Karate News

AT the tender age of 15, Thundersley's karate kid Samuel Campbell took his second dan grading in Egham and passed with flying colours.

Amelia, from Pitsea , competed in her first medal competition at the WKC British and European Championships in Manchester on Sunday and came away with a bronze medal, despite only having taken part in six trainings sessions.

RAILTON'S Karate Budokan club continues to kick goals when it comes to producing high-level competitors, with five of its members heading to the Australian championships.

Because if there's one place appropriate enough to work on your karate skills, it's on a yacht in St. Tropez.

Jean Newell earned the YES award for sport. Much of his drive comes from competing with, and against, older brother Geoffrey.

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Dakota Menesses and Maci Ousset, members of the St. Bernard Parish Karate Program, won gold medals and national championships at the United States National Karate Federation National Championships held July 8 - 13 in Reno, Nev.

Wollongong Muay Thai fighters David Penimmpede and Mitch Brisbane won't be slowing down after both brought home NSW State titles earlier this month.

On July 19, Marissa and Juliana Meandro participated at the Power Nationals Martial Arts Challenge in London, Ont.

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Who needs the Guardians of the Galaxy? Staten Island's own superhero is training a new generation of protectors.

Top welterweight prospect Gunnar Nelson took on Zak Cummings in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao in Dublin, Ireland.

Students of Dundalk Karate triumphed yet again during a recent grading in the Redeemer Family Resource Centre where everyone was put through their paces.

MMAmania.com resident fighter analyst Andrew Richardson breaks down the mixed martial arts game of UFC Fight Night 46 headliner Conor McGregor, who looks to live up to the hype against Diego Brandao this Saturday at 02 Arena in Dublin, Ireland.

More than 30 kickass youngsters took part in a two-hour karate session which drummed up more than A 1,000 for an Eltham hospice.

The 15-year-old, a 2nd Dan black belt and part of the JKS National Squad, took the bronze in the individual kumite and was part of an outfit which won gold in the team kumite.

Lainey Williams, a rising third grader at Camden Elementary School , recently competed in karate nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The seven-year-old Bradford Shotokan Karate Academy member is only 4ft tall but has just won a third national title! Seventh Dan Fred Fawcett, who trains Sophie, feared, however, that she might succumb to sickness before going down to the Midlands.

The 15-year-old's first triumphs came in the Federation of English Karate Organisations' National Championships in Nottingham.

IMPROVING GRADES: Students from Penarth Association of Karate and Allied Disciplines achieved a series of successes during a grading event.