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UPCOming events….
Bit of a special one.. on Saturday 1st November, this year’s England v Wales 2025 will take place at Dunmow and we will be there! Dunmow is a strong dojo with a proud history and they will be celebrating their 40 year anniversary on the day.
We will be helping out by selling the official anniversary t-shirts, so come and find us for yours.
There is also the Greg Hitchins Memorial Cup to enjoy, where a BKK team take on Dunmow! it will be a busy day, but we are looking forward to it.
Don’t have your tickets yet? Click here
Kate
Special 40th anniversary T-shirts will be available on the day
PREVIOUS events….
British Open 2025
The British Open certainly lived up to it’s reputation as the best full contact knockdown tournament in the world!
BKK British Open 2025 fighters walk on to the tatami.
We saw some of the most exciting up and coming, and experienced fighters show their spirit. Twenty countries were represented and we had the opportunity to meet karateka from all over Europe and even further afield. We also got to support two great novice fighters, Noah and Sam from Kokoro Dojo, who both ended up on the podium, especially brilliant for their first outing!
Our quality gis, protective gear and belts all sold very well on the day. Luckily, we have a restock coming in the next few days so we shouldn’t sell out of too many things. We were able to meet and advise lots of new faces, who we hope to see again!
We were also proud to sell a range of products from Adrian at ProKombat, people love his work because it is high quality, well designed and unique. Follow the link and have a look!
Kate
Click on the link above to watch the action on Tatami D. All 4 Tatamis were filmed, and you can view them on YouTube.
The East Anglian Seminar
Sunday morning, when most sensible people are enjoying a lay in, we were at the East Anglian All Kyokushin Seminar. But it was definitely worth it! The session was led by two excellent Shihans, Andrew (of Dunmow Dojo) and Mac (of So-Kyokushin Dojo).
We met some great karateka, plenty of familiar friendly faces and strong young cadets from Nintai, Seicho, Colchester, Dunmow, Bury St Edmunds, Saffron Walden and lots of other dojos from the area.
It was lovely to see everyone from the area together!
Kate
BKK Summer camp 2025
Senpai James teaching the higher grades.
Summer Camp is always a highlight of the year, and as ever, it didn’t disappoint!
So lovely to meet with old friends and new; the atmosphere and the spirit was incredible. It was set in a beautiful location in the Cotswolds and the weather was perfect. James had the opportunity to learn from Shihans Steve, Sunil and Andrew, taking away lots of new ideas to bring back to his dojo, Nintai. Great way to spend a Bank Holiday weekend!
The shop was set up in the registration room where everyone got to see us and grab extra gis and protective gear, or just our card for future reference. We had gis hung up and ready to try on, and we will do this every time from now on - it made it easy for everyone to see the quality and get exactly the right fit.
Unfortunately, James wasn’t successful in his grading for 3rd Dan, but he is already planning how to come back next year even stronger. He’s hoping to visit a few dojos where the kata is especially good and learn from them, so if you know of anywhere, let us know on the socials!
Kate
bkk welsh open 2025
Our first event!
James and I were very excited to attend this brilliant UK and Ireland Kyokushin Knockdown competition for the first time as sellers, as well as having James coaching.
It was great to have the chance to share our products, of which we are so proud, with everyone there. We were very encouraged by the great feedback we got on our gis and embroidered belts especially. Seeing people actually trying on the gis we have been working so hard to source and get on sale, and having them talk positively about the quality and fit was so exciting.
It was a very well run event, lots of fun for the kids as well as some impressive fighting with a great outcome for James’ Nintai Dojo, too. Hope to see you again next time!
Kate
Lucasz Saczewski, 2nd place midweight category. Well done, Lucasz!
A little video view from behind the stall