{"id":52325,"date":"2019-07-04T06:01:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/karateka-win-medals-at-national-event-20190703-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T23:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:16:01","slug":"karateka-win-medals-at-national-event-20190703-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/karateka-win-medals-at-national-event-20190703-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Karateka win medals at national event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Best Karate Uitenhage is proud of its medal winning members who participated in the JSKA National Karate Championships which were held in Pretoria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sensei Vernon Willer who used to instruct in Uitenhage and is now a member of the  Japan Shotogan Karate Association South Africa Shihankai executive board, expressed his pleasure at seeing Sensei Bertram Douglas who was always a top medal taker   producing such a high calibre of karate 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