Karate - Ku Yu Kai

06/14/2026

June, 2026 Ku Yu Kai annual belts grading.

06/08/2026

Ku Yu Kai members excelled at Victoria Open Karate Championships. The five Ku Yu Kai students who participated won a total of 15 individual medals: 6 individual gold, 2 individual silver, 2 and individual bronze. The Ku Yu Kai kata team also won Gold in Team Kata. Athenna Verzosa was presented with the award for the Top Female Athlete of the tournament. So proud of you all!

Many thanks to Sensei Alan Chan who coached the students at the tournament.

05/17/2026

Ku Yu Kai students on the BC Provincial team competed at the Canadian National Junior Karate Championships this weekend. Congratulations to Athenna Verzosa (Bronze in Female Cadet Kata), Yuvasri Selvakumar, and Isaac Au on their strong performances.

05/17/2026

Congratulations to Ku Yu Kai member Athenna Verzosa, Bronze medalist in Female Cadet Kata at Canadian National Junior Karate Championships.

04/25/2026

Congratulations to the Ku Yu Kai members - competitors, coaches and referees - who made us proud at the 2026 Sekishinkan Karate-do Tournament today. Ku Yu Kai athletes won Gold in every category we entered. Where we had two athletes in a category, they won Gold AND Silver.

A thank you to Kai Galazka, who stepped in to coach our team today, as both the Sensei Julie and Sensei Shary, along with our junior black belts Athenna, Isaac and Yuva were serving as referees and judges.

Kudos for your achievements and for the great positive attitude you displayed.

SEKISHINKAN TOURNAMENT RESULTS
TA01 Jr. Team Kata Intermediate (all ages)
- Aaron Chan, Karson Choy, Sriharish Sureshkumar GOLD
TA01 Jr. Team Kata Intermediate (all ages)
- Tony Vo, Elliott So, Jon Leung GOLD
K03 Individual Kata 11-13 Mixed Novice
- Sriharish Sureshkumar GOLD
K04 Individual Kata 11-13 Male Intermediate
- Aaron Chan GOLD
- Karson Choy SILVER
K08 Individual Kata 14-16 Mixed Advanced
- Tony Vo GOLD
K08 Individual Kata 14-16 Mixed Advanced
- Elliott So SILVER
K10 Individual Kata 17+ Mixed Int-Adv
- Jon Leung GOLD
S03 Individual Kumite 11-13 Male Novice
- Sriharish Sureshkumar GOLD
S04 Individual Kumite 11-13 Male Intermediate
- Aaron Chan GOLD
S07 Individual Kumite 14-16 Male Int-Adv
- Elliot So GOLD
- Tony Vo SILVER

04/13/2026

Fantastic results at BC Provincial Karate Championships!

Every single Ku Yu Kai competitor medaled in every category in which they were entered. Our 10 students won 9 Gold, 4 Silver, and 3 Bronze medals.

I am so proud of all our members who competed at the BC Provincial Championships this weekend. You all performed extremely well. I received many positive comments about the quality of our students from referees and other coaches. Not only did you perform well on the mats, but your positive attitude and the way you supported each other warmed my heart.

Here are the final results:
GOLD MEDALS
Yuvasri Selvakumar (Female Cadet Kata)
Aaron Chan (Team Kata, Boys 12/13 Novice Kata, Boys 12/13 Novice Kumite)
Elliott So (Team Kata)
Jon Leung (Mens Novice Kata)
Karson Choy (Boys 12/13 Intermediate Kata)
Tony Vo (Team Kata)
SILVER MEDALS
Athenna Verzosa (Female Cadet Kata)
Ashkan Tehrani (Mens Novice Kata)
Elliott So (Boys 14/15 Intermediate Kata)
BRONZE MEDALS
Isaac Au (Male Junior Kata)
Elliott So (Boys 14/15 Novice to Advanced Kumite)
Tony Vo (Boys 14/15 Novice to Advanced Kumite)
Elliott So

03/11/2026

03/04/2026

Mawashi Geri & Yoku Geri.

03/01/2026

Ku Yu Kai member Aaron Chan awarded Silver medal in Kata and Bronze in Kumite at 2026 BC Winter Games. Congratulations, Aaron!

03/01/2026

Senior and Junior officials at the B.C. Winter Games. Newly-minted Provincial Judges, Yuvasri and Athenna (centre front). Sensei Julie, National Referee (right front).