Tottenham Jujitsu
Club Members grab a Haul of 7 Medal at an International Jujitsu Competition
On Saturday the 9th May 2009 Tottenham
Jujitsu Club entered a quad of 8 members into the Kokoro Kai Ju Jitsu Association International competition in Southend Essex. The competition attracted competitors
from as far a filed as the Belgium, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Italy, USA and
all corners of the UK.
The event was very competitive and Tottenham Jujitsu
Club members were seeking to see if they could improve on their performance in the same event last year, where they won a
haul of 4 medals. The club members put in good performance and almost double the number of medals won last year. The following club members won medals.
27 year old Reginal Mpawulo, a green belt, won
a gold medal in the super heavyweight category after battling through a category that had 16 competitors and a bronze medal
in the Super heavyweight ground fighting event. Reginal was beaten in the semi final of this event by his club mate and eventual
Gold medallist Trevor Campbell.
In the super heavyweight ground fighting event
30 year old Trevor Campbell, a blue belt, fighting in his first Jujitsu competition won the gold medal in a category that
had 16 competitors.
25
year old Leon Jackson, a blue belt, won gold in the middle weight ground fighting event after battling through a category
that had 30 competitors.
24 year old green belt, Demetrious Anastasiou
won a bronze medal in the middle weight ground fighting event. Demetrious was beaten in the semi final by his club mate and
gold medal winner Leon Jackson.
The heavy weight sparring event 28 year old Piotr
Kukulski, a green belt, won a bronze medal after fighting in a category that had 20 competitors
In the heavy weight ground fighting event 27 year
old Daniel Krokou, a green belt, won a bronze medal after battling through a category that had 20 competitors.
Club members 13 year old Thomas Jackson and 25
year old James Groom entered the competition and were both beaten in the quarter finals.