The Brighton dojo recently entered two championships.

Both competitions are aimed at offering students the necessary experience to further their future tournament success. The students entering these competitions are a mix of amateur to European champions.
 
The Seaford Open Shotokan championships, hosted by Martin Dean. The Brighton dojo had 6 students enter, three adults and three juniors.

Gary Howard took a bronze medal in Bo.
Callum got a Silver in Kata.
 
The second competition was – The Ramgarhia Karate Championships
This was a smaller inter-club tournament with Seaford and the above group.

Callum went along and achieved – Silver in the individual Kumite and silver in the team kumite.

Brighton Dojo’s first open club competition. Attended by Ryobu-Kai Brighton and Crawley, and Seaford Shotokan Dojo (Martin Dean).

The days was a great success and managed to raise £250. Half for the Brighton dojo to buy mats and the other half towards the Woodingdean Community Centre.

Those entering the competition were all ranks and aged between 4-60 years.

As a bonus there were plenty of homemade cakes and refreshments, so rewards all round.

Competition was held on 2nd October 2011 and will certainly be held again next year.