Karatedo Shitokai New Zealand had one of its up and coming youngsters, Yvette Hendrikse in the New Zealand team to the 2105 Oceania Karate Champs in Fiji recently. Yvette represented New Zealand in 12/13 girls Kata and won Bronze. It was a very pleasing result for Yvette, as this was her first year of serious competition.

 

Yvette continues Karatedo Shitokai’s proud record of Oceania Champions and medallists in both Kata and Kumite, since ...

 

Nicky Roberts competed for New Zealand in the World Under 21 Karate Championships in Melaka, Malaysia and had an excellent record. She reached the quarter finals in the Women's Kata event, becoming the first NZ woman to ever reach a kata quarter final at a World Championship.

 

However, her success was tinged with regret as it could have been so much better. She progressed through ...

 

This year, Oceania was held in Tahiti and Shitokai New Zealand had three students selected for the New Zealand Team. They were Matt Burns for Junior male Kumite, Zara Wech for Cadet female Kumite and Nicky Roberts for -21 and Senior women Kata.  Like all Oceania competitions, it was a very big tournament with Australia entering 46 & NZ entering 42 players. NZ was totally dominant, securing 31 Gold to 15 for Australia, including outscoring Australia in Silver medals. Australia, however took more Bronze medals which meant most finals were all New Zealand. New Zealand ...