Middle School Karate Nationals: 'Shikukai' Yoneida Wins Boys' Individual Kata; Girls' Team Places Fifth

The national middle school karate championships were held late last month in Shizuoka Prefecture, where members of local dojo ‘Shikukai’ (head instructor Kobayashi Shimimitsu) achieved strong results. ‘Yoneida Kosei’, a third-year student at Chogo Junior High, won the boys’ individual kata title. The girls’ team kata from ‘Shikukai’ finished in fifth place.