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Francis ChuahShotoshinkai News: A total of 17 karate exponent from UUM represented their University in the yearly Malaysian Universiti Sport Competition (MASUM) which is held yearly. The host for this year event was Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and the karate event begins on the 26th of June – 28th of June 2011.
The UUM karate team participated in both male and female event and both categories of Kata and Kumite. The team won 7 medals for this years event. The result and achievement of UUM karate exponent is as follow:
SILVER MEDAL
Male Team Kata
Kow Yu Huan
Mohd Fariz Adiputra
Yulizar Widiatama
Female Team Kata
Nur Fadhilah Ahmad
Nursilla Mohamed Peton
Rosliana Mat Said
Female Kumite < 50kg
Shahidatul Nadhirah
Female Kumite < 55kg
Shazwani Kintai
BRONZE MEDAL
Male Kumite < 84kg
Yulizar Widiatama
Male Kumite > 84kg
Krishnakumar Muniandy
Female Individual Kata
Shahidatul Nadhirah
Sensei Sulaiman Ismail, Chief Instructor for UUM Karate Team and Head Coach for the MASUM team was very happy with the overall performance. “Overall achievement for this year is better compared to last year’s MASUM and I am happy we have won medal in most of the categories we participated but there is still room for improvement and we will be working towards it”. Team manager Sensei Francis Chuah acknowledge that the team is performing but also realize that there is a heavy task ahead for the team. “There is still differences and gap between our team and other universities, both the male and female Kata squad is catching up and so does the female kumite team. However, we still lack of strong talent in the male kumite team. We need to work harder to search for new talents in the university when the new semester starts.” he added.
This is the 3rd year the Karate event was included in MASUM since it was introduced in 2009. UUM hosted and organized the 1st Karate event in MASUM UUM 2009 followed by UiTM Arau in MASUM UiTM 2010. Next year MASUM Karate event is rumoured to be held in UMS (Universiti Malaysia Sabah). However there is no official confirmation on the matter.
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Nice article. Congratulations to the UUM Team. But find it strange that it will not be included in next year’s MASUM as Sabah has one of the most active karate associations in the country (and it’s shotokan).
It will be included. Just that the venue is not confirm if it is in Sabah