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Goju Ryu Karate Namibia sponsors SPCA Windhoek

Once again the students of Goju Ryu Karate have collected a large amount of food for the animals at the Windhoek SPCA on the initiative of Rosel van der Merwe.

The photo was taken at the hand over of the donation to the SPCA.

From left to right:Franco Katthage(Voluntary worker at SPCA), Rosel , Carl & Stefan van der Merwe (Goju Ryu Karate) and Hilary du Plessis (Manager : SPCA)  at the hand over of the food donation to the management of the SPCA.  

Goju Ryu Karate Namibia and  the SPCA wants to thank all members who donated food for the SPCA.

4 MORE BLACK BELTS FOR GOJU RYU KARATE

The annual Black Belt Grading of Goju Ryu Karate was held on 13 August 2011 in Windhoek. Jürgen van Wyk tested for Sandan (3^rd Dan Black Belt), Vilho Ndahangwapo and Stephen Haythornthwaite tested for Shodan, and Ryno Pretorius tested for Junior Shodan . Sensei Bakkies Laubscher, 8^th Dan Black Belt, Chief Instructor of the IOGKF (International Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate Federation) for Africa headed the grading panel with Sensei Carl van der Merwe , Chief Instructor for Namibia and 4 more senior students to make sure that students are on par with their international counterparts.

An 10 hour Gasshuku (training camp/seminar) before the physical grading test of more than 2 hours was the main goal to test their abilities. They also had to pass a fitness test and written examination to test their knowledge about the history as well as technical aspects of Goju Ryu Karate.

• The following students graded:
• Jürgen van Wyk tested for Sandan (3^rd Dan Black Belt)
• Vilho Ndahangwapo – Shodan (1^st Dan Black Belt)
• Stephen Haythornthwaite – Shodan (1^st Dan Black Belt)
• Ryno Pretorius tested for Junior Shodan

Congratulations to them all!

Photo :

f.l.t.r: Karin Brockmann, Nico Maritz, Sensei Carl van der Merwe, Vilho Ndahangwapo, Sensei Bakkies Laubscher from South Africa, Jürgen van Wyk, Stephen Haythornthwaite and Ryno Pretorius