2008 LOUGHTON SUMMER SCHOOL
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For full story on the WUKO European Championships in Liege Belgium please
click on the above link
Below are a few photos :-
Shikon mixed team -bronze
Jenna Shilston , Jason Marquis , Dan Thackray and Ami Carrigan-Smith
opening ceremony led by disabled wheelchair practitoners
Jason Marquis in action
Shikons very own World Judge Michael Cormack with WUKO
Head Honcho Mr Carlo Henke
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Fan sifu brings the house down !!
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Fan Sifu (Sifu means teacher) went into the Shaolin Monastery aged six years old and left
behind his family (in fact he did nt see them again for 5 years) making a new family amongst the
monks at the temple.
His training would begin at 5 am every day and would usually be around 8 hours
six days a week.
Twenty years on he has performed all around the world in the Internationally famous
`Wheel of Life` show that the Shaolin monks produce and has starred in the show
as well as choreographed much of it.
Currently staying with renowned Tai Chi and Kung Fu Instructor , Jim Uglow , Fan Sifu kindly agreed to do
a free demonstration/seminar for UKA.
It began with various Shaolin exercises , moved on to an unarmed fist form with
applications and finished with a `chi kung` exercise. Along the way the thirty or so people
on the seminar were treated to a series of superb demonstrations including a broad sword
form and a bull whip form.
We hope that Fan sifu will be coming down later in the year to do further seminars so watch out
for times and dates.
15th June is the next one. A genuine chance to touch the source of all Eastern
martial arts !
Here are a selection of photos taken by John Aston on the course. ENJOY!!!
flying bull whip
classy finish !
ryan , rebecca , jamie , lisa and Lynn having fun !
PLEASE DONT TRY THIS AT HOME !!!
still some life in the old fellow ?
bit camp this one ?
Dan !! tuck ya thumb in son
all ages welcome . 15th June will be childrens course with Fan sifu
group photo , hands up those people who cound nt walk on sunday !
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PLEASE NOTE THAT SHIKON ARE NOW MEMBERS OF THE
World Union Of Karate Organisations and the World Karate Confederation.
WUKO have a forthcoming Senior European Championships in Liege Belgium 22nd-25th May
WKC have a Junior World Championships in the Autumn for 12-20yr olds in Slovenia
the WKC also have their senior World Championships in Orlando Florida next year
YES ORLANDO FLORIDA !!!!!!!!
(We hope to be attending all of these events ! )
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2ND IRISH INTERNATIONAL OPEN
Now in its second year the International Open at the ALSAA centre
Dublin Airport again proved what a superb venue for an International event it is.
Twelve countries were represented including all four home countries
, Republic of Ireland , Iceland , Denmark , France ,
Sweden , Latvia , USA and Luxemburg.
The Shikon squad took a larger contingent than last year numbering some
55 athletes and this fantastic turn out certainly helped in us winning the
medals table for the second year running.
SQUAD GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Shikon ENGLAND 13 10 22
National team DENMARK 4 5 3
Sete Shotokan FRANCE 3 2 1
Lingten KC LUXEMBURG 3 1 1
Collon KC REP IRELAND 3 - -
(top 5 squads only)
Adam Carrigan-Smith 2nd Charlie Collins and Conor Hill 3rd in boys indiv. Latvia 1st
But Shikon beat Latvia in the boys team event and took team gold
WUKO World Junior Champion Gordon Smith from Ireland (centre) beat both Danny Hollister
(left) and Dan Cuthbert (right) in Mens heavyweight individuals
SHIKON mens team take team God, beating Denmark in the final for the second year running
From left to right Coach (the boss) Sean Bashford , Danny Hollister (capt) , Dave Plested
Lee Bolger and far right Dan Cuthbert
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2008 NNGBEK ENGLISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Held at the Harvey Hadden Sports Centre , Nottingham.
This event which was arranged at very short notice due to the present schism in English Karate.
It was well attended especially by the three biggest groups in the country. FEKO , KUGB and Shikon.
Shikon have been the dominate force at any English national Championships over the last 8-10 years and no-one would dispute that the bulk of the squad is generally from Ian Cuthberts UKA clubs. This year was no exception with just Sensei Ians students alone winning enough golds to top the medals table.
MEDALS TABLE top four only
SQUAD GOLDS SILVERS BRONZE
Shikon 11 8 9
FEKO 5 6 8
KUGB 5 3 14
BSKA 4 3 5
Full results of UKA competitors
GOLDS
Shauna Carroll , Oliver Briggs , Conor Hill , Mary Berwick , Dan Cuthbert , Ami Carrigan-Smith , Boys teeam and Mens team
SILVERS
Oliver Briggs , Tom Thackray , Jason Marquis , Andrew Michaelides and ladies team
BRONZE
Rebecca barton-hagger (2) , RyanCorreya (2) , Charlie Collins , George Gilbert , Dan Thackray (2) , Lisa Lethbridge .
Well done to everyone and below are some photos from the day.
Shauna Carroll GOLD in girls ind O50k
Oliver Briggs GOLD in Boys ind kumite U45k
SHIKON mens team - from left to right Lee Bolger ,Danny Hollister (capt) &Leon Martin
ENGLISH BOYS TEAM CHAMPIONS
12-13 yrs old George Gilbert , Charlie Collins and Conor Hill
F------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2007 SUMMER BLACK BELT GRADING
congratulations to Jordan Mathew , Sam Sullivan , Jack Downton , Robert Ward, Shauna Carroll , Jamie Adamson and Kerry McCormack on passing their 1st Dan . Also to Mitchell Mayhew and kier Adamson
Also upgraded in 2007 Phil Patrick , Barry Battson and Andrew Michaelides to 3rd Dan
and Alex Cunningham and Sean Bashford to 2nd Dan