Bristol Karate Club
The premiere sport Karate club in the South West
Golds at the Shito-Kai England Championships
Team Kumite Gold WKU 'A'
Rory Daniels, Darren Haynes, Anatoliy Gorshkov
Team Kumite Silver WKU 'B'
Danny Trott, Paul James, Shaun Langson
Team Kumite Bronze WKU 'C'
Lee Harvey, Gary Toye
Team Kumite Bronze WKU 'D'
Marek Wieczorkiewicz, Konrad Paslawska, John Oliver
Black Belt Individual Kumite Gold
- Rory Daniels
Black Belt Individual Kumite Silver
- Paul James
Black Belt Individual Kumite Bronze
- Darren Haynes
Black Belt Individual Kumite Bronze
- Anatoliy Gorshkov
Black Belt Individual Kata Gold
- Paul James
Black Belt Female Kumite Silver
- Sarah Clarke
Black Belt Female Kumite Bronze
- Laura Gibbons
Kyu Grade Individual Kumite Gold
- Gary Toye
Kyu Grade Individual Kumite Silver
- Lee Harvey
The Bristol Junior club were also represented with 11 members and took home an impressive 8 medals - 2 Golds, 1 Silver and a handful of bronze medals (individual and team)! Congratulations to everyone who took part.
Golds at the Commonwealth Karate Open Championships
Rory Daniels -
BKC
Gold in the +75Kg event
Anatoliy Gorshkov - BKC
Gold in the Male Cadet's +70Kg event
Paul James - BKC
Gold in the -65Kg event
Sarah Clarke - Weston Super Mare
Bronze in the -60Kg event
Sam Difford - Weston Super Mare
Boy's +55Kg, 12 - 13 years
After all these individual achievements the Senior Men's 3 man Team consisting of Darren Haynes (BKC), Rory Daniels (BKC) and Shaun Langson (Clevedon) successfully defeated South Africa 'A' Team in a thrilling final 2-0 win.
BKC success at the Birmingham Open!
The team event was a clean sweep, our two teams came away with both gold and the silver. Anatoliy Gorshkov won gold in the cadets section, Shaun Langson took gold in the -70, Rory Daniels also won gold in the +70 with sparring partner Darren Haynes came home with the bronze in the same category. More info
BKC students feature in TV documentary
Four of our students have recently appeared in a TV documentary about "Time". High-speed photography of a sparring session was taken to illustrate how the human mind can cope with rapid movement and thought. View the sequence on You Tube
BKC success at the Welsh Open!
Teams from Bristol Karate Club won Gold and Silver at the recent Welsh Open Karate Tournament. There are videos of some of the fights avaialable on the Photos & Video page.
Welcome to the new BKC website!
Take a look at the new Photos & Video page for videos from the recent Western Karate Union Karate Championships.