January 2021 archive

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 …

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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 …

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42nd Anniversary Training

42nd Anniversary for South African Karate Club Last Friday the Ashihara Karate club which was started on 2 September 1980 by Hoosain Narker in a suburb of Cape Town, reached its 42nd birthday and as part of the 42nd celebrations held a special training session at their dojo based at LOFOB in Klip Road. Over …

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