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Sensei Ohta Training Autumn 2012

Tuesday 16th October
Tuesday 30th October
Tuesday 13th November
Tuesday 27th November (grading)

Events Spring 2012

26th February: Varsity Match against Cambridge (9am, Iffley Road Sports Centre, Oxford)
6th March: Training/Grading with Sensei Ohta
17th March: BUCS match

Sensei Ohta training June 2011

7th June
21st June (Grading)

BUCS 2010 and Art of Movement Competition

Distinguished individual performances in the last year include Christina Floe's performance at the BUCS championships, earning a bronze medal. Other competitors at this event were Vijay D'Silva who got through the first round of the novice kata category, and Kirstie Moore, both of whom were competing for the first time at BUCS. The club also sent four competitors to the Art of Movement competition for the first time this year, with a view to getting some competition practise and establishing better links with other clubs.

Varsity 2010

Despite valiant efforts from both our Men's and Women's teams at the Varsity event, Cambridge did manage to claim victory again this year. The eventual score however hides many distinguished performances from individual members; including victory by Christina Floe in the Women's kata and very strong debut performances in both kumite and kata from Kathryn Vickers and Patrick Dunn-Walsh, our Captains for 2010/11. The women's team kata also showed how members from three different styles of karate can successfully work together to put in an impressive performance. The day also showed the far superior team spirit and sportsmanship of the Oxford team, who pulled together when a colleague was injured.

Dan Grading, Easter 2009

Congratulations to Robert Cheng for grading to Shodan and Serena Lee, OUKC President 2008-09, for grading to Nidan.

BUCS Championships 2009

The British Universities and Colleges Championships (formerly BUSA) took place in Sheffield this year. Christina Floe and Rebecca Darts represented Oxford in the Women's Dan Grade Kata and Women's Kumite, respectively. Both women performed strongly, with Christina winning a Bronze medal, in spite of having done very little non-Shotokan training due to Varsity! Heartiest congratulations to both Christina and Rebecca!

Varsity Competition 2009

The 2009 Varsity Karate match was held in Cambridge in February. Despite valiant efforts from both the Men's and Women's teams - with the men winning the kumite and the women performing strongly in both kumite and kata - Cambridge were once again the better side on the day. In spite of the result, the Oxford squad came away having thoroughly enjoyed the day's competing, and with their intense preparation certainly not regretted (drinks bans included!). The Squad can be proud of their performance and have learned a lot that can be taken forward to next year's Varsity in Oxford. Very well done to all who competed and a big thank you to the vocal group of supporters who journeyed to Cambridge to support the Squad. Here's to 2010!

Michaelmas Term Cuppers Results 2008

Women's Results

1st Christina Floe (Corpus Christi College) -46.2

2nd Serena Lee (St. Edmund's Hall) - 45.4

3rd Shaz Horaib (St. Hilda's College) - 44.8

 

Men's Results

1st David Armstrong (University College)- 44.7

2nd Mathew Cottee (Pembroke College) - 44.5

3rd Oli Baggaley (Pembroke College) - 43.7

JKA National Championship 2008

Well done to everyone who competed in the nationals on Sunday 6th July. There were notable performances from Ken and Andy who made it through several rounds of kata ultimately knocked out by those who went on to win medals. Hayato also competed very well making it to the kata final, however after a few serious blows to the face in kumite and lots of blood later, he bravely finished in 4th place in kata and made it through a few rounds of kumite.

JKA Grading Hilary Term 2008

Well done to all those who graded!

Dan Grading

Well done to Jan and Said who graded to 1st Dan, and Amel who graded to 2nd Dan over the Easter break

BUSA 2008

Jorick Van der Hoeven took a Bronze medal in the novice heavy weight division in kumite!

JKA Grading Hilary Term 2008

Well done to all those who graded!

Varsity 2008

The Karate Varsity match 2008 was the culmination of the squad's commitment and dedication shown throughout the term, including fitness sessions at 7.30am on a Monday morning! There were many excellent performances in both kata and kumite, and the Women's team managed to force a draw in both disciplines, whilst the men put up a strong fight, but despite their stellar efforts were unfortunately bested by the Cambridge teams. Well done to all involved, and let's work on making 2009 a victorious year for Oxford and bring those trophies back where they belong!