by Stefan Van Der Merwe | 25/07/2024 | Announcements, Events
Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate Namibia held its annual Winter Gasshuku on July 19-20, 2024. The event took place at the Sports Facilitation Centre, Windhoek Showgrounds, in Windhoek. Over 78 karateka, from white to black belts, attended. The gasshuku ended with a brown and...
by Stefan Van Der Merwe | 07/11/2022 | Events
On the 5th of November Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate Namibia Walvis Bay Dojo hosted the Walvis Bay National Gasshuku! Students from both Windhoek’s Honbu and Shinto Dojo’s travelled to the coast to join Walvis Bay Dojo in the seminar which was hosted by Sensei...
by Stefan Van Der Merwe | 21/02/2022 | Events
Outdoor Gasshuku and training camps are part of Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate Namibia culture and a tradition that goes back to Goju-Ryu Namibia’s founder, Sensei Hennie De Vries. For the past few years group gatherings and travel have been difficult, but the...
by Stefan Van Der Merwe | 22/08/2021 | Announcements
A number of Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate Namibia’s seniors attended the annual Senior Black and Brown Belt Gasshuku this past weekend hosted by IOGKF Technical Advisor and Chief Instructor of IOGKF South Africa; Sensei Bakkies Laubscher (9th Dan IOGKF) . The...
by Stefan Van Der Merwe | 18/04/2021 | Announcements
Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate Namibia was once again represented on an international stage this past weekend when four of our senior black belts attended the 2021 IOGKF South Africa Senior Brown and Black Belt Gasshuku. The gasshuku was hosted by Sensei Bakkies Laubscher,...