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Every year, SKKSA takes a group of students to the annual Swiss Summer Course held in the city of Locarno. Here, students undergo a week-long training course under Hanshi Rikuta Koga, and on the Saturday, attempt their black belt examinations.

In preparation for this major milestone in a karateka’s career, SKKSA holds a “trial examination” a few weeks before the team leaves for Switzerland. This year’s trial exams were held at the Durban North Dojo on Saturday, June 30.

The team was praised by SKKSA instructors and assistants who formed the trial exam judging panel: Sensei Norman Moodley (Overport dojo), Sensei Sherwin Hooblal (Stanger dojo), Sensei Prinitha Dowlath (Durban North dojo), Sensei Vibhav Woodhaymal (Durban North dojo), Sensei Yajur Chotai (Amanzimtoti dojo), Sensei Rishen Ramsuran (Shallcross dojo), and Ibtesam Ebrahim (Durban North dojo). The process was supervised by Chief Instructor Sensei Aneel Dowlath.

For photos of the trial exam, click to this link.

Overport Dojo, SKKSA’s “first dojo”, held its mid-year examinations on Tuesday, July 3rd. Photos from the grading are now available from our Gallery page at this link.

Sensei Aneel Dowlath, SKKSA Chief Instructor and Founder, praised the club on its standards and welcomed many of the new students to the SKKSA family.

One of SKKSA’s newest dojos, the Avoca Dojo run by second dan instructor Sensei Anibhushan Maharaj, held its first grading on Wednesday, 27 June.

Thirteen students undertook their June examinations for yellow, orange and green belts. SKKSA chief instructor, Sensei Aneel Dowlath, praised the dojo on its standard of karate.

SKKSA’s mid-year examination season has officially begun with the Avoca Dojo starting-off 2012’s June gradings. The next dojo grading will be on the 3rd July at the Overport Dojo.

You can view the complete gallery of the Avoca grading here.

The Avoca Dojo will soon be added to our list of Dojo pages. Visit back soon for more information.

The cold winter’s night and threatening rain did not deter the determined party-goers at Ottawa Dojo’s Desi Dance Bhangra Evening last Saturday.

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