William, a young, is a student in Grimsby. He secured two Commonwealth karate gold medals at university. A young karate practitioner featured in InYourArea also won a double Commonwealth title. Bipasha Paul, a student at Heritage School, secured senior gold at the Commonwealth Karate Championship 2026. She moved up from junior bronze.

Ryan Dev Varma, hailing from Tripura, is the first person from his state to achieve a Guinness World Records award for a karate group event. Two schoolgirls from Uran won to the divisional karate championship. A boy resident of Mechanicville will start karate again after open heart surgery.