Cobras Shotokan karatekas receive black belts

Cobras Shotokan Karate Club in Alberton is proud to announce that two of their instructors recently graded to their 2nd Dan black belts.

Kaylee Beine and Amy Howard both did exceptionally well to pass to this level at the national black belt grading of the South African Shotokan Karate Academy (SASKA), a style which is renowned for its high standard of karate.

SASKA is under the leadership of hanshi Koos Burger, 9th Dan black belt and a current technical director of the International Shotokan-Ryu Karate-Do Shihankai.

Beine and Howard are both assistant instructors at the Cobras club and help with teaching all the junior students of the club.

Cobras Shotokan Karate Club trains on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5.30pm to 6.30pm at Glenview Primary School in Brackenhurst.

For more information contact sensei Laurent Gaston-Bellegarde on 082 494 2704 or sensei Nicholas Gaston-Bellegarde on 082 302 8637. Alternatively, visit www.albertonkarate.co.za