KSA Elite and SA Open Championship

 

14^th – 15^th July 2017  Durban

 

 

          

 

This past week end in Durban 14^th & 15^th July 2017. South African Karate hosted the KSA Elite and SA Open Championship that attracted top 6 ranked athlete’s and all brown and black belt athlete’s for the Open championships.

This was also part of a ranking and selection system to get the top 6 Athlete of South Africa from all age group to compete in the following up and coming international for 2016/2017:-

 

ØZone 6 Championship 2018

ØWKF K 1 Youth League Championship 2018

ØUfak Snr Africa Cup in Namibia 2018

ØWKF cadet, juniors and U21 World Championship in Spain 2017

 

Congratulation and results !

NAME	KATA	KUMITE	UNISON	Total Medals	Category
ALESSANDRO BIAGIONI	GOLD	SILVER		1XGOLD 1XSILVER	ELITE
NICHOLAS DOBSON		GOLD	SILVER	1XGOLD 1XSILVER	ELITE
REECE BAYNES	GOLD	SILVER		1XGOLD 1XSILVER	ELITE
TANEKA VISSER	GOLD	GOLD	SILVER	2XGOLD 1XSILVER	ELITE & OPEN
AITANA RUOCCHIO	BRONZE		GOLD	1XBRONZE 1XGOLD	ELITE
JUSTIN BAYNES	GOLD	SILVER		1XGOLD 1XSILVER	ELITE
ERIN FORD			SILVER	1XSILVER	ELITE
ANGELA TSITA	GOLD(U21) BRONZE (SNR)			1XGOLD 1XBRONZE	ELITE & OPEN
SILVIO BIAGIONI	GOLD (U21) SILVER (SNR)			1XGOLD 1XSILVER	ELITE
DANIKA STEVENS		GOLD		1XGOLD	ELITE
STEF BIAGIONI	GOLD (SNR) GOLD (VET)			2XGOLD	ELITE & OPEN
CLAUDIA DOBSON	SILVER	SILVER		2XSILVER	ELITE
EMMA O GORMAN	SILVER	BRONZE	GOLD	1XGOLD 1XSILVER 1XBRONZE	ELITE
THEA LANGENHORST	BRONZE		SILVER	1XBRONZE 1XSILVER	ELITE
AIDEN ZEEMAN			SILVER	1XSILVER	ELITE
MALCOM DRIESSEL			SILVER	1XSILVER	ELITE
NURU MINYUKU-GUTO	BRONZE	GOLD		1XBRONZE 1XGOLD	OPEN
MIKKA KMINEK		BRONZE		1XBRONZE	OPEN
TOTAL MEDALS	14X GOLD	13X SILVER	5X BRONZE
GRAND TOTAL				33 MEDALS

      

 

Congratulation! Must also be said to all my Elite athlete’s for their recognition of Proteas colours at the Awards evening hosted by Karate South Africa on the 14th July 2017. Especially to Taneka Visser, Thea Langenhorst and Emma O Gorman on their first time Proteas.

 

It was a lovely event with entertainment, supper and handing out awards in the form of trophies for 2016/2017 proteas and KSA representation.

 

 

Lastly a special thanks must go to all members of 4Ways Dojo that permanently make an effort to be at a KSA event at their own cost to help out were necessary.

 

Sensei Alfredo Ruocchio for his Refereeing Skills. Jacquie Bayne for all her hard work as GKF Manager and Ekurhuleni Secretary etc.

 

 

Well done to all that contributed including our 4Ways Dojo!!

 

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Sensei Stef Biagioni

 

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Tel 011 705 1080

 

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KARATE SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

CHILDREN AND SENIORS

MARCH 2017

 3^rd-4^th March, Durban and 17^th-18^th March, Cape Town; Karate South Africa hosted two National Championships where all the 8 provinces were represented to be the ultimate Champion of Champs.

This also served as a ranking system for future International Championships this year such as the Zone 6, Senior All African Cup, Commonwealth  and World under 21 Karate Championship.

In November 2016 all athletes had to take part in order to qualify for the Ekurhuleni Region.  Those selected in Ekurhuleni again had to qualify this year in February to represent Gauteng province, consisting of Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, Sedibeng; JHB Central and Westrand Regions.   Finally the top four athletes in Gauteng (consisting of the five regions) took part in the Nationals.

In summary between the two National Championships 4Ways Dojo once again did extremely well by bringing back 22 Medals

• Total Gold @ 10
• Total Silver @ 4
• Total Bronze @ 8

The following competitors who have received medal at the KSA Nationals are:

Again I cannot stress more than enough on what a great start to the year this is for the 4Ways Dojo if you consider the environment that our athlete had to compete in.

Also I would like to extend my gratitude to my senior referees, Sensei Roberta Biagioni, and Sensei Alfredo Ruocchio that not only qualified to the next level but helped this week end in both kata and kumite judging. Very big thanks for representing 4Ways Dojo who officiated so selflessly and tirelessly at the KSA Nationals. It was a hectic two days, but you guys all did a stirling job. Fourways Martial Arts Academy is very proud of you.would like to mention a special thank you to Jacqui Baynes for all her hard work as Team Manager for Gauteng Karate Federation.

This means that all the above medal winners might have an opportunity to compete in the up and coming Internationals:-

(All under the auspices of SASCOC/KSA)

Zone 6 Championship in Mozambique.

• Seniors All African Cup in Cameroon.
• WKF K1 Youth League Championship in Croatia.
• Commonwealth Karate Championship in South Africa.
• WKF World under 21Championship in Spain.

Well done and may you all go from strength to strength!!

Kind Regards

Sensei Stef Biagioni

GAUTENG KARATE FEDERATION

TRIALS – Brakpan Indoor Sport Cente4

3^rd – 4^th FEBRUARY 2017   

Fourways Martial Arts Academy entered their top athlete’s into the Ekurhuleni Trials on the 4^th November  2016. Approximately 30 of Sensei Stef and Roberta’s students qualified for their regional half colours to compete at the Gauteng Provincial trials.

On Friday 3^rd  and Saturday 4^th February, Gauteng Karate Federation hosted the Provincial trials in Brakpan. The Gauteng trials with over 600 entries was well represented with the result being a reduced number of entries to only 4 per division out of 5 Regions (Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, Sedibeng; JHB Central and Westrand).  The selected top four athletes that competed the past weekend will represent Gauteng Karate Federation at the KSA National Championship.  The seniors will compete in Cape Town on the 17^th – 18^th March and the children in Durban on the 3^rd – 4^th March. 

20 athletes from Fourways Dojo Karate received their provincial colours from the said Gauteng trials this weekend.  They will all compete at the Nationals to be ranked and selected for the Zone 6, WKF Youth Cup League, African Cup, Commonwealth and World WKF championship later this year.

Stef Biagioni, instructor of Fourways dojo who is an athlete himself in sport karate, is a South African Champion, Zone 6 Champion, African Champion, Commonwealth Champions, (WKC) World Champion and Goju Ryu World Champion.  He has received protea colours on 16 occasion by SASCOC and competed in over 55 Internationals.  Stef runs 6 Dojos in the Sandton, Bryanston and Fourways area and has a reputation of one of the best clubs in South Africa.  He has produced 31Proteas since 1997 ranging in ages from children, cadet, junior and senior.

Again, Well done to the entire 4Ways team on a great performance qualifying to the KSA nationals in Durban and Cape Town.

Clenching a total of 31 medals consisting of 20 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze. A fantastic effort and we want to wish our athletes all the best in on-going training and competition!

Congratulations!!  To the top 4 competitors that have qualifies to the K S A National in Durban:         

Well Done to 4Ways Dojo!

Kind Regards
Sensei Stef Biagioni
Cell 083 384 3026
Tel 011 705 1080
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Gauteng Karate Federation

Awards 2016

Excellence, Prestige, Commitment… These are just a few choice words to describe this event and the athletes who were commended for all their hard work throughout 2015/2016! 

The GKF Awards Dinner is the most prestigious event on the GKF calendar and was held at the Gold Reef City movie theatre on the 5th November 2016. This event is an opportunity to award students who were selected to represent the GKF team at the National trials held in Johannesburg, Gauteng and those who represented South Africa abroad.

Fourways Martial Arts Academy had 14 of our students awarded at the GKF Awards. They did a superb job at bringing back well over 25 trophies for not only achieving Gauteng colours and a medal position at the KSA Nationals earlier this year, but also for representing South Africa abroad at the various WKF events namely:
• Zone 6 Championships (Zimbabwe) • WKF Training Camp & Youth Cup (Croatia) • UFAK African Games (Congo) • 7th Commonwealth Championships, (India)

Congratulations to the students that were awarded:

1) Angela Tsita
2) Zoë Duffield
3) Claudia Dobson
4) Nicholas Dobson
5) Reece Baynes
6) Justin Baynes
7) Emma Wentzel
8) Cheyenne Barros
9) Aimee Grefen
10) Khardan Ruocchio
11) Alessandro Biagioni
12) Silvio Biagioni
13) Stef Biagioni
14) Jacqui Baynes

Lastly, a special congratulations for two of 4Ways students, i.e. Justin Baynes and Alessandro Biagioni. Justin was awarded the overall best Cadet athlete 14-17 years and Alessandro was awarded the overall best Child Athlete 8-13 years for 2015/2016. Both Justin and Alessandro are also ranked number one in Kumite, Kata and Team Kata for 2015/2016 in their divisions.

This is an incredible achievement considering that Gauteng is the strongest province in the country and all the above accolades come from one dojo which is arguably the best Dojo in the country, which is Fourways Martial Arts Academy!

A huge congratulations must go to Sensei Stef who not only was awarded for his sterling job at coming 1st place at the KSA Nationals for both the Team Kata & Veteran Divisions, but for his consistency throughout the year 2015/2016 at achieving a medal position at ALL events that he attended. His back to back WKF World championship in 2014 and 2016, African Games, Zone 6 to mention a few. He was also awarded for his dedication as chairman of Ekurhuleni to ensure that the Ekurhuleni Region is always on top form and running smoothly.

Last but not least, Jacqui Baynes was awarded the best team manager for the year and was awarded for her dedication to the success of Gauteng province.

Well-done to each and every student that is part of and more importantly PROUD to be part of Fourways Martial Arts.
You can certainly be proud, because Fourways is proving to be the best dojo in the country due to hard work and dedication!

Kind Regards
Sensei Stef Biagioni
Cell 083 384 3026
Tel 011 705 1080