Hi, my name is Nidan Louis D'Oliveira . I am a student at the Villieria Tigers dojo in Pretoria under Kyoshi Riaan Coetzee, I have been involved with the dojo since 1992. I was born with club feet and the doctors told my mother that I would have problems walking my...

I started Karate when I was 6 years old. I started because my parents decided that it would be a good idea to keep a link to my Japanese heritage. At first I was terrified of Kyoshi Claude and wanted to sit by the wall but my grandma told me that I have to do it. I am...

What I love about karate is the platform it creates for people to be equal. It does not matter what your back ground, social status, religion or ethnic group is. Once you enter that Dojo, you enter a different set of rules. And the longer you are exposed to karate and...

I started training JKA Karate under Sensei Karl von der Marwitz back in 1996, my Matric year. At the end of 1996, I stopped karate due to travels and studying but always felt like I wanted to get back into it. Sensei Karl and I remained friends and played some touch...

Karate is more than a Martial Art. It is also a Teacher of the Secrets of Success in Life. If you really seek the way you will find that there are lots of hidden gems while working towards perfecting the art. You learn that the only way to win, survive or thrive is...

During this lockdown, we as a family had no idea how we will survive this, how we will stay active and healthy and how we will adapt to no school, no sport, no work and no walks and no activities outside our house. Luckily Sensei JP van Heerden from Boland Dragons...

It is exactly a year since I went with you to Okinawa. It is difficult to explain to other people what that experience was like to me. I almost want to compare it to the birth of one's child. The words: pride, joy, lifetime commitment, family bond, true friend, hard...