Long training hours pay off for Seshego karatekas
The Oyama School of Karate Seshego eyes national karate competition, proud of seven brown belt students.
POLOKWANE – The Oyama School of Karate in Seshego will celebrate another milestone with the gradings of the students and instructors in December at a national karate competition scheduled in KwaZulu-Natal.
The club had so far managed to produce seven brown belt students, with more expected after the kyu grading in October at a venue still to be confirmed.
Head instructors sensei Thomas Sekhale and sempai Peter Malatji are proud to have come this far and having produced junior instructors who have managed to achieve the titles after long hours of training under their leadership.
“It hasn’t been easy but we kept on training,” Malatji remarked. “When the club was established in 2017, the aim was to share karate and nothing else, but one realises that karate and discipline cannot be separated. As a result, we teach a way of life to students through karate training.”
He added that throughout the period, they had students joining and leaving, some due to other school activities.
“Those who stayed and managed to obtain their brown belts have had intensive training to earn that, and now the few that are left on this level will have to train even harder to earn their black belts, and their spots as first students ever to qualify for the levels in the Oyama School of Karate. The wait has been worth it. Personally, the goal is the driver of hard work.”
