Charlie Collins UKA

Anyone who is around next week that wants to pop by and grab some cake and support the club all are welcome friends and students old and new
Tuesday - Priory Court Community Centre
Friday - St. Andrew’s Church

Good luck to all of my students taking their GCSE’s today stay focused and I hope you all get what you deserve 🥋

Open to any local Karate Clubs within Walthamstow

The intention is so that we can bring everyone together as there really is no need for division especially as the end goal should be the same and that’s to try help our students to develop

🥋🔥 UKA KARATE COMPETITION 🔥🥋

Get ready for an action-packed day of kicks, punches, and incredible talent! 👊 Whether you’re competing or cheering from the sidelines, this is an event you don’t want to miss!

📅 Sunday 28th June
🏆 Kata & Kumite Tournament
👦👧 All ages & belt levels welcome!

⏰ Timings:
🟡 Yellow Belts – 10:00 AM
🟠 Orange Belts – 11:00 AM
🟢🔵 Green / Blue Belts – 12:00 PM
🟤 Brown Belts – 1:30 PM

💷 £15 cash on the day

📍 Location:
Peter May Sports Centre, Walthamstow, E17 4HR

📞 For more info contact Sensei Charlie Collins (4th Dan) - 07908408211

Bring your energy, your spirit, and your best moves! 💪🔥
Let’s make it a day to remember! 🙌🥋

Kumite

This is going to be fun 16 fighters winner takes home £5K we normally get together and fight for fun and the enjoyment of sport Karate but to have a big prize like this is very uncommon so it’s exciting

We are excited to announce our next competitor into this years 5K Karate Contest 🥋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Introducing World & European Champion CHARLIE COLLINS

This isn’t just another name on the card.
This is a man who has stood on the biggest stages.
A man who doesn’t crack under pressure, he feeds off it.

He’s conquered Europe.
He’s conquered the World.
But can he conquer The 5K Karate Contest?

There’s £5,000 on the line 💰
There’s legacy on the line.

The question is…
Who’s brave enough to stand in his way?

February 28th.
Manor Park
Be there when it happens.

Because this one is going to be SPECIAL. 🔥

February BRING A BUDDY WEEK!

The whole first week of Feb I am inviting my students to bring along their Friend & Family member to train in their classes with them FOR FREE!

Mon 2nd Feb - Fri 7th Feb

This is going to be one crazy appreciation post so brace yourself

It has been a hugely successful year for me personally and for my students

I guess I will start with Malmo, Sweden where this year I managed to win the Senior +85kg Men’s Kumite at the WUKF World Championships
My student Aitor, won the 14-15 Cadet heavyweight Kumite
My student Azan, was runner up in the 14-15 Cadet Kumite in the lightweight category
Another student of mine Lwandile, was the runner up in the Cadet 16-17 Ippon Kumite
As well as a whole bunch of team success but this year for me was crazy because I had more of my students representing Karate England in the WUKF World Championships than ever before

Well done to my Vikings Junior League teams who had two amazing seasons this year! And hopefully will see their success getting some sponsorship for next year

I want to say a huge thank you to FEKO for asking me to be their Kumite consultant and allowing me to lead the fighting sessions to reignite their competition squad so big things to come from them this year

Fast forwards a few months to travelling to Edinburgh to help the Sankukai Karate Scotland who are members of FEKO who invited me to help them with their Kumite. And in the time I had with them showed massive growth and improvements so well done to you all who attended

Then came Riga, Latvia for the WUKF European championships. At this event I won the Men’s Senior Open Kumite event as well as the Men’s Senior Team Kumite alongside United Karate Association club mate Jack Gould and Jayden Young our Karate England team mate
My students then continued to shine with more debuting for their first even representing Karate England and others winning and medalling in their respected categories
Aitor champion of the 14-15 Kumite
Rayan third place in the 13yr old light weight Kumite
Azan third place in the 16-17yr old Light weight Kumite
As well as other Team success

Then finally seeing Aitor get his 1st Dan black belt followed by Mohammad achieving his 2nd Dan black belt

This was a truly special moment for me as it’s my First black belt moving onto his 2nd Dan after his years of commitment and support to me and everyone in the club

And to close it off we had another Kyu grade competition in Walthamstow with lots of different clubs in attendance and support from all over which really did mean a lot

Then we finished the year with a Fund Raising event for next years championships run by the UKA Walthamstow Parents Committee (UKAWPC) it was so much fun and a huge success

Well done to two of my students who are successful Oxford University Applicants and fingers crossed get to be a part of that incredible establishment but this just shows martial arts and academics go hand in hand so congratulations Rafael and Luyanda for getting this far I really hope all your dream come true

As always parents none of this would be possible without you continuing to support your children wherever possible. Thank you to the parents committee for your time and contributions to helping the club move forwards to bigger and better things

Thank you to Sensei Ian for constantly supporting me and pushing me and as a result pushing everyone else to go places we never imagined possible

Thank you to all the senior instructors from UKA for coaching, support and their efforts for the students and for each other which is why all of this is able to happen on and off of the mats

Lastly and for me a huge one thank you to my partner Laura, because she is the one keeping me focused. She is the one nursing me and my injuries after events where I have fought my heart out. She is the one providing me with meals and my nutrition when I am doing extra sessions for everyone and she is the one behind the scenes helping to keep everything together so thank you

Just typing this all out is amazing and incredible to think about it all and I cannot wait to see where we can take things next year

Then I had to do this post separate from the last because this young man was my first Black belt and now he is my first 2nd Dan student

Congratulations Mohammad I’m extremely proud of you too

At 6 years old Aitor started the after school Karate club as a silly clumsy loveable mischievous little dude (I know he was little once)

But fast forwards he is the current World and European Champion in the 14-15 Heavyweight category been selected to play for saracens rugby academy and yesterday

He got his 1st Dan Black Belt 🥋 what a journey you have been on so far I am really proud of you and look forward to seeing you take your success to even greater heights

Additionally I want to say another well done to George, Eddie and Nathaniel who also were able to share this journey with Aitor congratulations gentleman

Save the date 📆
Sun 23rd November
Kyu Grade Competition in Walthamstow

Perfect competition for anyone trying out competitions for the first time

Medals for 1st, 2nd and joint 3rd place medals 🥇🥈🥉🥉

Hope to see as many people there as possible having fun and showing everyone what they have got 😄

Thank you so much Sankukai Karate Scotland for having me at the weekend to teach a Kumite Seminar in Edinburgh, Scotland

I hope that you all took something away from the session an I look forward to seeing you again soon

A huge thank you to Charlie Collins UKA for enlightening our students and helping them with techniques to develop their kumite. 🥋⭐️