29th MAKAF Seniors National Karate Championship

It's confirmed; we'll be sending a team to this championship to be held in Melaka from 13th to 16th August.

Due to the current status of Sarawak not being a MAKAF member and the Goshin-Ryu Federation slots being taken up already, we are in an interesting situation.

It is funny but sad at the same time (at least we'll be able to compete):- We are flying the flag of Kelantan state!

Any one from Kelantan want to help us out with finances for this trip?

If you want to help, please email us at goshinmiri@gmail.com or call me, Steven at 016 879 1969. Official receipts will be issued to assist in your tax claims.

ILP temporary closure

Training at ILP is currently suspended due to suspected cases of Influenza A(H1N1).

Duration of the quarantine is about 1 week and hopefully we will resume training after this period is over around 3rd or 4th August.

In the meanwhile, it's back to KRP this week.

ILP inaugaural training

The first training session for ILP students was held on 24th July 2009.

The Star on the 19th National Junior & Cadet Karate Championship 2009

Karate coach aims to groom younger back-up squad for world Juniors

By LIM TEIK HUAT

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will be hosting the world junior karate championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and the national junior championships held in Putrajaya over the weekend have given chief coach P. Arivalagan an inkling of what needs to be done to form a creditable squad for the challenges.

And Arivalagan has plans to groom a younger back-up squad.

“We already have the elite and elite back-up squads. But the world junior championships also have competitions at the cadet level — from Under-13 to Under-15,” he said.

“These are the age-groups where we have to start preparing a team from now if we want to do well in two years’ time. Moreover, the elite back-up exponents will by then not be eligible to compete in the World Juniors.”

The plan will be submitted to the National Sports Council (NSC) for approval as part of the development programme.

Arivalagan added some of the young exponents showed good potential in the just concluded national junior championships.

In the two-day championships involving 395 exponents, Hayashi Ha emerged as the overall champions with a medal haul of 7-3-5 ahead of Penang (6-6-7) and Johor (4-3-8).

19th National Junior & Cadet Karate Championship 2009

The Venue - Dewan Kejiranan, Precinct 11, Putrajaya

(It was so out of the way, the taxi drivers even got lost!)

We have returned from the 19th National Junior & Cadet Karate Championships which were held at Putrajya from 11th to 12th July 2009.

Goshin-Ryu Sarawak Contingent with Soke & Mrs. Clement Soo

(The camera with which this picture was taken - let's just say, I'm not happy with it; optics is nice but speed is so slow. That's why composition is poor.)

Our contingent was entered representing the Goshin-Ryu Federation competing in 6 categories i.e. Individual Kata Male Cadet (14 / 15 years) & Female Junior (16 /17 years); Individual Kumite Male Children (12 / 13 years), Male Under-21 (+78kg), Female Junior (-48kg & -53kg) from all the available categories.

We have had a tight schedule and the time & distance involved in travel to and from the competition venue (we stayed in KL and commuted to Putrajaya, not to mention the flight from Miri itself). Moving a dozen kids and officials all over the place is no easy task and an adventure in itself. Kudos to our team manager for the planning and execution.

At the Kommuter waiting for our train back to the city after Day 1

Despite these additional challenges, we are very,very pleased with the outcome.

1. We managed to expose our atheletes to a national level competition and gauge their standing;

2. We managed to secure 3 placings (5 bronze medalists) out of the 6 events we competed in.

The medallists and their respective events are:

1. Individual Kata Male Cadet (14 / 15 years)

Al-Hasbi Al-Harir

Awangku Mohd. Fauzi Awangku Tengah

2. Individual Kata Female Junior (16 / 17 years)

Nur Nadirah Abdul Ghani

Dayangku Nurdiyana Awangku Tengah

3. Individual Kumite Female Junior (-53kg)

Nur Nadirah Abdul Ghani

Congratulations to all our atheletes for their hard work. Now they can rest, at least for the next few days...then it's back to training. (Coach has an evil grin on his face.)

Closing Ceremony - Gathering of Participants

We look forward to sending atheletes to the 29th National Senior Karate Championships to be held in Ayer Keroh, Melaka, 13th to 16th August 2009 for further exposure and assessment in preparation for SUKMA 2010.

We are looking for supporters and contributors especially from the financial side to help us out with the preparations for the 29th Senior Nationals and further on. Please email me at goshinmiri@gmail.com if you wish to help advance the future of Sarawak Karate. Thanks.

WKF World Junior Karate Championships 2011

The Star, 14th July 2009

Karate coach aims to groom younger back-up squad for world Juniors

By LIM TEIK HUAT

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will be hosting the world junior karate championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and the national junior championships held in Putrajaya over the weekend have given chief coach P. Arivalagan an inkling of what needs to be done to form a creditable squad for the challenges.

And Arivalagan has plans to groom a younger back-up squad.

“We already have the elite and elite back-up squads. But the world junior championships also have competitions at the cadet level — from Under-13 to Under-15,” he said.

“These are the age-groups where we have to start preparing a team from now if we want to do well in two years’ time. Moreover, the elite back-up exponents will by then not be eligible to compete in the World Juniors.”

The plan will be submitted to the National Sports Council (NSC) for approval as part of the development programme.

Arivalagan added some of the young exponents showed good potential in the just concluded national junior championships.

In the two-day championships involving 395 exponents, Hayashi Ha emerged as the overall champions with a medal haul of 7-3-5 ahead of Penang (6-6-7) and Johor (4-3-8).

SUKMA 2010 Karatekas' 1st Assessment (Press Report)

Eastern Times 06 July 2009

21 Complete First Karatedo Assessment

HARIFEN (seated 4th right) posing with Ngui (seated 3rd right), chief coach Al-Harir (2nd left), other coaches and the athletes.

Norni Mahadi

MIRI: Twenty-one athletes from four divisions in Sarawak have completed their first assessment for Karatedo SUKMA XIII 2010 at Eastwood Valley Golf and Country Club (EVGCC), here.
Heading the list were athletes from Miri followed by Sibu (5), Bintulu (3), Kuching (2) and one from Marudi.
Athletes from Miri were Al-Karim Kawi (Kumite), Al-Hasbi Al-Harir (Kata), Nur Nadirah Abdul Ghani (Kata and Kumite) , Muhammad Faiq Zainudden (Kata), Darnizan Darmanto (Kata and Kumite), Dayangku Nurdiyana Awangku Tangah (Kata), Mohd Khaliq Mohd Suppri (Kumite), Akmal Zaki Mohd Laksemana (Kumite), Mohd Suffree Mohd Ali (Kumite) and Ngui Xin Ru (Kata).
Sibu athletes comprised Theodora Leong Suet Wern (Kata), Nurfazila Bahar (Kumite), Nurulashikin Hamdan (Kata and Kumite), Radzi Ramli (Kumite), Jack Chua Peng Hui (Kata and Kumite).
Three athletes from Bintulu are Ayu-Izzati Kasputeri Abdul Nasser (kata), Miraz Ho (Kata) and Noor Surya Sikong (Kata).
Kuching was represented by Bick Baronlee Ajuk (Kumite and Kata) and Evigan ak Indon (Kumite).
Treavor Henry from SMK Marudi is the sole athlete represented the town for Kata event.
According to team manager, Ngui Siou Fong, the athletes have to undergo three assessments to entitle them to represent Sarawak for Karatedo SUKMA XIII.
In the first assessment, it was meant to evaluate the athletes respective skills in Kata and Kumite events.
The first assessment also aimed to identify the strength and weaknesses of the athletes.
The second assessment will be in August while the final assessment for selection is in December this year," Ngui said adding that both assessments will take place here.
Meanwhile, all the athletes have undergone assessments for two events in Karatedo, which are Kata and Kumite.
The selection panels for both specific assessments were Sensei Julian Chin from Sabah Karate Association as Chief Panel while the member panels were Sensei Hj. Jeffrydean from Brunei Karate Federation and Ramlee from National Sport Council.
Also present were the Sarawak Sport Council (MSN) Assistant Director Northern Zone Harifen Haji Mansur.

National Martial Arts Championships

[Kejohanan Seni Mempertahankan Diri Kebangsaan]

This championship was first held in 1997. It was begun as part of celebrations to mark Malaysia's Independence Day.

It is billed as the culmulative event for all martial associations throughout Malaysia.

Goshin-Ryu Karate Federation (MGKF) was omitted from the list for invitations to the 2009 11th Championship which was held in Kedah from 25-28 June.

Following an appeal by MGKF and upon further investigation it was found that a technical oversight had caused this omission. With this development, MGKF has been re-instated into the list and will be eligible to compete in next year's (2010) Championships.

Therefore, Goshin-Ryu Sarawak will be able to send any eligible members to compete in this championship.

This certainly is good news and can only bode well for sports karate not only for us within the association but also for Sarawak as a whole.

Go, Go, Goshin.