WSKO Squad

We travelled to the KSE XIV Competition in Gloucester on Sunday where Scarlet Sherlock gained a bronze medal in the 12-13 years category. Well done Scarlet!

Congratulations to Stuart Smith of Bushidō Hombu Dojo

Who today got selected to represent Wales at the BKF Grand Prix in Penrith

Amazing Stu so proud of you 🥋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Brilliant day at the JKS Competition.
With almost half our squad down with not being able to make it because of the snow….

Reall proud of everyone who entered. We are starting from scratch with our squad almost everyone who entered today, it was their first competition… and you all smashed it and gave it your all…
Looking forward to 2023…. Lots to work on in the New Year 🥋👊🏻

Results:

Nicole Sino Bronze Kata
Jasmine Sino Silver Kumite
Bethan Jones Silver Kumite
Alex Mahoney Silver Kumite

Well done to everyone else who entered:
Aria Mahoney
Eli James
Ari James
Ellie Grace Reed
Isha Sandu

Massive Thank You to Stuart Smith for doing a great job Officiating today

On reflection I think yesterday was a great test of where we are at. From a small squad of 5 we took 2 x bronze medals but more importantly our performance was good, on times very very good ! A good fighter is an intelligent one and we proved that tatami management is just as important as any other part of the bout. BUT we can still push up a level….

Max Ryan-Davies 4 rounds taking bronze
Dan Rees 3 rounds lost to eventual winner
Scarlett Sherlock 3 rounds taking Bronze
Ben Thomas 2 rounds (pulled out due to injury)
Harry Davies 2 rounds lost to a very good national fighter.
We go again next week with WSKO squad training Sunday (Easter) we will also be taking sizes for new WSKO Squad team wear.
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“We few, We happy few!” A smaller squad today at British Karate Federation championships.
Packed categories ✅
Quality fighters ✅
Let’s go !!!!!! Out on the mats today we have Dan Rees, Ben Thomas, Scarlett Sherlock, Harry Davies and Max Ryan-Davies.

Please read....

THE HONEST FIGHTER AND THE HONEST COACH.
The best athletes and coaches in all sports have one bond that the whole relationship is built upon …..Honesty.
An Honest fighter knows when they could have done better, when they are simply going through the motions, when they are not giving it all and when they could have pushed further.
We expect the honest fighter to make mistakes but be willing to have them corrected, to be accepting of being pushed past their limits, to lead by example and to know that they can look in the mirror with integrity because of this.
Karate is unique where you get the cameraderie of a team sport, the buzz of a team session but at the end you compete on your own, 1 versus 1 …..open, exposed, nowhere to hide so you got to be honest with yourself because your The Man In The Arena*
As coaches you get pure honesty from us, the sessions aren’t always sparkles and rainbows, your not always at your best ever, always giving your all and always going that bit further.
An honest coach works with you, gets the best out of you, pushes you both mentally and physically so that when the successes come ….we can look in the mirror with integrity.
So think and ask yourself ……”Are you an honest fighter?”
You’ve wasted 5 mins reading this another 5 reading The Man In The Arena won’t hurt , google it. 😉

Welsh Shotokan Karate Organisation - Karate Wales - UK - Worldwide - Sensei Jason K. Ashcroft 6th Dan The Welsh Shotokan Karate Organisation Provides Professional Karate Tuition by National Qualified Karate Instructors, Chief Instructor Sensei Jason K Ashcroft 6th Dan - Shotokan

Don’t forget the clocks go forward so no excuses see you at the dojo 11am sharp and ready to go !!!!
Full Gi or squad t shirt ✅
Full Sparring kit ✅
Plenty of energy ✅✅✅

Fantastic session !!!! Working on a few aspects, it felt great to back on the tatami, There’s really something quite special about the dojo.
High Tempo 👌
High Spirit👌
Technique under pressure 👌
Mental reflection 👌
Quote of the session “ your feet are like flip flops in a hurricane !” 😂
WE GO AGAIN NEXT WEEK!

Good Luck

Full gear for today’s session.
Pads (hand & feet) ✅
Gum sheilds ✅
Full Gi (squad t shirts is ok)✅
See you at 11am 👌

Full gear for today’s session.
Pads (hand & feet) ✅
Gum sheilds ✅
Full Gi (squad t shirts is ok)✅
See you at 11am 👌