Results - Bushi National Kata Championships. 16th October 2005

David and Siobhan entered the above competition in Stoke on Trent today and both came home with trophies.

This was the first adult competition that David had entered. Normally there is a cadet classification, but here there was not. So as he was the only adult first dan to turn up, and not wanting to have a medal for nothing, David said he would go into the next category.

The nearest grade to him was 3rd dan and forth dan, so we are very pleased that he came away with a bronze medal by beating 3 4th dans and 3 3rd dans. But I still think he was robbed.

Siobhan put on a fantastic show and beat 18 1st dans in her category to pick up the Gold trophy. Everybody was saying how good the children from the Oxford Karate Academy were and that next year we should bring more children.

We were told the children are a credit to the club!.