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33 MEDALS AT JKS NATIONALS
By Admin
All dojos  |  05 November 2026 12:07 pm

Brave performances and the most incredible team spirit led to Bristol Karate Academy competitors taking home 33 placings between them at the JKS England Nationals.

The event saw competitors from across England joined by their friends from JKS Scotland and JKS Wales to take part in the biggest JKS domestic championship in well over a decade.

We were delighted to be joined for the first time by seven members for their first JKS England Nationals as Bristol members. Congratulations to Felicity, Oscar, Olive, Oran, Luke, Munashe and Gabby for representing yourselves and the Academy so well!
Medals and top performances weren’t confined to one division. Academy members took medals in every age group, in male and female sections, in kata and kumite and in individual and team categories. They were a force to be reckoned with.

TOP CLASS KATA

Bristol absolutely shone in the kata divisions, taking six golds, 12 silvers and seven bronzes. Well done to our individual kata champions, Nephele, Jess, Benjamin and Tim for winning your categories! 

The senior dan grade kata categories are always hotly contested and so we were delighted to bring home five medals across the three events. Lucie took silver in both Senior Female Kata and Senior Koten Kata. Lucie is our first ever senior female kata medallist. There were bronze medals too for Liam and Tim in Senior Male Kata and a bronze in Senior Koten Kata for Liam. 

KUMITE STARS RISING

In the kumite divisions, both Olive and Benjamin showed that it’s critical to keep fighting right until the end, with both scoring late on with head kicks to win gold in their categories. Well done to both! 

A huge congratulations also to Oli, Charlie, Oliver, Luke, Liam, Josh, Tobias and Mon for adding to the kumite medal tally with some brave fighting throughout. 

A FULL TEAM PERFORMANCE

At the end of the day, one of the officials told me that there’s always a ‘finish’ to Bristol competitors. They’re polished and whether they win or lose they do it with a quality performance and with great decorum.  What a review to hear.

Be proud, Bristol. It was your day and you did it ‘Bristol fashion’.

Bristol Karate Academy medallists:

GOLD for Benjamin Griffiths, Luke Mashford and Oliver Gibbard in Boys’ Team Kumite (10-11 years)
GOLD for Benjamin Griffiths, Luke Mashford, Oliver Gibbard in Children’s Team Kata (10-11 years)
GOLD for Tim and Benjamin Griffiths in Family Pairs Kata
GOLD for Tim Griffiths in Male Masters Kata (35 years+)
GOLD for Olive Davies in Female Junior Kumite (16-17 years)
GOLD for Jess Tatnall in Female Cadet Kata, 6th-1st kyu (14-15 years)
GOLD for Benjamin Griffiths in Boys’ Kumite, 3rd Kyu+ (10-11 years)
GOLD for Nephele Metsiou in Female Cadet Kata, Dan grades (14-15 years)
GOLD for Benjamin Griffiths in Children’s Kata, Dan grades (10-11 years)

SILVER for Tim Griffiths, Liam Mashford & George Tarr Team Kata (16 years+)
SILVER for Ian and Steven Connell in Family Pairs Kata
SILVER for Lucie Tarr in Senior Junro/Koten Kata (16 years+)
SILVER for Lucie Tarr in Female Senior Kata, Dan grades (16 years+)
SILVER for Munashe Brouder in Female Senior Kata, novice-1st kyu (16 years+)
SILVER for Charlie Gibbard in Boys Kata, 6th-1st kyu (12-13 years)
SILVER for Luke Mashford in Children’s Junro/Koten Kata (11-15 years)
SILVER for Oliver Gibbard in Boys Kata, 6th-1st kyu (10-11 years)
SILVER for Monaghan Mitchell in Children Junro/Koten Kata (under 11 years)
SILVER for Monaghan Mitchell in Children’s Kata, 6th kyu to 1st Dan (8-9 years)
SILVER for Tobias Griffiths in Children’s Kata, novice-7th kyu (8-9 years)
SILVER for Felicity Johnstone in Children’s Kata, novice-7th kyu (5-7 years)

BRONZE for Josh and Liam Mashford in Male Senior Team Kumite (18 years+)
BRONZE for Tobias Griffiths & Monaghan Mitchell in Boys’ Team Kumite (8-9 years)
BRONZE for Monaghan Mitchell, Tobias Griffiths and Azelie Langley in Children’s Team Kata (5-9 years)
BRONZE for Tim Griffiths in Male Senior Kata (16 years+)
BRONZE for Liam Mashford in Male Senior Kata (16 years+)
BRONZE for Liam Mashford in Senior Junro/Koten Kata (16 years+)
BRONZE for Dan Salter in Male Masters Kata (35 years+)
BRONZE for Cameron Mitchell in Inclusive Kata (16 years+)
BRONZE for Oli Hulbert in Male Cadet Kumite, 3rd kyu+ (14-15 years)
BRONZE for Charlie Gibbard in Boys’ Kumite, novice to 4th kyu (12-13 years)
BRONZE for Luke Mashford in Children’s Kata, Dan grades (10-11 years)
BRONZE for Felicity Johnstone in Kickmaster, novice to 4th kyu (7 and under)

Full team: Munashe Brouder, Evert Collard, Annette Connell (Team Manager), Ian Connell, Steven Connell, Olive Davies, Katia Fotiadis, Charlie Gibbard, Oliver Gibbard, John Green, Alison Griffiths (Team Manager), Benjamin Griffiths, Tim Griffiths, Tobias Griffiths, Gabby Harris, Oli Hulbert, Felicity Johnstone, Oscar Johnstone, Scarlett Jones, Olive Kerr, Oran Kerr, Luke Kerr, Azelie Langley, Josh Mashford, Liam Mashford, Luke Mashford, Nephele Metsiou, Cameron Mitchell, Dan Salter, George Tarr, Lucie Tarr, Jessica Tatnall, Finn Westcott.
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