Barnsley Shotokan Karate Club

12/10/2026

MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS, KIRI What a great achievement at this weekend’s WUMF Championships held in Crawly.

🥋 KUMITE
🥇 Gold – 15–17 years
🥇 Gold – 18–20 years

🥋 KATA
🥇 Gold – 15–17 years
🥉 Bronze – 13–35 years

Your hard work, dedication snd discipline is paying off. Very well done Kiri.

05/10/2026

Congratulations to Kiri Subaskaran who has been selected to represent KUGB England at the ESKA European Championships. Held in Serbia at the end of November.
Very well deserved Kiri.



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04/10/2026

KUGB NORTHERN REGION CHAMPIONSHIP 2026

Massive congratulations to Kiri and Akshara, who both performed outstandingly at the Northern Region Championship today.
🥉 Akshara 3rd place Kumite, scoring an Ippon in the first round.
🏆 Kiri 1st Kumite. Scoring an Ippon to take the title.
🥉Kiri achieved a well deserved 4th place in the 16-and-over Male Kata category.

Well done to you both👏

30/09/2026

🎈🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAIG🎈🎈
Hope you have a brilliant day and are thoroughly spoiled. Enjoy your celebrations, eat plenty of cake and remember… you’re only as old as you feel
🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋

26/09/2026

🥋KUGB KYU GRADE COMPETITION🥋

Well done Team Barnsley:
George, Max, Ismail and Ethan on your first KUGB competition. No medals this time, but you showed incredible courage, spirit and determination. Be proud of how far you’ve come—this is only the beginning! Keep pushing forward!

Thanks to Akshara for encouraging the team and Carl for supporting the event.

20/09/2026

ENGLAND ALL STYLES KARATE COMPETITION

Congratulations to Kiri and Akshara competing in the England All Styles Karate Competition held at Warwick University.

Kiri achieved an impressive 2nd place in Individual Kumite and 3rd place in the Under-20 Team Kumite event, while Akshara took an excellent 3rd place in her Kumite event.
Well done to you both and all the KUGB England squad members who performed exceptionally well.

19/09/2026

Wishing Rachel a very happy birthday from all your friends at Barnsley SKC 🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋🎈🥋

15/09/2026

Good luck everyone, special shout out to Kiri and Akshara competing on Sunday.

🥋 KUGB England at the Inaugural England Karate National Championships 🏆

We are excited to announce that the KUGB will be taking part in the inaugural England Karate National Championships, in collaboration with Karate England.

England Karate is the English governing body for Karate, supporting Karate organisations across the country and working to promote high standards and collaboration throughout English Karate.

This historic first National Championships will bring together competitors from associations across England, and we are proud that members of our KUGB England Squad will be representing us alongside karateka from across the country.
Our members will compete in Kata and Kumite, and we wish every member of the squad the very best of luck.

Venue: University of Warwick Coventry, CV4 7EU
Doors open: 8:30am
Competition starts: 9:00am

Good luck to everyone competing!

13/09/2026

Central Region Kata Squad

Sensei Lynn, Sensei Dave, Kiri and Akshara travelled to Grantham today to train with Sensei Frank Brennan

A very thorough and challenging course covering Heian Yondan, Empi, Nijushiho and Gojushiho Dai
A fantastic opportunity to develop technique, timing and precision under Senseis expert guidance.

12/09/2026

Last night the senior members of Barnsley SKC got together for a meal to wish Sensei Laura the best of luck as she moves back home to the North East .

A lovely evening filled with laughter, memories and a few emotional moments. Laura has been such a special part of our dojo family, and her friendship and passion for karate will be greatly missed.

We’re sad to see you leave, but so happy for you as you begin this new chapter. Good luck, Laura, and best of luck for the Great North Run tomorrow. ❤️🥋