Helensburgh and Lomond karate pupils earn medals for resumes

JKS Clyde instructor Callum Cairns has spent time with his students to help them develop the skills required to take the competition circuit by storm.

Five students competed in the JKS Glasgow Development Championships on October 27, where three medals were brought home.

Young ladies Charlotte, Mirren and Chloe smashed their respective Kumite sections to earn some bronze and gold medals.

Budding pupil Chloe brought home a couple of gold medals from the JKS Glasgow Championship (Image: JKS Clyde) With only six months of karate under their belt, Charlotte and Mirren were the first students to take that first big step on to the tatami to test out their Kumite skills at the JKS Scotland Honbu Dojo Grass Roots Kids Kumite competition in March this year, picking up gold medals in their respective categories.

Mirren (left) was also successful in the competition (Image: JKS Clyde) Charlotte (second left) was all smiles from earning her silverware (Image: JKS Clyde) Proud instructor Callum told the Advertiser: "Sisters Charlotte and Mirren had some great fights and brought home a bronze medals.

"Chloe was on incredible form and walked away with a gold. She also test her skills again once more in the Kata missing out on the medals this time round.

"Ben and Luis also entered the Kata and Kumite and were unfortunate not to bring any silverware home after a fine display from both students in both sections."

Luis also entered the Kata and Kumite categories (Image: JKS Clyde) It has been a busy year for the dojo based in Centre 81 in Garelochhead as championships have been the focus of the pupil's minds.

Students Eileen, Charlotte, Mirren, Simon and Archie took to the tatami at the JKS Scotland National Championships in May.

Mother of two and para-karate athlete Eileen put in a great performance on the day to take home a bronze medal in her first ever para-karate Kata competition.

Mother of two Eileen earned herself a bronze medal (Image: JKS Clyde) Her girls Charlotte and Mirren cheered her on as they witnessed her success.

They followed shortly after with their own Kumite bouts putting in strong performances against good competitors, but missed out on medals on that occasion.

Young Archie competed in the Kata section for the first time and again narrowly missed out on the podium after a great display of his awesome Kata skills.

Shortly after, his father Simon stepped up to the tatami and put on his gloves to compete in Kumite after hanging them up in his teens.

He rolled back the years against some tough competition and scored some good points, again narrowly missing out on the medal bouts.

And in September, Garelochhead and Cardross students achieve success at the first JKS Scotland Honbu Dojo Kata Development Championships.

Chloe and Marissa of the Cardross dojo put in great performances at the competition considering they only started Karate in May.

Chloe and Marissa put in a great performance at the first JKS Scotland Honbu Dojo Kata Development Championships (Image: JKS Clyde) Marissa narrowly missed out on progressing and Chloe bagged silver, making it through several tough rounds to the final in her first ever competition.

To finish the day, Laura having recently switched her skill set from Taekwondo to Karate, picked up a bronze medal in the senior female Kata.

Laura of the Cardross dojo competed in the senior female kata category (Image: JKS Clyde)