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Kent Student Wins New Karate Medals
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Mohammad Reza, a PhD student in Medical Image Computing has won two bronze medals in the London International Karate Championship.
He has been the team captain of the University of Kent karate club since 2008 and has won numerous medals in the past such as a Gold medal at the British University and Colleges Championship and a bronze medal in European Championship. This time in London, Mohammad competed in two categories against his opponents to a very high standard. The first category, the senior -75 kg individual, he overcame four opponents to get through all the way to the semi-finals. In the semi-final, Mohammad came up against his friend from Iran, Esfandiyari, who was a former national team member of Iran in what turned out to be a spectacular and extremely competitive fight. “He was an amazing fighter, so fast” said Mohammad following the fight as Esfandiyari went on to claim the gold medal whilst Mohammad achieved the bronze medal.
In the team competition, Mohammad competed in three rounds. In the third round they were drawn against Manchester but unfortunately, due to the score difference, they were defeated and they finished 3rd and provided a second bronze medal for Mohammad.
Despite his success so far, Mohammad has been training hard for the past few years to achieve his ultimate goal; competing in world championship, and he is optimistic of going to one of the World Championships soon.
Mohammad is also very thankful to his instructors, Mark Caddy (karate), Chris Payne (fitness and strength). “Chris has made me so much stronger than what I was during the past few weeks. I hope this strength and fitness program continues as it is. I should thank Mel for putting this great program for scholars” said Mohammad. He also acknowledges the help of the sports scholarship that he got from the university of Kent sport centre.
We here at Inquire Live look forward to seeing how Mohammad progresses in the future, so keep checking out Inquire Live for future updates!