Round 1 of AMAC Sydney kicked off on Sunday 1st April and KKC Karate was represented by Colleen Estigoy, Robbie Simmons, Matthew Basile, Bianca Basile, Liam Rice, James Nguyen, Noah Mardoquio. A great day with fabulous performances by all with the results listed below, Well done everyone. Also Check out the photos in the Photo Gallery.
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Point Sparring: 1st – 11-12yrs Beg-Int-Matthew Basile 3rd – 11-12yrs Beg-Int-Liam Rice 1st – Adult Beg – Colleen Estigoy 4th – 8-10 Beg Noah Mardoquio Freestyle Sparring: 3rd – 8-10yrs Int – Bianca Basile 2nd – 13-15 Beg to Int Robbie Simmons 2nd – 11-12yrs Beg-Int-Matthew Basile 1st – Adult Beg – Colleen Estigoy Forms Traditional – Hard 3rd – 11-13yrs Beg-Int-Matthew Basile 4th – 11-13yrs Beg-Int-Robbie Simmons 3rd – Adult Beg – Colleen Estigoy |
Sword Combat: 2nd – 13-17yrs Male Robbie Simmons 1st – 10-12 yrs Male Matthew Basile 3rd – 8-9 yrs mixed Bianca Basile 1st – 13-17 yrs Female Bianca Basile Sumo: 4th – 8-9yrs Noah Mardoquio 3rd – 10-12yrs Male Matthew Basile 4th – 10-12yrs Male Liam Rice 1st – 13-15yrs Male Robbie Simmons Weapons – Traditional 1st – 13yrs & under Robbie Simmons |
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March has been a busy month for the travelling Basile’ recently going to round 1 AMAC in Qld where they performed very well. Bianca 1st Point Sparring, 1st Freestyle Sparring, 1st Sword Combat and 2nd Sumo. Matthew 4th in Kata, 1st Point Sparring, 2nd Sword Combat and then off they went to Round 1 NZMAC in New Zealand, Bianca 1st Kata, 1st Point Sparring, 1st Freestyle Sparring, 3rd Sumo. Matthew 1st Kata, 1st Point Sparring, 1st Freestyle Sparring. Well done to both of you pictured below after one of their recent trips.
The Senior grading was held on Sunday 25th March at Petersham Dojo, the senior grading is for students who are sitting for grades from 4th kyu and higher. KKC Karate had 2 students who were eligible to attend this grading for the first time Robbie Simmons & Ryan Tang, both were successful in achieving the grade of 4th Kyu. This is a great achievement not only for the boys but also for the dojo as Robbie and Ryan are our first two students to achieve a senior grade. 4th Kyu is considered the beginning of the teaching grades and from now things will start to get a lot harder for these boys as well as the requirement / expectation on them will also be higher.
Well done to both of you, keep up the good work.
Sunday 11th March kicked off round 1 the IFKKA tournament interclub series, what a fabulous day. This competition is only open to students of the IFKKA affiliated dojo. We had 61 students entered from the Sydney clubs, this was the largest number of entries we have had for a single round in this series and KKC Karate accounted for 19 of these entries. It was an exciting day with great displays of kata and clicker kumite sparring. I am always so proud when I watch the students perform in competition and try their best. Competition is not about winning and losing but trying hard, doing your best, bettering past performance and putting into action what you learn at the dojo. The interclub series is a great opportunity for parents, friend’s partners etc to watch what the students are learning at the dojo. Well done to all from KKC Karate who entered see photo (right) . Round 2 will be held on Sunday 24th June.
