2019 news & events

TSKUK SHOTOKAN CUP
17th November 2019
A great day for Westwood at the TSKUK Shotokan Cup competition. Including team events, our total medal count was 38 gold, 32 silver, and 33 bronze. Some of our medalists are pictured above and you can see our full results on the medal table here

black belt grading
3rd November 2019
Congratulations to our new black belts, and our successful 2nd dan passes. Sixteen new 1st dans and two new 2nd dans.
1st Dan Passes
Tyler Davis
Victor D'Urbal
Grace Durrant
Mya Francis
Luca Hull
Austin Jose
Antonio Joy
Sienna Keenan
Amaan Khader
Summer Leaver
Emily Mangion
Venkata Sasmit Marpuri
Harley Nash
Emilia Plummer
Maximilian Rodger
Bunni Wheatley
2nd Dan Passes
Holly Sigournay
Autumn Winstanley

WUKF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

Westwood members returned with 4 Gold, 5 Silver, and 14 Bronze medals from the WUKF European Championships which were held in Odense, Denmark from 24th to 27th October 2019.
Hannah Mitchell and Grace Durrant were members of the TSKUK kumite team which won silver medals in the Rotational event and were crowned European champions in the Shobu Ippon category. 8 year old Dhruvan Appachi won his Kata event, and Mason Gill became our fourth European Champion by winning the prestigious senior 21-35 years kumite event.
In addition to our medal winners, also competing for TSKUK were George Carson, Rio Patel, Poppy-Lee Griffiths, Joseph Holland and Tia Leaver.
See all our results here. Medal Table

castle point show
21st July 2019
Eleven of our junior black belts put on a great display of their skills at this year's Castle Point Show.

tskuk championships 2019
7th July 2019
The TSKUK Championships were held in Norwich on Sunday 7th July 2019. It was a very successful competition for Westwood as many members won multiple medals, a total of 25 gold, 17 silver, and 25 bronze. Topped off by Sienna keenan winning the junior competitior of the day trophy. Full results HERE

wukf world championships 2019
23rd June 2019
The WUKF World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia were attended by 2,300 competitors from 83 federations taking part.
Westwood Academy is now the proud home of seven WUKF World Champions. Charlie Tarr, Mason Gill, and Reece Ward were crowned senior team kata champions. The cadet team kata title was won by Caitlin Day, Ellie Worth, and Hannah Mitchell, and Harrison Gill won his gold medals in the 18-20 years team kumite events. Full results HERE

westwood club competiton spring 2019
19th May 2019
A fantastic entry for our club competition, 120 members took part in individual kata and kumite events. Full results HERE

WUKF british championships 2019
5th May 2019
The WUKF British Championships 2019 were held on Sunday 5th May at the University of East London-Sportsdock.
Our Westwood members, representing TSKUK won a total of 35 medals. Leading the way for Westwood was Mason Gill, who won the senior individual kumite title. Full results HERE

japan tour

In April 2019 Westwood Academy chief instrucors, Alan and Carol Parrish undertook a 10 day training tour of Japan with members of the WTKO. The group trained in four different dojos and the grounds of an ancient Buddist temple.
The first class on the schedule was a visit to the famous Hoitsugan, Nakayama sensei's personal dojo. This was the first of two visits during the trip to train with Leon Montoya sensei. It was a fantastic experience to train in such a historic dojo.
Following this, we left Tokyo to travel to Takamatsu where we gave a demonstration to 400 Japanese high school students and were in turn treated to a demonstration of Iaido.
Our next training session took place at 5:00am in the grounds of the ancient Zentsuji temple, another incredible experience.
Back in Tokyo, we had the chance to visit and train in another dojo full of history, Keio university. Funakoshi sensei himself, taught at Keio, and we were lucky enough to be able to train in the Mokuyokai ("old boys") class alongside experienced students and instructors such as 90 year old Iwamoto sensei 9th dan who trained with and was graded by Funakoshi sensei.
The following day, 26th April, we visited Kamakura and paid our respects at Funakoshi sensei's memorial on the 62nd anniversary of his passing. Later that day our training session was with Norio Kawasaki sensei.
The next day was a busy training day, following our second class at the Hoitsugan, we travelled to the KWF headquarters for two classes, the first with Otsuka sensei, and the second with the 92 year old Ibusuki sensei. Another great day.
Our final class was with the amazing former JKA instructor, Akihito Isaka sensei, a great way to round off the trip of a lifetime to the home of Shotokan Karate.
JSKA UK CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
30th March 2019
Excellent results for Westwood at the JSKA UK Championships in Woking. 16 Gold medals, 5 Silver, and 10 Bronze medals. Full Westwood Results HERE.
LEGEND OPEN SHOTOKAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
16th March 2019
Some great results for Westwood at the Legend Championships. 7 First places, 6 Runners-up, and 9 Third places, and Third place for Westwood in the medal table. Full Westwood Results HERE
3rd DAN FOR MASON
9th & 10th February 2019
Congratulations to Westwood instructor sensei Mason Gill, who passed his 3rd dan grading on the TSKUK 2 day international course. The course was held over two days with WTKO chief instructor sensei Richard Amos 7th dan, who conducted the grading on the last day. Also teaching on the course were sensei Bruno Trachsel 7th dan and sensei Tom Kompier 6th dan. Mason is picture here third from the left, with sensei Amos on his left and Westwood chief instructor sensei Alan Parrish on his right.
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