Fellow students congratulate the medal winners. McDylan and Viki Lloyd celebrate karate gold.

Oxford Road schoolkid McDylan Philippe-Ekitt fought his way to a UK gold medal in the National Wado Karate Championships on March 22nd 2015.

McDylan, a pupil at Wilson Road Primary School, aged just eight years and in his first ever competition battled his way through every round, leaving far more experienced fighters trailing in his wake.

Anncile Abraham took a bronze medal in his under 9 years category, with Josh Benjamin-Philip and Nishant Gehlot securing bronze medals in 12-14 years and 15-17 years respective categories.

The Tournament, held in London, included fighters from across the UK and Ireland.

All students learn karate at the Sei Shin Kan Karate School based in the Oxford Road. The School is run by Chief Instructor Viki Lloyd 4th Dan black belt and Assistant Instructor Pete Evans.

Coach Viki Lloyd, a former British and European Karate Champion and senior student of the legendary Grandmaster Tatsuo Suzuki Hanshi, said, 'I am extremely proud of the whole junior Sei Shin Kan squad. They worked hard together and achieved great success in their first ever tournament. McDylan's result was simply outstanding.

As head coach my vision is to encourage youngsters to get healthy, enjoy fitness, develop discipline & character through the learning of genuine traditional karate. I am also in the business of training champions.'

The Sei Shin Kan Karate School trains at St Georges Church Hall, St Georges Road, Reading on Tuesday and Friday evenings.

Full details available at www.seishinkan.co.uk.