by Kevin Felsher | Feb 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Elri Bester (1st Dan) My karate journey started when I was 8 years old. At first it was just a sport I did twice a week, but now it’s a part of my life. “You had to learn how to protect yourself”, was my father’s words when I began karate at...
by Kevin Felsher | Feb 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Tshepo Motsoeneng, IJKA National Coach I started karate when I was 15 years old. I am now forty and it is still going strong. I didn’t fully understand what it was it really about at first. I thought it was all about learning how to fight and I thought I was going...
by Kevin Felsher | Feb 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
(by Bernard Buys, 6th Dan, Chief Instructor) Let’s talk about the JOURNEY to becoming a Black Belt or shodan (1stDan) as it is also more commonly known. It is perhaps important to explain the PROCESS in a little bit more detail, in order for you to have a better...
by Kevin Felsher | Feb 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
In a recent Daily Telegraph study, arguments for and against the use of a tablet (or similar electronic device) versus children’s karate were published, the below mentioned results speaks for itself: The arguments advanced for the benefits of a tablet (or similar...