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KARATE SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

CHILDREN AND SENIORS

MARCH 2018

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 2nd – 3rd March, Gauteng and 23rd -24th March, Durban; 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, African Cup, Commonwealth, WKF Youth Cup league  and Senior World Championship.

In November 2017 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 18 Medals

ü  Total Gold @ 9

ü  Total Silver @ 5

ü  Total Bronze @ 4

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

NAME KATA KUMITE UNISON  
  1. AIDAN ZEEMAN
 SILVER
  1. ALESSANDRO BIAGIONI
 GOLD
  1. ANGELA TSITA
 BRONZE
  1. ATAINA RUOCCHIO
BRONZE
  1. DANIKA STEVENS
 GOLD
  1. ERIN FORD
 GOLD
  1. JUSTIN BAYNES
   BRONZE GOLD
  1. KHARDAN RUOCCHIO
SILVER GOLD
  1. MALCOM DRIESSEL
 SILVER
  1. REECE BAYNES
 GOLD BRONZE
  1. SILVIO BIAGIONI
 SILVER
  1. STEF BIAGIONI
 GOLD
  1. SVEN LANGENHORST
 SILVER
  1. TANEKA VISSER
 GOLD
  1. THEA LANGENHORST
 GOLD
TOTAL 9 GOLD 5 SILVER 4 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.

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Also I would like to extend my gratitude to my senior referees, Sensei Roberta Biagioni, that not only qualified to the next level but has been selected to Referee at the Zone 6 Championship. 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.

I 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 Botswana.

  • All African Cup.
  • WKF K1 Youth League Championship in Croatia.
  • Commonwealth Karate Championship in South Africa.
  • WKF Senior World Championship in Spain.

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

Kind Regards

Sensei Stef Biagioni

 

16th Inter-School Karate

Championships Feedback-2017

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Dear All

Please find attached feedback and photos for the 16th Interschool Karate Championships 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, Durban and Bloemfontein for making this wonderful event.

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

I hope to see you all back next year!!

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Kind Regards

Sensei Stef Biagioni

Cell 083 384 3026

Tel 011 705 1080

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www.fourwaysmartialartsacademy.com

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                     GAUTENG KARATE FEDERATION

TRIALS – Portuguese Hall

24th FEBRUARY 2018

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Fourways Martial Arts Academy entered their top athlete’s into the Ekurhuleni Trials on the 4th November  2017. Approximately 25 of Sensei Stef and Roberta’s students qualified for their regional half colours to compete at the Gauteng Provincial trials.

On Saturday 24th February, Gauteng Karate Federation hosted the Provincial trials in JHB. The Gauteng trials with over 500 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 JHB on the 1ST March and the children in Durban on the 23rd – 24th March. 

19 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, 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 JHB.

Clenching a total of 30 medals consisting of 19 Gold, 2 Silver and 9 Bronze. A fantastic effort and we want to wish our athletes all the best in on-going training and competition!

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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)       REECE BAYNES GOLD  
3)       ALESSANDRO BIAGIONI GOLD GOLD
4)       CLAUDIA DOBSON GOLD BRONZE
5)       DANIKA STEVENS GOLD
6)       ERIN FORD BRONZE BRONZE GOLD
7)       JUSTIN BAYNES GOLD GOLD SILVER
8)       DHIREN MUDALY BRONZE
9)       MALCOM DRIESSEL GOLD
10)    NICHOLAS DOBSON BRONZE GOLD
11)    SILVIO BIAGIONI GOLD
12)    STEF BIAGIONI GOLD
13)    SVEN LANGENHORST GOLD
14)    TANEKA VISSER GOLD
15)    THEA LANGENHORST BRONZE GOLD
16)    ZOE DUFFILED BRONZE
17)    MALAIKA MINYUKU-GUTO BRONZE
18)    NURU MINYUKU-GUTO SILVER
19)    ANGELA TSITA GOLD+BRONZE
TOTAL 16 GOLD MEDALS
TOTAL 2 SILVER MEDALS
TOTAL 9 BRONZE MEDAL GRAND TOTAL 27  MEDALS

Well Done to 4Ways Dojo!    

Awards Evening 2017 

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Dear All

I would like to thank all my students for attending the Awards Evening at Redhill School on Monday 4th December 2017.

It was a fun occasion for most and an honour for some who got awarded for their achievement in 2017.

Congratulation to all the trophy winners and on behalf of Sensei Roberta and myself we would like to wish everyone and safe and festive season and a wonderful new year.

Ø  Please find attached some photo of the Awards evening.

Lastly to all my parents’ thank you for being so dedicated this year in supporting your children’s karate, as you can see the result says it all.

Your children are enjoying karate so much that it is an absolute pleasure to teach them.

To all my senior instructor, again the strength of 4Ways Martial Arts Academy is a testament on the strength of my senior black belt that has a huge input to the teaching of Goju Ryu Karate.

Well-done to you all!!

From Fourways Martial Arts Academy, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! and see you all back in the new year 17th January 2018.

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Kind Regards

Sensei Stef Biagioni

Cell 083 384 3026

Tel 011 705 1080

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www.fourwaysmartialartsacademy.com

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Ekurhuleni Elite trials 2018

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Dear All

On the 4th November 2017. The Association of Ekurhuleni Karate had a Children’s and Senior regional elite trials for our selection into the Ekurhuleni squad for 2018. This allows them the opportunity to get some more game time and squad training with our selectors and coaches for Ekurhuleni team to be represented at the Gauteng Trials in February next year.

There were full divisions of competitors’ from all over the Ekurhuleni region and all 3 styles of karate represented such as Goju Ryu, Shotokan and Shito Ryu.

The trials was fair and very well judged by qualified international and national referees.

4Ways Martial Arts academy entered 32 student and clenched 44 Medal in total….

Sensei Roberta and Sensei Stef are extremely proud of the their students and their result as this was important for next year’s result going forward toward the main event of the year which is Karate South Africa.

Again I cannot stress more than enough on what an achievement this it for the 4WAYS DOJO; may you all go from strength to strength..

The names are as follows that have qualified for selection process to the next phase of the GKF trials:-

NAME SURNAME Dojo DATE OF SEX BELTS AGE KATA KUMITE Weight Qualified
      BIRTH M/F           Y/N
SILVIO CERONE-BIAGIONI FOURWAYS 1997/01/03 M BLACK 21 YES NO KATA
THEA LANGENHORST FOURWAYS 2005/12/15 F PUPLPE 12 YES NO KATA & TEAM
GEORGIA KNIGHT FOURWAYS 2008/09/17 F GREEN 10 NO YES 29KG KUMITE
STEF BIAGIONI FOURWAYS 1970/01/25 M BLACK 48 YES NO KATA
ANGELA TSITA FOURWAYS 1998/02/26 F BLACK 20 YES(U21)(SNR) NO KATA
AIDAN ZEEMAN FOURWAYS 2003/11/03 M BLACK 15 YES TEAM NO TEAM KATA
MALCOLM DRIESSEL FOURWAYS 2003/12/01 M BROWN 14 YES TEAM NO 56KG TEAM KATA
MALAIKA MINYUKU-GUTTO FOURWAYS 2003/09/19 F BROWN 15 NO YES 48KG KUMITE
NURU MINYUKU-GUTTO FOURWAYS 2008/04/21 F GREEN 10 YES NO 28KG KATA
JULIET SENEKAL FOURWAYS 2005/01/03 F GREEN 13 NO YES 42.1KG KUMITE
DHIREN MUDALY FOURWAYS 200/09/21 M BROWN 18 NO YES 61KG KUMITE
XANA RUOCCHIO FOUWAYS F ORANGE 10 NO YES 36KG KUMITE
KHARDAN RUOCCHIO FOURWAYS 2000/02/14 M BLACK 17 YES NO KATA
AITANA RUOCCHIO FOURWAYS 2004/01/26 F PURPLE 13 YES TEAM NO TEAM KATA
DANIKA STEVEN FOURWAYS 1995/10/21 F BLACK 22 NO YES 54KG KUMITE
ANDANI SIALA FOURWAYS 2001/03/31 M BLUE 17 NO YES 72KG INJURED

Well Done 4Ways Dojo!!!...

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Kind Regards

Sensei Stef Biagioni

Cell 083 384 3026

Tel 011 705 1080

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www.fourwaysmartialartsacademy.com

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