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Karate students gear up for Dan gradings

fuad Esack|Published 9 months ago

Shukokai Karate chief instructor, Shihan Marwaan Carolus, right, takes his students through a training session at the Portland-based dojo.

Shukokai Karate chief instructor, Shihan Marwaan Carolus, right, takes his students through a training session at the Portland-based dojo.

Members of the Portland-based Shukokai Karate Club are gearing up for their upcoming senior Dan grading ceremony.

The club, established in 1977 by founder member, the late Wallace Fortuin, who died in 2021, is based at the Mitchell’s Plain Indoor Sport and Recreation Centre, in Portland. Training sessions are held on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 6.30pm to 8pm. For more information, call 071 871 1104.

Pictured are Portland-based Shukokai Karate Club members who are gearing up for their upcoming senior Dan grading ceremony. From left, are, Salmaan Carolus (First Dan black belt), Kelsey Summers (First Dan black belt), Shihan Marwaan Carolus (Fifth Dan black belt), Abdul Jaleel Anthony (First Dan black belt), Vinson Thomas (First Dan black belt) and Mogamat Tape Samsodien (Second Dan black belt)

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