Kamogelo Thosago and Leroy Mlojaw with sensei David Krause.
When a two-year-old can count to ten in Japanese before he can do a karate stance, you know there’s passion developing.
David Krause, a karate sensei for more than 40 years, is teaching his youngest student yet. Two-year-old Duray van Zyl ‘s brother already has a yellow belt, and now he wants his. Duray’s mother told David that he wakes her up in the middle of night with the burning urge to become a karateka like his brother.
Two-year-old Duray van Zyl concentrates heavily on doing a stance.
David teaches karate at Little Graduates Nursery School for the five and six-year-olds every Tuesday and Thursday morning.
“I have seen that children’s schoolwork improves after they start practicing karate,” he said.
Lee-Anne Motsisi and Rochelle Smith in a competitive stance.
Suzette Green, the nursery’s principal, explains that after an initial struggle with parents’ permission, they now teach the youngsters about respect and discipline through karate.
“Parents were worried that it being a contact sport, it might encourage aggressive behaviour. But it does the opposite.”
The Little Graduates Nursery School’s young karatekas with sensei David Krause and principal Suzette Green.
