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Fiji claims 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze at Australian Open
Shaun Yuen was the star of the Fiji Team scooping 2 Gold medals at the 2009 Australian Open Karate Championships held in Melbourne from the 17th - 19th of April. His win in the Kata discipline in both the Boys 11 Years Kyu and Open grade was a testament of the hard work and effort he put into his training. As Junior Instructor(Kata) Beato Lenoa mentions, "You don't get any higher than gold when it comes to medals and for Shaun to win two golds this year is excellent."
Also contributing to the medal tally was Chesly Yee scooping all 3 bronze medals in the Kata and Kumite disciplines for the Boys 13 Years Open and Kyu Grades. Sandip Pala won second place in the Cadets Kyu grade Kata to claim Silver with fourth and final team member, Anthony Yam, not making the cut in his events.
Check out pictures from the Melbourne trip
Sensei Tony Hails visits Fiji again
Australian 6th Dan Black Belt Sensei Tony Hails returns this Easter break for a teeth-grinding four days of karate fitness and coaching. Sensei Tony will be in Fiji conducting further karate clinics at the Yat Sen School Hall from April 10th to April 13th (Friday through to Monday). The short-term expert will be assisted by one of his senior karate students, Leighton Wren.
Wren, 25, holds several international and Australian karate titles and is expected to aid Sensei Tony coach participating senior athletes. Sensei Tony, the once Asian-Pacific individual and team kumite champion, visited Fiji twice last year – April and July, for an identical training programme aimed at tuning the sparring (kumite) techniques of national squad athletes. Select karate-kas from three Fiji Karate Federation affiliated dojos: Karate Nadi, Ghirmit Centre Lautoka, and China Club Suva will attend.
Apart from kumite drills and hands-on karate specifics he is expected to take the athletes through general fitness, flexibility, and strength testing. Athlete’s Rep and senior karate exponent Beato Lenoa says “athletes will be expected to put into practice what they gained from Sensei’s two visits last year.”
Karate-kas participate at Sensei Tony Hails Camp
National Coach, Lemeki Lenoa, and potential represenative for Fiji to the 2009 World Junior/ Cadet Karate Champions, Sandip Pala, took out some time in March to attend the annual Karate Camp organised by Sensei Tony Hails, current Kumite Mentor Coach for Fiji Karate. The Camp saw the likes of Sensei Wayne Otto, current English National Coach and 7-time World Champion, take training. The World Championships will be held in Rabat, Morocco in November.
Fiji Participates at 19th World Karate Championships
For the second time in the history of the FKF, Fiji is sending two athletes to participate at the 19th World Karate Championships to be held in Tokyo, Japan from November 13th - 16th. Beato Lenoa and Marika Rodu will compete in the Senior Male Kata and Kumite disciplines respectively.
Picture Gallery
Check out our gallery at http://photos.karatefiji.com showing Karate action from all over Fiji and abroad when Fiji sends Teams to participate in Regional/International tournaments, Seminars and Boot Camps.