Shotokan Karate-Do of Guyana 2015 Nationals a huge success

Nov 11, 2015 Sports

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Shaqueel Amin and Kristian Chaves senior and junior champs

The National Gymnasium was alight with the competitive spirit of the Shotokan Karate-Do of Guyana students on Saturday October 31when the Shotokan Karate-Do of Guyana held its 2015 National Championships.
Emerging as the Senior Champion was 18-year-old Shaqueel Amin, while the Junior Champion was Kristian Chaves. The tournament was declared open by Chief Instructor, Sensei Christopher Chaves-Godan, who highlighted the importance of respect, decorum, and discipline which is needed to be good martial artists.
Spectators were entertained by the competitiveness and demonstrations led Amin who exhibited great skill in defence from attacks by multiple opponents.
Over seventy-five (75) karatekas from the Headquarter Dojo – National Park, Mae’s Primary School Annex and Craig Dojo, E.B.D competed for top honors in individual kata, kumite, and team kata events in various age and rank divisions. Added to this, the competitiveness and standard was very high in both the Junior and Senior Divisions.
In the Junior Division, Kristian Chaves-Shodan, was awarded the Junior Champion Trophy, he won 1st in both individual kata and kumite contest in the Boys 10 -11 year old Brown to Black belt division. He was also part of the team that won 1st place in the Group 2 Team Kata contest, that team scored the highest points-18.9 points in the junior team kata contest with the kata” Chinte”.
In the Senior Division, Prince Roberts emerged the winner in the Male Kata contest with his performance of kata GojushihoSho, while in Kumite Shaqueel Amin-Nidan created a major accomplishment by first defeating the more experienced 2014 Kumite Champion Shermon Best in the preliminary round.
Shaquell Amin then competed fiercely with Prince Roberts for 1st place, after 3 minutes of competitive kumite, the match was declared a draw, they then proceeded to “Saki-dori”, which is an extension of the match known as “Sudden Death” where the first opponent to score won.
As they cautiously proceeded, Prince Roberts in his quest to take the title made a fatal move by turning his back whilst competing, to which Shaqueel Amin quickly made use of the opportunity and executed an attack to the head, thus being declared the winner by sudden death.
This did result in Shaqueel being awarded the senior champion trophy for his outstanding performance.
Commenting on his win, Kristian Chaves said that regular practice, hard work and dedication helped him excel, while Shaqueel Amin said he felt great to achieve the top honor in the Senior Division which came about from diligent and intense training.
Sensei Chaves thanked parents, sponsors, supporters and competitors for making the tournament a huge success. The medals were distributed by Referees- Sensei Neville Holder, Sensei Marvin Singh and Sensei Marlon George.
SHOKOGUY is the official representative of International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF) with members in over 50 countries worldwide and is headed by 10th Dan Master Teruyuki Okazaki.
Shotokan Karate-Do of Guyana will next focus on attending the 2016 ISKF International Camp and Goodwill Tournament in June and the 3rd ISKF World Shoto Cup in August 2016 in Capetown, South Africa. Their combined effort and corporate support will assist in the realization of their participation.
Interested persons who wish to register, partner and acquire membership with ShokoGuy (National Park, Thomas Lands) can contact any of these members listed: Sensei Christopher Chaves – 6490761. Sensei Marvin Singh – 641-1346. Sensei Marlon George – 600-7350
Following are the full results:
Boys 5-6 years Kata Boys 5-6 years Kumite
1st JeetendraSingh 1st Miquel Mc Leod
2nd Logan Simpson 2nd MaliqueLindore
3rd MaliqueLindore 3rd AaryanGafoor
Boys & Girls 7 years Kata (yellow-orange belt) Boys & Girls 7 years Kumite (yellow-
orange belt)
1st Mickaya Roberts 1st KavindraRamroop
2nd KavindraRamroop 2nd Mickaya Roberts
3rd Dakari Cox 3rd Dakari Cox
Boys 7 years Kata (green-brown belt) Boys 7 years Kumite (green-brown belt)
1st Kempthrone Hannibal 1st Ezekiel Griffith
2nd Chioke Nurse 2nd Chioke Nurse
3rd Ezekiel Griffith 3rd Shemar Bajjan
Boys & Girls 8-9 years Kata (yellow-green belt) Boys & Girls 8-9 years Kumite
(yellow to green belt)
1st Romel Singh 1st Kamani Murphy
2nd Kamani Murphy 2nd Lucas Simpson
3rd Joshua Van Buckley 3rd KerstynGonsalves
Boys & Girls 8-9 years Kata (purple belt) Boys & Girls 8-9 years Kumite (purple
belt)
1st Akeem Morgan 1st Akeem Morgan
2nd Marlon Moore 2nd Karl Singh
3rd Darren Chand 3rd DanvirNarine
Boys & Girls 8-9 years Kata (brown belt) Boys & Girls 8-9 years Kumite (brown
belt)
1st Akeel Isaacs 1st Christopher Bisram
2nd Shabaka Martin 2nd Shabaka Martin
3rd Christopher Bisram 3rd Jaden Edwards
Boys 10-11 years Kata (yellow-green belts) Boys 10-11 years Kumite (yellow-green
belts)
1st Ethan Skeete 1st Ethan Skeete
2nd Jayden Softley 2nd Jayden Softley
Boys 10-11 years Kata (purple belts) Boys 10-11 years Kumite (purple belts)
1st MikasiWarde 1st Christopher Chand
2nd Hamani Paul 2nd Hamani Paul
3rd Christopher Chand 3rd MikasiWarde
Boys 10-11 years Kata (purple belts) Boys 10-11 years Kumite (purple belts)
1st MikasiWarde 1st Christopher Chand
2nd Hamani Paul 2nd Hamani Paul
3rd Christopher Chand 3rd MikasiWarde
Boys 10-11 years Kata (Brown to Black belts) Boys 10-11 years Kumite (Brown to Black
belts)
1st Kristian Chaves 1st Kristian Chaves
2nd Ethan Samaroo 2nd Derrick Seecharran
3rd Derrick Seecharran 3rd Thierry Williams
Boys/Girls 12-14 Kata (Purple-Black belts) Boys & Girls 12-13 Kumite (Purple-
black belts)
1st Mikhail Da Costa 1st Kristalia Chaves
2nd Kristalia Chaves 2nd Mikhail Da Costa
3rd Shakira Reman 3rd Hakeem Paul
Boys 15-16 years Kata (Brown to Black belts) Boys 15-16 years Kumite (Brown to Black
belts)
1st Storm Katchay 1st Storm Katchay
2nd Brandon Samaroo 2nd Brandon Samaroo
3rd Joshua Gonsalves 3rd Joshua Gonsalves
Female 14-19 years Kata Black belts Female 14-19 years Kumite Black belts
1st Loren Black 1st Loren Black
2nd Nyota Rodrigues 2nd Nyota Rodrigues
Female Senior Kata Female Senior Kumite
1st Maxene Joseph 1st Maxene Joseph
2nd Pamela Das 2nd Pamela Das
Male 18+ Open Kata Male 18+ Open Kumite
1st Prince Roberts 1st Shaqueel Amin
2nd Shaqueel Amin 2nd Prince Roberts
3rd Shermon Best 3rd Shermon Best
Team Kata Results
Group 1 (6-11 years)
1st 18.7 points -Team 4 –HQ Dojo, National Park (Shabaka Martin, Akeem Morgan, Thierry Thom)
2nd 18.6 points-Team 2 – HQ Dojo, National Park (Kerstyn Gonsalves, Kamani Murphy, Nathan Skeete)
3rd 18.5 points-Team 1 –Mae’s Primary Annex Dojo (Christopher Chand, Darren Chand, Danvir Narine)
Group 2 (10-16 years)
1st 18.9 points-Team 4-HQ Dojo, National Park (Kristalia Chaves, Mikhail Da Costa, Kristian Chaves)
2nd 18.5 points-Team 2-Craig Dojo (Derrick Seecharran, Joshua Gonsalves, Micheal Mc Leod)
3rd 18.4 points-Team 1-HQ Dojo, National Park (Hamani Paul, Ethan Samaroo, Thierry Williams)
Senior Female Team Kata
1st 21.6 points-Team 2-HQ Dojo, National Park (Loren Black, Maxene Joseph, Nyota Rodrigues)
2nd 21.1 points-Team 1-HQ Dojo, National Park (Pamela Das, Tempest Katchay, Shakira Reman)
Senior Male Team Kata
1st 21.8 points-Team 1-HQ Dojo, National Park (Neville Holder, Aftab Khan, Storm Katchay)
2nd 21.7 points Team 2-HQ Dojo, National Park (Marvin Singh, Shaquell Amin, Prince Roberts)

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