Scottish Open 06/06/2026

On Saturday, we were at the Scottish Open in Dundee. Emi and Mike entered their first competition, and performed amazingly well. It's a big competition, with a lot going on, and daunting for your first one. Emi finished 7th, just missing the final in the 8 and under kata, and then 12th in a large 9 to 10 year old kata category. Mike performed well in both his kata and kumite, and helped the team rotation to the quarter finals. William Fox had a strong kata category, but ended up in joint 4th, and handled his first kumite bouts really well, with the highlight being a superb ippon in the first round of the team rotation. William Marshall was in a high quality kata competition and got 5th, and fought well. Daniel brought us back a bronze in his weighted kumite, and Jim got a silver in kata and a bronze in kumite. Congratulations also to Matt Hudson for his two bronzes, one in kata and one kumite.