Before we get to the results a big thank you to all of the volunteers for making the event a great success.  Number were a little bit down on previous years, but the standard of competition and the big improvement shown by referees and officials was great to see.

This year’s QLD Chito-Ryu Karate-Do State Titles was proudly supported by the Sunshine Coast Council’s grants program.  Funds received from Cr. Jason O’Pray’s discretionary fund allowed our association to purchase a new set of tournament mats which were used at this year’s event and will continue to be used for many years to run more events like this on the Sunshine Coast.

Proudly Supported by the Sunshine Coast Council’s grants program

Now… onto the results.

A special mention to our tournament champions who performed best in both individual kata and kumite events.

• Junior Tournament Champion – Bailey Keefe (Sunshine Coast Dojo)
• Senior Tournament Champion – David Strazzari (Sunshine Coast Dojo)

Download the full result listing:  2016 Qld State Titles Results (PDF).

Also, a special thank you to Mitchell German Sensei from Nova Scotia, Canada, who helped referee all day did some great demonstrations too.

The demonstration below is Ryusan kata, which was also the kata that German Sensei performed to win the men’s black belt kata division at the last Soke Cup in Hong Kong.

The second demonstration (below) German Sensei performs a short selection of seated self defence techniques (suwari waza) that he learned many years ago from one of O Sensei’s senior students.  These techniques were developed by the Samurai to defend themselves indoors, when there was no room to draw their swords.

And finally, here are a few photos to enjoy.  Unfortunately we didn’t have our regular photographer, who always does and amazing job with the photos, but we’ve still managed to find a few…

Congratulations to all competitors stepping up at our first tournament for the year.  There were a lot of great things to see at the tournament.

• The new venue of Kuluin State School was great for setup and pack up being so close to the dojo, lots of space and a great facility.
• The standard of competition is continuing to rise from both Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast dojos.
• A large brown & black belt kata division, with lots very good performances.
• Great sportsmanship from all competitors.
• Lots of new referees & judges stepping up to get more experience
• First aid by Renee Kessells was very professional always ready to help.  Although first was required a bit too much, it was thankfully only for minor injuries all around.
• Very helpful volunteers, aside from those already mentioned – table officials, canteen/BBQ, setup & pack up, event marshals.
• And of course great support with competitor entries from the Gold Coast dojo.

Here’s a full listing of tournament results from the weekend.

Special mention to the overall tournament champions, who were the top performers in individual kata & kumite.

Junior Tournament Champion – Savannah Perdikis

Senior Tournament Champion – Klaudia Caston

Also a special mention to Lachalan Edwards, who was also in the running for Junior tournament champion after winning his division for both kata and kumite.  Although there was only one prize to award, so it went to the most senior compeitor (Savannah).  Not bad for Lachlan’s first tournament!

Also a few photos to enjoy, that I’ve borrowed from facebook.  I’m sure there will be lots more very soon as I saw Jane very busy with her camera!

Junior Kumite Action

The final Sunshine Coast tournament for this was a team challenge friendship tournament.  Held at Sunshine Coast Grammar School, Sunday, 6th September 2015.  This was our biggest tournament of the year, with a total of 6 teams (of up to 15 members) entered.  There were 3 teams from Maroochydore dojo, 1 team from Pacific Paradise Dojo (with a few ring ins), plus 2 teams from the Gold Coast.  Each competitor earned points for each event entered, plus extra points were earned for all top 3 places.

The winning team was Karate Train, lead by Bailey Keefe.

Tournament Champions

• Little Champion – Van Topham
• Junior Champion – Renae Saunders
• Senior Champion – Raphael Borleis

Full result list is available for download (PDF 367KB).

With only one tournament to go, the QLD tournament circuit season rankings are now getting exciting.  After round 5, the top 5 positions are as follows:

1. Bailey Keefe (79 points)
2. Klaudia Caston (70 points)
3. Luke Marriott (59 points)
4. Renae Saunders (53 points)
5. Jack Graham (42 points)
   Kazumi Tominaga (42 points)
   Luke Jones (42 points)

Download a full list of the 2015 QLD Tournament Circuit Season Rankings (after round 5) – PDF downlaod, 118KB.

A huge congratulations to all of the first time competitors.  A big thank you to volunteers, officials and supporters.  Especially a big thank you to Jane Graham for once again taking some great photos.  There are a few photos below, but be sure to check out all the photos on her facebook page

Jane Graham Karate Photography

Once again a huge thank you to all volunteers for making today’s Sunshine Coast tournament such a great success (Sunday, 14th June 2015).  Lots of great competition, demonstration, new competitors stepping up, new judges getting some experience.

Well done competitors and thank you to parents and supporters.

Congratulations to our tournament champions.

• Junior Champion – Bailey Keefe (Sunshine Coast)
• Senior Champion – Raphael Borleis (Sunshine Coast)

Full results – 2015 QLD Chito-Ryu Tournament Circuit – Round 3 Results (PDF).

And – 2015 season rankings after round 3 (PDF).

Next tournament will be the QLD state titles on the Gold Coast, 9th August.  State titles will be double points.

Here are a few photos we managed to get throughout the day in between refereeing duties.  It’s days like these we really miss having Jane around with the amazing job she does with photography.  More photos available on the SCK facebook page.

Last weekend saw the running of our first tournament for the year.  Being was round 1 of the 2015 QLD Chito-Ryu Karate Tournament Circuit at Sunshine Coast Grammar School, Sunday 15th March.  While this was a relatively small tournament in terms of competitor numbers it was great to see that the standard of competition was still high and continuing to improve.

Little champions patiently waiting for their turn at kata

As always a big thank you to all of the officials, volunteers and competitors who made the event possible.  There is an incredible amount of hours of work and preparation that goes into running every tournament from everyone involved, so THANK YOU.

Unfortunately on the day of the tournament, there were a few errors made with presentations and also the running of one of the kumite divisions.  Some trophies have been re-issued to the correct people and there is still one more to do for one of the Gold Coast competitors.  We never like to see this kind of mistake, but unfortunately it does happen from time to time.  From an organisational point of view we would once again like to apologise to those who were effected.

Now, the part you were waiting for….

• Round 1 – Tournament Results (Sunshine Coast – 15 Mar 2015)
• 2015 QLD Chito-Ryu Karate tournament circuit rankings – After Round 1

Junior tournament champion – Van Topham (SC dojo), photo below
Senior tournament champion – Klaudia Caston (SC dojo)

Please note, the junior tournament champion cup was initially awarded to the wrong competitor due to a mix up of presentations of one of the individual kumite divisions.  But thankfully it was corrected and awarded to the correct person.  Well done Van, placing first in both individual kata and individual kumite, also on the winning team for team kata.

Once again thank you to everyone involved in the tournament.  Here a few pictures to enjoy.  Once again thank you to Jane Graham for these wonderful photos.  I believe she’s got lots more still to come, one they are uploaded to facebook, we’ll share the appropriate link.

One last reminder, round 2 tournament will be coming up Sun 3 May on the Gold Coast.  Entry forms are now available from the dojo.

Bailey Keefe – performing “Bassai”

Junior Kumite action

Kobe Marriott – kata performance

Tiahni Eley in action

Junior Tournament Champion – Van Topham