Musuko Karate Academy

19/06/2026

Congratulations to our six Tournament Squad students who have been selected for the EKNGB ‘Northern Regional Kata A Squad’ and to their coaches, Sensei’s Simon, Nathan, and Brandon Crowther.

Their dedication, commitment, and hard work are paying off, and this achievement is thoroughly deserved. We are incredibly proud of everyone involved and look forward to seeing the continued progress and success.

Keep pushing forward, keep striving for excellence, and enjoy every step of the journey. Well done all! 👏🥋🔥 ❤️🖤🤍

🥋Amelie Aga
🥋Molly Wignall-Smith
🥋Lydia Paterson
🥋Daniel King
🥋Kenzie Worthington
🥋Tommy Wignall-Smith

10/06/2026

Congratulations to Annabelle, Arianna, Aidan and Harrison on their selection for the EKNGB Young Lions Kata Team and the opportunity to represent England in Croatia this July.

The four Musuko Karate Academy students received their Young Lions badges on Sunday 7th June, recognising all the hard work and dedication that has gone into achieving this brilliant milestone.

Their selection reflects the fantastic standard they have reached with Sensei Simon and Sensei Nathan, who continue working hard with them in training and preparation ahead of the Croatia tournament.

Everyone at Musuko Karate Academy wishes them the very best of luck. We are incredibly proud of them all and hope they enjoy every moment of this amazing experience. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇭🇷🥋🔥

03/06/2026

Hi All,

One of our very own instructors Nathan Crowther, will be taking on a skydive this Sunday with some colleagues from his workplace to raise money for a children’s hospice.

Claire’s House Children’s Hospice provide incredible care, support, and comfort to children with life-limiting conditions and their families during some of the most challenging times imaginable.

If you would like to support this amazing cause, we would be hugely grateful for any donation you can make. Your kindness and generosity will help ensure these families continue to receive the care and support they need. Click the link below if you’d like to donate.

Thank you all so much for your support.

Help Caddick Construction NW raise money to support Claire House Children's Hospice

31/05/2026

A great morning at the Yanagi Kai Competition in Manchester 🥋
1 gold🥇 3 silver🥈 and 4 Bronze🥉 medals in individual kata events and a Bronze medal🥉in pairs kata from our fantastic squad team 🔥⭐️

With other squad members just narrowly missing out on medal spots, everyone performed very well. Some results didn’t go our way - with split ref decisions, but nevertheless we are very proud of you all and your dedication and hard work to your training is paying off 👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks to all the coaches for their help, brilliant as always, and to the parents and family members for their ongoing support. Another great day - we push on to the next ❤️🖤🤍

20/05/2026

Good luck to Nathan Crowther, Brandon Crowther and Harry Marsden tomorrow (May 21st) in the Senior European Championships in Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪

We are all very proud of you here at Musuko Karate Academy and wish you every success in the tournament 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🔥 ❤️🖤🤍

27/04/2026

Well done to the Senior Male Team Kata - Nathan Crowther, Brandon Crowther, Harry Marsden.
And their Coach Simon Crowther

A great weekend at the WKF Karate One Series A competition in A Coruña, Spain, with some strong rounds on the tatami taking the team through to the quarter-finals 🥋👏🏻👏🏻

A lot learned, plenty to build on, and now the focus stays on pushing hard towards the Senior European Championships in Germany 👊🏻🇩🇪

Onwards and upwards 🔥 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

26/04/2026

Congratulations to Musuko Karate squad member Faye Russell on being selected onto the England National Squad!! With her coaches Sensei Simon Crowther and Nathan Crowther she has worked extremely hard to get to this point 👏🏻👏🏻

We are proud to report after three very successful training sessions the feedback for Faye was that she has shown the qualities needed to represent England and that her training attitude has been extremely impressive.

Well done Faye - the future is looking extremely bright for you 🔥🥋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

14/04/2026

Congratulations to Musuko Karate Academy students on being selected for England Young Lions Team at the WKF Youth Camp & Cup, Croatia 2026.

10-11 yrs Girls Kata

Annabelle Flook
Arianna Mutema

10-11 yrs Boys Kata

Aidan Mutema
Harrison Way.

Great work guys and a massive achievement from both you all and Coaches Sensei Simon Crowther and Nathan Crowther 👏🏻👏🏻🔥

30/03/2026

We took an almost full squad team to the North East Open Karate Championships in Sunderland on Sunday 29th March.

Fantastic performances again from all our squad members - not all decisions went our way but whether medalists or not, all our squad members should be extremely proud of the improvements they showed 👏🏻👏🏻🔥🥋

Thanks to Sensei Simon, Charlotte, Eric and John for helping out on the day and the parents for all their support 👏🏻👏🏻 ⭐️

Congratulations to all our squad and squad coaches. We push on!! 🥋👊🏻 ❤️🖤🤍

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