cup Championships - Liverpool, Sydney NSW
The Redlands Karate Dojo competed this weekend in Liverpool, one of the western suburbs of Sydney. With 3000 spectators, 1000 competitors and twelve rings, the competition was fierce, the days were long and the rewards large.
With both international and local students competing, the tournament proved to be both diverse and challenging. The Dojo did exceptionally well and brought home five 1st places, four 2nd places and two 3rd places.
The final results were:
Garry Edwards Traditional Forms - 1st
Linda Taskan Point Sparring - 1st, Continuous Sparring - 1st, Koshiki - 1st
Blake Rogers Traditional Forms - 3rd
Max Wilkinson Traditional Forms - 1st, Koshiki - 3rd
Ayden Davis Traditional Forms - 2nd
Damien Prins Traditional Forms - 2nd
Emmerson McMillan Traditional Forms - 2nd
Sarai Taskan Traditional Forms - 1st
Ayden, Damien, Max Team Sparring - 4th
Also competing hard but unfortunate not to place were, Caitlin Edwards, Blake Tillema and Mark Richardson.
Below we can see the team and the collection of trophies.
We would like to congratulate all kareta-ka on a job well done and thank all the parents who travelled with us for taking the time to assist the students wherever possible.
