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Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen. After four tough rounds against the world's best kata athletes Carla was placed 7th in the Female Junior Kata Category at the Junior World Karate Championships. Carla's pre-training for the world...
Congratulations to our elite athletes Carla Rudkin-Guillen and Denis Margolin after they both won Gold medals at the English International Open. Carla won her 2nd International Open junior kata Gold medal in two consecutive weeks with some great...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen after winning Gold at the British International Open. It was great to see Carla back on top form after her three month recovery from Glandular fever.
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen after being selected to represent England at the Junior World Karate Championships being held in Venice, Italy at the beginning of October.... Carla who is Current English, British international and...
Our Elite athletes enjoyed a lovely weekend at the Four Nations Karate Championships in Durham… Denis Margolin was on fire and won a great silver medal after four tough rounds. Great work! Unfortunately, Chris Cytus was disqualified after...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen after being selected to represent England at the forthcoming Junior European karate championships being held in Georgia in February 2024. Our current English, British, Britsh International and Commonwealth...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen after winning her way to the Spanish kata league finals which will be held in Malaga in December. Carla breezed through the first phase in Fuenlabrada, Madrid in March and then managed to continue her form...
Congratulations to the SEKF athletes who competed at the recent British International Open especially Carla Rudkin-Guillen who managed to win Gold medals in both the Junior Kata and the Junior Kumite -59kg. Carla joins the very few athletes in great...
Congratulations to Team SEKF after winning one Gold and three Bronze medals at the English Karate Championships. Carla Rudkin-Guillen become England Champion for the 2nd consecutive year after winning Gold in the junior kata. Denis Margolin won two...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen after winning Gold at the British Karate Championships in the Junior 16/17 years Kata category. Carla has now been crowned British Kata Champion for a 2nd successive year. Great work Carla!
Congratulations to Team SEKF after winning 2 x Gold, 1 x Silver and 2 x Bronze medals at the UK Open. All five athletes managed to win a medal which was great especially after all their hard work during preperation. In the Kata categories, Emma...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen for representing England at the Junior World Karate Championships held in Konya, Turkey. No medals this time for Carla. However she gained some great experience and enjoyed an incredible time which she fully...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen after winning Gold for England at the Commomwealth Karate Championships. Carla's performances were flawless as she always looked a cut above the rest which was a just reward after the hours of hard work spent...
Congratulations to English and British Champion Carla Rudkin-Guillen after being selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Karate Championships in September....Well done and Good Luck!
Congratulations to England athletes Carla Rudkin-Guillen, Ethan Stonton and Harrison West who represented the SEKF at the English Karate Championships in Sheffield. The day started great with Carla winning Gold in the Female Cadet Kata, she now...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen after being selected to represent England at the forthcoming Junior European Karate Championships being held in Prague in June.... Her hard work and determination has really paid off... Well done young lady!
Our Elite athletes Carla Rudkin-Guillen, Harrison West and Ethan Stonton competed in the Youth K1 in Cyprus and gained some valuable experience. No medals on this occasion but good performances. Well done guys, the journey continues.
Congratulations to Team SEKF after winning Gold and Silver at the British Karate Championships... Carla Rudkin-Guillen won gold and become British Champion in the cadet kata category and Megan Wrobel-Barnes won silver in the 12-13 yrs kata category....
Congratulations to Carla the Conqueror after winning four medals in the USA....After a very tough three month pre-training program which included personal training from World champions Fran Salazar and Jordan Thomas on top of her England Natrional...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen, Ethan Stonton, Adam Barnes and Harrison West after being selected onto the England Karate Squad....After two tough eight hour training sessions, Carla was selected onto both the Kumite and Kata National...
Congratulations to our hard working athlete, James Arnold, after being selected to represent England at the Junior European Championships in Budapest, February 2020. Over the past three years, James has trained extremely hard after enrolling in the...
Well done to Ethan Stonton and Carla Rudkin-Guillen who trained so hard in preperation for the Youth K1 in Venice. Ethan, who was attending his first ever Youth K1, performed really well and won his first pool with a great Papuren, gaining some...
At the weekend, the Southern England Karate Federation squad attended the Central England International Open. The competition hosted athletes from eight nations. After some great performances from our SEKF athletes we managed to win 2 x Gold, 1 x...
Congratulations Team SEKF after their great success at the Elite International Open. Four Golds, Two Silvers and Four Bronze medals! KUMITE James Arnold - Gold x 2 Marriott Witney - Gold Bethany McNair - Silver Nick Issacson - Bronze Lewis Grainger...
Congratulations Team SEKF after their success at the British International Open Karate Championships... The SEKF elite squad travelled up to Scotland with coaches Sensei Collin Rudkin 6th Dan and Sensei Nick Issacson, to compete in the British...
Congratulations to our SEKF athletes, James Arnold and Carla Rudkin-Guillen, who both won two medals each at the English Championships making SEKF history. James Arnold, managed to retain his English title by winning the -70K Cadet kumite category...
Congratulations to our two SEKF athletes, Carla Rudkin-Guillen and James Arnold, who competed at the World ranking Youth K1 in UMAG, Croatia... After their success in Cyprus our athletes were well prepared and confident which showed in their...
Congratulations to the SEKF squad after their success at the Central England Open...After a tough day the squad manged 1 Gold, 4 silver and 3 Bronze medals...Well Done! Results: James Arnold - Gold - Cadet Kumite Carla Rudkin Guillen...
After a tough pre-training program, our six hopefuls travelled to Leicester to take part in the prestigious British Championships. I am very proud to announce that we managed our best ever results winning five medals.. Our Pairs kata team which...
Congratulations to our Elite squad who recently competed in Cyprus at the Youth K1. It was the first time that the SEKF had attended this world ranking competition with 1500 competitors from over 60 countries. However, that did not deter them from...
Congratulations Team SEKF after their great performances at the CHKA Open....Thanks to everyone who helped make the day such a success. Kumite: Gold: James Arnold Silver: Team SEKF (Elliott Lowman, Carla Rudkin-Guillen, Adam Barnes) Bronze: Elliot...
The SEKF Elite squad travelled to Zaragoza in Spain to compete in an International Open tournament. As Spain are world leaders, I selected this competition as a warm up for the world ranking Youth K1's starting in May in Cyprus. The squad enjoyed an...
Congratulations to the SEKF squad after their success at the recent Chojinkai Open Karate Championships. It was our first national competition of the year after a five month break. However, everyone performed to a good standard. After a great days...
Well done to everyone who competed at the SEKF inter-club competition and congratulations to our young athletes who managed to win a medal. A special congratulations for Adam Barnes who won 'Competitor of the day' and sister Megan Barnes for winning...
The SEKF Squad were on top form again at the Central England International Open. After a great day, the squad managed 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. Carla Rudkin-Guillen won her seventh gold medal this term by winning the -12 yrs female...
The SEKF squad travelled to Harlow in Essex to compete in the BIKO Open. After a great day competing the squad managed to claim 2 Gold, 7 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. As usual the kata events were first on. The B' squad kata students who were...
After their success in Dudley, the SEKF Elite Squad were in high spirits and looking forward to competing at the prestigious weekend event, the British International Open, held in the Leicester Arena. The squad were treated to a two night stay at...
As part of the build up for the British International Open, Our six elite squad members travelled to Dudley to compete in the UK Open. Unfortunately, Elliott Lowman was poorly on the day and could not compete. However, the other five were on form...
Congratulations to young Carla Rudkin-Guillen on her fantastic achievement in Helsinki, winning Gold in the individual kata and silver in the team whilst representing England for the first time. Carla had a great experience with her England team...
Congratulations to Team SEKF for their performances at the Central England Open, especially James Arnold who won silver and Adam Barnes who claimed bronze. Thanks Sensei Danny Rudkin for coaching the squad in my absence....Great job!
Congratulations Team SEKF.....Two gold medals at the English Championships for our hard working athletes James Arnold and Elliott Lowman. Due to the age limits of the competition and school exams for our older athletes, we were unable to take our...
After months of hard preperation, I would like to congratulate young Carla for her fantastic performance at the USA Open Championships in Las Vegas. No medal this time for Carla. However, she performed three great katas and gained valuble experience...
Recently, the SEKF squad travelled up to Cumbria to compete at the Chojinkai Open Championships. After a hard days competing the squad managed a great medal haul consisting of two silver and six bronze medals. Carla Rudkin-Guillen and Tom Klemz both...
During the February half term, three of our elite squad, Carla Rudkin-Guillen, James Arnold and Louis Naraine travelled to Germany to compete in the Berlin International Open Championships. After our success in Lisbon the belief of success was high....
The SEKF squad recently attended the Shito Ryu England Open championships. After a great effort the squad managed to win a massive eight gold, two silver and two bronze medals! The day started in style with young Thomas Klemz winning gold in the...
Our Elite squad, which consisted of English and British title holders, travelled to the Lisbon International Open recently after months of pre-training. Unfortunately, Carla Rudkin-Guillen and Louis Naraine were unable to compete due to injury....
The SEKF squad, minus a couple of our elite British International title holders that were injured, recently competed at the Central England International Open. This was the last competition for the A' squad after a busy year. The day started very...
Congratulations to our four hard working elite athletes who have all been selected to represent the SEKF at the forthcoming international in Portugal.....Carla Rudkin-Guillen, current British and British International Open Silver medallist...Elliott...
Congratulations to Team SEKF for their great success at the British International Championships....One Gold and two silvers medals. Our seven elite athletes trained very hard in preperation for this event, which already showed the previous week at...
The SEKF squad were on top form at the recent BIKO Championships. After some great performances throughout the day, the SEKF squad achieved Five gold medal champions, two silvers and four bronze medals. The day started great with young Thomas...
On Sunday 2nd July, a few of the SEKF elite squad members travelled to Worcester to compete in the Central England Karate Championships. Carla Rudkin-Guillen was first up to compete in the under 13's kata and took this category by storm, impressing...
Well done to the SEKF squad for their great performances at the Four Nations this weekend.....Carla Rudkin-Guillen continued her medal streak and managed a fantastic silver medal in the -12 years kata, winning her first three rounds 5-0 with some...
Congratulations to the SEKF kata squad for their recent success at Paul Campbell's, United Styles karate championships. Carla Rudkin-Guillen performed eight great kata’s, winning a silver medal in the -12 years category, followed by a bronze...
Well done to the SEKF squad for their great performances at the WKU Open. After a hard days competing against some of the top federations in the country, I am pleased to announce that the SEKF squad managed to win two silvers and two bronze medals....
Congratulations to Carla and Louis for their amazing performances over the past few days at the USA Open. No medals this time. However, Carla managed three great Kata's and lost to the silver medalist, whilst Louis had six great rounds beating some...
Three of the SEKF elite squad hopefuls, Louis Naraine, the current Four Nations Kumite Champion, James Arnold, current WKU Kumite Champion and Zak Smyth, our kata representative, travelled to Leicester to compete in the English Karate Championships....
Congratulations to Carla for winning a well deserved silver medal at the CHKA Open, just losing out 2-1 in the final against a student of Aimee Sell (The under 21's England kata coach) .....A great confidence boost for Carla just one week before...
Last weekend the SEKF squad travelled to Cumbria to compete in the Chojinkai Junior Open. Unfortunately, due to illness and exams only three elite squad members were available to attend. However, this gave Danny and I the opportunity to concentrate...
The SEKF squad enjoyed an exciting international kata and kumite match with my good friend Fran Salazar and his students from Madrid. The day started with Fran putting the students through a few rigorous kata training drills which were enjoyed by...
The SEKF squad traveled to Weston-Super-Mare to compete at the WKU championships. This was the last competition of the year and expectations were high as the squad have worked hard all year, especially the students on the elite training program as...
Well done to everyone who competed at the recent SEKF Inter-Club competition, especially Thomas Klems, Carla Rudkin-Guillen and Alessio Sebis who all managed to win two gold medals each. I would also like to thank all the instructors, mentors and...
Congratulations to Louis Naraine, current British Champion, Carla Rudkin-Guillen, current WKU and SEKF Champion, Zak Smyth, current SEKF champion and Adam Barnes, current SEKF champion for being selected on to the winter term Elite Personal Training...
Well done to everyone who competed at the recent SEKF Inter-Club competition. Before the event started the parents and competitors were treated to a fantastic display of kata from Carla Rudkin-Guillen, the current WKU open champion who performed...
After twelve grueling weeks of training it was finally time for the Elite squad to travel up to Sheffield to compete in the Four Nations Karate Championships. The competition was set over two days with the under 14's competing on the Saturday. Carla...
In the continued build up to the Four Nations karate championships, the SEKF squad traveled to Essex to compete in the Essex Open. After eleven weeks of hard training the squad were more than ready and this showed in the kata. After Carla's success...
The SEKF Squad recently traveled to Weston-Super-Mare for the WKU invitational karate championships as part of their preparation for the Four Nations championships at the end of the month. The SEKF squad managed to win one gold medal, two silver...
The SEKF Squad stormed to victory at the recent WKU Invitational Karate Championships which were held in Weston-Super-Mare. The Squad managed an impressive three gold, one silver and four bronze medals. The day started well with both Patchouli...
Well done to everyone who competed at the recent SEKF inter-club competition.
The Elite and A' squad traveled to Clacton on sea in Essex for the Southern Area Open. The day started well with Patchouli Phillips setting a great example by taking gold in her kata category, this was shortly followed by both Damla Kaya and Alessio...
Well done to the SEKF Squad who competed at the recent PC Open and a big thank you to the parents who supported us during the day. The kata started well with Patchouli Phillips winning Gold after performing some impressive kata, whilst Cameron...
Well done to all the squad members who competed at the recent BIKO open karate championships. The competition was very well supported with some categories having over forty competitors, however Zak Smyth, Louis Naraine and Alesio Sebis all managed...
The SEKF weekend squad seminar was a great success with all three squads attending both days. On the Saturday, John Gardiner who is representing England in the forthcoming world championships, took some time off training to travel down from London...
Recently, the Elite and A'squad traveled up to the Midlands to compete at the Central England Karate Championships. We were short of our usual Elite squad as most of them were recovering from exams, however the rest of the squad made sure they took...
The SEKF club competition was a great success as usual, the kata competition came first with some outstanding katas from everyone. The kumite in the afternoon was of its usual high standards with some nail biting finals and fantastic sweeps and head...
Congratulations to the SEKF squad members who competed at the recent English Karate Championships held in Sheffield, especially Alton Brown who fought magnificent and retained his English title by winning gold, Zak Smyth who won a hard fought and...
Congratulations to Alton Brown on winning a well deserved bronze medal at the recent Karate 1, premier league in Salzburg. This bronze medal has helped Alton to be pre selected by willie Thomas the England coach for the European Championships in...
The SEKF finished off the end of the year in style winning two gold medals and five silver medals at the WKU Open. Alton Brown our current England Elite squad member and EKF English Champion, won both his weight category and the Open in style using...
The recent SEKF interclub karate competition was a great success with over 120 students taking part. The kata was first up with the following students performing some really good kata's which resulted in them winning a placing in their respective...
Following our recent success in Essex, the Elite and A'squad travelled to Hertfordshire for the BIKO National Championships and after a hard days competing they managed to win one national title and four bronze medals. The day started well with...
The Elite and A' Squad members travelled to the Essex Open karate championships at the end of September. The day started at Rownhams service station at 6.30am with most of the squad in their tracksuits, but still asleep. The early start was followed...
Alton Brown showed why he is such an asset to the Southern Engkand Karate Federation after outclassing everyone in the -75kilos category to win the England Karate championships in style. Well done Alton! Nick Issacson fought well, having seven...
The Freestyle Combat Elite squad claimed four National titles - two silvers and two bronzes - the most valued being the Mens Team title, which has now been won for the third time.
The SEKF Elite and A'squad attended the UK Open Karate Championships in the Midlands, winning Three silver medals and Four Bronze medals. A few of the squad members competed at Kata for the first time for the SEKF after over a year of hard Kata...
Well done to Jessica Spiers and Tom Moore who both won Bronze medals at the recent CEKA Open Karate Championships. We took a small junior squad to attend the competition in the Midlands which included some first time competitors at National level,...
Recently, The Elite and A' Squad traveled to Clacton in Essex for the East England Karate Open. The day started perfect with Zak Smyth from our club in Winchester, winning Gold, scoring good head kicks in every bout. Our next medals won were both...
Congratulations to our A’ Squad members Zak Smyth, Matthew Schaffer, Riley Pearce and Jessica Spiers who competed at the recent CEKA Karate championships in the Midlands, winning four individual bronze medals, and Tom Moore, Jack Fisher and...
On the weekend 25th/26th June '11, I travelled up to Sheffield with a few well prepared A' Squad members of the Southern England Karate Federation (SEKF) karate squad, for the British Karate Championships. We arrived late Saturday afternoon at the 4...
Well done to everyone who competed at the Club competition on Sunday 22nd May, especially Zak Smyth and James Arnold who won first places at both Kata & Kumite and my little daughter Carla who amazed me with her Kata at just four years old. It...
On Saturday 6th June, Danny and I travelled up to Sheffield with the A’Squad members for the AMA National karate championships. We stayed at the 4 star Novotel hotel in Sheffield as usual, and had a great evening meal together before turning...
On Saturday 20th June, I travelled up to Sheffield with the Elite and A’Squad members for the AMA National karate championships. After a hard weekends competing, I am proud to announce that our club won four National titles, one silver and...