Sunday marked the final day of the WUKF World Championships, with our youngest squad members – the 13 years and under – taking to the...

After three days of watching and supporting their older teammates, it was finally the turn of our 13 and under competitors to take to the...

We kicked off Day 3 with a fantastic result – Aleeza gave a brilliant performance in the 11–12 short weapons kobudo category, competing...

Today our cadets to vets took to the mats for open weight kumite and team kumite, with Lewis also representing in the Veterans short and...

Yesterday marked the first full day of competition at the WUKF World Championships — and what a fantastic start for the team! The day...

After a well-earned sleep-in this morning, the team enjoyed a relaxed breakfast before setting off for the stunning Malmo Arena – not...

14:30 – we eagerly climbed aboard the TS Travel coach, 44 of our travelling party of 55 for the day, with more to join us over the next...

The third and last day of the competition for our squad with the last day of the competition only being adult finals. Frank and Ariz...

Day 2 of the competition was a kata day. With only Elijah and Frank in the team that hadn’t competed the day before they were eager but...

The first day of four days of competition finally arrived! The whole day before there were plenty of questions about what it was going to...

One day until the action begins… After lunch the team travelled together to the convention centre for a Kumite seminar and the coaches...

Busy busy day. Training in the morning was Kumite drills in the car park, which given the heat and more so the humidity, is really...

Day 3, the last day before all the official business off the World Championships begin with registration on day 5. The day started off...

With the late night after 24hrs travelling but a 5hr time difference there was always going to be very varied wake up times. Frank waking...

Well the day, that seems like it would never be a reality finally arrived. After 7 months of preparation, fundraising, competitions,...

On 10 April Ichiban hosted it’s first inter-club kata competition since just before lockdown in 2020. With approximately 55 competitors...

22 members of the Ichiban Karate squad travelled across the Pennines to Warrington on Mother’s Day, 27 March 2022, to compete at the EKA...

On the 6th February almost 50 competitors between the ages of 6-40 woke up well before 6am to travel to South Shields to take part in the...

On the 21 February 2022, four young Leeds karateka and their coach from Ichiban Karate delivered a well-attended high energy children’s...

On the 10 March, 13 competitors along with an eager (not so thrilled about the 6am start) group of parents and supporters, traveled to...