Father and son in the Great Britain Martial Arts team, competing at the European Games in Germany

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Hello, my name is Chris (aged 42) and my son is Ryan (aged 9). We both started our karate journey together, 3 years ago with Sensei Jamie Edmonds and Sensei Adrian Heeks, at FirstDojo, in Blackpool. We have since been doing competitions for the past 2 years. Every competition my son and I have entered, we have been successful in achieving the medals podium. We got the call up to try out for the Great Britain Martial Arts Team and if successful, we will be heading to Germany for the 2026 European Games. We got the letter to say that we are both successful in making it into the team. I asked my son what do you want from karate? His reply back was: “One day, I like to be on the world stage competing and be a world champion.” I asked my son what would it mean to you competing in the European Games this year in August. He said: “It will be a great experience for me and I want to come away with a medal. This will be my step closer to making it to the world stage.” We’re looking for sponsorships and support donations to help make my son’s dream come true. Please donate for this special cause of making a 9-year-old dream come true. We are very much dedicated to the martial arts and train 10 hours a week. If you are a company and like to sponsor us, every picture we post on social media’s, will have your company logo attached to it saying sponsored by. If you are not a company and just like to donate in support for this, we’d be very grateful.

What will the money go towards?

The money we raise will go towards flights/accommodation, entry fee into the competition, new equipment (chin guards, kumite gloves), GB squad uniforms and gi’s.

Thank you for all your support. We are both so excited to be taking this next step of our journey together, as father and son, in the martial arts world.

to donate, please visit our GoFundMe page: https://gofund.me/2bad327f5