Australian Karate Academy

QLD State Titles- Day 2

cheyne — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:53:05 +0000

Results Day 2-

Congratulations to the following members of Team AKA-
Kiarra Sawyrok- 3rd place kumite 12/13 girls o50 kg
Khoa Nguyen- 2nd place kumite 14/15 yrs Boys under 52kg
Will St. Baker- 3rd place kumite 14/15 yrs Boys under 52kg
Grace Kruger- 2nd place kumite14/15 yrs Girls o54kg
Hugo Kawamato- 3rd place kumite 16/17 yrs Boys 55 – 61kg
Cheyne McMahon- 2nd place kumite Mens o84kg

QLD State Karate Titles- Day 1 Kata

cheyne — Sat, 18 May 2013 06:16:48 +0000

Hugo Kawamata wins Gold in the male 16/17 years division. Hugo battled through 4 rounds of kata to win the event. He is now automatically selected in the the QLD Karate Team to contest the National Titles in Hobart in August.

Khoa Nguyen claimed Bronze in the 14/15 years male kata. He was unlucky to draw the eventual winner in the first round. Khoa put in a great performance and will most likely be selected into the Qld Karate Team as well.

Evie Lukin in her first QLD Karate Championship won her first kata match but was bested in the playoff for 3rd. She put in a sterling performance and now has experience to draw on.

Kiarra Sawynok was unlucky to lose her 2nd round match, and despite winning Gold and Bronze respectively in the National Schools Karate Championship and the Australian Open Titles did not have an opportunity to playoff for a medal.

Tomorrow will see the sparring commence and Grace Kruger, William St. Baker and Cheyne McMahon will also enter the fray. We are hoping for good results tomorrow as well.

QKA State Karate Titles 18/19th May 2013

cheyne — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:02:48 +0000

The Australian Karate Academy will be represented by Evie Lukin, William St Baker, Kiarra Sawynok, Grace Kruger, Khoa Nguyen, Hugo Kawamata and Cheyne McMahon. This tournament is utilised to select members of the Qld Karate Team whom will participate in the AKF National Karate Championships to be held in Hobart in early August. The State Titles are being held at the Logan Metro Indoor Sports Centre, 357 Browns Plains Road, Crestmead on the 18/19th May, starting at 9.00 am on the Saturday and 8.00 am on the Sunday.

Brisbane Karate League.. a new concept in QLD Karate

cheyne — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:29:49 +0000

The Australian Karate Academy together with the Wavell Heights Karate Club (Seikukan) and the Seidokan Karate Club have spearheaded a new initiative to enable our young students to gain match practice with others from different clubs. There are no medals or trophies, just the opportunity to have at lease 3 kata matches and 5 kumite matches in a Rensei (practice competition).

Usually when a child enters individual competition, they can take a lot of time trying to just get through the first round of competition. In the BKL, we give the children many matches in order that they gain much more experience in a shorter timeframe. So far we have had 12 different Clubs involved in a series of three trials. We will now be opening it up to all traditional Karate Clubs involved in the World Karate Federation style of competition.

Our aim is to develop future champions who can represent Queensland in National and International competitions especially in the Olypics should karate get the nod in 2020. At the AKA, we have embraced the challenge of setting this goal and are working hard in ensuring our students have a big chance in representing Australia in World Championships and hopefully Olympic Karate!

Kansai Invitational Tournament April 28

cheyne — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:05:46 +0000

This is a little late as we have been very busy at the dojo, sorry! Our students did very well at this recent tournament the other weekend.

William and Khoa won Gold and Silver respectively in the 12 – 14 yrs kumite

Kiarra Won Gold in Kumite and Silver in Kata in the 12 – 14 yrs.

Hugo won Gold in 15 – 17 yrs Kata

Grace had her first go at serious competition and did very well. She did experience some nerves in her kata event but was very brave in her kumite and made us all proud. Congratulation to the instructors, the students and their families…

Kiarra wins gold!

cheyne — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:58:22 +0000

A big congratulations to Kiarra Sawynok for doing so well in the AKF Australian Open and Schools Championships. So far she has –

Gold Medal Children’s female kata (12/13 years) @ Schools Championship

Gold Medal Children’s female kumite (12/13 years) @ schools championship

Bronze medal children’s female kata (12/13 years) @ Australian Open

Kiarra has one more event on this morning, so there is a chance she can walk away with four medals

Good luck from everyone at the AKA!

QKA Summer C’ship Sunday Kumite only..

cheyne — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:23:43 +0000

Well Done Team AKA in the kumite section of the QKA Summer Championships.
Kiarra Sawrok- Silver 13 yrs BB Female
Khoa Nguyen- Gold 15 yrs BB Male
Hugo Kawamata- Silver 16/17 yrs BB Male
Karleen Hannington- Silver O65 kg BB Female
Chris Hannington- Gold U80 kg BB Male
Cheyne McMahon- Silver O 80kg BB Male

This should have been 5 Gold Medals but you take the bad with the good

All in all a pretty successful competition for the AKA.
Congratulations to Peter Bateman and Chris Hannington who both gained B grade status straight up in kata and kumite judging. Love your work guys!

QKA Summer C’ship Saturday Kata Only

cheyne — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:21:03 +0000

At the QKA Summer Championships today Team AKA medalled-
Gold- Hugo Kawamata 16/17 yrs Male BB Kata
Silver- Khoa Nguyen 14/15 yrs Male BB Kata
Bronze- Karleen Hannington Open Female BB
Good Effort- Kiarra Sawyrok 12/13 yrs BB Kata

Emerging Team AKA went well-
Bronze- Ella Williams 8/9 yrs Female Kata
Good effort by Veika Kallio and Zayne Hannington in their first QKA outing.

Kumite tomorrow so lets hope for some more positive results.

Peter Bateman and Chris Hannington are finalising their judges examination for both kata and kumite so we wish them good luck!

QKA Summer Championships 23/24th Mar 2013

cheyne — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:22:39 +0000

The Australian Karate Academy have 9 members competing in this warm up tournament for the upcoming State Titles in May. Sensei Cheyne, Chris and Karleen, Hugo, Khoa, Kiarra, Ella, Veikka and Zayne will be representing the dojo at the Logan Metro Indoor Sports Centre, 357 Browns Plains Road, Crestmead. Competitors need to be there by 8.30 am for a 9.00 am start on Saturday and at 7.30 am for a 8.00 am start on the Sunday. Love to have members and parents come down to support the team.

2nd Trial Karate League

cheyne — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:38:15 +0000

Saturday afternoon, the 9th of March, 8 juniors from the Coorparoo dojo participated in both kata and kumite matches at Wavell Heights in the Seikukan dojo. Chris McCarthy, Ella Williams, Olivia Bielen, Max Dang, Calvin Tan, William St. Baker, Grace Kruger and Khoa Nguyen all represented their dojo well by doing their best. Their are no place getters or medals; the aim is to give the juniors match experience, and plenty of them.

The AKA supplied two judges, Sensei Peter Bateman and Sensei Kim Bateman, Gayleen McMahon, Stefan and Kiarra Sawyrok, Stephen St. Baker and Erika McCarthy helped out with ring marshalling and table officiating.
Its pleasing to see so many parents give up time on the weekend to help the children progress in karate.