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PLEASED AS PUNCH: Karateka spend years learning the skills and discipline to gain black-belt and dan status. Recently, four karateka from the area were awarded Black Belt of dan status. From left are Ashton Court, Josh de Vos, instructor Gary Grapentin, Anne Hartley and Morgan Aitchison
BLACK BELT

Karateka show their worth at ECSR

Josh De Vos, Anne Hartley, Morgan Aitchison and Ashton Court join a select group of karateka who have achieved dan or junior black belt grades at Eastern Cape Shotokan Ryu in Port Alfred. The grading took place in Port Elizabeth recently.…

  • Rob Knowles
CONTEMPORARY MASTER: André Bertel Sensei, a New Zealander now living in Japan, will hold a seminar for South African Shotokan karateka in Port Elizabeth this weekend
ANDRE BERTEL

Shotokan master to hold seminar in Port Elizabeth

Local karateka stand to benefit from the wisdom of a Shotokan master when André Bertel Sensei visits Port Elizabeth for his second South African Seminar on March 2 and 3. This is Bertel’s second visit to South Africa and he is being…

  • Rob Knowles