Good luck to East Durham’s Aaron Swales as he head of to Paris for the Karate 1 Premier League tournament.

Karate 1 sees the world’s best karate athletes gather for a grand prix of tournaments across the year – the first being in Paris on Saturday and Sunday.

Aaron will compete in the U-84kg category.

Good luck also to our other Ishinryu athletes taking part – Jonathan Mottram, Emma Lucraft, John Gardner and Aimee Sell – who will all compete in kata.