Bristol Karate Academy

JKS England have confirmed their team for the JKS World Championships in Brazil next year and it includes a record nine Academy members!

The event takes place in Vitória from 20th-23rd August 2026 and will see JKS competitors from around the world competing to be crowned JKS World Champion.

In September’s JKS European Championships, our seven Academy athletes added eight medals to the JKS England medal tally, including three golds. They’re looking forward to testing themselves once again, now with a further two of their clubmates joining them.

It’s a great honour to be selected for the JKS England team, and as a club we’re especially proud to have the second-highest number of members of any English club on the flight to Brazil.

The trip to the World Championships is an expensive one. As competitive karate is a self-funded sport, we’ll do everything we can to help the JKS England team and our Bristol athletes to raise money towards the cost of flights and accommodation.

If you represent a business who would like to discuss sponsorship opportunities for the JKS England team or individual athletes then please get in touch.

And for individuals, we’d welcome support with any fundraising efforts over the coming months, starting with a raffle to be drawn on 14th December at the Bristol Karate Academy Christmas Party & Awards.

Here are our JKS England team representatives who’ll be flying off to compete, along with their recent successes that helped with the selection decision (alphabetically ordered by last name):

Benjamin Griffiths – Kata and Kumite

•   JKS European Under 11s Team Kumite Champion 2025
•   BKF British Under 12s Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF British Under 12s Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF International Under 12s Team Kumite Champion 2025
•   BKF International Under 12s Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Under 12s Kumite Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Under 12s Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Under 16s Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 12s black belt Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Junro/Koten Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Team Kumite Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Team Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Family Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Kumite bronze medallist 2025
•   Central England Open Under 12s Team Kumite Champion 2025
•   Central England Open Under 13s Pairs Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Murayama Cup Under 12s Black & Brown Belt Male Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Murayama Cup Under 12s Open Male Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Southern England Family Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   Southern England Under 12s Male Kata silver medallist 2025
•   Southern England Under 12s -35kg Kumite bronze medallist 2025

Tim Griffiths – Kata

•   JKS European Veteran (40+) Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS European 35-50 years Koten Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   BKF British Team Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF British Team Kata (International teams) Champion 2025
•   BKF British Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF British Veteran Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF British Veteran Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF International Team Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF International Veteran Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF International Veteran Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF International Pairs Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   EKF English Team Kata Champion 2025
•   EKF English Veteran Kata silver medallist 2025
•   EKF E1 Series Team Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Veteran Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Senior Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   JKS England Veteran Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Family Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Team Kumite silver medallist 2025
•   JKS England Team Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Central England Team Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Murayama Cup Veteran Kata Champion 2025
•   Murayama Cup Senior Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Southern England Veteran Kata Champion 2025
•   Southern England Family Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   Southern England Senior Kata bronze medallist 2025

Oli Hulbert – Kumite

•   EKF English Under 14s Kumite silver medallist 2025
•   EKF International Open Under 14s Kumite silver medallist 2025
•   BKF International Open Under 14s Team Kumite bronze medallist 2025
•   Central England Open Under 14s Team Kumite bronze medallist 2025
•   JKS England Development Series Under 14s Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Development Series Cadet Pairs Kata silver medallist 2025

Liam Mashford – Kata and Kumite

•   BKF International Open Male Junior Team Kumite bronze medallist 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Senior Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Junior Kumite Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Junior Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Senior Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   JKS England Male Junior Kumite bronze medallist 2025
•   JKS England Male Senior Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   JKS England Senior Team Kata bronze medallist 2025

Luke Mashford – Kata and Kumite

•   BKF International Under 12s Team Kumite Champion 2025
•   BKF International Under 12s Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Under 12s Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Under 12s Kumite bronze medallist 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Under 12s Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Team Kumite Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Team Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Kyu Grade Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Kumite silver medallist 2025
•   JKS England Under 11s Junro/Koten Kata silver medallist 2025
•   Central England Open Under 12s Under 4’8” Kumite bronze medallist 2025
•   Central England Open Under 13s Pairs Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Murayama Cup Under 12s Black & Brown Belt Male Kata silver medallist 2025

Nephele Metsiou – Kata

•   JKS European Under 14s Female Team Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   BKF British Under 14s Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   BKF British Under 14s Pairs Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   BKF International Under 14s Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Under 14s Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Under 16s Pairs Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   JKS England Under 14s Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Under 16s Junro/Koten Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Central England Under 16s Team Kata Champion 2025
•   Central England Under 16s Pairs Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Murayama Cup Under 16s Black & Brown Belt Female Kata silver medallist 2025
•   Murayama Cup Under 16s Open Female Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Southern England Under 14s Kata silver medallist 2025

Dan Salter – Kata

•   JKS European Veteran (50+) Koten Kata silver medallist
•   BKF British Veteran Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF British Super Veteran Kata silver medallist 2025
•   BKF International Veteran Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF International Super Veteran Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Veteran Kata silver medallist 2025
•   JKS England Team Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Central England Veteran Kata silver medallist 2025
•   Murayama Cup Veteran Kata bronze medallist 2025

George Tarr – Kata

•   JKS European Kata Under 21s Kata Champion 2025
•   EKF English Under 21s Kata Champion 2025
•   EKF Senior Team Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF British Team Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF British Team Kata (International teams) Champion 2025
•   BKF British Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF International Under 21s Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   BKF International Pairs Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Senior Kata Champion 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Senior Pairs Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Team Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   JKS England Junro/Koten Kata bronze medallist 2025

Lucie Tarr

•   JKS European Under 16s Female Team Kata silver medallist 2025
•   JKS European Cadet Female Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   EKF English Female Cadet Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   EKF E1 Series Female Cadet Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   BKF British Female Cadet & Junior Team Kata Champion 2025
•   BKF British Female Cadet Pairs Kata silver medallist 2025
•   BKF British International Cadet Pairs Kata silver medallist 2025
•   WKGB Welsh Open Female Cadet Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Female Cadet Kata Champion 2025
•   JKS England Female Under 16s Junro/Koten Kata Champion 2025
•   Central England Open Under 16s Team Kata Champion 2025
•   Central England Open Under 16s Pairs Kata bronze medallist 2025
•   Murayama Cup Female Under 16s Black & Brown Belt Kata Champion 2025
•   Murayama Cup Open Grade Female Kata silver medallist 2025

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