Competitions
Since its foundation over 30 years ago members of CUKC have competed with great success at student, regional, national and international level, and competition is firmly grounded as one of the most important parts of life at the club. Training for competition centres around Monday night squad sessions, where the squad train for competition kumite (both shobu ippon and WKF), Friday nights, which are informal sparring sessions, and Thursday nights, which are for kata training.
Participants in competition who meet certain criteria are awarded 'blues'. The criteria are explained on this page.
This page catalogues the many competitive achievements of the club since the late 1980s. If you are able to help fill in the gaps before 2000, please get in touch with the webmaster.
KUGB Student National Championships 2018
The KUGB National Student Championships (often just "the Student Nationals") is the first major competition of the academic year and falls in the middle of Michaelmas Term. The competition is open to all KUGB members in full-time education and is held in Chesterfield. KUGB Student Nationals 2018
Photos
View photos of the competition.
Competition Report
On Saturday the KUGB students championships took place in Sheffield. CUKC were represented by an all male team of
Jamie (men's captain) (gold - team kata)
Vlad (gold - team kata)
Winston (gold - team kata)
Bence (bronze, ind kyu grade kata )
Daniel (not in pictures)
Dao
There were some outstanding performances, in particular Vlad in the men's dan grade individual kumite who narrowly lost (following an extension) to the overall winner.
There was a magnificent performance of Jion by the men's team kata to win gold and also a bronze medal for Bence in the Kyu grade kata.
Competition Results
Women's Captain:
Women's Captain: Nivedita Sarveswaran
Women's Captain: Ellen Weaver
Women's Captain: Ellen Weaver
Women's Captain: Amy Hall
Women's Captain: Tasha Nussbaum
Women's Captain: Caroline Tanner
Women's Captain: Emma Nunn
Women's Captain: Gosia Stanislawek
- KUGB Kyu Grades Championships 2011
- BUCS Karate Championships 2011
- KUGB Central Regions Championships 2011
- Varsity Match 2011
- Cambridge University vs Keio University Friendship Match 2011
- CUKC vs KUGB Northern Regions 2011
- KUGB Student National Championships 2010
- JKS British Open Championships 2010
- KUGB Shotokan Cup 2010
- KUGB National Championships 2010
Women's Captain: Stephanie McTighe
Women's Captain: Gemma Coughlin
Women's Captain: Madeleine Wood
Women's Captain: Su-Yin Tan (until Oct 06)
Women's Captain: Andy Hicks (vc) / Lianne Walsh
Women's Captain: Charlie Gray
Women's Captain: Sarah Owen
Women's Captain: Jenny Prior
Women's Captain: Andrea Brady
Women's Captain: Sam Holland
Women's Captain: Precious Lunga
Women's Captain: Chris Luecke
Women's Captain: Michelle Dickens
Women's Captain: Hazel Leidig
Women's Captain: Natasha Guy
Women's Captain: Sarah Lane
Women's Captain: Oyuna Sanjassaurian
Women's Captain: Laura Whitford
Women's Captain: Shona Cantrell
Competition Calendar
- No upcoming competitions
The Varsity Match
The Varsity Match is an annual competition between the karate clubs of Cambridge and Oxford Universities. In the match, which is usually held in February, two men's teams and a women's team from each university compete in kata, team kata and kumite for the three team titles and the overall trophy, the Enoeda Cup.
Varsity 2018
Winners of the Enoeda Cup 2018: Cambridge
Team results:
- Men's A: Cambridge
- Men's B: Cambridge
- Women's: Oxford
See the full report.