Warriors run in conjunction with Sambunin George and other clubs.

Watch the warriors at any tournament if you want to know what family is all about.

The club started off under siblings Wikus Ludeke and Charlise Ludeke together with Zaheed Khan.

The club is run under Head Instructor, Sambunin George van Diggelen (Kickboxing Sensei at ATA), who resides in Kriel.
He went out of his way to get the club registered with his good friend, Zaheed Khan.

The three partners bring their own strengths to the business.
Wikus and Charlise are instructors in training under George and assist him with the classes.

They have almost 10 years of experience under their belts in the art of kickboxing and a passion for their art.

Wikus is a professional boxer and Charlise a current Sensei. She will be grading for her blackbelt by the end of the year.
Wikus travelled to Spain for Martial arts championships while Charlise was in Canada and Spain to compete.

Both siblings are currently studying to further their career which they live for. They commented that the club “was not a walk in the park to open. Nothing came on a golden spoon for us. We worked together to get our club this far.”

From cleaning, painting and even cutting of conveyor belts, they all put their hands and heads together to get here.
Zaheed and his team takes care of operations as well as marketing and makes sure whatever is necessary to keep the club in full running condition is taken care off.

Zaheed also has a passion for the health industry and moving in this direction was a natural progression of his interests in the fitness industry.

•The club hopes to contribute to the upliftment of the community by helping to get the less fortunate youth off the streets and introducing them to the discipline of Taekwando and self respect.

“We hear of ladies getting mugged and robbed and they can not defend themselves, kids are being bullied in schools, children are becoming addicts to not only drugs but to social media. This is just a few of the reasons we decided to open the club,” said Zaheed.

•The mission of the club is to succeed in training students from all walks of life irrespective of age, race, color or creed with the intention of building character and self esteem and to influence them positively as South African citizens.

•Their vision is to make Middelburg Warrior Blackbelt ATA Academy the ultimate of the Martial Arts family where one and all will be welcomed warmly with open arms.

•The club is currently being assisted by a Non Profit Organisation, K.I.O.L. (192-420 NPO) in the form of seeking out sponsorships.
Any member of the community who is willing to assist in any way can contact K.I.O.L. on 072 808 3713.

They have open avenues for provincial, national and international opportunities for competition. They will be participating in kickboxing, boxing and Taekwondo tournaments also.
The club has two classes per week. Tuesdays and Thursdays between 18:00 and 19:30.

•They teach the following:

Korean Full Contact, Free Style Fighting, boxing, bully self defense, combat weapons, continuous Sparring, Ring Fighting, private and ladies classes as well as fitness.

•Sambunin van Diggelen is the head Instructor and is very well known in his field. He has an impressive resume in his field.

He started with karate in 1970 under Sensei Johan Roets in the West Rand.
In 1973 he started with Judo as a add-on under Sensei Theuns Frazer at the age of 25.
He stopped for seven years to serve as a Pastor.

At the age of 32 he started to train again.

He and his family started with kickboxing at XKT at Pretoria West. After a year they joined All styles Kickboxing at Mountain View, Pretoria.

•Now, 16 years later, he has four clubs. Secunda and Kriel as SAKA/All styles Kickboxing Clubs and ATA Korean Art and Contact Clubs in Kriel and Middelburg.
Middelburg club trains in ATA (American Taekwondo Association) and is an ATA affiliated club.

The students participate in SAAKMA and MASA competitions and at ATA as SAKA/All styles.
Sambunin Van Diggelen also cross trains Mix Martial Arts.

He serves on MASA (Martial Arts South Africa) as National Coach Director for Academicals Training.
He is an active member at SAKA and Train Seta Accredited courses to uplift instructors in South Africa.

Sambunin Van Diggelen helps all Martial Art Styles to qualify in the NQF 3 and 4 Level trainings.
He is a Kickboxing Sensei at ATA.

He cross trains Kickboxing (SAKA) and Korean Contact (ATA). He also cross with Mario da Silva training students in Muay Thai.

•His clubs do the following styles of fighting:

Points (Kickboxing and Traditional)

Continuous (Kickboxing and Traditional)

Kick Light (Kickboxing)

Combat Weapons (ATA Traditional)

Ring Contact: Full, Low Kick, K1 (Korean, Kickboxing and Traditional Karate)

Tatami Full Contact

•He is further registered via ATA and All Styles as a instructor at all of these organisations:

WAKO – World Association of Kickboxing Organisations.

SAAKMA – South African Armature Korean Martial Arts.

SAKA – South African Kickboxing Association.

MASA – Martial Arts South Africa.

He is an international referee for WAKO.

He is a referee and judge at SAKA events.

•Sambunin Van Diggelen is also a Pastor at Victory Life Church in Kriel.

For more information about Warriors Blackbelt ATA Academy, call Charlise on 062 745 8640, Wikus on 061 023 6324 or Zaheed on 083 506 4131.