KNYSNA NEWS - A team of 36 students from Wessel's Martial Arts recently attended the Africa Goju Ryu Karate Federation tournament in Cape Town, where they performed well winning several medals.

A highlight for the team was when the fighting division for 11-year-old boys was completely dominated by their team mates, with Logan Tait taking bronze, Luka Nolan getting silver and Johan Potgieter scoring the gold.
Bryce Butterworth performed in fine style, showing both grace and fighting spirit, and claiming the gold in both kata and points fighting.

Another student who impressed was Stepahnie Linder who, depite never having before competed at an event this big, earned the gold medal in the female kata division.

Somebody to watch out for at future championships is CG van Aardt, who competed in a very big division and manged to get gold in iri kumi (free fighting), kumite (points fighting) and kata (traditional patterns), making his two instructors, Sensei Wessel and Sensei Elrie very proud indeed.

The complete results are as follows:
Bryce Butterworth - 1st: kata and kumite, Callam Tait - 1st: kumite and 3rd: kumite, CG van Aardt - 1st: iri kumi, kumite and kata, David Jenkens - 2nd: kata, Giselle du Toit - 2nd: kata and 2nd and 3rd: kumite, Heinrich Potgieter - 2nd: iri kumi, 3rd: kumite and 4th: kata, Jessie Vermeulen - 4th: iri kumi, Johan Potgieter - 1st: iri kumi and 3rd: kata, Karla Oosthuisen - 2nd: kata and 4th: iri kumi, Kevin Oosthuisen - 2nd: iri kumi and kata, Lance Brett Budden - 4th: iri kumi, Logan Tait - 3rd: iri kumi, Luka Nolan - 2nd: Iri kumi, Lukhangele Lobese - 4th: kata, Mandla Mantungo - 2nd: kata, Michael Niksch - 4th: kata, Morgan van Nooy - 2nd: iri kumi, Nadine Patterson - 2nd: kata, Rhoan Rive - 1st: kata, Rikkardt Bierman - 4th: kata, samuel julius - 2nd: kumite and 3rd: iri kumi, Stepanie Linder - 1st: kata, Tao Varty - 1st: kumite and 3rd: iri kumi, and William Cockrell - 1st: kata.


These students from Wessel's Martial Arts recently attended the Africa Goju Ryu Karate Federation tournament in Cape Town. They are (from left) Mandla Mantungo, Kevin Stocks, Michael Nisch, Rhoan Rive, Karla Oosthuisen, Travis Hazel and Kevin Oosthuisen.


Representing Wessel's Martial Arts at the Africa Goju Ryu Karate Federation tournament in Cape Town recently, were Johan Potgieter, William Cockrel, Heinrich Potgieter, Tao Vart, Luka Nolan and David Jenkens.