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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:

NAME	KATA	KUMITE	UNISON
1) AIDAN ZEEMAN			GOLD
2) AITANA RUOCCHIO			SILVER
3) ALESSANDRO BIAGIONI	GOLD
4) CLAUDIA DOBSON		BRONZE
5) EMMA O’GORMAN	BRONZE	BRONZE	SILVER
6) JUSTIN BAYNES	SILVER		GOLD
7) KHARDAN RUOCCHIO	GOLD		GOLD
8) MALCOM DRIESSEL			GOLD
9) NICHOLAS DOBSON			GOLD
10) REECE BAYNES	SILVER	BRONZE
11) SALVADOR CRONJE	BRONZE
12) TANEKA VISSER		BRONZE
13) THEA LANGENHORST	BRONZE
14) SILVIO BIAGIONI	GOLD		BRONZE
15) DANIKA STEVENS		GOLD
16) STEF BIAGIONI	GOLD
	GOLD		10 GOLD
		SILVER	4 SILVER
			8 BRONZE

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:

NAME	KATA	KUMITE	UNISON
1) AIDAN ZEEMAN			GOLD
2) AITANA RUOCCHIO			GOLD
3) ALESSANDRO BIAGIONI	GOLD	GOLD
4) CHEYENNE BARROS	SILVER/BRONZE	2XGOLD
5) CLAUDIA DOBSON	SILVER	BRONZE
6) DANIKA STEVENS		GOLD
7) EMMA O’GORMAN	SILVER	BRONZE	GOLD
8) ERIN FORD	BRONZE
9) JUSTIN BAYNES	GOLD	GOLD	GOLD
10) KHARDAN RUOCCHIO	SILVER		GOLD
11) MALCOM DRIESSEL			GOLD
12) NICHOLAS DOBSON	SILVER		GOLD
13) SALVADOR CRONJE	BRONZE
14) SILVIO BIAGIONI	2XGOLD
15) STEF BIAGIONI	GOLD
16) SVEN LANGENHORST	GOLD		GOLD
17) TANEKA VISSER		GOLD
18) THEA LANGENHORST	BRONZE
19) ZOE DUFFILED	BRONZE
TOTAL 20 GOLD MEDALS
TOTAL 5 SILVER MEDALS
TOTAL 7 BRONZE MEDAL		GRAND TOTAL	32 MEDALS

Well Done to 4Ways Dojo!

Kind Regards
Sensei Stef Biagioni
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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

15th Interschool Karate Championships

Dear All

On behalf of Fourways Martial Arts Academy, it gives me great pleasure to announce that the 15^th Interschool Karate championship was a success. On the 16^th October 2016, the Portuguese Hall hosted this event. With 500 competitors representing more than 50 schools, from as far as Cape Town, Durban and Gauteng is perhaps, one of the most popular tournaments on the karate calendar. With over 90 individual divisions and 1100 individual performances from the competitors, the interschool has built a reputation of being well organized that starts and finishes on time as per the scheduled program. This Interschool Karate is also well represented in the three major styles of karate in the country such as Goju-Ryu, Shotokan and Shito-Ryu.

Congratulations must be given to the Instructors for supporting this event and sending big teams such as the following top ten schools...

Bellville School: - 22 competitors, with 47 points
Cape Town School: - 23 competitors, with 45 points
Mandalay Primary: - 31 competitors, with 44 points
St Stithians: - 40 competitors, with 35 points
Kriel Cambridge: - 29 competitors, with 34 points
Christ Church Prep: - 27 competitors, with 27 points
St Catherine’s:- 17 competitors, with 23 points
Linksfields: - 21 competitors, with 20 points
Summit College: -15 competitors, with 18 points
KPS: - 10 competitors, with 16 points
Redhill School: - 20 competitors, with 16 points

Well done to the top school Bellville School, which deserved to take the top spot by coming first with 47 points, second place Cape Town School with 45 points and third place is Mandalay School with 44 points, lastly St Stithians for a fourth place with 35 points.

I would also like to thank all the Referees, Judges, Table Officials, instructors and the rest of the work force that contributed to this event. Keeping in mind that it is all voluntary work. Obviously without these people this event would not exist. I would like to give a special thanks to. Royce Imaging Industries for their contribution towards the Floating Trophies. Thank you once again, to all the suppliers that added to the atmosphere of the tournament such as Action Photo (photographer), TAQA Sportswear, the caterers, Cucina con Gusto, the medics, Ernst Viljoen (PA System), Stephan Coetzee Zinc Tech security guards.

Last but not least I would like to thank the Portuguese Hall.

Slowly the aim and objective is filtering through to schools that Karate is a force to be reckoned with, as far as its popularity and benefits are concerned. Therefore nursery schools, primary and high schools will hopefully give Karate the opportunity that it deserves. That is, giving the recognition to the students and their achievements in Karate. Hopefully in doing so, karate can be recognized as an official sport at schools, starting at grass route level and just as strong as the other leading sports in South Africa.

In short, from myself, I would like to thank everyone and those that I had forgotten to mention and looking forward to hosting the 15^th Interschool Karate Championships next year October 2017.

Again I would like to congratulate everyone that supported the Interschool karate Championship this year as it was a huge success with plenty of positive feedback from parents and competitors.

Special thanks to all that contributed to hard work and enthusiasm etc. Thanks to all the Schools and instructors that pushed for this event.

Last but not least, a special thanks to the Instructors and schools from Cape Town and Durban for making this wonderful event.

To all my Volunteer’s from Fourways Martial Arts, Goju Karate Academy and Ismaa, thank you for giving up your time to making this a success.

I hope to see you all back next year!!

Karate First!

Kind Regards

Sensei Stef Biagioni

Cell 083 384 3026

Tel 011 705 1080

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2017 Senior and Children’s

Bosco Gasshuku

Fourways Martial Arts Academy hosted their 15th Annual Senior and Children’s Karate Training Camp. It was held at the Bosco Youth Center south of Johannesburg on the 11th & 12th March 2017. The venue is fantastic, safe for children with clean accommodation, good food. Facilities include the conference hall that caters for large groups of people at a time as well as an auditorium for power point presentations and a cinema for watching movies etc. The training camp accommodated all age groups, trying to perfect the training of the Goju Ryu syllabus and Sports karate.

We were very honoured to have instructors from ISMAA that have had on an average over 35 years of experience. Goju Ryu practitioners such as Sensei Tony De Beer, Sipho Vilakazi, Stephan Coetzee, Kyle Schoeman, Stef Biagioni and Roberta Biagioni.

Special thanks must be said to Sensei Tony De Beer, who is one of our most experienced instructors. We were honoured with his presence at the weekend to help the future of our black belts.

Also a special thanks to Sensei Stephan & Sipho who has never missed a Bosco Camp to help out. This week end was excellent training for those senior adults that were interested in Goju Ryu self-defense.

Last but not least, Sensei Roberta and I would like to thank all the instructors from Fourways Dojo that helped this weekend: Sensei Alison Day, Sensei Lorraine Smith and Sensei Brett Ferreira who with his experience and knowledge in sport kumite was very well received.

There was plenty of leisure time included in the weekend such as swimming, pillow fighting, making new friends, watching DVD’s and eating lots of junk food. Even the T-Shirts gave a sense of unity working towards a common goal.

Having done all that we also had a club competition on the Sunday where medals were awarded for the first, second and joint third places. The hall was big enough for all of us to enjoy and make plenty of friends.

I would like to thank everyone involved and hope you all enjoyed and gained more knowledge you had before the camp.