Medal haul for Dojo Karate Centre

9 of the 10 fighters with Sensei Irfan Ansari

Members of the Dojo Karate Centre came away from the Midland Open Martial Arts Championships last week with a haul of 16 medals.

Eleven pupils gained the medals in six categories, including kata, kumite, weapons kata, point sparring, continuous sparring and creative self-defence.

Huseyn Mikayilov, Isla-Rose Goodfellow, Elliott Wilson, Maryam Nurani, and Antonio Enus all landed silver medals in their respective categories: kata, kumite, kumite, weapons kata, and point sparring.
 

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Gold medals were won in kumite by Helal Ali, Diya Kerai, Kamil Pogwizd and Spencer Partington, with Maryam picking up gold in kata.

Bronze medals were awarded to Elliott (point-sparring), Kamil (kata) Spencer (continuous sparring) and Ryan Smithies (creative self-defence).

Two fighters from the competition – Isla-Rose and Maryam – will be representing the Dojo at the World Championships in Florida this summer, joined by a third fighter, Natalie Dean, who could not be at the Midland Championships due to work commitments.