Broomfield children have been learning karate with Sensei Debi Steven’s school for over 5 years through her classes for Pee Wee and Funakoshi Shotokan karate. With Sensei Debi’s enthusiasm and commitment to her sport, Broomfield is now a hotbed of young karateka, with most of our youngest children enjoying our optional in school Pee Wee Karate lessons and many Year 1 and above children carrying on the sport within Sensei Debi’s Funakoshi Shotokan club lessons both here at school at 8am on Tuesday and Thursdays or at the Kew Scout Hut after school.
Since 2009 we now have a school karate cup which was won for the first time by our leaving brown belt, Ameya. Since then two more of our senior children have achieved their brown belts, Oscar and Freya in Year 6. In 2011-12, Trajan in Year 3 went to Turin and won a silver medal at the World Funakoshi Karate Championships, Trajan and Ben in Year 3 and Oscar in Year 6 won gold, silver and silver medals respectively at the World Open Youth Karate Championships in Verona and Ben in Year 3 won gold at the local Osterley Club Championships, all for Kata and Team Kata. Well done Broomfield Karateka!