{"id":3451,"date":"2026-02-11T11:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:29:57","slug":"e-k-a-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/?p=3451","title":{"rendered":"E.K.A Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626735819_10243298736223607_9011196424296472793_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626735819_10243298736223607_9011196424296472793_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626735819_10243298736223607_9011196424296472793_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626735819_10243298736223607_9011196424296472793_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626735819_10243298736223607_9011196424296472793_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626735819_10243298736223607_9011196424296472793_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EKA Open Championship<\/strong>s: Sunday 1st Feb, Leigh Sports Village<br><br>What a successful day at the EKA Open Championships! After a 6am start and not getting home until 10pm, it\u2019s been a long one. A fantastic tournament with 8 tatamis running like clockwork, with plenty of mat time for our three fighters.<br>Huge well done to Sam and Tom, both going out in the Top 16 against some seriously tough opponents, with Sam missing out to the overall winner. An outstanding performance from Ruby, fighting with real intelligence and flair to take home a silver medal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First competition of 2026 done, and plenty to work on back at the dojo.<br>Well done again team!<br>Jordan<br>Welsh Bushi-Kai Karate Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626822933_10243298737503639_7687390002249032192_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626822933_10243298737503639_7687390002249032192_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626822933_10243298737503639_7687390002249032192_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626822933_10243298737503639_7687390002249032192_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626822933_10243298737503639_7687390002249032192_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/626822933_10243298737503639_7687390002249032192_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EKA Open Championships: Sunday 1st Feb, Leigh Sports Village What a successful day at the EKA Open Championships! After a 6am start and not getting home until 10pm, it\u2019s been a long one. A fantastic tournament with 8 tatamis running like clockwork, with plenty of mat time for our three fighters.Huge well done to Sam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welshbushi-kai.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}