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Issue No 13: January 2008
Honours for Shihan Bas van Stenis
Chris Barnes, son of Shihan Len Barnes, presented me with his fathers Samurai sword in an emotional ceremony at our bushido day. The Japanese Katana was Shihan Len’s treasured possession and in his presentation Chris Barnes said that I was a true friend and a genuine successor to his father. I am honoured to be the guardian of his legacy.
Tai Chi
We are lucky in having a Tai Chi master starting lunch time classes at our Honbu. As from the 1st February Sifu Renate Jacobs will teach 2 x weekly . Tai Chi is an ideal sport for ALL ages and I can only highly recommend this Chinese form of excersise.Ph 0833366191 or contact Shihan Bas.
FEES STRUCTURE:
Unfortunately we have had to increase our fees for 2008.
Children age 14 and younger R330-00 per school term
Students and Teenagers age 15 and upward R400-00 p.s. Term
Adults R200-00 per month as per February 2008
If you have more than one child or family member training you receive a 10% discount.
I am aware that some of our members have financial restrains, please talk to me if that is the case. We are lucky, in that we have a small fund that assists genuine cases.
Forthcoming Events 2008
16thJanuary First Childrens Class start
19/20th January 2nd Kyokushin Union World Karate Championship Okinawa, Japan
February Zimbabwe Kyokushin Union Open ,Harare
16th March Bushido Day at Honbu (for all our children)
19th April KO Karate Full Contact Tournament Cape Town with Prize Money
26th April KSA Young Lion and Cubs Tour. Cape Town
28th June 5th Len Barnes Memorial International Tournament Cape Town
The South African Open Junior and Colts (8-18 years), the 5th Len Barnes Memorial Tournament, promises to be a huge event with competitors from as far as Europe and the far East competing. Details and entry forms are on our website: www.karatekyokushin.za.org The tournament is open to all styles and affiliations.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE PART OF THIS IMPORTANT EVENT. WE NEED ALL OUR MEMBERS TO BE PART OF THE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY THE 28TH JUNE 2008
Team South Africa to participate in the 2nd Kyokushin World Cup championships to be held in Okinawa, Japan 19/20th January 2008: Back Row: Kieran Crowe, Keenan Crowe (manager) Lyle Abrahams, Front Row: Charmaine Abrahams (referee), Shihan Bas van Stenis, Marco Meyer
(SA Protea Blazers sponsored by Kathy Berman)
When you read this newsletter I will be in Okinawa, Japan with the South African team participating in the 2nd World Cup. I’ll be back on the 24th January, in the mean time the classes will be run by Sempai’s William, Carol and Lara. For the month of January there will only be combined evening classes on MONDAY and WEDNESDAY. In February we will be back to 4 nights a week I wish all of you a wonderful New Year and may you be blessed with health and happiness.
I have been very slack in publishing our newsletter, the last one was in August. We have had an eventful run up to the end of 2007 with a great Bushido day in September;, fundraiser in October and black and brown belt gradings accumulating in our annual awards presentation in Dec.
BUSHIDO DAY
The gold medal winners at our bushido day were as follows:
<5 years Daniel Neuburger, <6 years Samuel Finder, <7 years Milla Peerutin,
<8 years Avi Lurie, <10 years L/W Jean-Luc Ciapparelli,
<10 H/W Alexandre Ortscheit
FUNDRAISER
To assist our students participating in the 2nd World Cup Karate Tournament in Okinawa Japan we held a fundraiser in October. Although the attendance was down on previous occasions we had a wonderful time and a belated thank you is due to The Top of the Ritz Restaurant as well as the Ritz hotel in Sea Point who were fantastic with their assistance, with the food being outstanding. Thank you Marcel and Florian
End of Year Grading:
End of year grading was attended by a delegation from Zimbabwe lead by Sensei Samson Muripo.Two of his students graded for shodan. It was a pleasure to see that the standard of karate in Zimbabwe has improved by 100% which is undoubtedly as a result of Sensei Samson’s regular visit to Shihan Oishi in Japan, Two of his students graded shodan, congratulations and well done Sensei.
New Shodans: Duncan Hatting, Geoffrey Matava, Spencer Mbazangi, Brown belts, Steven Korber, Brian Naude,Yolisa Ndlumbini, Danielle Strachan, Green belts, Jaques Bagraim, Shakeel Busby, Adam Klass, Jake Klass, Lara Goldin. Two Snr students Colin Carelse and Frank Holloway were allowed to participate in the senior grading, both grading 5th and 6th kyu respectively. Well done, you certainly gave the senior grades food for thought! The following Jnr students were promoted.3rd kyu; Samuel Rosenberg, Jason Smith, 4th kyu; Sasha Abramowitz, Clifton Kaewkarn, Levi Solomon, Daniel Sherman, Alessandro Mirotto,Jean-Luc Ciapparelli, Roman Gomez, Alexandre Ortscheit, Matthieu Ortscheit. Remember guys 2/3rds on the way in your quest for a black belt.
Awards 2007
Saturday 8th December we held our end of year functions at our Honbu in Greenpoint. After honouring our new green, brown and black belts we presented our Karateka’s of the year.
There were three nominations for male karateka; Jean-Luc Ciapparelli, Samuel Rosenburg and Jake Klass with Samuel Rosenberg walking away with the Solomon Brothers trophy, a well deserved honour.
The female karateka award went to Sempai Carol Russ, for her dedicated, unselfish contribution to our club and organization.
The most improved karateka was presented by last years winner Steven Korber to Daniel Sherman, who impressed the panel with his dedication, hard work and unblemished attendance. Well done Daniel!
Lastly, I again want to thank all of our parents and supporters who donated clothing and toys sent to Zimbabwe for the festive season. There was more than what the Zimbabweans could take with them and the balance went to two aids orphanages in the Cape. You gave joy to a lot of children this festive season. Thank You!.
OSU;
Bas van Stenis
TO KNOW, TO WILL, TO DARE, TO BE SILENT: SHIHAN LEN BARNES
Member of the ALL JAPAN KYOKUSHIN UNION
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