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KRMA team at the WMAC World Championships 2023 in Germany

KRMA at the WMAC World Championships 2023: Eight Gold Medals in Germany

September 24, 2023•1 min read

KRMA at the WMAC World Championships 2023: Eight Gold Medals in Germany

KRMA athletes represented Team England at the WMAC World Championships 2023 in Germany, returning with an impressive collection of World Championship results.

The championships took place from 22–24 September 2023 and brought together martial artists competing across a wide range of forms and weapons divisions.

KRMA Results

Andrew Banks

  • Gold — Japanese Weapons Veterans

  • Gold — Creative Forms

  • Silver — Japanese Weapons Adults

  • Silver — Karate Kata

  • Bronze — Musical Weapons

Kara Stothard

  • Gold — Creative Forms

  • Silver — Musical Weapons

Natasha Green

  • Gold — Japanese Weapons

  • Gold — Musical Forms

  • Bronze — Creative Weapons

Bev Green

  • Gold — Japanese Weapons

Oliver Devine

  • Gold — Japanese Weapons

  • Silver — Musical Weapons

  • Silver — Karate Kata

  • Bronze — Musical Forms

Sofia Devine

  • Gold — Creative Forms, Under 7s

  • Bronze — Creative Forms, Under 9s

Aimee Banks

  • Silver — Musical Weapons

Eight Gold Medals for KRMA

Across the championships, the KRMA team achieved:

8 Gold medals
6 Silver medals
4 Bronze medals

The team also received a Championship Belt in recognition of its performances as part of Team England.

Representing KRMA on the World Stage

International competition gives students and instructors an opportunity to test their training against martial artists from outside their usual competitive environment.

Results matter, but so does the experience of representing your school and country, performing under pressure and learning from high-level competition.

The 2023 World Championships became another significant chapter in KRMA’s competition history.

Congratulations to every competitor who represented KRMA and Team England in Germany.

Andrew Banks sensei

Andrew Banks sensei

Sensei Andrew Banks is the founder of Koku-Ryu Martial Arts and a multi-discipline martial arts instructor with over 30 years of experience. He specialises in coaching children, adults, and families, with a focus on confidence development, traditional karate, freestyle martial arts, kickboxing, and self-defence. Andrew is passionate about empowering students to grow on and off the mats.

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