Local karate athletes made their late sensei proud after they scooped two gold medals at a memorial tournament.
The tournament was organised by the False Bay Karate Club to honour the memory of their late founder, William Jordaan, on Saturday 13 September, explains chair Hilton Jordaan.
The False Bay Karate Academy was founded in 1999. This year the club scored two gold, five silver and two bronze medals at the full-contact tournament.
The club also scored silverware at the Kyokushin Budokan National Tournament held at DF Malan High School on Saturday 23 August.
This year several clubs across the province proved their mettle including Khayelitsha Kyokushin Karate, UWC Dojo and Hennie Bosman School of Karate.
Daniel Jordaan scooped third place on the podium. 
False Bay Karate Club were the hosts of the memorial tournament. 
Dojo’s from the across the Western Cape proved their mettle at the memorial tournament. 
False Bay Karate Club athlete Daniel Jordaan blowing out a candle honouring their late founder, William Jordaan.
“We brought dojos from Welgemoed, Delft and Mitchells Plain. We also introduced new technology to eliminate referee bias and display scores live to the crowd. This marks the first time such technology was used in any full-contact karate tournament to allow spectators to follow the scoring in real time,” Jordaan said. On the day, Shihan Gavin’s Dojo scooped nine gold medals, which was the most on the day as well while Hennie Bosman School of Karate held the most silver medals which was five. Khayelitsha Kyokushin Karate said they found the tournament to be well organised and professional.
“As an academy rooted in the Cape Flats, we are proud to honour not only the legacy of our sensei but also the barriers he broke between different full-contact styles that provided unity and respect, overcoming division,” Jordan said.
False Bay Karate academy credits Dentsu South Africa for helping to cover some of the costs of the tournament. “We also hope to qualify to compete at the Karate World Championships in Japan next year,” Jordaan said.
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