Promoting Traditional and Sport Wado-Kai Karate in Scotland
Congratulations to the following members who medalled at the British Four Nations Karate Championships on 19-20th April 2025 at Oriam Sports Performance Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
🥇 Sophie – Para Kata
🥉 Kyle – Para Kata
🥉Tom and Andrew – Veterans Pairs Kata
🥉 Vlad – Boys 7-9 Year Kumite +25kg
🥉 Sofiya – Girls 10-11 Years Kumite +35kg
🥉 Calum – Male Cadet Kumite -70kg
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Scottish International Open Grand Prix at Ravenscraig today.
Medal results:
🥈Silver Rory – KU12 Boys Kumite
🥉Bronze Rueben – KA07 Boys Kata
🥉Bronze Amy – KA13 Female Junior Kata
🥉Bronze Tom – KA20 Male Veterans Kata
🥉Bronze Lisa – KA19 Female Veterans Kata
🥉Bronze Mila – KU09 Girls Kumite
🥉Bronze Sofiya – KU09 Girls Kumite
🥉Bronze Rueben – KU11 Boys Kumite
🥉Bronze Callum – KU26 Male Cadet Kumite
Congratulations to the Shuzoku Wado-Kai Association members who took part in the International German Wado Cup in Berlin.
🥇Gold Lisa – Female 18 years+ Kata
🥈Silver Tom – Male 40+ years Kata
🥈Silver Zoe – Female U10 Kata
🥈Silver – Open Team Kata (Lisa, Tom, Andrew)
🥉Bronze Lachlan – Male U 14 years kata
🥉Bronze Tom – Over 30 years Kata
🥉Bronze Andrew – Male 18years+ Kata
🥉Bronze Andrew – Male 30-39 Kata
🥉Bronze – Over 30 years team kata
Congratulations to Tom winning Gold 🥇 in the Male Senior Kata category at the Irish Wado Karate Championships, in Belfast and to Tom, Lisa and Andrew winning Silver🥈in the Team Kata event.
Congratulations to Kevin Tierney who was awarded the grade of 3rd Dan Black Belt tonight. Kevin is one of our longest standing members having trained in Wado-Kai Karate for 50 years. He is pictured below receiving his award with examiners Peter Rogers 7th Dan and Colin Clapperton 8th Dan.
Well done to everyone who took part in our Kata and Kickmaster Championships at Winchburgh today. Thank you to everyone who gave up their time and made this event possible. Thank you to BeeSan Psychotherapy for Sponsoring our Kickmaster categories. The bespoke medals were supplied by Trophies Scotland.
Kata 1
🥇Gold – Anthony
🥈Silver – Danny
🥉Bronze – Zara
🥉Bronze – Victor
Kata 2
🥇Gold – Fraser
🥈Silver – Frederick
🥉Bronze – Ollie
🥉Bronze – Carson
Kata 3
🥇Gold – Adam T
🥈Silver – Adam B
🥉Bronze – Mark
🥉Bronze – Leo
Kata 4
🥇Gold – Lily
🥈Silver – Alia
🥉Bronze – Vlad
🥉Bronze – Jack
Kata 5
🥇Gold – Zoe
🥈Silver – Jenson
🥉Bronze – Finlay
🥉Bronze – Max
Kata 6
🥇Gold – Connor
🥈Silver – Jigme
🥉Bronze – Julia
🥉Bronze – Anna Sofia
Kata 7
🥇Gold – Tara
🥈Silver – Lachlan
🥉Bronze – Vishnu
🥉Bronze – Ashley
Kata 8
🥇Gold – Amy
🥈Silver – Mark
🥉Bronze – Stefania
Kata 9
🥇Gold – Sakina
🥈Silver – Sophie
🥉Bronze – Careth
Kata 10
🥇Gold – Aaron
🥈Silver – Andrew
🥉Bronze – Alain
🥉Bronze – Murray
Kata (Open)
🥇Gold – Aaron
🥈Silver – Sakina
🥉Bronze – Mark
🥉Bronze – Amy
Kickmaster 1
🥇Gold – Noah
🥈Silver – Leo
🥉Bronze – Adam T
🥉Bronze – Mark
Kickmaster 2
🥇Gold – Alia
🥈Silver – Lily
🥉Bronze – Giridharan
🥉Bronze – Vlad
Kickmaster 3
🥇Gold – Ryan
🥈Silver – Alvan
🥉Bronze – Finlay
🥉Bronze – Max
Kickmaster 4
🥇Gold – Nadia
🥈Silver – Rory
🥉Bronze – Rueben
🥉Bronze – Connor
Well done to everyone who took part in the Meadowbank Open Kumite Championships on Sunday 2nd February 2025. Great team spirit with all the clubs supporting and helping each other. Medal winners were:
🥈Silver – Anthony – Kids Under 3’9″
🥉 Bronze – Ashley – Female Cadets
🥉 Bronze – Callum – Male Cadets
Great performances from all the members who took part in the Karate Scotland International Grand Prix at Ravenscraig today. We are proud of you all. Medal winners from Shuzoku Wado-Kai Association were:
🥈Silver – Tom – Male Veterans Kata
🥉Bronze – Andrew – Male Veterans Kata
Thanks to Tom and Andrew for coaching the younger members of the squad and to Tony for refereeing and judging at this prestigious event. Finally a big thank you to all the parents for their support of the coaches and the competitors. 🥋👏
Congratulations to the following members who passed their Dan Grading on Saturday 17th November 2024.
Murray Paton 1st Dan
Ron Carrick 2nd Dan
Jack McCallum 2nd Dan
Andrew Forrest 2nd Dan
Chloe Grant 3rd Dan
The examiners were Colin Clapperton, Peter Rogers and Lisa Scott.
Congratulations to the Shuzoku Wado-Kai Association members who took part in the North East Open Karate Championships today. We are proud of everyone who stepped on the mat today and represented the association, for some it was their first time at a higher level event and gained valuable experience. Thanks to Andy, Louise, Tom and Lisa for coaching and to the members and parents from all clubs who supported every competitor. Results as follows.
Gold – Senior Team Kata (Tom, Andrew, Lisa)
Silver – Tom – Senior Male Wado KataSilver – Sophie – Para Kata
Bronze – Lisa – Senior Female Wado KataBronze – Andrew – Veterans KataBronze – Tom – Veterans KataBronze – Raffaele – Boys 12-13 Kumite up to 5th Kyu
