Well done to our Competition squad yesterday. A hard competition and a very long day but you all done us proud (as always) results………… Jacob Hill 12-13 Kata Gold 🥇 Joshua Crafford 8-9 Kumite Silver 🥈 Joshua Crafford under 8s continuous sparring 🥇 Joshua Crafford 8-9 Kata Bronze 🥉 David Fedeles 8-9 kata Bronze 🥉 David Fedeles under 9s pairs Kata Gold🥇 Ava Shipp under 9s Pairs Kata Gold 🥇 Ava Shipp Kickmaster Bronze 🥉 Miley Peck Cadet Kata Gold 🥇 Aranca Fisca 10-11 continuous sparring Gold 🥇 Catalina Lupoae Cadet Kata Silver 🥈 Ilaria Boureanu 10-11 Kata Gold 🥇 Ilaria Boureanu 10-11 over 4ft8 continuous sparring Gold 🥇 Well done to all our students next stop Meopham on Sunday 👊🏼  If you have a child who would love to train to become part of our Competition squad then click the link 👇🏻 to register your details - all abilities welcome 3-6 yrs 7 yrs above Beginners - Advanced -Elite https://www.ipswichkarateacademy.com/offer #karate #competition #championship #kumite #kata #shotokankata #shotokan #karatelife #

🏆Meopham Karate Championships 📆 Sunday 11th February Congratulations to all our Students who competed at Meopham yesterday. 📋Results: 🥇Gold - 12 🥈Silver - 6 🥉Bronze - 22 🏆 Kata Club of the day 🏆 Kumite Club of the day 🏆 Best Club of the day Some Solid performances and some Lessons learnt. Back to the dojo to work on those techniques ready for our next competition next month! Special Thank you to Steve Coleman for an excellent event as always 👏🏼 Thank you to all the referees and table assistants you guys all done a fantastic job and kept everything running smoothly yesterday 👏🏼 Thank you to all our Parents for your support (you guys are the best) and lastly a Massive Thank you and Well done to all our Students, you guys done yourselves, your Parents and your Club proud 👊🏼 IKAforlife.  #teamika #karatelife #competitionsundays #wkf #karatekid #karategirl #karateboy #sundayvibes

Goodbye Paris 🇫🇷 and Thank you, you didn’t disappoint 🥉👊🏼 A great start to 2024 with a Strong competition to kick start our busy year at IKA. We would like to start by Thanking the WKF for an excellent competition 👏🏼 We would also like to say a Massive Thank you to the Egyptian Karate Federation for giving us this opportunity 🇪🇬♥ a HUGE well done and Congratulations goes to both our boys, some absolutely fantastic performances from you both. Week in week out you show what absolutely Amazing Athletes you are and I am honoured to have been chosen by you both to coach you on the big stage and I am looking forward to our future together, Thank You 🥋Oss A positive Start to 2024 for IKA, next stop EKF Kyu Grade Championships🥋  #KARATE1_PREMIER_LEAGUE_PARIS_2024 #Goodbye #France #Hello #england #wkfchampions #wkfapproved #hayashi #smai #karatelife #kumiteglobal #kumite #egyptian #athletics #Egypt #best #coach #IKA #worldchampions #karateislife #blessed

Gold and Bronze for our Louie today at the Riga Grand Prix. Keep pushing yourself, keep fighting your best and the results will keep coming 👊🏼🥋🥇🥉

The results from yesterday’s Competition are in! Absolutely fantastic results from our team yesterday. We managed a whooping 36 medals in total. We are extremely proud of all our Students, your attitudes on the Tatamis showed everyone what a fantastic team we are. A massive Thank you to our Parents aka the IKA Family, you guys were on fire yesterday and again we showed everyone how close our family is. You guys were amazing the way you supported our kids from the sidelines well, we can’t put a price on that and myself and Coach thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Results are as follows Miley - Gold Kata 🥇 Sivler higher Kata 🥈 Gold Kata pairs 🥇 Bronze Kumite 🥉 Bronze higher Kimite 🥉 David - Bronze Kata 🥉 Gold higher Kata 🥇Gold Pairs Kata 🥇 Bronze Kumite 🥉 Jacob - Gold Kata 🥇 Silver Kumite 🥈 Vihaan - Gold Kumite 🥇 Silver Kata 🥈 Catalina - Gold Kumite 🥇 Bronze Kata 🥉 Louie - Gold Kumite 🥇 Ava - Gold Kumite 🥇 Silver Kata 🥈 Silver Kata pairs 🥈 Sofia - Gold Kata 🥇 Austeja - Silver Kumite 🥈 Nicole - Silver Kata 🥈 Matias - Silver Kata 🥈 Bronze Kata Pairs 🥉Bronze Kumite 🥉 Percy - Bronze Higher Kata 🥉 Silver Kata Pairs 🥈 Silver Kumite 🥈 Josh - Silver Kata 🥈 Sakura - Silver Kata 🥈 Bronze Kata pairs 🥉 Rudraksh - Silver Kata 🥈 Banu - Bronze Kata 🥉 Bronze Kumite 🥉 David - Bronze Kumite 🥉 Aranca - Bronze Kumite 🥉 Vanessa Bronze Kumite 🥉 Some highs and some lows on the Tatamis and lots of lessons learnt. Back to the dojo to work on our sparring skills ready for the next big competition on the 26th 👊🏼 🥋OSS

Fantastic Results from our Team yesterday at the East Midlands open karate championships in Lincoln. A Whooping 33 medals from a team of just 16. As always you guys did your club and yourselves proud. Kata Results Miley Peck 🥇 Nicole Fisca 🥇 Sheryl Smith 🥇 Rudraksh Chetty 🥇 Miley Peck 🥈 Miley Peck 🥉 David Fedeles 🥉 Matias Stratina 🥉 Kata Pairs Results Catalina & Vihaan 🥈🥈 Austeja & Ilaria 🥈🥈 Miley & Jacob 🥉🥉 Aranca & Sheryl 🥉🥉 Kumite Results Holly Backler 🥈 Josh Crafford 🥈 Miley Peck 🥈 Jacob Hill 🥉 Catalina Lupoae 🥉 Nicole Fisca 🥉 David Fedeles 🥉 Kumite Pairs Jacob & Miley 🥉🥉 Kickmaster Ilaria Boureanu 🥇 David Fedeles 🥇 Momen Elgaali 🥇 Josh Crafford 🥈 Sheryl Smith 🥈 Austeja Jankunaite 🥉 Aranca Fisca 🥉 Holly Backler 🥉 A massive Thank you to Tracey and Gary for their fantastic organisation of the competition, you guys did yourselves proud 👏🏼 🥋OSS Well done to all the students at Kirkburton Karate Club it was fantastic to you guys. Onto training for the next one!

Massive well done to team IKA who completed at the Biko karate closed championships yesterday. A very successful day for our competition team who came away with a massive amount of medals! 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉22 Gold 15 Silver and 10 Bronze 👏🏼👏🏼 Super results and Performances from everyone but especially David who came back from 5-0 to win 5-8 with 2 super ippons to take him through to the final 👊🏼 Massive Thank You to all the parents, without you we wouldn’t be able to get results like this. As always your support is very much appreciated. Well done to all our students that took part especially all our first timers we are extremely proud of you all 👏🏼 Rest today and see you all back in the dojo tomorrow where the training continues🥋 OSS

A few photos from the Biko karate Training Course on 21st May 2023. A fantastic opportunity for our students to all get together and learn other styles of Karate. Massive thanks goes to Colin Hanson and Fay Hanson without you guys this training session wouldn’t have happened. There’s so much that goes on behind the scenes and we are truly grateful to you both. Massive thanks also goes to Christopher Lewis for driving all the way from wales, it was a Grate Pleasure to have yourself and your team training with us today. Thank you to all our students and their parents for giving up their Sunday to come along to this fantastic training session today without you guys this wouldn’t be possible - OSS 🥋

Feeling absolutely proud of this one 😍 our Louie only went and won silver at the Berlin open 🥈 👊🏼 This medal is truly deserved as he works so hard week in week out.  The biggest well done Louie 👏🏼 super effort 🥋👊🏼 Never Stop Believing!!