SOUTH AFRICA Kenshikai Karate under the tutelage of Sensei Shaun Burgess recently hosted the 11th International Shuseki Shihan William Oliver Memorial Challenge and Knockdown Tournament Incorporating the 14th Club Championships Event at the Mandeville Indoor Stadium.
The event was very well supported with almost 350 competitors in attendance on the day. Team USA and team Russia were also among the international visitors entering this year’s popular event.
The two Sogo (overall) champions of this event emerged from the large pool of fighters as the male champion for 2014, being Dimitrii Rodichkin from Moscow, Russia, representing the Russian IFK Kyokushinkai Karate Federation, and in the female division was Jordan le Roux training out of the Mondeor Kenshikai Karate Dojo. The Sogo (overall) champion is the fighter who wins his/her own weight division after competing against four to five fighters in the same weight class during the tournament event, then the winning fighter will go on to fight the winner of the heavier weight class, and the winner of that bout is named the Sogo (overall) champion for the annual event.
The Sogo champion would have fought up to six full contact fights in one event to be the overall champion on the day. As this was a festival of martial arts, kata, weapons kata, non-contact, semi-contact and full contact events were well supported.
For queries of venues in your area please contact 082 856 6860 or visit www.sakenshikai.com
