Local karatekas move to new grades

The Kofukan South Africa together with its sister branch which is based in Brits held their pre-grading training session at Diepkloof Community Hall on October 28.

This type of training is held twice a year prior to karateka undergoing their grading.

The sensi of Kofukan Soouth Africa, Thabo Molubi said that all their junior belt Karatekas are eligible to grade twice a year but it is important that they attend these sessions.

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“Our organisation has got a grading syllabus that should be followed like any other school, it is therefore important for all our karatekas to be aligned to the syllabus.

“All our white belts karatekas will be attempting their next grade on November 25 which will be a Yellow belt or Yellow stripe,” Molubi said.

He added that the orange belts karetakas will also be attempting a green belt or a green stripe.

“Once a karateka reaches a brown belt level they will only be eligible to grade after a year and no longer after six months. A brown belt level is a senior level in Karate as it prepares you for a black belt level.”

It was nice to see our karatekas from both sides working extremely hard in this session because they all want to pass to their next level. This has been a fantastic year for Kofukan South Africa and I am super proud of all our Karatekas.”

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The team had athletes that travelled to Zimbabwe to represent South Africa at the AUSC Region Five Southern Africa Karate Championships and won medals for Karate South Africa.

“It is good that we are not only recognised locally but internationally as well.

“On November 25, we will be having our grading session and our annual year end awards.

“This will surely be a big event for our organisation as we will be awarding the top flyers of the year.”

Parents who are interested to enrol their kids with our Karate school can sensei Thabo Molubi on on 079 921 3600.