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Salient: Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Vol. 32, No. 11. 1969.

[Victoria University Karate Club]

• Members of the Victoria University Karate Club seen at the national championships in Wellington recently. From left : M. Judge, B. McCallum, S. Naquase, W. Sharrock, G. Arnold. Absent : G. R. Glover.

Members of the Victoria University Karate Club seen at the national championships in Wellington recently. From left : M. Judge, B. McCallum, S. Naquase, W. Sharrock, G. Arnold. Absent : G. R. Glover.

By Meru Judge

Five members of the Victoria University Karate Club took part in the All-New Zealand karate championships in Wellington recently.

Four of the five competed in the restricted grades free-fighting event. Greg Arnold reached the semifinals and S. Naquase, the 1968 New Zealand White Belt Champion, won the title.

Warren Sharrock reached the quarter-finals of the open grade fighting, and also entered the kata competition.

A kata is a formal sequence of techniques demonstrating balance, timing, and co-ordination, and in competition the karateka performs the kata of his choice.

In winning the the event, Sharrock caused an upset by outpointing his instructor Andy Barber, 1st dan, the 1968 champion.

In a later dmonstration Sharrock also kicked his way through a 1 inch slab of wood.

Although the Vic competitors sometimes lacked the aggressive instinct which wins bouts, they did seek to achieve purity and control in their style.