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 Shotokan Cup 2017
The KUGB Shotokan is held annually in September and is effectively a second national championships, featuring all the best karateka in the KUGB. It's open to black and brown belts only.
Competition Report
On Saturday 2nd September the Shotokan Cup, which is the individual championship of the KUGB, took place in Chesterfield.
Both CUKC representatives Marcus Ingham and Phillip Rupp competed in both Senior mens kata and kumite.
In the individual kumite event Phillip gave a great account of himself occupying the centre of the tatami and attacking aggressively with both
tsuki and maewashi geri. Although he was ultimately beaten by his much more senior and more experienced Liverpool based opponent
for the majority of the fight the final result was in doubt.
In the kumite event Marcus was unfortunately overwhelmed by one of the England International Kumite team.
In the kata event Philip performed Bassai dai very well but did not advance further.
Marcus performed brilliantly in the kata event and advanced through both eliminations and semi finals with ease. His performance of Unsu in the final was stunning and gained him a 3rd place bronze medal. The event was won by former WSKA world junior kata champion Jack Summer.
This was an outstanding performance from both Marcus and Phillip.
Competition Results
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 2017
Winners of the Enoeda Cup 2017: Cambridge
Team results:
- Men's A: Cambridge
- Men's B: Cambridge
- Women's: Cambridge
See the full report.