SYSK NEWS!!!

COMPETITION INFORMATION

Fancy competing in the 'Yorkshire Karate Open' at Ponds Forge in Sheffield on the 19th June this year? Contact us for entry details or apply direct to the Amateur Martial Association.

SYSK is teaming up with Bob Hague's Sheffield Shotokan Karate club for this Sunday's Yorkshire Open at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. SYSK have one young lad in the squad competing in both Kata and Kumite. Keep an eye on the little superstar from SYSK who has a bright future in competition.

RESULTS OF AMA YORKSHIRE OPEN SUNDAY 19 JUNE 2011:

Well done to our very own star in the making Sam Collinson who took second place in the Kata with a superb demonstration of Nijushiho. Also well done to our friends from Sheffield Shotokan Karate club: Sarah Abbas taking 1st and 3rd in her Kata category, Christian taking 3rd in his kata category and young Daniel who took second in kata on his first outing. Not to forget Mehmet who is no stranger to competition and has been competing for years and is still fit enough and fast enough to take two 3rd places in kumite. A great day out for the two clubs.

South Yorkshire Shotokan Karate competing again with our friends from Sheffield Shotokan karate Club in the AMA National Championships on Sunday 10th July in Bradford.

Our own rising star Sam Collinson did us proud by becoming the AMA National Kata Champion finishing first in his category beating off very strong competition from 21 other class competitors. Well done Sam. He also placed third in his kumite class out of 22 strong competitors. Watch this young man he is a star in the making. Congratulations also go to Sheffield Shotokan Karate Club's Leena who placed fourth in her Kata category and Mehmet who took two third places in his kumite categories. A brilliant day rounded off by the news that our good friend and Chief Instructor of Sheffield Shotokan Karate Club Robert (Bob) Hague was awarded a well deserved very senior Dan grade ranking of 6th Dan. Congratulations Sensei Robert Hague.

And again we competed with our good friends from Sheffield at the USKA North West Championships on Sunday 11th September 2011 in Bury. Results: Young Daniel from Sheffield took second place in kata in his category. Well done Danny. Our own little star from South Yorkshire Shotokan Karate, Sam Collinson took another well earned first place beating off 18 other competitiors to win the Kata competition in his class. We put him in a senior group for the first time too and he only just missed out on the finals. Brilliant performance. SYSK are training up another group of fighters and Kata competitors for next year so keep an eye out after Christmas for us.

MEDIA COVERAGE AND ADVERTISING INFORMATION

Media madness!!!!! We had a week of media on local radio and interviews with local papers. What a great day. We had demonstrations from the club, Sam showing his trophies and our good friends from Revolution Gym, Rotherham hosting us. That was great as the owner Jon Clarke has just won a major natural bodybuilding title in Scotland and is off to the world championships in October. Well done Jon. karate at Revo is going from strength to strength and Jon and his team are a huge support. Revo, what a place to train, it's fantastic.

To see Nev and Sam being interviewed by the Rotherham Advertiser, click on the following link:

http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/90260/karate-cop-meets-the-karate-kid-video.aspx#image

To hear Nev talking about Karate and what it means to him, click on the following link to the Rony Robinson show and skip to 36 minutes 40 seconds in:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00k92xb

To read the article in the Sheffield Star click on the following link:

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/karate_cop_getting_a_kick_out_of_sport_1_3824989 GRADINGS

Congratulations to all that took part in the grading at Revolution Gym & Fitness on Thursday 29th September 2011

Brian Pitchford 2nd Kyu Matthew Houchin 9th Kyu Ellie Clark 8th Kyu Sally Lea 9th Kyu Henna Hussain T8th Kyu Alicia Iqbal 9th Kyu