Amy Connell – Athlete Blog My name is Amy Connell I am an international athlete for the Scotland national karate team and Team GB. I started karate when I was three years old and it has been a huge passion of mine that has grown ever since. I have represented Scotland at multiple European and…
Read More Amy Connell representing Team GB at the European Games – MinskMore success in Europe…… It has been a busy one for Shitokai this weekend at the European championships. Robert McQueen (Rab) was successful in passing his European refereeing exams for both Kata and Kumite. Rab works tirelessly on the refereeing side of things and is Scotland’s Chief Referee. Congratulations Rab well deserved. Rab is pictured…
Read More European Referee Success54th EKF Senior Championships – Guadalajara 28th-31st March 2019 Shitokai and Scotland’s Amy Connell claimed a bronze medal at the Senior European Championships beating Jelena Maksimovic of Montenegro 4-3 in the -55Kg kumite. Amy is now a 3 times European bronze medalist having secured her first European Bronze 10 years ago at Cadet level, two…
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Shitokai Scotland is one of the most successful clubs on the Scottish and British competition scene and are also making an impact on the International stage. We provide the Scotland National Team with the largest number of athletes from any one club at Cadet, Junior, U21 and Senior Level. We are proud to present our…
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Hasegawa Karate School Dream Concert A short video of kata demonstration from our friends in Kofu at their annual karate festival concert. https://www.facebook.com/yumi.karate/videos/pcb.10156285257617299/1787186294677619/?type=3&theater
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Robert McQueen picked up the honour of being awarded for 10 years of officiating at the European Championships. Robert is pictured above being presented with his 10 years EKF pin for service to European Karate Federation refereeing by Alois Weibock the EKF Refereeing Commission Chairman. This is outstanding, showing fantastic development and personal commitment on many…
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Shitokai Scotland were represented on the European stage after nine students were called up to the National Team. The students who are all based at the Renfrew Club made up a large chunk of the team that jetted out to Sochi, Russia to compete in the European Championships against competitors from across the continent. Selected…
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Emma Ruthven European Bronze Medalist
European Championships 2-4 February 2018 – Sochi, Russia Well done to all Shitokai Scotland athletes, coaches and officials who were representing the Scotland National Team at the European Championships. From the nine athletes we had representing their country we had 4 TOP 10 finishes, 3 of which were semi final matches. Representing for Kata were: …
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A selection of photos for our junior novice competitors in action. This is where it all begins.
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