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Andre Bertel Sensei Seminar

15 Mar
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WSKF students from all over South Africa travelled to Port Elizabeth for the highly anticipated Andre Bertel Sensei Seminar during the first weekend of March. The extremely successful seminar was hosted by United Shotokan Ryu (USR) and it was Bertel Sensei’s second visit to the African continent.

Bertel Sensei is an internationally respected, dynamic and inspirational teacher, with an unparalleled knowledge of Shotokan karate. He received private tuition from the late Japanese Shotokan karate master, Tetsuhiko Asai Sensei, and is now considered to be one of the leading practitioners of Asai-Ha Shotokan Ryu.

The seminar focused on devastating self-defense techniques and applications practiced before World War II, many of which have since been almost forgotten since the internationalization of Shotokan karate.

Bertel Sensei, originally from New Zealand, now lives in Oita City, Japan.
All WSKF students present left the seminar inspired and grateful for the wealth of new knowledge gained.
A special thank you to Gary Grapentin Sensei (Chairperson USR) for extending the invitation to our students and allowing all to experience training with this contemporary karate master.

 

WSKF Regional Black and Brown Belt Training – March 2019

15 Mar
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The monthly regional senior training was hosted in Vereeniging dojo on Saturday, 9th March 2019. The training was conducted by Marius Jordaan Sensei who started the session with a variation of one step Kumite with emphasis on effective counterattack.

This was followed by Kihon presented by Andrio Lombaard Sensei. The focus of this month’s basics was the Shodan grading syllabus, specifically arm techniques.

The final two sessions were focused on kata with Martin Pretorius Sensei presenting kata Jion and Simone Roig y Collado Sensei presenting kata Basai Dai. Both katas are essential in preparation for Dan grading.

The training was well attended, with everyone training very hard. Students from Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark, Potchefstroom, Pretoria, Centurion and Alberton were present.

WSKF National Instructor Seminar – 2019

06 Mar
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On the 26th January a WSKF Karate seminar was held at WSKF Karate Vaal Vereeniging Dojo. Black belts from all WSKF clubs attended this seminar that was led by Mike Dukas, Chief Instructor, WSKF SA. Karatika from as far as Angola attended this seminar. The slogan of the seminar was: “Back to basics” and Dojo heads concentrated on the basics of karate.

Provincial Achievements for WSKF SA – 2019

05 Mar
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Karateka of Langebaan Karate Centre excels at KSA Championships held at Kuils River.Twelve karatekas took part during 9 - 10 February this year and a total of 14 medals were won.

At the back (from left to right): Jan de Wet, Jan Marx (Instructor), Les Liebenberg (Instructor), Tiaan Henrico
Middle (from left to right): Aura Gottling, Danré Briel
Front (from left to right): Daniel Johnson, Ty Ribaudo, Caiden Vorster, Mischke Schoeman, Brett Oosthuizen, Annabelle Hulley
Insert: Inge Titus, Cai Marquez

For the Orange Free State Province we had the following students excel in their respective divisions: Duncan Rogowski <21 Male Kata, Ulani Erasmus 16/17 Jnr Female Kata, Lebohang Motshweneng 14/15 Male Kata and 14/15 Male Kumite <70kg, Sasha Rogowski  12/13 Girls Kata and Declan Gerber 12/13 Boys Kata

Well done to all karateka

 

WSKF SA National Dan Grading – 2018

08 Oct
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The annual WSKF National Dan Grading was held on Saturday, 6th October 2018, at Vanderbijlpark Dojo.

Various students attempted grades from Shodan (1st Dan) to Yondan (4th Dan) under the watchful eye of an extremely senior grading panel led by Mike Dukas Sensei (8th Dan).


The highlight of the day was Tatjana Radojevic-Rogowski who successfully graded to Yondan (4th Dan). Tatjana Sensei had an impressive and technically advanced grading, showcasing her brilliant ability and knowledge.

The National Grading was also extended to cater for the members in the Western Cape.

The following members also passed the respective grading.

Frikkie Botha (Nidan), Jan – Taljaard Marx (Nidan), Inge Titus (Shodan), Jan De Wet (Shodan), Lieb Liebenberg (Nidan) en Jan Marx (Yondan).

Congratulations to all successful candidates on attaining their new grade!

WSKF SA National Development Championships – 2018

03 Oct
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The WSKF South African National Development Championships was held this past weekend in Vanderbijlpark. This biennial event is a highlight on our calendar and has, once again, proven to be a huge success!

The development championships caters for members of all belt levels under the age of 21. This year’s event had WSKF members entered from all over South Africa, and even as far as Namibia!

The principles and standards of WSKF karate was clearly present as competitors competed in kata, basic kumite and free fighting. We are proud of each of our members and are happy to see that the medals were evenly presented across all dojos – highlighting the high level of standardization across all dojos.

A special congratulations to the following trophy winners:

– WSKF Best Tournament Spirit : Team Namibia lead by Leandro Sitler Sensei
– WSKF Best Female Competitor : Ulani Erasmus
– WSKF Best Male Competitor : Duncan Rogowski

The tournament ran smoothly and on time. It’s success was a result of so many members working together, including the table officials, judges, referees, instructors, first aid staff, kitchen staff, organizers, parents, and, most importantly, the children!

Thank you to all involved!

WSKF Team Kumite Challenge – 2018

10 Aug
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WSKF South Africa hosted its first ever Team Kumite Challenge event on Saturday, 28 July 2018. The Challenge comprised of male and female Kumite teams, made up from the various WSKF Dojos who then competed in a round-robin competition against each other.

Different to the typical Team Kumite competitions, known to and competed in by most karateka, the WSKF Shihankai and senior instructor team, developed a team event where the focus was moved from the kumite to the development of karateka and future leaders of the organization. To this extent, each kumite team consisted of five fighters, each from a different age group, resulting in the junior karatekas training and competing with some of their karate role models, who in turn taught, coached and guided them to improve their own karate skills. Oppositely, the senior karateka were put into leadership roles, ultimately nurturing the future leaders of WSKF SA.

 

Overall, the day was a huge success, where the feedback from various karateka proved that the goals and objectives of the event were reached. :

“Ek voel dat die team challenge die naweek baie hulpvaardig was en dat dit my gehelp het om meer selfversekerd te voel. Ek kan ook nou beter ‘n ‘punch’ hanteer en selfs uitdeel as ek moet.” – Simoné de Koning

“Was a good opportunity to connect with the juniors in the dojo” – Coenraad Berrange

“Ons het dit vreeslik geniet en dit was lekker om in ‘n span deel te neem waar almal verkillende ouderdomme is, juis omdat dit nooit so gebeur nie.” – Wenette Jordaan

“I mostly appreciated the way the juniors handled themselves when they won with humbleness and a lost with pride and sow the loss as a learning opportunity, rather than a defeat. After each fight it just got better and better.” – Brandon Shepherd

The winning male (Arno Botha, André Swanepoel, Marco Botha, Coenraad Berrange, Brandon Shepherd) and female (Abigail Leite, Mila Genis, Ulani Erasmus, Caitlyn Pillay, Jacqueline Keller) teams of the day were awarded the impressive Team Challenge floating trophies which they’d like to defend next year.

   

FISU World University Karate Championship in Japan – 2018

18 Apr
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We are pleased to announce that three of our members, Brandon Shepherd, Coenraad Berrange and Wenette Jordaan, have been selected to represent University Sport South Africa (USSA) at the FISU World University Karate Championship in Kobe, Japan, during July 2018.

Only one athlete per division was selected from all the tertiary institutions across South Africa. Brandon secured the team position for Male U60kg Kumite, Coenraad for Male Team Kumite and Wenette for Female Kata. All three athletes have been WSKF members from a young age and have continued to train at the relevant WSKF dojo’s across South Africa as they relocated for their studies. Brandon is a student at North West University in Potchefstroom and is currently completing his BCom Economics and International Trade degree.

 

Coenraad is a fellow student at North West University and is studying a BSc degree in Tourism and Geography. A final year student at the University of Pretoria, Wenette is studying B Consumer Science specializing in Clothing Retail Management.

 

The World University Championship is a prestigious event and we wish our members all the best!

WSKF South Africa National Instructors’ Seminar – 2018

08 Feb
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What a knowledge filled weekend at the 2018 WSKF Instructor Seminar!

A great seminar with WSKF SA chief Instructor, Michael Dukas Sensei, Shihankai and senior instructors to prepare us for 2018.

The seminar focussed on standardizing the Tekki series, Gohon kumite and applying these standards in Jiyu kumite.

Dojo heads, instructors and senior students from across both South Africa and Namibia thoroughly enjoyed the sessions presented by Michael Dukas Shihan and Sensei’s Marius Jordaan, John Rust, Philip Venter, Andrio Lombaard, Simone Roig y Collado and Martin Pretorius.