On the 8th October 2011 the England Junior squad flew out to Malaysia to compete in the world championships, the Squad was made up of the elite hand picked fighters from across the country. These fighters are from a number of different styles and clubs from across England.
We are proud to say that we had four fighters from Uechi –Ryu GB representing England at these championships – Jamaal Otto (East London), Jack Lowe (Essex) , Alfie Ambrose (Essex) and Hannah West (Essex).
Jamal Otto showed his pedigree, fighting his way to the quarter finals, to meet a Turkish opponent. This was perhaps the most exciting and spectacular bout of the whole Championships. Trailing 7-4 at the end of the allocated time, Jamal scored with a magnificent spinning back kick to the head to take the scope to 7-7. The Turkish officials protested, but the point was deemed to have been scored on the bell and not after. At 4-4 in the extension, the bout went to the Turkish competitor. There were a total of six 3-point scoring techniques in this magnificent contest! In the reperchage, Jamal fought through to the bout before the Bronze Medal final and sustained a back injury against his Japanese opponent. Jamal actually won the bout, but because he had been on the ground more than 10 seconds, he was disqualified. It was a shame as he looked very capable of winning a well-delved medal.
Jack Lowe was fighting a German opponent in the first round and it was 0-0, with each seemingly cancelling each other out. With one second to go, the German attacked and scored. His opponent did not make the final so no repercharge. This was a hard way for Jack to go out of the championships considering he looked the fighter in control for the whole fight.
Alfie Ambrose made the last 16, losing out to a Greek opponent. Alfie won a Bronze at the Europeans in February and continued to show his pedigree.
Hannah West also looked very good. She is only 14, yet showed great maturity, using her height and long kicks. She battled her way into the last 8, then fought a French competitor who closed the distance and denied Hannah the possibility of using her reach advantage. The French competitor then lost unluckily to a Bosnian, denying Hannah the repercharge.
I attended the championships in support of our Uechi fighters and the rest of the squad.
I was totally impressed with the attitude and commitment of our representatives. I have watched and worked with our gang this last few years and I would like to point out how proud I am of you all. From seeing your faces when you were picked for this great achievement to represent your country, to seeing you stand out on the tatami wearing your England badge with pride, was nice to see your hard work pay off. I was so happy I was able to witness this special time for you all.
Good luck for the future and may Uechi Ryu in England and across the world continue to grow and achieve.
Sensei
Dean Lowe
Following the news from the British Championships.
On Saturday 2nd October Uechi team members Jack Lowe, Jamaal Otto, Robert Camp and Alfie Ambrose who are all England A squad members, had a selection fight off with all other squad members , with the final aim to be chosen to represent England at the European karate Championships in Serbia in February 2011 .
We are very proud to say that all four athletes were successful and will be travelling to these championships to represent England. This is an excellent achievement to have 4 Uechi students (Jamaal from T.Daly’s Dojo and Jack, Robert and Alfie from Dean Lowe’s Dojo) representing England at the same championships
We take this opportunity to wish them the best of luck at the event
Sensei Dean Lowe
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British Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland on 11th – 12th September 2010
The inclusion of the squad of Uechi - Ryu cadets was much anticipated after the success of the male cadet team in the English championships earlier on in the year, when the team took gold. The male cadet team : Jack Lowe, Jamaal Otto, Rob Camp, Alfie Ambrose and Joe Denham did not disappoint and continued their domination to lift the gold to become British Champions. This has been an exceptional year for the team after winning the English title in April.
They (fighting at different weights) also picked up medals in their individual events – We now have :
British Champions - Jamaal Otto and Rob Camp,
British Silver medallists - Jack Lowe and Alfie Ambrose
British Bronze Medallist - Joe Denham and Tianee Harvey (female 12 – 13 yr lightweight).
Kirstie Reid and Elise Williams also competed well but narrowly missed out on the medals, but sure with their work rate continuing, this will change very soon.
I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of myself , Terry Daly and Wayne Otto, to thank all the competitors and the parents for contributing to the results at the weekend. Without your hard work and commitment this would not be possible, look forward to many for days like these.
Sensei Dean Lowe
On behlaf of the Association, I'd like to add my thanks and congratulations to all our competitors - Mick Pappas
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April 2010
The Team consisted of Jack Lowe, Jamaal Otto and Rob Camp
After going through a number of hard rounds, the team reached the Final .
It was a very close match and the teams were one a piece after the first two fights, so the result was decided by the third fighter.
Jack Lowe was the third Uechi fighter, and it was very close until the last 20 seconds, when Jack went on to win the fight.
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Jack Lowe,
Jamaal Otto
and Rob Camp
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The winners with Wayne Otto, Dean Lowe,
Terry Daly and Kuda Adams
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The looks on the fighters faces showed how much it meant to them to win Gold and have Uechi Ryu be U16 team English champions.
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