Self Defence talk and demo to the staff at Hillcrest Provincial Hospital
Sensei Tracy and Shihan Kelvin presented a Self Defence talk and demo to the staff at Hillcrest Provincial Hospital in aid of Womens Day Celebration.”
Kempton Park Dojo Inter Club Cup Challenge
Our members from Kempton Park Karate Academy took part in The Dojo Inter Club Cup Challenge. It is an annual WKF all styles event hosted by Sensei Takis Chaniotakos from The Dojo in Boksburg. The competition was held on Saturday the 27th of August at the Brakpan indoor centre. Front from left to right: Aiden…
KZN Development Tournament held in Tongaat 2016-08-14
Congratulations to our champions who took part in the KZN Development Tournament held in Tongaat this last weekend. Young Bob from Sensei Kims dojo had a massive kata division to contend with and produced his best to win a Gold Medal. Robert and Alec took Bronze in their Kata division and in the Kumite divisions,…
KATA SEMINAR – SCOTTBURGH DOJO 30th JULY 2016
Well done on a good effort! Scottburgh dojo hosted a Kata Seminar for their Brown and Black Belts on Saturday 30th July 2016 with great success. Shihan Kelvin presented the kata Seiechin and is impressed with the end results and is looking forward to the next seminar with you. It was great to have Hanshi…
Richard Salmon (Hanshi)
Budo Karate-Do South Africa is a full member of Karate South Afirca (KSA) and also a full member of the World Karate Federation (W.K.F.), which is the world body controlling semi-contact karate. Bodokan South Africa was founded by Hanshi Richard Salmon in the early 1960 and he was one of the pioneers of early karate…
Kelvin Daniels (Shihan) Chief Instructor
Kelvin Daniels was born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on 30 December 1954. He was educated at Westville Boys High School outside of Durban. At age 13 he started his Karate career with Budokan and training under Sensei Vic Sykes and the late Sensei Ray Ryan. In 1974 as a brown belt, he changed styles to train with Sensei…
Kim Heaton (Sensei)
Sensei Kim Heaton was born in Durban on 25th June 1976. She attended Westville Girls’ High, which is where she was introduced to karate in 1990 (age 13) by Sensei Barry Anderson from Sankukai Karate. She trained until her 2nd Kyu Brown Belt (Dec 1993) and stopped due to her studies. In 2002, she started training again in Sankukai…
Tracy Staples (Sensei)
• Graded to Nidan 1998 • SA Champ for Kata and Kumite 1986-1992 • Holds Natal Provincial Colours • Graded to Sandan September 2014
Denise Joubert (Sensei)
• Graded to Sandan September 2014
Marguerite Huson (Sensei)
Sensei Marguerite started training at the age of 42. Her son was an active karateka and instead of sitting on the sidelines watching him, she decided to join the class, and has been involved ever since. In 2007, Sensei John Ferreira decided to retire, and Sensei Marguerite, and two others, took over his club. A…