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Ashihara Karate World Championships
Due to the continued Covid pandemic, the Ashihara Karate World Cup has been postponed indefinitely until safer times. We may still have it in conjunction with the Dragon Festival with noted artists like Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Art Camacho and others is tentatively scheduled to be held in Cape Town at a date to be …

To Lead by Example!
We Must Lead by EXAMPLE! – Kaicho Hoosain Narker The following was written by the Shihan of the Ichiban Kyokushin Karate Association – Shacho Neville Claasen A leader is referred to: “a person who leads a group of people, especially a head of a country, or an organization, or a business, or an enterprise.” Being …

41st Anniversary Training
South Africa: – Yesterday, Ashihara Karate has its first formal training session inside the dojo since lock down to “celebrate” the 41st Anniversary since I started the dojo on 2 September 1980. Many of the students were rather happy to see their friends and training mates after so many months. Personally, I am rather happy …

Headmaster – Kaicho Hoosain Narker
Hoosain Narker, the International Director for Ashihara Karate, a black belt martial artist with over forty five years” experience, has a vast knowledge of many major styles of Martial Arts. He started his Martial Arts career in 1974 at age 10 and holds Dan Ranking in Ashihara Karate, Kyokushin, Goju Ryu and Taekwondo. Kaicho has …