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New Zealand National Karate team claim top honours at Commonwealth Karate Championships.


The New Zealand National karate team arrived back from the bi-annual Commonwealth Karate Championships in Sydney on Monday evening having achieved outstanding results at the Commonwealth Championships with teams from 8 countries, including rivals Australia and South Africa.  For the first time in Commonwealth Karate Championship history a visiting team proudly topped the gold medal table, with the New Zealand team winning 33 gold medals.  Australia won 26 gold medals and South Africa 7.

The New Zealand national team, though the largest ever selected, had 73 participants at the Commonwealth Karate champs, as opposed to around 300 from Australia and 140 from South Africa.  The team receives no funding, down to having to pay for their own New Zealand national team badges, and on top of maintaining a rigorous and demanding training schedule, many team members had to work to all hours of the morning to earn money to pay for their travel to Sydney.

National coach Sensei Duane Monk said after the competition, “Karate in New Zealand karate has gone from strength to strength in the last few years, and we are very excited about the future prospects of the sport.”  Many of New Zealand's medals were won in the Kata divisions which made the team’s stunning success even sweeter by the fact that the national coaches were told at the 1994 Oceania Karate Championships, where the team only won two gold and one bronze medal, that while they may win the odd medal in Kumite (sparring) they were unlikely to win any further Kata medals in future competitions because of the low standard of performance and basics.  The New Zealand team’s notable victory at the Commonwealth Karate Champs is testament to the dedication, commitment and hard work of the coaches, students and tournament officials of the sport who have made this success possible.

Famous American tennis player Billy Jean King once said “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”  That is certainly true of the New Zealand national karate team.

 

Fushin Ryu Karate Students made their mark with some great performances and although not all were rewarded with medals the improvement shown on such a big stage was outstanding and should provide a strong platform for future growth. All the Fushin Ryu Instructors are very proud of the effort shown leadingup to the Championships and hope that it will continue into the future.

Fushin Ryu Karate National Team Members

           
  FRK Student Age
Kata
  Kumite Team Kata
  Team Kumite 
1
Liam Maguire 
9yrs
-10yrs
5th
9yrs Open
3rd
   N/A
2Sean Chen
9yrs
       N/A
3Ada Wong
10yrs
10/11
1st
10yr Open
1st
Children's 
2nd
 N/A
4Winston Yao
10yrs
10/11 M
3rd
  Children's 
2nd
 N/A
5James Watson
11yrs
       N/A
6Luke Bloxam
12yrs
        
7Reilly Polaschek
12yrs

12/13

1st
12/13 -50
 3rdChildren's
 2nd12/13
1st
8Nicholas Rowsby
12yrs         
9Flynn Taylor
12yrs         
10MitchellWhitehead13yrs
12/13 M3rd
12/13 -50
1st
  12/13
2nd
11Isaac Hoshi
13yrs 
12/13 M
1st
12/13 -55
1st
  12/13 
2nd
12Richard Rahardja
13yrs 
12/13 M  2nd
12/13 -45
1st
  12/13 
2nd
13Carl Monk
15yrs
Cadets
1st
  14-17
1st
 Cadets1st
14Cynthia Hsu
15yrs
  Cad -47 
2nd
    
15Tia Tuiburelevu16yrs
    Senior
2nd
Junior F
1st
16Danielle Rodger
16yrs
        
17William Wood
16yrs
  Jun +76
1st
14-17 
1st
Junior M
2nd
18
Kosei Higurashi
17yrs
Junior
1st
Jun -68
3rd
14-17
1st
  
       Senior M
1st
  
19Marina Monk
17yrs
U 21
2nd
Sen -61 3rd
Senior
2nd
  
     U 21
1st
    
  20Barney Gill
17yrs
  Jun -61 
3rd
    
21Rebecca Watkin
19yrs
    Senior
2nd
  
22Charlotte Munro
19yrs
  Senior -68
   Silver
 
     U 21 +60
     
  23Chris Rahardja
19yrs
Senior
1st
  Senior M
 Senior M
 
   U 21
1st
      
  24Brendon Running
23yrs
  Sen -75
1st 
  Senior M
1st
  25Emile Clayton
25yrs
      Senior M
1st
 SPJames Holder
18yrs
U 21
3rd
Sen -84
2nd
Senior M1st
Senior M
1st
     U 21 +78
1st
    

 

 

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