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Woensdag, 5 April 2017
Black belts arrive from Japan
Eighteen candidates from the Welgemoed dojo, who were successfully promoted to Shodan Black Belt in December last year, just received their belts from Japan. It took a minimum of seven years of gruelling training to achieve this, and only about 4% of white belts ever pass a black belt grading. Front from left: Davan Swart, Keesha Petersen, Jaydon Davies, Devan Lee Saaiman, JeanReece Brooks and Dilshad Mukaddam. Back from left: Dario Liebenberg, Lindi Denys, Nadia Heunis, Jacques du Plessis, Matthew Cleary and Shihan Hennie Bosman. Absent: Tian Brand, Connor February, Marco Fourie, Adriaan Mouton, Joshua Roux, Seth Taylor and Emile Kellerman. PHOTOS: WAYNE SYLVESTER
Kyokushinkan Welgemoed held their annual kata tournament recently. More than 140 students from all the dojos in the northern suburbs took part in age groups starting from under seven years. The standard was very high, according to the chief instructor Hennie Bosman. The tourna ment was held to prepare the students for the WP tournament to be held in May. Front from left: Casandra Saturnyne, Ryan Higgs, Jana van Zyl, Albert Robertson, Matthew Booysen and Thato Oliphant. Middle: Treemonisha Saturnyne, Ben Minnaar, Caleb de Wit, Damian Cadenhead, Ruan Moelich, Jason Barrington, Mia Thuynsma and Adam Botha. Back: Nadia Heunis, Jordan Masimila, Tiaan Crous, Shihan Hennie Bosman, Cobus van Zyl, Daleen van Zyl and Gerald Masimila.
Bronze for Samantha
Samantha Carstens from Francois du Plessis GojuKai School of Karate competed in her first KSA National Championships in Durban earlier this month, where she won a bronze medal for kumite. Here she is pictured with her coach, Sensei Charl Roux (left), and Francois du Plessis (right).
Meer as 200 karatekas van Francois du Plessis se karateskool het onlangs hulle eerste strandoefening van die jaar in Blouberg strand bygewoon. Terwyl die karatekas besig was met hulle oefening, het die sowat 100 ouers aan die 5 kmpretloop deelgeneem.
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