Chinese duo trained as Uchi Deshis in Seychelles crowned in karate championships in Japan |29 October 2025

Sensei Zhang (right) and Sempai Rachel with their silverware (Photo: Contributed)

Chinese duo trained as Uchi Deshis in Seychelles crowned in karate championships in Japan

The Chinese duo of Sensei Xiao Zheng and Sempai Rachel Bai Sempai Rachel Bai from the Hang Zhou Kyokushin Ryu Branch in China and who earlier this year came here for a three-week extensive Uchi Deshi training programme under Shihan Phillip Moustache in preparation for two major Kyokushin Karate Championships in Singapore and Japan, have again produced good results in the 29th Dragon Cup International Friendship Championships organised by the World Kyokushin Kaikan held last Saturday in Kagoshima, Japan.

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