THE Guyana Karate College (GKC) on Saturday completed their final training session before winging out later today to the International Karate Diagaku (IKD) Camp and World Cup 2015 in Toronto Canada.Vice-president and Senior Instructor Sensei Jeffrey Wong has indicated that the team is ready and raring to go.
Sensei Wong added that this year, he is looking for the top honour and doesn’t feel that second place will cut it: “Last World Cup as you know we got second place and we got second with 23 medals but we were short (of first place) by about seven or eight medals. Right now we have more students taking part so we hope to cop those extra places to secure first place”
Wong indicated to Chronicle Sport that his athletes are aware of what they are heading into and have been training constantly for the tournament. “I’m very surprised with the junior and the senior teams; they are very excited and very pumped-up ahead of the championship. As you know, we’ve been preparing for the tournament over the last four to five months and it’s going to be very successful for the IKD.”
The senior instructor lauded the support from parents and guardians who continue to support their children for the championships
“We are getting a lot of support from the parents. The majority are going to the World Cup in Canada to support their children and we are very pleased with the response from the parents,” he said.
The 2nd IKD World Cup and camp will take place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 15 to 19 and will feature karatekas from North America and the Caribbean.

By Stephan Sookram