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Video report by ITV Meridian sports reporter Sarah Gomme
Thomas Klemz began learning karate when he was just five years old and now at the age of 12, he holds international and world titles in the kata discipline.
While the pandemic drew to a close competition in the traditional sense - Tom hasn t let that stand in his way.
Thanks to his father and uncles, Tom now has his own purpose-built Lockdown dojo at the bottom of his garden in the New Forest.
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The bespoke karate studio enables Tom to train, be coached, and compete online.
He has entered 20 e-competitions and his high scores mean he is now ranked number two in the world at under-13 level.