Several members of Butokukan Newcastle were selected to represent Butokukan South Africa at the 2025 TSKKIA All Styles International Tournament, held in Rustenburg recently.

This tournament offered a variety of events for karate-ka to compete in.

Some of these events were:
Kata – traditional forms, Kumite – traditional semi-contact sparring, Kobudo (long weapons) – traditional long Okinawan weapons like Bo, Kobudo (short weapons) – traditional short Okinawan weapons like Kama, Creative Weapons Forms, Iaido (Japanese sword forms) and Kendo (Japanese sword sparring using a bamboo sword).

The Newcastle karate-ka did extremely well by bringing back a total of 16 medals from the tournament. The results were as follows:

Marc Burger:

• Kata – silver
• Kumite – gold

Kainan Chuang:

• Kata – gold
• Kobudo (long weapons) – gold

Joseph Sikhosana:

• Kata – gold
• Kumite – gold
• Kobudo (long weapons) – bronze

Narine Venter:

• Kobudo (long weapons) – bronze
• Kobudo (short weapons) – gold
• Creative Weapons Forms – gold
• Iaido – gold

Frik Willemse:

• Kobudo (long weapons) – silver
• Kobudo (short weapons) – bronze
• Creative Weapons Forms – gold
• Iaido – gold
• Kendo – silver

Anyone interested in traditional Okinawan karate and Kobudo can contact Frik Willemse on 060 725 9815.

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