Karatekas vie for spot in Battle in The Bush clash
Tenth degree black belt holder and organisational world president, Soke Henri Eksteen said the preliminary examinations reached the envisaged success for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic.
POLOKWANE – Fifty karate warriors from grandmaster Henri Eksteen’s dojo in Polokwane on Saturday battled it out for a spot to compete in the club’s 19th ‘Battle in The Bush’ anniversary competition.
The event, that all participants look forward to, will be a full contact karate series held at a date to be confirmed in December.
At the weekend’s show-off, competitors in various age groups, like Bokang Machabaphala took first spot and thus a spot in the big competition.
The bigger duty, however, for those who have progressed to the final round, is to reach first place in order to win the overall prize – a South African karate colours on the day of the anniversary, which will be held at their dojo at the Peter Mokaba sports precinct’s squash club.
Tenth degree black belt holder and organisational world president, Soke Henri Eksteen said the preliminary examinations reached the envisaged success for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Things are slowly getting back to normal. We are optimistic about what the future of this dynamic ancient fighting art holds for all our practitioners in the organisation,” he said.
The prelims signalled a big moment in the run-up to the organisation’s 25th celebration in January to grow bigger and better, he mentioned.
