Karatekas had an excellent point-sparring seminar by Shihan Chris de Nysschen at Wolves Martial Arts Academy in Mbombela over the weekend.

The junior session was on Friday and the seniors were on Saturday.

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“Point fighting is like a modern version of points-scoring style competition, which is more clean with more rules. According to me, it is a sport of the future going to the Olympics,” De Nysschen explained.

It was his first time training with this local academy and he had nothing but good things to say about everyone.

He said the talent is amazing and he can see a bright future for Wolves.

“The seminar was fantastic. I love the people and the environment is brilliant. While working with the juniors on Friday, it was nice. They learned a lot, I also learned a lot and it was fun.”

He is from Pretoria. He has been in martial arts for 41 years and has also been doing active kick-boxing since the ’90s.

“Kick-boxing opened doors for me. I travelled around the country and outside the country to compete. It was one fantastic experience. People all over the world are exactly the same; we are all there with one passion. It is to train, have fun and compete against one another.”

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De Nysschen said those who missed this seminar missed out on an opportunity to learn some new techniques that they might need in the future.

“They missed out on ideas that they could use during competitions. We shared my version and also my understanding of what point fighting is. We compared styles and different training methods,” he said.

De Nysschen said people who are interested in learning martial arts should visit the academy, and for those who do not know much about martial arts need to know that it is great for fitness.

Wolves Martial Arts Academy offers several martial arts as well as self-defence classes.