Martial Arts | Shotokan South Africa https://www.shotokan.org.za Shotokan-ZA Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:55:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.shotokan.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/feature-img-01-150x150.png Martial Arts | Shotokan South Africa https://www.shotokan.org.za 32 32 Team SZA attending the WUKF World Championships in Sweden, Jul 2025 https://www.shotokan.org.za/competitions/team-sza-attending-the-wukf-world-championships-in-sweden-jul-2025/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:51:00 +0000 https://www.shotokan.org.za/?p=2136

On Monday, 16 Jun 2025, we presented the SZA team, who will be attending the 13th WUKF World Karate Championships in Sweden (09-13 Jul 2025), with their new kit, which included their KSA shirts. This team will travel to Sweden under the auspices of KSA!

We also received the following message of support from the KSA President:

“To the Leadership Management & Athletes 

As the President of Karate South Africa (KSA)  I wish to extend my sincere good wishes to the delegation of KSA Athletes & officials travelling on an International Tour to Sweden for a Major Karate Event 

May I urge you, The Management & athletes to Represent our “Rainbow Nation “ South Africa with Pride  

“BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE “ success I believe is within your grasp 

Best sporting regards

Sonny Pillay Hanshi 

President: Karate South Africa (KSA)”

]]> 2136 Members scoop medals at the 2019 WMO World Championships https://www.shotokan.org.za/competitions/members-scoop-medals-at-the-2019-wmo-world-championships/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:39:19 +0000 https://www.shotokan.org.za/?p=1052 In November 2019, some of our members were selected by Full Contact Martial Arts to participate at the World Martial Arts World Championships 2019, as part of the South African Team.

Our members, Lezario Louw (BSK Tigers), Demira Naran , Mari du Preez, Thomas Parry, Bryce Hornby (Kyalami Shotokan Karate), Stefan Schonborn (Samurai Karate Centre) and Lisa Schnetler (Luiperds Karate Club), were very successful and brought back a number of medals!

  • WMO Worlds 2019



]]> 1052 Members included in the FCMA SA Team https://www.shotokan.org.za/world-championships/members-included-in-the-fcma-sa-team/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:00:19 +0000 https://www.shotokan.org.za/?p=1040

We would like to congratulate the following members on being selected by Full Contact Martial Arts to participate at the World Martial Arts World Championships 2019, as part of the South African Team:

  • Lezario Louw (BSK Tigers)
  • Demira Naran (Kyalami Shotokan Karate)
  • Mari du Preez (Kyalami Shotokan Karate)
  • Stefan Schonborn (Samurai Karate Centre)
  • Lisa Schnetler (Luiperds Karate Club)
  • Thomas Parry(Kyalami Shotokan Karate)
  • Bryce Hornby (Kyalami Shotokan Karate)

We also have the following officials, Lisel Steyn (Samurai Karate Centre) and Werner Schnetler (Luiperds Karate Club) included in the Team.

The South African Team will depart on Friday evening for Blackpool, England. The Championships will take place on 04-06 Nov 2019.

We wish them all the best!

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